abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. live over san jose cambria park neighborhood as police are at the scene of a hostage situation involving an armed man and a woman being held against her will. >> we're keeping a live picture wide here so we don't give away the tactics of police and negotiators on the scene attempting to get the man to surrender. >> we have video from earlier showing the perimeter that officers set up in the neighborhood. this all started just after 2:00 this afternoon when they received a 911 call saying a man had fired two shots into the ground. >> he then barricaded himself inside a house with a woman where he's refusing to surrender to police. pedestrian and vehicle traffic is being monitored as well.

we'll bring you updates throughout this newscast and twitter. stay tuned and plugged in with us online. good afternoon. i'm dan ashley. >> thunderstorms and a much needed soaking for the bay area. even in rain gear people were running for cover trying to avoid the downpours. >> but take a look at this live picture. a very different scene there right now. >> residents in marin heard the roar of thunder this morning. abc 7 news viewer ron miller captured this view from the back of his home in san rafael. >> and a sea of umbrellas this morning. the wet weather turned the commute really into a very soggy one. >> in concord very dark skies kept things in the east bay. this is after some of the heaviest rain moved through. >> live team coverage beginning

with meteorologist sandhya patel. great to see. >> yeah, it is great to see. as we take a look at live doppler hd, a nice wake-up call with the thunderstorms and heavy downpours. right now i'll take you in closer on live doppler 7 hd. cell that's really heading towards the hollister area. it just left the gilroy area and do expect it to reach hollister in 11 minutes. could see some hail accompanying it. to the north we're seeing very scattered light showers near our radar site. we'll take you in a little bit closer. we're seeing those light showers. as you take a look here, parts of the burn areas of lake county, solano county under a flash flood watch until 9:00 p.m. tonight. if they do get more rain, could see flash flooding real quickly. there's more shower activity developing just off the coast here. if you are stepping out the door, do keep in mind you might run into one of these showers.

how much so far? 0.36, livermore, not so much, 0.19, o.4 in redwood city, san jose and half an inch in santa rosa. we'll let you know when the rain will wind down and when you'll see chilly conditions coming right up. >> did you hear the thunder this morning? i certainly did. lightning from that storm splintered this tree at the golden gate national cemetery just a bit. >> it was a similar scene in san mateo where lightning hit a redwood near one homeowner and his dog. david louie has more. >> reporter: it was really scary. this is an amazing story. look at what is left of a 100-foot-tall redwood that was struck by lightning early this morning. it happened while the homeowner and the family dog was nearby. and they're both absolutely amazed that they are still

alive. downtown san mateo restaurant owner simone nguyen just took her dog outside when the sky turned red. then there was a bolt of lightning. it struck a 100 foot-tall redwood. >> i thought it was a bomb or something. the minute it hit the tree, my tree, it goes really fast. the flare hit the tree and my tree, it blows up. >> reporter: when the crown of the tree fell back to earth it send shards everywhere, so some long and sharp it could have impaled them. but they escaped harm. this flew through a bedroom window and landed where she was sleeping. >> i went back into my bedroom and saw a big piece of wood that sat on my bed. thank god, you saved me. either i'm here, i'm gone, i'm in my bed. >> reporter: there is plenty of

broken glass inside. outside large parts of the trunk landed on the roof and in neighbors' yards. the fragments splintered, their shards sharp as a spear. >> i think this is a very close call. i think as long as she is okay today, i'm like. >> reporter: the dog is still trembling from the ordeal. they thank god and buddha for saving their lives. as violent as mother nature can be, she atoned for the destruction by painting the sky with a rainbow. in san mateo, david louie, abc 7 news. with the rain comes the snow and lots of it in the sierra. look at cisco grove, up to 8 inches fell and another foot and a half is expected by the end of today. take a look at this video shot this afternoon near yosemite national park. wow. chains are required in most areas today. >> bay area folks have been

sharing their photos of today's wet weather. sf state student took this one in between classes today. allison o'connor shared this photo with us and the last remnants of fall foliage drenched in rain. now, when you see news where you live, take a photo or video and share it with us, using #abc7now. a convicted killer received a life sentence without parole today for murdering police officer james capoot. capoot died after being shot following a chase after a bank robbery in 2011. jurors found henry smith guilty of murder with special circumstances in july. prosecutors initially pushed for a death sentence but they changed their intentions after a judge declared a mistrial in the penalty phase of smith's trial. a pedestrian was hit and killed early this morning in walnut creek. it happened just before 8:00 near candalero drive. the driver is suspected of

