for a man who ran over and killed a warehouse worker at true world foods. the victim confronted the suspect for possibly stealing wooden palettes. nbc news 7 reporter elissa harrington is live at the scene. ely's snarks >> reporter: police are here on scene and have been here for seven hours now. police say that he did work here at true world foods that distributes seafood and other items for wholesale and investigators are following up on some strong leads. a you few employees along san leandro's williams street witnessed the horrifying crime. they told police a man in a pickup truck purposefully ran over their co-worker killing him. it happened around 11:45 this morning. lieutenant robert mcmanus says that employee might have confronted the suspect committing a crime on the property. >> we have some palettes in the parking lot. they have been moved, and we think that there may have been a palette theft in progress that very well could have been

interrupted by run of the employees. >> reporter: sky 7 showed police gathered in the back park lot. palette thefts are common in industrial areas. people bring them to salvage yards for money. >> very shocking. that's all can i say. >> reporter: alex meena is a driver for the company. he was shocked to see a coroner and crime scene team scouring the parking lot. >> very, very, very scary and very shocking and, you know, i just don't have, you know, no words to say about this, you know. this is horrible, horrible. >> reporter: other employees were visibly upset. detectives drove some witnesses to the police station for questioning. police have only a vague description of the vehicle they are looking for. >> the best that we have right now is a light-colored pickup truck. there's a possibility that we'll have palettes in the back. >> they are trying to track down surveillance video to get a license plate number and the direction the driver went when he sped from the scene n.san leandro, elisa harrington, abc 7

news. an assault weapon is what prevented police -- adam powell stalked the officers and intended to shoot them at a starbucks on lincoln road west. powell took off from a house in suisun city where his 2-year-old son was critically wounded when he consistently shot himself. powell is accused of bursting into the starbucks and pointing his weapon and the man ran when the gun jammed and the boy's sister said that's totally out of powell. >> i don't know what went through his mind at the moment. anybody out there don't really look at him as a suspect. he probably was really distraught. >> he was wearing body armor and his assault weapon was affixed with a barrel-type magazine that holds approximately 70 rounds of high-powered ammunition. >> officer shot powell three times. he's hospitalized in critical

condition. new details now on a shooting in los altos hills. police have revealed it stemmed from a transcontinental trip for revenge. a resident near oak knoll circle shared these pictures. a man was found armed and wounded outside a house that. man had followed him from georgia who sought a restraining order against him possibly for domestic violence. the man shot at the house, and he was shot in turn. he's been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. jury selection began today in a murder of morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. the man accused of killing lamar, antolin garcia-torres, could potentially face the death penalty. he's pleaded not guilty to all charges. lamar vanished in 2012. her body was never found. the judge warned potential jurors the trial could take six months. many asked to be dismissed for hardship. the judge left open the possibility of a change in venue because of the high-profile nature of the case. it was a rough landing for a

twin turbo prop at hayward airport this afternoon. sky 7 shows you what happened. the fire department says this 12-seater suffered some kind of malfunction with the landing gear causing it to skid off the runway. workers pulled the plane out of the grass by hand with the help of a tug. neither of the two people on board was hurt. the rain we got this weekend has residents of one flood-prone san francisco neighborhood once again demanding the city fix its aging sewer system. while there wasn't problem flooding in the mission terrace neighborhood this time. residents are worried about the rainy season ahead. here's abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler. >> every single time there's rain in the forecast we're on pins and needles. >> reporter: no wonder. this was the scene outside blaine bachelder's home in the mission terrace neighbor two years ago, raw sewage mixed with storm water, sending cars floating down the street and gushing into basements and garages. she and her husband chris have spent thousands of dollars on repairs.

>> well, we had to pay out of pocket for a trench drain. we had to pay out of pocket for back flow valve preventers >> reporter: mayor stopped by right outside their door two years ago promising help and the city has offered grants, but what many residents want is a solution. >> a lot of work has been done. they might not see it >> reporter: san francisco public utilities commission acknowledges their infrastructure is old. some sewer pipes were installed during the gold rush days. they are now exploring a 20-year multi-million dollar fix for neighbors throughout the city. they hope this land owned by caltrans could be used for a project in mission terrace. >> there's an erten bummer at the end of the street and we're looking at leveling that and bringing that down so the start water can flow there. >> reporter: that could be more than two years away and with a new babe they family is more anxious than ever. if they can, they will attend a meeting tonight where city officials will provide an

update. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. two lifelong friends from san jose died while on vacation in arizona. rescue pulled the men's bodies from fossil creek falls. the two men vanished in the water on saturday. divers dropped into the water by helicopter and found the men's bodies yesterday morning at the remote waterfall creek. samsung is so serious about getting its fire-prone phones away from passengers, the company has set up an exchange booth and san francisco today. all of this comes after a total travel ban on their phone. more live from sfr tonight. >> reporter: sfo is actually one of a few airports across the country that samsung has dispatched a team of people who

they can go through the terminal and try to make -- helene hand her husband are wrapping up a tour through the american southwest and is proud of one picture in particular taken on her smartphone and when she was checking in to her flight back on quantus she learned she couldn't take her samsung 7 galaxy 7, staying she couldn't come on it. any of the of these is banned on the flights. the nope 7 already had restrictions since a recall was issued by the company last month, but after one of the models exploded on a southwest flight earlier this month, the u.s. department of transportation banned all note 7s, including the replacements. one woman tells me her husband was flying through idaho this weekend and learned about the restrictions the hard way.

>> they started telling them they can't take their phones on the flight, so he ended up at aron airport basically having to just throw the phone away. >> the san francisco team told me they would transfer all the data from an owner's phone to a replacement on site but wouldn't talk with us on camera. helene said they bought another phone in the middle of her trip. >> kept rebooting al the time and then getting really hot and then it just failed. >> reporter: as for passengers who may try to sneak a banned substan substance, you can be fine. new anger amid new questions of the judge in the stanford sexual assault case. >> and the state becomes ground

zero in the battle to curb the high cost of prescription drug tsz. the pros and cons of prop 671. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. hang up your umbrellas. here's a preview of what's to come. we'll talk about the big pattern changes ahead. and all eyes on the east coast. why this launch is the nationion because she doesn't know that it kills 40,000 californians... every year. because she doesn't understand what cancer is. because she can't spell emphysema. because she is a butterfly, who fights fires. because she is my daughter, and the surgeon general says that raising tobacco taxes... is a proven way to make sure she never smokes. that's why i'm voting yes on 56.

they're bringing crime, when mexthey're rapists.ople... are you going to have a massive deportation force? you're going to have a deportation force. we're rounding 'em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. we're going to build a wall. that's not america. we're all californians. i'm tom steyer. it's time to speak out. please, register. and vote. vote. nextgen california action committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. woman: how do we protect them from $4 billion in new cuts to california schools? man: vote yes on proposition 55. woman: prop 55 doesn't raise taxes on anyone. man: not on working californians,

not small businesses. no one. woman: instead, prop 55 simply maintains the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians. man: so those who can most afford it continue paying their fair share... woman: ...to prevent new education cuts... man: ...and keep improving california's schools. woman: vote yes on prop 55 to help our children thrive. another case handled by the brock turner judge is set for a hearing in palo alto tomorrow. it raises questions about whether judge aaron persky was lenient in a plea deal in a domestic violence case. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live at the courthouse to explain the similarities. david? >> reporter: this case involved a sophomore college player named keenan smith who is still playing football after serving 28 out of 60 days jail time. one of judge persky's biggest

critics is saying this is yet another example of putting college athletics ahead of violence against rim. stanford law professor michelle dawber has been leading the campaign to recall the judge, not just for the way he handled the brock turner rape case but a case that happened at this building supply parking lot last year and then 19-year-old keenan smith entered a guilty plea for domestic abuse begins his girlfriend. judge persky worked out a plea deal for him to attend golf prevention classes for a year and also perform 28 days of community service, that's after serving 32 days in jail. however, smith has not been complying. >> the judge had many, many opportunities to hold of this young man accountable and to make sure that he served his sentence. >> reporter: smith will be in court tuesday morning but will see a different judge. his public defender talked to us by phone says smith's case is being politicized. >> they could ask for him to go into jail, and i have been doing

this for a very long time, and i've never seen the prosecution add someone to the calendar in order to violate them when probation is not asking for a violation. >> that view is also supported by a fellow public defender gary goodman who says smith is going to classes by day and working an overnight job to pay the $50 fee for each the violence prevention classes. >> it was a district attorney's office that reduced this case to a misdemeanor. the probation department was monitoring this person quite well. they knew exactly what this person was doing. >> the district attorney's office declined to do an interview about the case. in palo alto, david louie, abc 7 news. the president of san jose state university promised changes today in how students are notified of sexual assaults. this comes after two students accused a water polo plafg raining them over the weekend. the university was criticized for waiting more than a month before revealing the incidents had happened. the victims told investigators the assaults took place at an

