>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. hundreds of los angeles school buses are sitting idle because of "electronic threat." all classes are canceled and constitutes are staying home while authorities search every school in los angeles. >> i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. >> officials have finished a news conference. the threat came in this morning and a full investigation is underway. janet o is in the newsroom with the latest. >> leaders say the recent shootings in san bernardino and abroad led them to take the swift action this morning as soon as they learned that several school board members received an e-mail threat that

talked about an attack involving assault rave goals and explosives. the ip address was traced back to frankfurt, germany. >> as superintendent i will not take the chance with the lives of the students. >> unified school district superintendent ramon cortines got a call this morning from school police about a credible terror threat. >> he shared with me that some of the details talked about backpacks, talked about other packages. it was not to one school, two will schools or three schools, it was many schools. not specifically identified. >> this is the second large of the in the nation with more than 640,000 students. more than 900 schools. a few hours later new york city officials said they received similar threats to their schools but determined it was a hex. l.a. unified is in the process of investigation.

f.b.i. and l.a.p.d. are assist asking a massive search at all campuses is underway. >> i want every school every early education center every adult school, i want them search ed and a report made to me and to the board of education. that it is safe. >> we ask for are the patience, the cooperation and support of the city. >> new york's police commissioner said the response is a significant overreaction and officials say it is the responsible thing to do. >> this comes a day after a bomb threat at a san bernardino valley college. classes there were already canceled for today before the threat against l.a. unified and police are still investigating. the f.b.i. is working to reconstruct the online history of the husband and wife gunmen in the san bernardino shooting this month. agents admitted they missed wanting signs posted by tashfeen

malik despite three background checks. students are notice more police on the san francisco public school campuses the but the school district said there is no threat here. san francisco police made a decision to ensure everyone is vigilant. the latest and breaking updates are on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> new details, gilroy detectives are trying to figure out how a domestic violence call escalated to an officer shooting and killing a man. matt is in gilroy with the story. matt? we are still waiting for an update from the gilroy police department. the shooting took place last night at 7:00. we have naughton updated this morning about what took place. some of the questions that remain unanswered, why did the officer open fire on the suspect? did the suspect even have a weapon? >> this isn't a place where you would think you would hear gunfire. just a fence away from gilroy high school and people describe it as a nice quiet neighborhood.

last night around 7:00, police were called to the small apartment complex for a possible domestic violence call. >> this girl was yelling and screaming and i her three shots, one, two, three. >> a police can't said the shots were fired from the gun of a four-year veteran of the gilroy police department. a neighbor then heard more yelling. >> she said, why did do you that? you did not have to do that. he cannot bracket. he is choking. >> man died at the scene. the apartment manager said that two women just moved in to the upstairs unit two weeks ago and young men and women have been coming and going. a couple downstairs were not home. the man died steps from their front door. >> there is blood all over the floor. i am surprised -- i don't want my daughters do see that. >> he discovered this, a bullet hole through the front of his apartment. another in his living room wall and a big hole in his bedroom

wall where police dug for evidence. we no innocent bystanders were hit. [ inaudible ] i thought, my daughters are home alone watching tv at that time. >> my colleague just spoke with the suspect's mother and sister. they confirmed to us that the suspect is 19-year-old hector alvarez with a seven-month-old daughter and as for the officer, he is on paided leave while this officer involved shooting is investigateed. >> new details now in a deadly shooting at hands of san francisco police two weeks ago. according to the surveillance camera surveillance camera two of the officers seen in cell phone video have previous excessive force claims filed. "san francisco chronicle" said the records show an officer was accuse evidence shooting two men

who say they had their hands up. the other officer had two beat cases settled out of court. it was claimed that they shot and killed woods when he refused to drop the steak knife. video disputes accounts of what happened according to the family. >> new gun laws could become a reality in oakland after a shooting in san francisco over the summer that got nationwide attention. oakland city leaders are considering tougher restrictions following the killing of kate steinle in july. she was gunned down on pier 14 and two oakland city council members want to ban ammunition clips that hold more than ten rounds and force all gun owners do keep weapons locked in their homes and not in car including law enforcement officers, if the city council okays the rules they will be in affect by next spring. >> in san jose, police are trying to track down the man who shot a 17-year-old girl after he stole her car. police say the teen left her car running while she talked to a friend at the a park and the man took off and the girl and her