running a red light before hitting the pedestrian who was in a crosswalk. the driver is cooperating with police. the red cross is meeting with residents displaced from their apartment building in the mission district by a massive fire at a tire store. >> carolyn tyler is live outside the red cross service center on market street with the story. >> reporter: dan, according to the red cross, the fire victims include 12 families with 6 children. tonight that agency, along with the food bank and the salvation army, are ready to offer help. broken glass and ashes were being swept up today from the burned-out rolling stock auto and tire store. just before 8:00 yesterday morning, the building in san francisco's mission district went up in flames. throwing off huge plumes of thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles. >> you can see through the courtyard the flames just wall of flames.

>> reporter: this woman says police broke down the door to wake her up and warn her to get out. her apartment building was spared, but the one right next to the auto store sustained major damage and is now red tagged. nearly two dozen people are displaced. oscar and his father greg orio, came back today to recover their things but were not allowed inside their home of 41 years. under city law they have a right to return at the same rent. but often it takes so long before the building is fixed, tenants have moved on with their lives. supervisor david compost represents the mission district which has recently had several major residential fires. he's considering measures to possibly change repair requirements. >> if there's something we can do to expedite that process

because there are protections that are in place, but unless the property is actually repaired within a period of time, those protections become meaningless to the people who have been displaced. >> i grew up in this city. i don't want to leave the city. >> reporter: in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. a fire in a garage gutted a san francisco duplex this morning. this happened near ocean beach. firefighters battled that fire for more than half an hour before they were able to get it under control. two of the units suffered extensive damage. police are looking for a man who broke into a 24-hour mcdonald's on mission street in sort of a store invasion robbery. the man broke the front glass door at 4:00 a.m. and forced employees into a back room at gun point and stole cash from the safe and ran off. no one was hurt during this robbery. anyone landing at mineta international airport today should not plan on catching a

cab. cab drivers are striking regarding ride sharing services such as uber and lyft. the requirements have prevented the companies from serving the airport. today's strike caught passengers by surprise. >> we just got a flight in and realized the taxis are on strike. so we're trying to figure out how we're going to get to work this morning. this rain makes things more complicated. >> san jose is the only bay area airport without ride sharing services such as uber and lyft. racketeering, corruption and murder. the bay area trial gaining national attention. the public outcry over race relations. why one university leader is now stepping down. i'm spencer christian at the marin food bank where food is being sorted and packedor

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first witnesses this afternoon. among them two cops who describe the old chinatown murder that shimp boy is accused of ordering. both prosecutors and the defense laid out their cases before the jury and a packed courtroom. raymond cho, better known as shrimp boy sat impassively as the federal prosecutor listed the charges against him. money laundering, extortion, trafficking and drugs, counterfeit cigarettes and liquor. and two murders. he told jurors it was a gang of people committing crimes. the most important man at the center was raymond cho, the son of his underworld universe. cho is accused of ordering the murder of a rival gang member and, in 2006, the killing of allen lian. he said while pointing at cho, it was a hit, a cold-blooded

murder like in the "godfather" by that man over there. cho later assumed liang's position as head of the fraternal group. the prosecution ould its case saying jurors will hear hours and hour hs of undercover tape recordings between cho and an fbi agent who posed as a mafia member and those who turned states evidence. in his opening statement, cho's attorney tony serra told jurors to hold their opinion until his client testifies on the stand. as for cho's friends turned informants, serra said all of these witnesses jumped on the bandwagon to get leniency. it's an act of desperation to save their own skins. he told jurors the government spent more than a million dollars wining and dining cho to entrap him into the conspiracy. in 2007 cho spoke to abc 7ñr ne saying he changed his life of

