treated. melanie? >> reporter: one victim was upgraded to fair condition. his family friend tells me they waited until today to let him know the individual who hit him in this crash was an off duty police officer. >> he's just a kind, compassionate person. >> reporter: he says his friend was loading musical equipment in a car when another driver hit him and another friend. the driver ditched his dodge, but police identified who was behind the wheel the is a seven year veteran with the department. the accident happened around 2:20 a.m. near broadway. the parking attendant showed us

surveillance video, showing people running towards the scene and one person running in the opposite direction. it's not clear who that is. >> we don't know if he's trying to get help or running from something. >> we hold ourselves to a higher standard. >> reporter: a sfpd spokesperson says he turned himself in eight hours after the accident. >> say around 10:00 in the morning. >> it's being taken into account. >> no one answered the door today, he gained national attention as the hot cop, garnering a fan page. in an interview the scrutiny came with sudden change saying i drove carefully, never peeled out. i never got overly drunk and everyone was watching. sfpd says prior to the accident he was already on medical leave.

if cleared to return, he'll be suspended and if found guilty, he would likely lose his job. in san francisco, abc7 news. investigators now tell us that the nurse at oakland's children hospital was killed by a car going backward on the street. the 66-year-old was in a crosswalk near the hospital parking garage when an suv hit her. police say the driver had been drinking and backed up because he thought he saw someone he knew. people in two san francisco neighborhoods are breathing a sigh of relief after a alleged prowler has been caught. we are live with the police headquarters with developments you'll see only on abc7 news. sergio? >> reporter: this person seems

to be wearing wigs which is distinctive. lots of neighbors say it's working neighbors between the hours of midnight ant 5:00. police caught this person but they tell me that this case remains open. they're looking for a possible accomplice. this wig-wearing prowler has been casing neighborhoods and now, he's been caught by police in the tender loin with property investigators believe has been stolen. captain joseph mcfadden says the expect might be connected to several break ins across the city. >> it's still developing and we're piecing them together and there could be more. we don't know. >> reporter: over the last few days, neighbors compiled videos of the intruder casing homes and working with an accomplice. this is a relief for residents.

>> it's fantastic that neighbors saw things. you put it on the news and called police so everyone worked to make it happen. >> reporter: another neighbor told me that this prowler was in his home a few weeks ago, at 5:00 in the morning and was chased out. the captain says that person didn't call the police until noticing the wallet and credit card was missing hours later. he said residents need to involve investigators as soon as possible. >> there are a lot of people that were reporting to say, next door or internet based public information area but not to the police. what we encourage everybody to do is if you see a suspicious person, call us, regardless. >> reporter: saying they can then connect the suspected incidents into possible crimes, which is what happened in this

case. administrators in a san francisco school are looking for help to pay for bike that's were stolen over the weekend. 26 mountain bikes were taken from a shed on visitation valley middle school. students use the bikes in a p.e.class. the principal believes they're more than just a piece of the school. >> this is a tough neighborhood to grow up in and to be in. and kids come to school for escape from that. they want something that is positive, structured. someone they can count on. >> the bikes were worth more than $9,000. there is a gofundme page and we have a link on our website. the number of baseball bats chained at street poles is up to 34. the bats have nails sticking out of them but no one has been hurt. police are asking for help finding out who is putting them on the streets. police say since they could be

used as weapons, the person responsible could face felony charges. >> so strange. >> yes. >> a change in the weather today, we've got light showers scattered around the bay area. >> and more rain is coming. we have spencer christian with the forecast. >> today's rain was just a hint of what is still to come. just a hint. we have mainly dry conditions now. you can see areas of moisture are just off shore. we still may get another sprinkle or two. rainfall totals were modest. that is the easy way of saying most places in the bay area received no measurable rain. we had 2/100ths in danville and livermore and 3/100ths in petaluma. there is a bigger storm and here is a preview. by 10:00 rain moving into locations. by mid day, this storm will

bring rain and strong winds as well. >> spencer, thank you. world leaders are in paris working on climate change. tech leaders made a major announcement. microsoft founder bill gates has a plan to speed up development of clean energy sources. gates says together they can accelerate emissions and cut carbon emissions. >> you need innovation so the cost of clean is lower than coal-based energy generation. >> the white house says the solar industry issed aing jobs ten times faster than the rest of the economy. abc7 news has more on silicon

valley's role in these goals. >> reporter: sun power's ceo wedgered the storm of the solar energy and prepares to head to paris. >> there is a consumer when you have world leaders getting together that sets trends. >> reporter: world leaders will set climate change goals but investors are making promises. today, bill gates and others announced a partnership putting billions into green energy efforts. >> this bridges a gap between government dollars and investors to get these off the ground and get much-needed technologies. >> it helps start ups in more-established companies alike. solar ceos are watching the funding direction and using talks as an opportunity to influence long-term policy.