off-campus party. university president mary papazian said, quote, i write to you today to assure you i'm determined to do everything possible to assure that sjsu is a safe, caring, inclusive community. uc berkeley student activists are sending out a strong message to raise awareness of domestic violence today. they took a picture to share. the group claimed college campuses are not only plagued but sexual assault but also by domestic violence. >> we're doing a photo campaign where people who have write boards and writing down what is love, love is healthy and safe and trust and we want to spread the word about healthy relationships. >> reporter: intimate partner violence commission at uc berkeley and the group organized today's effort. budget cuts will force the call center in california to

close. the state announced it would cut the call center's budget by 72%. last week the county decided to shut it down early. the county's employment services director told the "east bay times" her office will help find work for all 221 employees to avoid layoffs. calls will now be routed to two other state call centers. it's a measure that promised to cap drug prices in california, though some worry that would happen on the backs of veterans. >> yeah. 7 on your side's michael finney is here with a look at prop 61 here. >> a huge rally for prop 61 in sacramento today. if passed by voters. state of california would pay no more than the veterans administration for drugs. buy law pharmaceutical companies must give the v.a. huge price breaks. veterans are coming down on both sides of the measure. >> we signed up to protect this country against threats, both foreign and domestic, and when

we have situations like this where we have pharmaceutical industries going virtually unchecked, this is one of those domestic threats in my viewpoint. >> nothing in proposition 61 that prevents companies from charging more to the state of california. there's nothing in proposition 61 that protects patients or veterans or anyone in california from those costs being passed on down to them. >> proposition 61 is one of 16 ballot measures. on the 6:00 news our reporters will take a close look at proposition 64. we're getting volter advice from you a nuclear source. expeeled yeah, the online travel giant. it is reminding travelers that the leading reasons americans fail to vote is because they are away from hem on election day and most likely to be traveling californians. 1.9 million americans take a flight every day in the 2000 presidential election. fewer than 500,000 votes

separated the candidates. in california the last date to apply for vote by smale november 1st. germany is telling tesla to stop using the term autopilot. autopilot is tesla's driver assistant technology which includes traffic aware, cruise control and lane maintenance. autopilot operates in conjunction with the human driver but the german government says the term is misleading. you may remember one person was killed in florida when a tesla equipped with the system hit the side of a truck. >> thanks a lot, michael. bay-area fans of james blake will get to see him after all after bad weather forced the cancellation of blake's appearance at treasure island music festival. today it was announced blake will play tonight at the fox theater in oakland. it's free to treasure island ticket holders and just $25 for anyone else who wants to attend.

>> oh, moy god! >> our tourists in san francisco got quite a soaking today but not from the rain. abc 9 was at high tide came in hand splashed across the rocks. the tides reached 12 feet from bodega bay to monterrey bay. surfers were happy and wait ed. >> good evening, now the waves are starting to come down and the weather has quieted down. live doppler 7 showing a few clouds lingering across parts of the bay area. the most impressive rainfall totals, almost a foot of rain in canyon county park. an inch in san francisco and inch and a half in santa rosa. almost 28 inches in oakland and 30e6r.5 in danville and san jose .42. many cities here in the bay area looking at rainfall that they

average for the entire month of poker. put this well above average. well -- you'll notice san francisco at 328% of average and a few inches of snow fell in the sierra nevada. 82-hundred foot elevation and they saw several in. es which is a great sign. live doppler 7 obviously has been tracking the clouds which has been showing up from the east bay hills camera. 63 in san francisco and upper 630s oakland and san jose. gilroy 70 degrees and san jose looking nice with filtered sunshine. high clouds passing through. mid to upper 60s from santa rosa to concord and livermore. those temperatures are coming up today. south beach cameras are showing you blue skies over the bail. foggy areas in the morning and looking at a warming. here's the hour-by-hour look of