crime after he got outñi of prin oni] unrelated gun charges. >> i face up to all the past i have done. and to try to correctçóçó my li. >> reporter: we also asked cho about allen liang's murder. at the risk of being rude, did you have any involvement with mr. liang's death. >> mr. liang? no. >> reporter: trial continues tomorrow morning with witnesses on the stand. vic lee, abc 7 news. and new details about a story involving land owned by governor brown's family. the state oil regulator says the governor asked her to do personal work for him. it's a claim s huc making in a new whistleblower complaint. records show governor brown had state oil and gas regulators investigate the oil and natural gas potential of his family's ranch near williams north of sacramento. governor brown's office claims it was routine records search

available to anyone. abc 7 has partnered with bay area food banks for the past 24 years to help feed our communities with the annual give where you live thanksgiving food drive. >> we're so proud to do it. it makes such a big difference with your help. spencer christian is live at the food bank in san francisco. how is it going there today? >> they're busy here right now. this is the busiest time of the year for our food banks. joining me now islp executive director of the food bank. >> good to see4iyou. >> oni] behalf of abc 7 and/s%ñ pq$v9q company, thew3 disney company, we want to present this donation to you and our support for feeding american food banks. i hope it helps. >> i think you know the arithmetic on this. it means 45,000 means and the $13,000 will take a big bite out of the $8 million we need to raise in the next 50 days. >> what percentage of your annual wucht is that? >> that's almost half. we'll use that over the next year to make sure we're feeding

people all year long. >> i know the need is great year round, but particularly this time of the year. the crunch is really on, isn't it? >> we will distribute 10 million meals for the rest of this year making sure people have special meals during the holidays, christmas and thanksgiving. it's important work. next year we'll be back to our weekly food distributions. >> i know you have many dedicated volunteers helping out. good luck with the effort. you can help by texting the word "feed," f-e-e-d, to give a $10 donation. that will help quite a bit. >> thank you so much. >> makes a huge difference. all this rain we're starting to get and snow in the sierra, really nice to see. >> sandhya patel is here with the accuweather forecast. >> a nice wake-up call this morning when we had the thunderstorms and the downpours. live doppler 7 hd just a few areas where we're still seeing

some showers. calistoga road seeing a little bit of activity right now. don't be surprised if you runq into a shower. i know some areas are already seeing blue skies. from salinas heading down to just north of hollister, still seeing some returns. in the sierra, this has beenxd turning into snow. chains are requiredlp right nown 50, 88 andó[ 4. the snow showers will continue.d and there are some mixed precipitation just north of clear lake, believe it or not, in the mountains where we do have a winter weather advisory. expecting 1 to 4 inches above 3500 foot elevation. that winter weather advisory remains in effect until 7:00 p.m. winter storm warning in the sierra where they can see a lot more snow. 4 to 8 inches above 10,000. it would be a good idea to be prepared for winter driving conditions if you do want to head up there. from our mt. tam cam still seeing puffy cumulus clouds

there and we'll keep the showers in the forecast. mid to upper 50s, san jose 57. and cold enough to see this really pretty picture from our lake tahoe camera where we're still seeingym some snow. mid to upper 50s from santa rosa to napa, concord 58, livermore 54 degrees. is this picturesque or what? we should just frame it. a spectacular view. sun will be setting shortly. you'll feel that chill in the air. chilly tuesday morning, sunny in the afternoon. colder wednesday morning with patchy fog likely. you'll likely see frost advisories and freeze warnings going up for that tuesday night, wednesday morning time period. for the time being cold air has passed. showers are coming in behind this system. don't be surprised if you need to pull the umbrella back out and you need those shades as well. a few showers showing up in the south bay. a little more scattered in

nature as we head to 8 clock p.m. tonight. then as you get ready for bed, expect a few areas of wet pavement. 11:00 p.m., still scattered showers. by morning all of that starts to dissipate. we'll start to see lingering clouds at 5:00 a.m. morning lows from 37 in santa rosa, down to the mid-30s with local frost. then the temperatures will remain on the chilly side for most of the work week. tomorrow morning, 35 in napa, 37 santa rosa, some of our coldest locations. mid-40s, palo alto, 43 in livermore. 48 san francisco. when you get going, do not leave home without bundling up. for the afternoon you might need that extra layer still. upper 50s to low 60s. cool, mostly sunny. frosty cold wednesday morning. and we will be looking at those temperatures starting to come up slowly for the afternoon hours. our next opportunity for rain, cheryl and dan, sunday slight chance, monday a better chance of seeing rain.