>> it's important and local policies were made up there. >> it's unclear when policy polls but there is change. >> reporter: in the short term, climate change commitments means an expanding solar market. >> this year, china will install as much as america has cumulatively in one year. it's a new market. so it's trends like these that come out of the climate talks. >> it's too early to say when they will reach consumers. you can bet leaders in silicon valley are looking to capture the funds globally. >> the talks allow this become a huge opportunity. >> in san jose, abc7 news. in the east bay, a wild picture to share with you and a story that goes with it. look at this. a boat stuck on top of a sea wall. the family was rescued yesterday and today, it was the boat's

turn. laura anthony is live in alameda tonight. that is a strange image. >> it's a better image. the coast guard wants others to learn from this. this is the best advice, the coast guard says to stay in the shipping channel in that part of the bay. >> it's scary. yes. >> this is not what he had in mind, but his yacht hit a sea wall submerged by high tide. >> the boat came to a stop. you know? and it won't move. >> lopez and his family had to be rescued by the coast guard. this morning, he returned to

retrieve the gotcha. >> they lifted et up and put it in the water. >> it was several miles to alameda. this is despite having it in the hole. the damage is expected to be in the $40,000 to $70,000 change, should put gotcha in dry dock for at least a couple months. still ahead, lining up for world aides day. a big announcement to help combat the disease. plus... >> i grew up with it. and i have competed on it. i played on it. >> a treasured family heirloom. stolen. the reward one family is now

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the bomb squad has blown up a grenade in palo alto. a construction crew made that discovery. but it turns out it would not

have exploded on its own. >> a car break in has a family pleading for a return of something they consider part of the family. it's this 200 year old violin, valued at $20,000 and belongs to a college student from sunnyvale. >> this just issue of i wanted to pass this on to my children. my dad passed it on to me. >> police need tips from the public. the family is offering a reward. the violin was not insured. >> demonstrators are gathering across the bay area, protesting the closure of a program helping children with

disabiliti disabilities. the program provided services to 3,000 children with autism, down's syndrome and key -- cerebral palsy. >> we take care of children with developmental delays and those children will have no center to attend. there won't be anywhere for them to go. >> another demonstration is planned for december 10th in sacramento. this is from our alliance with uni vision 14. ucsf has been given a $20 million grant to find a cure for aids in just five years. they're about to honor world aids day.

lyanne? >> reporter: there is light in the grove tonight. you can see people with candles in hand. there is hope for a four-letter word until recently, few would utter. cure. he's known owes a top designer, kenneth cole. he's also dedicated to finding a cure for aids. >> we can see a cure by 2020. >> he is the chairman of the board for an organization to create hiv cure research, led by paul who treated first patients in the 1980s. >> truly getting rid of it could be difficult. finding ways to keep it under control might be doable. a number of groups will first chart the virus.

that would require examination of matter. the virus is present but dormant and if they can locate and activate, pash yenths would be given new treatments. >> we're going to push hard to get drugs in the clinic. >> i've remained hopeful. i am still here. >> it will be harder to be cured because of the virus mutating and years of trying to rebuild his immune system. there is optimism for the younger generation of patients. >> the typical person now is and yes. absolutely. it's going to be easier to cure that generation. >> it's hope for 36 million people infected with

>> several days now, cold morning air we've got light rain. it's dry now, and here is a nice live view at a portion of the skyline. it's 51 in san francisco. here is a view of partly cloudy skies. 49 in santa rosa. 47 in fairfield and 46 degrees. here is the view along the bay bridge. these features tonight, not quite so cold overnight. dry and milder, then, wet, windy and looks like we're going to

get a storm. here is a system that brought us scattered sprefrngels. the stronger storm comes in on thursday. not only bringing us more rainfall, but will bring us strong winds as well. that is the expectation. here is our wind gust forecast beginning wednesday night into thursday. gusts to 57 miles per hour. 48 miles per hour at half moon bay. around the bay area, there is a possibility of winds accompanying the storm. we're looking at projection of totals from a tenth to quarter inch for the bay area. but north bay will be wetter than other regions and santa rosa about six tenths of an inch. overnight this night look for chilly conditions inland but we don't expect sup freezing.

then, tomorrow, we'll have partly cloudy skies with high temperatures upper 50s on the coast. and somehow lot of clouds but rain -- raining and windy with partly sunny skies. a chance of rain sunday and monday. but thursday looks like the big event. stay tuned for more details on that. >> yes. >> that is one. >> okay. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 6:00 mystery behind these cars levitating in an intersection. what caused this accident. the brother of pat tillman is out with a childrenses book series.

