>> reporter: kirincic was arrested, charged and convicted of felony assault and domestic violence. in october straw got a restraining order against him. it was a second one she had filed this year. this summer a judge issued an order against a former roommate who harassed her, but this one proved deadly. kirincic was just released from jail after serving 60 days of a 120-day sentence. >> what happened is he completed his jail sentence last week, and so the violation of the restraining order was when he allegedly committed this murder sneer there's an all-out manhunt for kirincic. >> we thought we had a couple good leads, chased a few down in the east bay but no luck. >> police swept bars in the administration station when a cell phone pinged nearby. meanwhile the victim's parents told us she always said best in everyone she member of the

statistics say restraining orders are usually successful. in this case it was not worth the paper it was written on. vic lee. abc 7 news. there are some new developments today in the hit-and-run crash that landed a san francisco police officer in surveil. surveillance video released today shows a man running away from the crash scene at broadway and montgomery -- near montgomery at 2:20 sunday morning. investigators believe it's this man, one of their own, officer christopher kohrs. he owns the damage charger that hit two men in a crosswalk leaving them badly injured. >> we hold ourselves to a higher standard as police officers, and you don't like to see anything like that happen. >> the kohrs turned himself in eight hours after the accident which could complicate efforts to determine whether he was driving under the influence. both victims are in their 40s, and one suffered a broken jaw and a broken leg. people living in san francisco's castro and knowy

valley neighborhoods are feeling relief. police have caught at prowler seen here on surveillance video casing their homes apparently for more. sergio quintana spoke with police and is live with more on this. sergio? >> reporter: dan, that wig-wearing prowler was arrested in the tenderloin today along with a lot of items that police believe were stolen. this is an investigation that is still open because police believe this prowler may be connected to a series of break-ins across the city. residents in knowy valley and the castros say the wirg-wearing prowler has been caught on camera several times. >> this person is definitely active and so when we see somebody work an area for burglaries or for crimes, we see them usually hit an area until they get caught or spooked enough where they go somewhere else. >> reporter: over the last few days neighbors posted several videos of this prowler casing

homes. >> doesn't look some lysz a prowler but has another person following around probably protecting them. >> reporter: another neighbor told me by phone but declined to be on camera. the prowler was in his home a few weeks at 5:00 in the morning and was chased out. police say the intruder is facing a number charges. >> as we're trying to investigate different crimes and when they might have been involved in, those are still pending. >> reporter: based on all the surveillance video neighbors say this person has been working the area for several months. and this case remains open, and police are hoping that anyone who recognizes that wig-wearing prowler will call them because they want to see if they can connect him to any other break-ins and also they want to see if they can track down that possible accomplice that was featured in one of those surveillance video. reporting live at police headquarter, i'm sergio quintana, nbc 7 news. >> the rain and cold will not go away. today's storm brought light rain this morning to several spots, including the valley, just

enough to dampen the pavement here on highway 101 and prompted drivers to turn on their windshields. freezing temperatures didn't stop this group from practicing tai chi. abc 7 news was at san francisco's washington square park where more than a dozen people really bundled up for some meditation in motion. let's get a check now on current conditions from abc 7 news meteorologist with live doppler 7 hd. >> i love how they are getting into the spirit and the chill is still with us right now and do i want to show you live doppler 7 hd. what's left is really a few sprinkles, primarily along the san mateo coast and santa cruz mountains towards monterrey. light spotty showers that didn't amount to a lot. anywhere from zero to trace of an inch. .03 in petaluma. stronger storms coming and it will bring with it wet and windy conditions.

a detailed look at when that will happen in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you very much. breaking news in palo alto. people near porter drive and page mill road are sheltering in place staying where they are while the bomb squad investigates a possible grenade. we first brought you this story live on abc 7 news at 4:00. here eat view from sky 7 hd over stanford research park close to the v.a. hospital with a construction crew digging underground discovered the device just before 3:00 a.m. police have evacuated some of the buildings in that area. we're on the story and will bring you any updates on the situation as we get them throughout this newscast and, of course, on abc 7 news at 6:00 and on twitter on neighbors 7 bay news area. >> a youth mentor has been arrested on sexual battery charges involving a 17-year-old boy. they say 45-year-old patrick is a facilitator at the center which serves at-risk minority people and it's associated with