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elimination. on the news at 11:00, we head to hollywood to see what her lateñ father, crocodile hunter steve irwin, would have thought about her dancing. >> if he were still here, he would be bringing in a bunch of animals. the studio would be a crazier place because of him. i just hope that he'd be proud and thatçó wherever he is, he's smiling. >> he certainly is. plus what bindi loves about the bay area. that's tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. now it is time for today's gma hot list. >> the biggest and best moments and information from our friends at "good morning america." >> here's lara spencer. >> hit it. the 25th anniversary of "glamour's" women of the year. this honorees include this woman right here, victoria beckham. what was the bestñi advice you t from another woman? >> for me i was having dinner with diana von fuerstenberg. when your children were younger

and you were working, did you feel guilty? she said absolutely not. when you're a woman and going to work, you set a good example. that's great advice because i'm sure there are lots of women right now watching tv saying i feel guilty, i've got kids and i'm going to work. actually, it's a positive message. >> what is your advice to girls who are struggling with body image? >> i really want women to start looking in the mirror and looking at the things they call flaws and start saying i love you. i love you, back fat, i love you cellulite. if you don't think of yourself as a role model, there's a huge problem. yes, you should have role models in your life but not because of how many instagram followers they have or how big their booty is. >> that's today's mi hot list. see you in the morning on gma. >> you canfá catchnb robin, an rest of the gang weekdays from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. right here following the abc 7 morning news. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. protests over racial injustice.

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area. the second storm of the season a welcome sight for a region starved for water. the rain is here. it's turning into snow in the sierra. one viewer tweeted this picture of heavy snow. she'll join us live on the news at 5:00. low enrollment numbers for african-americans at cal are worrying students along with others who hopeçó to attend. leon melendez will explain how california voters are partly to blame. after an emergency meeting this afternoon, the president of university of missouri has resigned. this comes after students and faculty there protested what they say the racial injustice. just a short time ago the flagship -- the chancellor of the flagship campus announced he's stepping down as well.

the latest on the developing situation. >> reporter: cheers and chants from students celebrating the resignation of university of missouri president tim wolfe. >> it is not just about tim wolfe resigning, but about getting equal rights. >> reporter: wolfe announcing he is stepping down. >> we got frustrated with each other. and that's why i stand before you today and i take full responsibility for this frustration and i take full responsibility for the inaction. >> reporter: his decision following students' protests including jonathan butler who went on a week-longfá hunger strike. >> please stop focusing on the fact of the hunger strike itself but why we had to get here in first place. >> reporter: and football players and their coach refusing to take the field until wolfe resigned. >> obviously, we got some problems. and the good news is we're going to fix them. >> reporter: wolfe had come

under fire for his alleged mishandling of a series of incidents on campus including a report of a student being called the n-word and a swastika scrawled on a wall. >> please, please, use this resignation to heal, not to hate. >> reporter: in a statement governor nixon said that this resignation was a necessary step toward healing and the football coach also announced that his team will be resuming practice tomorrow. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. bail is now set at a million dollars each for two louisiana officers charged in the t shoulding death of a 6-year-old boy and the wounding of his father. today family and friends paid their final respects to jeremy martis who was shot and killed while sitting in his father's truck last thursday. the officers, norris greenhouse jr., and derek stafford, are now

charged with second degree murder. local authorities promise a thorough investigation. >> no dirty business that happens around here. this thing is handled correctly, just like all other matters are handled correctly in this community. this is a small community with good, honest people, and this kind of mess just doesn't go on. >> reports out today say police body camera video appears to show that chris few's hands were up when he was shot and no guns were found at the scene. president obama says the u.s. is taking very seriously an attack in jordan that killed two americans. part of a state department police training program. the president sent his condolences to the victims' families during a meeting with israeli president benjamin netanyahu. the americans were among eight killed when a jordanian police officer opened fire on the foreign trainers at a police compound. that attacker was killed. now president obama and israeli president -- prime minister, rather, benjamin