friend followed the car and confronted suspect when he shot. he then shot the girl and took off again. he ditched the car. the girl was hit in the shoulder, and she is expected to recover. >> berkeley police are looking for the suspects involved in a hit-and-run accident incident, with cell phone showing the scene near alcatraz and sacramento streets after midnight. the car was speeding and ago off. no one was seriously sure. >> new this morning, an east bay father is not sugar coat it and believing anyone with a hover board under the christmas tree should get rid of it the when you hear what happened to the man force family you will understand why. our reporter, amy hollyfield, has that story. thank you is what is left of a 15-year old brentwood girl's christmas present. her new hoverboard was all charge up last night when suddenly it turned into a threat. >> she took it off of the charger and turned it on, stood on it and she stood on it, it parked and made popping noises and she freaked out. >> she tried to drag it out of

the house but it was on fire. look what it did to the inside of the family home. >> she was screaming to try and get someone to help. my uncle pour add bucket of water on it. >> this is the latest in a long list of hover board fires and 11 have been reported in ten states. amazon has stepped carrying them. the united states product safety commission is investigating why they are catching on fire. this family knew about the problems and ignored them. >> you hear it on tv and never think twit be your family. >> they think of what could have happened to his home and his daughter. >> i was thing that this morning, i could have just been worse, could have gutted the house. >> he has as vied for anyone with a hoverboard waiting. >> get rid of it. it is not safe. >> the second hoverboard is fine, but it is headed for the trash along with this one, and the family is hoping am citizen

will give them a refund. in brentwood for abc news. >> containers that fell into the ocean when a ship headed for hawaii hit rough wars during the weekend storms and it is almost done. sky 7 was over head baker beach a few minutes ago, at least one container washed you on sunday, and another washed up yesterday. coast guard said they will dispatch two boats to look if two other containers spotted off golden gate bridge. >> happening today san jose's city council is expected to give the green height to a permanent memorial honoring fallen officer michael johnson. the city wants to rename part of highway 87 after him. officer johnson was shots and killed in the line of duty in march. the city council hope to have the freeway signs installed next month before the official unveiling in february. >> drivers on ohio see something new, a look at the stretch in san jose, just one place where the new billboards are going up,

warning commuters of imminent flooding. this is what it looks like. it said in the next severe storm this freeway will be underwater. a lot of silicon valley companies are in the flood plain and the areas in red are showing where the gladding is most likely. the campaign is aimed at making us more airof the daker from storm storm this winter. >> a she down in sin city ahead of the g.o.p. presidential debate and we will tell you what the frontrunner, donald trump, has more fired up. >> jaw dropping video of a truck slamming into a hotel lobby and what investigators say prompted the driver to put the pedal to the metal. >> a link gene moms to be and babies with autism and what could be causing more kids to be diagnosed. stay tuned.

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>> new details involving the angry hotel guest who smashed the truck through a hotel lobby and nearly hit two women. look at the surveillance video. police in oklahoma say that the 62-year-old faces two felony counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after barreling through the entrance because he wasn't happy with his bill. >> don't touch me. don't touch me. >> new video from las vegas

shows black lives matter protesters getting a little rowdy last night during a rally for republican presidential candidate donald trump a few had to be kicked out. supporters tried to drown out the protesters with chants of their own and that led to a shouting match. >> he will stake center stage tonight during the republican presidential debate because he is the frontrunner. there are usually only spots for the top eight but cnn is allowing kentucky sand rand paul to take part. the network said a president released over the weekend shows that paul is still a viable candidate. the focus of the debate tonight is national security. >> next democratic debate will be this saturday in new hampshire and you can watch it right here on abc7, the third debate with all three democrats, hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley. world trade center anchor david muir and chief global affairs correspondent will moderate. live coverage starts at 5:00 p.m. on saturday.

>> this morning, some important new research for parents to be, a study shows that women would take antidepressants later stages of protectcy are more like throw have children with autism after examine 2,500 babies whose mothers took some form of antidepressant and found 1 percent infants were diagnosed with autism. >> there is balanced risk. we know for a woman who has depression and it is not treatied during pregnancy, there is risk there, as well, the baby could be small, so you have to weigh the risks, the risk of a slight increase in risk of autism, the health risk to the baby. >> chief and health and medical ode tore said women dealing with depression should talk to their daughter before going off their medication. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> yes, from the stop of the abc broadcast center where crisp breezes take center stage in the forecast temporarily but before

you make the weekend plans you will want to check out the seven-day forecast with a couple chances of rain. >> "star wars" goes to space with a link between the franchise and the latest mission

>> benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a very productive morning for three astronauts aboard this russian space capsule, nasa said after a 6 1/2 hour journey the spacecraft has reached the international space station. on board are american and two

other astronauts from britain and russia. the trio left kazakhstan at 3:00 this morning after receiving a warm send off. though will now spend six months abort the space station. >> the craw of the international space station is in for a treat. they will see the new "star wars" film "the force awakens" on the space station. most of us will have to wait until thursday night to see the film and a-listers saw it last night in hollywood with the stars mobbed on the red carpet the >> incredible. >> so satisfying. incredible. incredible. amazing. wonderful. everyone is going to love it. >> we should mention, lucas film is responsible for this and is owned by disney which is the owner of abc7. >> and is meteorologist mike nicco knowing what the weather will be like for those camping

out? >> thank you. if you are headed outside you may want to wear a few layers with a crisp breeze. look at live doppler hd, most of us between 10-20 miles per hour the closer you are to the bay and high early vacations and the coast the faster the breezes are going to be. we have a 30-miles per hour wind on mount tamalpais if you are thinking of hiving up the 2,500' you will run into some crispness. all of us are under chilled sunshine today and bone dry air. cannot get enough of the cough drops and hot tree. more clouds tomorrow through mid and saturday, the storm will open the door to an unsettled week we and we could have spin even on christmas day. before that, look at the temperatures, to low to high, livermore and san mateo 54. shy oakland and santa rosa at veteran. tonight, it will be another cool one with patchy frost, and high clouds dancing with our stars, and mid-to-upper 30s in most

neighbors and areas an the bay and the coast like san mateo and richmond and half moon bay low-to-mid 40s. here we are on friday evening at 7:00, already light rain breaking out across the north bay, and with the hest coming in at 1:00 in the morning. part of the bay will be in there by 4:00 and the south bay around 6:00 and by 9:00 we are starting to see the steady rain moving out with lingering left over showers and by noon, fingers crossed, it is over, quote have a delightful saturday evening and sunday. rainfall amounts from a third of an inch in the south bay to 1" in the north bay. because of the rain, this puts it as a "2" on the storm impact scale. we will not have the winds of last time and we will not have power outages with gusts town 3 miles per hour. if you are headed to lake tahoe, they are still making snow it is cold in heavenly with the sun. we will warm into the 40s by friday and light to moderate snow on saturday. getting home on sunday should be

okay, dodging the snow showers, and then it will be windy with heavy we snow on sunday. get the temperatures into the mid-50s and we close to average through wednesday and we will see 60 develop on thursday and friday and back spot 50s with the chance of rayon saturday, and keeping an eye on the storm on monday and tuesday and it could be even stronger. spencer and san difficult will have an update this evening. guys? >> thank you, mike, the cot of giving during the holiday season can come with a heavy they price tag. what if we told you where there could be hundreds of hidden can cash in your home to offset that bottom line. >> you can get money for major gently used toys and sites for damaged electronics and old books and even toy boxes. the hidden treasures are giving some families an even more merry holiday. >> how does that impact christmas? >> it helps out. we. get gifts for each other this

year. >> americans will spend an average of $805 on holiday shop this year, and a family claims their hidden treasures netted $656. so now time for holiday gifts. >> a disney design taking holiday cheer to a whole new level. the trick behind the christmas lights making them a viral sensation

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>> coming up, the 8-year-old burn victim would made headlines with christmas cards gets another holiday surprise. and what some call the yelp killer, at 5:00, the local giant poised to become the new go-to site for ratings and reviews. >> some people take christmas to the next level getting creative with decorating their homes. look at what some video of an arkansas family's disfly is going viral. >> it features the movie "frozen," thought you would want to sing that, and the sisters enjoyed the display and posted the video online for all to see. the lights are synchronized so

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>> i can't think of anyone more deserving of winning $1 million than the brave men and women who risk their lives to protect our country. and we've got some here today who are going to try and do just that. it's armed forces appreciation week on "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ hey, everybody. i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. you guys ready for a special "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] good. 'cause i am here with our returning contestant, who is a purple heart recipient from glastonbury, connecticut. please, give it up for retired army captain greg galeazzi. [cheers and applause] welcome back. good to have you back. >> glad to be here. >> ready to continue this march? >> i'm ready. let's do it. >> all right. before we jump back into it, we told a little bit of the story last time you were