the santa clara department probation area and the department of family and services area. police are asking for any possible victims to please come forward. police are searching for a person who stole 26 mountain bikes from a san francisco school over the holiday weekend. they were being kept in a shed at visitation valley middle school and someone broke through a sky light and broebt lock and took every single bike inside. kids used them for p.e. class as a way to exercise while having fun. >> kids are dealing with all the things they are dealing with in a neighborhood like this and come to school for a little bit of solace and a little bit of fun and add venture. i mean, it's devastating. >> the bikes are worth more than $9,000. school leaders set up a go fund me page today to help pay for the loss. so far no one has donated. if you want to be first we're putting link at nbc 7.com. the search is under way for a stolen violin taken during a recent car break-in in san francisco.

it's a 200-year-old instrument. it's a treasure to the family and the college student who lost it desperately wants it back. abc 7 news report eer cornell barnard is in the newsroom with the story >> reporter: family is desperate to get the violin back. the young owner is now speaking out sending a message to the thief who stole it. >> just give it back and return it. >> reporter: 20-year-old erica was make hag plea for the return of something precious. ♪ erica's a master at the piano, but her first love of music is the violin. ♪ not just any violin but this rare instrument which she played at a recital several years ago. it's so precious erica even gave it a name. >> i named it elizabeth. it has a name. it's like something that i real made my own >> reporter: elizabeth the violin was made in london in the early 1800s.

it's valued at about $20,000, but on november 20th, it was stolen from a car at safeway parking lot on webster street in san francisco after it had been loaned to a family friend for a music school audition. erica is devastated. >> it's something that i really didn't appreciate having taken from me. >> reporter: from the family. >> definitely. >> reporter: violin pretty hard to miss, inside this bright red shiny case. >> i've been kind of stressing, like this big sentimental issue of really wanted to pass on this violin to my children. my dad passed it on to me. >> reporter: sadly the violin was not insured. san francisco police are working the case and need help from the public. erica is studying music back east at dartmouth college and hopes to be reunited with elizabeth by the time she returns to class after the holiday break. >> offering a reward of $1,000 with no questions asked if someone would return it to us. >> reporter: and return the sweet music of this violin to its owner.

in sunnyvale, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. we want to show you some video now that you're not going to see very often, really wild. take a look at this. sky 7 hd captured video of a cabin bruiser perched on a break wall at oakland estuary. isn't a wild? it was high tide when it happened so it wasn't visible. the coast guard rescued the family yesterday and today was the boat's day to be rescued and repairs are expected to run between $40,000 and $70,000. >> couldn't try to do that. >> weird. >> the tech titans banding together. >> you need innovation. >> some of the world's wealthiest fight climate change tonight. the state of solar and the next revolution. >> possible changes to the next cell phone, some calling it the most annoying thing the company can ever do. >> 500 items per second. >> and to make that happen.

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as world leaders meet in paris to talk about what could be a historic climate change deal, several big names in the tech industry have pledged to do their part. microsoft founder bill gates, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg have organized the brewing energy coalition. it's going to help pay for new technology that can meet world's shifting energy needs while they are reducing the burden on the environment. zuckerberg said on facebook today we won't be able to make meaningful progress on other challenges like educating or connecting the world without secure energy and a stable climate. well, what happens this week in paris could mean money flowing into the bay area.

>> abc 7 news reporter katie utehs shows us how climate change can affect local businesses and consumers. >> reporter: chashlgs what happens in the talks in paris will affect policy and global markets, so silicon valley has all eyes on paris and industry leaders tell me you can expect to see solar spread rapidly across the globe. the forecast is looking bright for silicon valley. just as sun power ceo tomorrow werner prepares to head to paris. >> i think money will flow where the innovation is here and innovation is here. >> reporter: on day one of the climate change summit bill gates and others announced a public/private partnership. it will put billions into green energy efforts explains julia piper with green tech media. >> it bridges that gap between the government dollars and later stage investors to real get companies off the ground and get much-needed technologies into the market. >> reporter: which helps