netanyahu had their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year today. the two appeared cordial in the oval office. tensions were high earlier this year. president obama pushed an iran nuclear deal that israel vigorously opposed. on the agenda today a new security agreement that could mean more u.s. military help in israel and a commitment to the peace process. repa face off again tomorrow night in milwaukee. ben carson and marco rubio are battling accusations over their past. here's abc 7 reporter megan hughes. >> reporter: candidate ben carson is firing back as his life story is called into question. >> i simply cannot sit still and watch this. >> reporter: so far his strategy seems to be to blame media bias and his campaign claims it's raked in millions of contributions as a result. >> in the end do you think all these questions will really help your campaign? >> yeah. because people are clearly able to see what's going on. the number of people who come up and say, don't let them get you

down. >> reporter: at issue, stories in his best-selling autobiography "gifted hands." his campaign now admits carson never applied to west point even though he said he was offered a scholarship. marco rubio's campaign has been forced to dig up the past. in his case, credit card statements. saturday his campaign released two years worth of charges made the a state republican party credit card when he was a florida legislator. and the donald also took a trip down memory lane. he was back on "saturday night live" for the first time since 2004. ♪ you used to call me on the cellphone ♪ >> the show went on despite protests. offered $5,000 to any audience member who would shout comments at candidate. >> i heard if i yelled that, they would give me $5,000. >> reporter: you can probably expect fewer laughs and also a

smaller field. mike huckabee and chris christie didn't make enough to qualify. still to come on the news at 4:00, does the early bird really get the best shopping deals? some changes coming to black friday and some of the stores open on thanksgiving day. i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. just search for michael finney. i'll answer your questions right here live in just a little bit. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. some clouds, some sunny breaks, still showers in the forecast. life... is unpredictable. life is deaths. and births.

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target will join macy and sears in opening to shoppers 6:00 p.m. but this year shtarget says doo busting deals will be available online at target.com. this is another sign of how aggressive retailers are spreading deals beyond black friday. controversy brewing over the look of starbucks annual holiday cups. loyalists are complaining this year's cup are missing something, symbols of the season. no reindeer or ornaments, but there's nothing that says merry christmas. this year's cups are a simple two-tone red. while one evangelist has posted

it to facebook to encourage people to use the name merry christmas so they have to write that on the cup. starbucks has become a place of sanctuary during the holidays. we're embracing the simplicity and quietness of it. it's more open -- it's a more open way to usher in the holiday. well, this weather is certainly ushering in the holiday season. rain and snow in the sierra. fabulous. >> we've been waiting for winter so long, for years. >> and it's here. i'm so excited to see that rain and snow in the mountains. i'll take you in a little bit closer. we're starting to see moderate rain falling up in the north bay, as you'll notice here. as we take you down towards the peninsula, highway 35, we're seeing scattered showers. page hill road. keep the umbrella handy because it's not done yet. we still have scattered showers in the forecast. you can see the storms that moved through, multiple

lightning strikes and had a mix of rain and snow up to the north around cobb mountain. tomorrow afternoon sunny and cool. upper 50s to low 60s. it will get chilly tuesday morning, wednesday morning, so be prepared for this. upper 30s tomorrow morning for our coldest locations. wednesday morning even colder. mid-30s, local frost is possible. and we certainly will be watching for the potential for a frost advisory. now, we do have rain in the forecast for the weekend, sunday afternoon our next chance going into monday. i'll be back with a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. dan and cheryl, back to you. >> sand hya, thank you very much. >> what president obama wants the city to do. >> i'm michael finney. dealing with insurance companies after a major disaster. what you need to do to make sure your home is rebuilt properly.

well, for the past 24 years abc 7 has highlighted the efforts of our bay area food bachks serving the one in six people who are not sure where they're goioe to get their next meal. >> spencer christian joins us now in san francisco on the truckload of fresh produce

provided to the community in need. >> reporter: not just any old truck. we're talking 18 semis from some parts of the country per week distributing food here at the sf marin food bank. joining us is the education manager. whatever you're cooking up here smells marvelous. >> a sweet potato hash with onions, bell pepper and sweet potato. i'm about to add the sweet potato now. >> reporter: go right ahead. >> this is an example of one of the easy, tasty, healthy and affordable recipes that we promote here at the food bank. >> reporter: you teach classes here. so people can prepare nutritious and delicious meals on their own. >> we taught 224 classes last fiscal year to almost 3,000 people. >> reporter: that's amazing. >> we really want to help folks use the products that they receive at the food bank by teaching them how to cook it in a healthy way. >> reporter: and fresh produce is a huge part of what you do here, right?