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take a look at odd images from surveillance cameras in china. this wasn't paranormal activity. turns out a steel cable caught caught on a sanitation vehicle and tripped the car cars. >> that is weird. >> it is. >> the youngest brother of pat

tillman is making a name for himself away from the football field. >> we'll show how mr. tillman became a childrens offer. >> san jose native rich nard tillman didn't need to look for inspiration because being a dad of two young boys can inspire many emotions. >> my wife came home and i was about to pull my head off. i'm like this kid is a lunatic. >> lunatyke was born that day. the 34-year-old former stand up comedian found an illustrator and turned it into a e-book series. he wanted to teach his children empathy. richard's path in life is different than his brothers who

both joined after the september 11th terrorist attacks. pat walked away from a successful nfl career to serve his country. he was killed in a friendly fire incident if afghanistan if 2004. i asked richard what he thinks pat would say about the endeavor. >> he'd feel like it's a natural fit from a -- like a full circle natural fit. i don't think in my 20s he would say you're going to be a kid book author. i don't know. i know my brother kevin thinks they're fantastic and is a fan of them. that means the world to me. >> the e books are available to down load. you can find a link on our website. richard hopes to see these in hard cover and paper book sometime next year. >> just ahead, we're learning

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a manhunt is under way for a man say police say stabbed his girlfriend to death on the pin anyone la. this is who police are looking for. investigators say he had a history of domestic violence >> we thought we had good leads and they didn't pan out. >> he disappeared after ditching his car here near sutter health. early sunday morning, police swept trains and the station after a cell phone pinged nearby. 34-year-old colleen straw

stabbed to death here in her home. the man police are hooking for, straw's former boyfriend, 22-year-old anthony. it was a stormy, violent relationship. in late september, police were called to the house. >> he unfortunately beat her. she ended up to the hospital. >> he was arrested and charged of convicted of felony assault and domestic violence. in october, straw got a restraining order against him. the second filed this year. this summer, a judge issued an order against the former roommate but this proved deadly. he was just released from jail after serving 60 days of a 120 day sentence. >> he completed his sentence last week so the violation of the restraining order is when he allegedly committed this murder.

>> straw's parents mourn and tell us she was kind to everyone she met. statistics say restraining orders are usually successful but in this case it wasn't worth the paper it was written on. sky 7 hd is live over breaking news. this is police activity in redwood city that could be related to that manhunt. multiple agencies set up a command post near the area of massachusetts and alameda but you can't see a lot. police surrounded a home in the area. they won't say who it is they're looking for inside. they're setting up a center and no word on who police believe may be inside of the home.

we'll bring you more information as we get it. you can get latest updates on twitter. the man accused of shooting and killing three people inside of a colorado planned parenthood clinic faced a judge. he appeared in court through video conferencing from jail. he's been charged with murder in the first degree arcs accused of killing a university of colorado police officer and two civilians. nine other people were hurt in the five-hour long rampage. he could face the death penalty if convicted. protestors hit the streets tonight in chicago as a police officer walked out of jail on bond. officer jason van dyke posted 10% of his bond as is required to make bond typically. the white chicago police officer is charged with murder after a squad car video caught him shooting a black teenager 16

times. he had been locked up since november 24th when prosecutors charged him in the shooting death. well, on the cyber monday, there is a movement afoot to make shopping in stores as easy and personalized as online. how personal is too personal? two. >> you'll find these days just how we shop. >> i'm going to do research online, then transact in the store. >> they call it web rooming. and for retailers it comes with an adjustment. >> i just hit one of the beacon, the screen will become personalized. >> it taylors the experience you

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now, bob built a second career, buying and selling trains on consignment. unfortunately, one train arrived to the buyer damaged. here is a picture of a condition after delivered. and not only was there physical damage, but damage to the engine. >> it was inoperable. there is no way to -- that you can run the engine or get the parts to fix it. >> sandy morris filed a claim when filing a claim, you need to include a photo of the package, the tracking number, and you must submit within 60 days of damage. >> we've complied within minutes or within an hour of everything they asked us to do. >> six weeks later, the claim was denied. the post office said the

morris's filed too late. they knew it wasn't true, but couldn't get anyone to listen. so, they contacted 7 on your side. >> so frustrated because we were getting into where. >> we contacted the post office, admitting it made a mistake. >> claims are forwarded to accounting in minnesota. the post office admits it filed too late. >> we took responsibility for that. she did everything right. >> morris just received a check for $600 for the damaged train. >> thank you. you guys really came >> coming up, a newborn found buried alive. >> it's not going to be a baby. then, i saw the blanket.