startups and more established companies alike. solar ceos are watching the funding directions and use the talks as an opportunity to influence long-term policy. >> climate change negotiations in general serve as a platform to promote industry overall and that's really important as some of the local policies remain up in the air. >> important legislation irvariably follows. unclear when, but invariably there's change. >> reporter: in the short term climate change commitments from countries means an expanding market. >> this year china will install as much as america has cumulatively in one year so it's a new market. it's trends like these that come out of the climate talks. >> reporter: still too early to say when changes reached at summit get to consumers but you can bet leaders in silicon valley are pushing for anything and everything to help the world go green. >> silicon valley has been more engaged in the climate talks overall than arguably ever before, and that's really

exciting to see. >> reporter: in san jose, katie utehs. on this cyber monday internet traffic has been clogged all way dong, shoppers hoping to get 50% all off all target merchandise. the national retail federation estimates 121 million shoppers are use e-commercial today. target.com reports traffic is twice as high as it was yesterday. and everybody is clicking on the buy buttons online so robots and warehouse workers are making sure that we all actually get what we ordered. the amazon fulfillment center in tracy is having one of its busiest days. the facility is the size of nearly 20 football fields. a unique look behind the scenes from that center and that story from amy hollyfield snau place your order and this is what you kick into action and on cyber

monday employees say they rarely see a break. courtney will work a 12-hour shift today to keep up with the demand. >> it's a lot busier and have kind of gotten it down. >> reporter: national retail federation is actually predicting that shaels might be a bit slower this cyber monday than last year because people now shop online all weekend. the idea of waiting until monday is becoming a thing of the past. amazon executives say they now think of cyber monday as a season, not a day. >> we're not seeing the same thing that we saw a couple years ago where people come to work and turn on their commuters and want to shop in the morning and people have wi-fi all day. >> reporter: and they still think today will be huge. >> last year in cyber monday it was our busiest day of the year. amazon customers ordered 43 million products worldwide. >> they have brought in robots to help handle the demand. the robots move five feet per second and can carry 750 pounds. >> basically what they are doing is picking up shelves and moving

them to associates standing at ergonomic work stations. >> this is the first season that amazon has had these in all of its 13 facilities. some of the orders were placed today and they are already shipping out so cyber monday may be slowing down and still very busy. amazon is predicting they will see 500 orders per second tate. amy hollyfield, nbc 7 news. >> shipping shopping online is easier than ever. >> michael finney is here with what you need to know. >> yes. cyber monday, very big with shoppers and also very, very big with criminal. they like it as much as we do. there are ways, however, to protect yourself on line like shop only on secure websites. watch out for fake e-mail campaigns that takes you to a site that doesn't include the name of the store or e-mail that asks you for personal information. avoid making purchases in public wi-fi hot spots and review your

bank and credit card statements for unusual transactions. brick and mortar retailers are fighting back against cyber monday offering a week of sales. for instance, pop-up sales with deep discounts on individual items and other retailers have similar plans and considering how slow back friday was there,year, i expect even more sales coming up. by the way, tomorrow is giving tuesday. adobe has crunched the online numbers and say average donations double on that day. new year's eve ranked highest in online giving, eight times higher than on an average day. amazon has released a video of its latest drone prototype. the onlike retailer hopes it will deploy the drone as part of its prime air service using the unmanned aerial devices to deliver packages in under 30 minutes. they ply under 400 feet and use

technology to get around possible obstacles during flight. the drones can carry packages up to five pounds. we'll see. >> yeah. i'm waiting for pizza delivery though. >> there you go. >> that would be perfect. >> okay, thank you. speaking of trying to stay hot and warm out there it's chilly out there. >> dan and cheryl, i'm not leaving the studio or the office without the gloves and scarves and a jacket. right now out here there isn't much wind, but that's all going to change as the storm comes in later hon this week. live doppler, talk about the current system. not doing a whole lot other than producing a few more sprinkles between pescadero and the santa cruz mountains. in the sierra nevadas, very light showers and no controls in the mountains. exploratory showing you a cloudiy view of san francisco. low 50s, san francisco, mountainview and san jose and 54

half moon bail. our highs today only in the upper 40s and lower 50s. liver more's high was 49 degrees. and you'll -- looking towards the embarcadero and 49 in concord and 48 in emoriville. you'll be seeing quite a bit of cloud cover and dryer and milder and looking for wet, windy conditions. the weak system really produced a few light showers and sprinkles. we'll keep in the scattered sprinkles for the next hour or two and then it's good. at cold storm woman on later this week, nothing to do with el nino. it won't be enhance the by el nino but will kick up the winds. gusts to 40 miles per hour. we're seeing, 55-mile-an-hour