>> exactly. in fact, 60% of what we distribute out into the community is fresh produce which makes my job a heck of a lot easier. >> reporter: you keep on cooking while i remind folks at home that you can help out with our efforts to fight bay area hunger by texting the word "feed" to make a $10 contribution. it goes a long way. president obama is no stranger to the bay area but oakland becomes a model city for the affordable care act. he promises to pay a visit. the president has offered oakland and the city's uninsured to sign up for health care. if oakland makes the biggest change of any city in the number of uninsured people this enrollment period, president obama has promised to visit and count the city's success. the president issued the challenge in an op-ed in bay area newspapers which abc 7 partners with. nike is making a huge investment in the growing women's fitness market.

>> and home cooked meals could actually help prevent diabetes. >> nike set its sights on courting female theets. they expect it to rise to $11 billion in the upcoming five years. and it will use that growth to fuel an even loftier goal which is to generate $50 billion in overall sales by 2020. now, sales of women's fitness apparel has skyrocketed in the past few years and continues to outpace the overall fitness apparel industry. unfortunately even kids who only eat organic foods are still getting exposed to pesticides. a study found that an organic-only diet usually led to a drop in exposure to pesticides common in food production, but kids were still getting exposed to pesticides from other sources. the fda is moving forward with reviewing a petition to add

folic acid to corn flour. folic acid is a kind of vitamin. advocates say it's a critical element in preventing some of the most horrifying birth defects. the fda has required folic acid in cereal and grain products for 20 years but corn flour was not classified as a grain product 20 years ago. now according to the american heart association, people who eat two home-made meals every single day or about 11 to 14 per week have a 13% lower risk of getting type 2 diabetes compared to people who eat fewer than six meals at home every week. type 2 diabetes, as we all know, is a major factor for various kinds of heart complications. here's to your health. thanks very much. it is time now for ask finney. >> 7 on your side's michael finney answeringñr questions se to him on facebook, twitter and

e-mail. >> tina asks i had major damage to our house. any advice on how to work with insurance companies. >> yeah, treat this seriously. this is not some commercial where your agent shows up and hugs you and says things are going to be better. this is a business negotiation. doesn't mean they're out there to rip you off, but they're there to make sure they don't get ripped off. you need to do the same thing. you need to document everything you have so that you're coming at them like it's a business negotiation. and then read your policy. people don't read their policy. then make sure that you say, look, i deserve this. let's make sure i get it. then keep track. because they're doing the exact same thing with you. he's got 18 tvs here. >> ms. asks on facebook, my e-mail account has been hacked. all my friends think i'm asking for money. what do you suggest i do? >> take the money. >> you did not just say that. >> look, the first thing to do

is change your password on your e-mail and facebook account. you might want to post something on facebook. i would. by the way, report it to facebook, of course. and post something saying, hey, if you're hearing from me, you're not really hearing from me. and contact me here. even celebrities get this. how many reports have we had on this? >> this is a question that stephanie r. asks, how do i get direct marketers to stop e-mailing me? >> oh, brother, first of all, most e-mails now take care of half of that for you. they're looking at it as it's being sent out to you before it gets to you. you shouldn't be getting that much. if you are, you can go to the direct marketing association, dma, we've told you about these guys for getting rid of letters through the mail and catalogs. they also do e-mail. so i'll put a ling on the website, i think it's dma.org direct marketing association. >> thanks a lot. a southern california man is zipping around in a new maserati

thanks to a hole in one at a charity golf tournament. lucky guy. he made that shot at the 2nd hole on the newport beach golf course. he was playing in a tournament to raise money for a children and women's hospital of long beach. he says he plans to buy the car when that free lease is up. >> good for him. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. we told you last week that toxic algae in the ocean has stalled the crab season. >> but is this the start of the new normal? we'll have answers. students speak out. new at 5:00, what they want from uc berkeley by the time they are old enough to attend. also ahead, why you'll likely pay more for your bird this thanksgiving. we're live in the sierra where a foot of new snow is where a foot of new snow is absolutely delighting who wants grass-fed beef that doesn't eat too much of their paychecks.

the cash-strapped college student who simply wants organic and local produce. the parents...who may not have a healthy budget, but still make sure their children eat healthy. you inspire us to do everything we do... ...for goodness' sake.