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a newborn that was buried alive is speaking out today. >> that baby may have just been a day old and would not have survived much longer. >> our sister station in los angeles has the story. >> deputy adam carlett has only been with the sheriff's department about a year. the day after thanksgiving he experienced what he called a miracle. they went to this bike path, two women reported hearing a baby cry. >> my first thought is that, you know maybe an animal stuck in the fence or had fallen over, then, we see, you know, they're telling us we hear it here. we hear the cry. >> he said he didn't think he'd find a baby inside of a two foot wide hole covered with dirt and asphalt. >> we're getting closer to the sound, pulling asphalt chunks. it's not going to be a baby. then, i saw the blanket, oh,

wow, it's a baby. >> according to doctors the newborn could have been there hours, but survived. >> it was a miracle. there is a sense of god in that as well. >> reporter: the detective working overtime that night witnessed the rescue. she's nicknamed the child. >> i saw the case from the beginning and i call her baby grace. just for the sheer fact she had that will to live. >> reporter: authorities are asking the baby's mother to come forward and are concerned for her well being. >> we're lucky. two women heard the baby and happened to pass by. if they were not alert or had not called for help, we may have lost this precious life. >> reporter: one of two women first heard the cries taking a walk. she prayed god blesses her and that she finds a loving family. officials say baby grace and hundreds of children in need of homes.

they encourage the public to consider adopting or becoming foster parents. abc7 news. >> what a story. >> absolutely. >> wow. >> time to check on our weather and find out if it's going to warm up. >> spencer is back. >> it's going to warm up a couple degrees. it's chilly out there. clouds around and spots of moisture. so there could be another sprinkle or two tonight. no rainfall is expected. taking a look at our snow pack. we're at 6:00% of normal, which is not great, but a lot better than a year ago at that time. only 19% of normal. statewide, tomorrow, mainly dry and mild in southern california. highs 71 in los angeles and palm springs. and in the bay area, a cool day but milder with a couple locations inland and around the gay reaching 60, 61 degrees.

here is the accu-weather forecast. clouds on wednesday, and milder then as well. will be rainy and windy thursday. so some strong, >> a lot of football to talk about. >> a little bit of everything. raiders and 49ers are going in different directions and jared goff got recognition today for his performance. it's al

raiders are still alive for a wild card playoff spot. silver and black played and 330 yards with three touchdowns. importantly as turning the ball over on a fumble he led on a 90 yard game winning drive to roberts. and 5 and 6, raiders playoff hopes are rising.

>> once december gets here, you get teams making a run, then get into teams that are looking for things to play juror. for us, everything we'd like to accomplish is in front of an opportunity is in front of us. >> the 49ers impressed me in the fact they haven't quit on their head coach or themselves. and what we'll call a earned victory. defense battles several questionable calls including a hit here that kept the game-winning drive alive.

and. >> that intensity is where we need to make our corrections from there. not making a mistake but playing with hair down. just play. let's go. and then, correct from there. >> college football, saturday night with cal. last home game went out in style. pack 12 offensive player of the week with 542 passing yards. and also a single game record. players will find out which ball game they're invited to on sunday. >> a no-brainer for conrad ukarapina, winning field goal against notre dame.

cardinals face usc saturday and conrad is ready to do it again. >> just taking to me, walking in here so will it come down absolutely i'll give it my best shot. >> troejans made interim head coach clay helton permanent today. the last two times usc had a opening they passed over a popular interim coast for a flashy outside hire in sarkiassian so now, they're trying to go the other direction. >> warriors undefeated in 18 and

0. and undefeated in my lifetime. second in nba right now, 32, 26. we'll have highlights tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. this sports report brought to you by bank of the west. people thinking of a 7 game road trip but we'll play 82 and 0. >> yes. thank you. >> they're on their way. >> join us tonight at 9:00 looking for your brain's gender. >> a new hack attack. this time, target is the maker of popular toys. the sensitive information at risk tonight. >> and a special tribute show,

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as impressive as rob has been in his two previous appearances on "jeopardy!" there's no guarantee that he will be equally good today, because as those of you who watch us on a regular basis know, an important determining factor is the categories. you hit your categories, your subjects, you're gonna do better. and i say that as encouragement to our newcomers, joyce and elaine. good luck to all three. here we go. now let's find out what the categories are. uh-oh! next... ooh. the "d" coming up in the middle of each correct response. and finally... rob, you start us, please. that one song, $200. rob. who is britney spears? correct. song for $400.