what will happen tonight. we'll see patchy fog and tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. you'll need to lock out for fog as it reduces visibility. for most areas you'll be seeing the sunday. 509s for the rest of you, but the fog will slow you down. downlead our nbc 7 news papp. temperatures mid-60s to low 70s. a nice day for your tuesday, and as you take a look ahead at what's for wednesday it will be the warm trend carrying over. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s hey long the khost and mild to warm for your thursday. look at these numbers. low to mid-80s and for your friday the warmth holds on. we're going to go with low 80s and mid to upper 60s near the coastline fast forward to early next week on tuesday october 25th we're looking at a chance of showers. at least that's what the computer models are hinting at right now going into wednesday

afternoon so just keep that in mind. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. patchy fog and mid-60s to mid-70s. temperatures going up. a milder pattern for your wednesday and low 80s inland. thursday mid-80s, and we're going to hang on to some of the mild weather for your friday before it cools off a little bit over the weekend, but it is a dry weekend in case you didn't get a chance to take the little ones to the pumpkin patch and want to take them out. this is the week to do it. temperatures mid-60s to mid-70s. mild fall weather will continue and the clouds will inkreebs which leads to the potential for seeing wet weather beyond the accuweather seven-day forecast. tuesday afternoon into wednesday afternoon. eric and kristen. >> all right. they couldn't get to the pumpkin patch last weekend so this is the weekend to do it. >> exactly. >> sandhya, thank you. flying low. the new tool telling you when fares increase. that's next. then at 6:00, meet the women doing something they never thought they could do, keep their

that breaking news is out of the east bay. >> san leandro police are telling us a driver whose truck looks like the one that ran down a warehouse worker this morning has just been detained in east oakland. sky 7 is over the area where police found the truck. you might recall they were saying that he might have been trying to steel wooden palettes and we do see wooden palettes in the back of the truck. >> the warehouse worker was killed trying to stop someone from stealing wooden palettes from the back parking lot on williams near mers ed street. the worker was driven over the suspect sped away. >> an unmanned rocket is loaded with 5,100 pounds of supplies

for the international space station including presents for the astronauts. after the previous rocket exploded two years ago, orbital atk redesigned the ship and replaced the old russian engines and rebuilt the launchpad. google's flights is launching an upgrade that the company says will help save money on the plane tickets. in the coming weeks the site will tell you about expected price changes and will fares will likely increase. you can opt to track a specific flight or route and receive e-mail notifications letting you know when prices are expected to change. google today also added features to its hotel search. >> speaking of change, ones coming, new on and off ramps from the westbound edge of the bay bridge will open today. drivers will be alerted about the opening. construction on the ramps began in january of 2014. the total project costs almost $100 million. it was 27 years ago today

that the 1989 loma prieta earthquake snapped off a section of the bay bridge. we want to hear where you were when loma prieta hit. share your stories on social >> take a look at this gorgeous picture from oakland hills. share yours with us on social media. use the #abc7newsnow. >> up next, the rescue. you'll see a mother's love in

coming up on abc 7 "news at 6:00" there's a lot of fanfare over san francisco's new fire boat.

at 6:00 see what makes it valuable. the raiders take another step towards las vegas. doesn't mean the game is over in oakland and we'll examine proposition 64, the decision to legalize marijuana in california. arguments for and again coming up at 6:00. eric, kristen. >> ama, see you then. >> finally tonight a humpback whale refused to leave her calf as it was rescued from a shark net and it's all on video. >> the mother propped up her calf to keep it safe as rescuers worked to free the young whale this. happened saturday off the gold coast in australia. seaworld australia along with local boating and fisheries patrol used specialize equipment to cut the calf free. >> they ended up swimming away in good condition. >> you're worried. >> dividend know they had that kind of connection with the offspring. >> "world news tonight" with david muir" is coming up now. i'm krintsy. >> and i'm eric thomas in for dan ashley.

for sandhya patel and dan ashwari, thanks for inviting us tonight, breaking news.g us melania trump, breaking her silence, on the audio of donald trump, what he said about women. and what she's now saying about her husband. also, the fbi, the state department and one of hillary clinton's e-mails. was there an offer of quid pro quo? also tonight, the firebomb attack on a campaign headquarters. some calling it political terrorism. police now searching for a suspect. police officers targeted at a starbucks. >> man with a rifle just tried to ambush us at starbucks. >> a suspect in body armor and the takedown, right here tonight. american troops helping the iraqis at this hour. the new and major assault on isis. u.s. air strikes, and isis tonight, putting suicide bombers in cars and sending them in. and an american great. his songs, and his t