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lineup. at 8:00, "dancing with the stars" followed by "castle." then the news at 11:00. sea world will end killer whale shows by 2017. the state coastal commission recently refused to give the company permission to breed killer whales. sea world will offer a new kind of orca experience in 2017 focusing on the animal's natural setting. crab season has been delayed. >> one of the world's foes most experts on algae blooms is live in tiburon. wayne, boy, that algae seems kind of finicky. >> reporter: more than we thought. as it turns out that algae does not always produce that acid. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. when it does produce the acid, watch out. scientists are worried about a

lot more than dungeness right now. as remote a laboratory as you'll find, for tiburon at least. where the headliner these days is a small critter with the name much longer than its length at one millionth of a meter. look closely, those moving white whiskers and that bottle are the algae that produce the toxic acid that's moved up the food chain into the dungeness crabs we hoped to be eating right now. they tried to learn why the algae produced that acid. >> it's given itself some sort of competitive advantage. >> reporter: not all the time but yes the algae are producing the acid this year and proliferating in warmer el nino waters. >> it's well beyond crabs. it has a completely destructive effect on the whole system. >> reporter: what we see this year has happened before, although this time it is stronger and more widespread.

events like this are happening. >> we go back far enough, you see conditions that were worse than today but we're talking about the dinosaur period. >> reporter: hence some of the changes we're seeing from species appearing far beyond their normal ranges to, yes, algae blooms contaminating crabs and filter feeding shellfish. >> at stake, the health of the ecosystem. >> reporter: most of us are simply worried about our thanksgiving dinners. from tiburon, wayne freedman. that will do it for us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and the news at 5:00 begins right now. meant so much to this community. >> justice tonight for a vallejo police officer. the officer raps family told him face-to-face in court. >> and breaking news in san jose. a hostage situation unfolding right now.

also -- >> thunder, rain and a tree splintered by lightning. the bay area hit hard by this storm. live doppler 7 hd is tracking that storm. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. it is not over yet. details coming up. a big fire in san francisco. how it is still causing problems for the neighborhood one day later. abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. breaking news from south san jose. we've been following a continuing hostage situation in the cambria neighborhood. police have blocked off several blocks around camden avenue. >> this is a live picture over the scene where an armed man is holding a woman hostage inside a home. he fired his gun twice before barricading them inside. >> thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. this is a closer look at where it is happening. around the intersection of camden avenue and wyrick avenue north of highway 85.

>> lillian kim is there. what's the latest? >> reporter: we're in a parking lot. san jose police are giving us updates. we're about a half mile from the scene. but we do have sky 7 directly above the situation. this all started at about 2:15 p.m. when they got a report of a man firing two gunshots into the ground. the reports came from the 4400 block of camden avenue near highway 85. immediately after firing those shots, police say the man took a woman hostage and are now holed up inside a home. whose home, it's not known at this time. and the relationship between the man and the woman is also not known. the s.w.a.t. team has been brought in and are assuming their positions in the hopes of getting this man to surrender. >> we don't know the mind-set of this person that we're dealing with, but again it is a violent and dangerous situation, any time you fire a gun into the ground, again, we have to go ahead and treat that accordingly. which is why we have our special

operations out here to deal with the situation. >> reporter: now, we saw officers get out of an armored truck and puncture the tires of a green vehicle parked in front of the home. possibly to prevent the gunman from speeding off. the entire neighborhood, however, is surrounded by officers. residents are being told to stay inside and some homes are being evacuated. traffic in this area is backed up because of the police activity. motorists are urged to stay away. live in san jose, lillian kim, abc 7 news. family, friends and police officers packed a fairfield courtroom today all there for the sentencing of a murderer. henry smith had already can convicted in the 2011 killing of police officer james capoot. today he could have been facing the death penalty. abc 7 news reporter joins us from the courthouse. sergio? >> reporter: and he did not face the death penalty because of some difficulties with the jury during the sentencing phase of