winds around the coast and winds on the gusty side as we head towards thursday afternoon just before the storm moves in. trees could go down and may see power outages and just ahead of that, watch out for that. the rain holds off until later on in the morning 11:00 a.m. thursday. we start to see some rain and picks up in coverage at 2:00 p.m. we head towards p.m. and we'll still see some scattered showers going into thursday night. look at the bay area rainfall totals and the highest totals upped to the north and thursday night will bring snow to the sierra nevadas. tomorrow morning we won't see the 20s we saw this morning, chilly and low 30s and mid-40s so bundle up and on tuesday 60 degrees in san jose this.

will feel good. 59 in sunnyvale. bright on the peninsula and 60 in redwood city. half moon bay and san francisco as well, 57 and north day 59 and a few high clouds. east bay is 60 and inland spots 58 and concord and in livermore. accuweather seven-day forecast dry and milder the next few days and wet and windy thursday. a chance of early thundershowers friday and a chance. >>, joo and still ahead waves around your head. the new app that lets you see 530. >> cheryl and dan, making news, deadly rampage and moment ago they haul the the accused filler in front of a camera wearing a suicide prevention and tonight

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a cruise ship that left san francisco friday lost power today near hawaii. "the grand princess" was 20 miles off the coast of hilo when princess called a significant failure. the ship had limited backup power for several hours and everything appears to be repaired and back to normal now. more potential problems for san francisco-based wells fargo bank. according to sources two separate federal agencies are investigating whether the bank pushed its employees too hard to meet sales cutos while not doing enough to address questionable

behave. this comes five months after the city attorney claimed that wells urged its employees to commit the acts. >> starting next year people in the united states can get what's called the bellamy watch similar to apple pay. the swatch bellamy will work with digital point of sea terminals. >> there's roars that aing night get rid of this the making listening lighter. one tech blogger says he thinks the move is the most annoying thing that apple could ever thing about doing. we'll have to wait and see. >> a el executive tim cook is being honored and will receive an award from the roberto benigni and human rights downtation and he's going to

denounce laws that he feared would discrimination against gays and lesbians. >> wireless phones send out signals all around us which have been naked to the naked eye. a new smartphone app architecture pg&e is committed to clean energy and part of that commitment is our partnership with habitat for humanity. architecture our mission is to build homes, community and hope. our homeowners are low-income families, so the ability for them to have lower energy cost is wonderful. we have been able to provide about 600 families with solar on their homes. that's over nine and a half million dollars of investment by pg&e,

and that allows us to provide clean energy for everyone here. it's been a great partnership. together, we're building a better california.

>> i'm ama daetz. there's outrage over the closure of a program for special needs kid. tonight why it's being shut down

after decades in operation and we'll hear from the deputy who found a newborn left to die. why he calls the discovery a miracle. shoppers beware. you're being tracked, through your phone, but you may actually benefit from it. that's all coming up in half an hour. see you then. >> britain's prince harry is focusing on community during his visit to south africa. >> and he's taking a real hands-on approach to the trip, too. check it out. prince harry took part in some warmup exercises today with children and staff at a youth center in capetown. >> while there he talked about his childhood saying he always wanted to be, quote, the bad boy and then he started trash talking and said he's cooler than his older brother prince william and then showed off surveillancy footwork at a soccer program. >> and harry also had an adoring young fan. the little girl just broke down when harry stopped holding her hand. >> i would have done the same thing. he's so cute. that's going to do it for us.

"world news tonight with david muir" is next. >> from all of breaking news tonight. a short time ago, the accused killer, hauled before the camera. after the deadly rampage in colorado. wearing a suicide prevention suit. facing charges for murdering three people at planned parenthood. what the judge told him late today. the major storm hitting tonight. dangerous driving. several states, up to a foot of snow, freezing rain, winds, and it's on the move tonight. and the rescue. the woman and her dog. donald trump talking about a reporter, saying he had no idea the reporter has a disability. tonight, trump taking our question. after the terror in paris, president obama and nearly 150 world leaders tonight in that city. they're there on climate change, but how do you keep the city safe? and, cyber monday. our business correspondent and the three eye-opening deals tonight.