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antioch police search for this 14-year-old gir 'killer. >> tonight the suspect is in custody. good evening i'm dan ash. >> i and i'm dion limb in nor aim dates. thanks for joining put two years ago they submit biological evidence to a forensics lab in san mateo. >> today they arrested mitchell lynn beak cam in antioch, a man with an extensive criminal history. >> we're live in police headquarters with more. lillian. >> because of advances in dna technology, police were able to make an afleft antioch's oldest unsolved murder case. >> we never gave up on bringing this case to a successful resolution. >> reporter: 37 years later, a break in the case that had the entire pay area on edge. susan bam bah deer was only 14 years old when she was kidnapped, raped, and murdered 'the now they say they have her killer in custody. 63-year-old man who knew the

family. >> our thoughts and prayers are with her family and we hope this development offers some level of comfort to them. >> reporter: police stay was 1980 when he kidnapped suzanne from her sister's apartment on hudson court while she was baby sitting her nieces. they say he raped her before he stabbed her in the chest which penetrated her heart. her body was found floating in the river just east of the antioch bridge just days later. investigators were only able to recently link him to the crime after several rounds of dna testing. >> justice may not have come as swiftly as we may have hoped or liked. but we will be continuing to work diligently on this case and hopefully justice will come. >> he has a long and violent criminal history. investigators are now trying to determine if his dna can be linked to other unsolved cases. in antioch, lilian kim, abc 7 news. a suspect in a decades old

kidnapping case in hillsboro remains in jail on $5 million bail tonight. he made his first court appearance today after being captured in los angeles on friday. police believe he captured and kidnapped 9-year-old kristine chu for ran some in 1995. tomorrow the stiff oakland will resume normal operations after a strike shut down city services for several days. we're live at city hall with more on these developments tonight. katie. >> reporter: there are till strike signs an protest signs in the windows of city hall but some 3,000 workers will be back on the job tomorrow, but it's only at suspense. strike as mediation is still under way and workers could go out again if union leaders call for it. these striking city of oakland workers will be back on the job tomorrow morning thanks in part to head way made by a mediator. >> i think the mediator has heptd naerts terms of reframing the issues and becoming more

mentally flexible. at the same time i think the last week with no services for the city is what helped change the city tone. >> we did reach some additional agreements regarding working conditions. the nature of the mediation is still confidential. >> reporter: seiu called for the strike seven days ago after negotiations over labor conditions and a new contract broke down. >> that fact that we're at impasse, that our last, best, and final offer was given, that fact remains. >> reporter: some 3,000 workers refusing to cross pikt lines stumped the city. >> we have no idea when we can open because we have an inspection scheduled. >> this woman needs a building inspection before she is open her business. >> we were hoping to open on friday last week pitd had a few regulars that were going to come see me and see the new space. >> how long until the city can catch up on the backlog of inspections and other work is

unclear. negotiations with the mediator, sigh sigh and the ci seiu and the city will resume next week. >> kate steinle's killing says justice was done. the juror wants to remain anonymous but spoke on camera with abc 7 news tonight. he's talking 12 days after the jury acquitted him of katy steinle's murder and death. the juror says he did the right thing though there are harsh judgments on the verdict. >> don't judge us because you were not there with us. i saw things and heard things did you not. so it's different the scenario. i think if i was not a juror on that trial probably think the same way. >> the juror says reaching a verdict with 11 others was easier than he thought. he says they followed the law and court instructions and says neither politics nor immigration status were a factor. one of the biggest wildfires in california keeps growing even though vent winds have been calm. about 6,400 firefighters are on

the front lines of the thomas fire that's burning in ven truer and assistant barbara counties. it's burned at least 370 square miles, if you can believe it, since breaking out one week ago. cal fire says it's the fifth largest wildfire ever in california. it's 20% contained. now, two other fires are also still burning in southern california, it's impacting bay area air quality. you've probably noticed the hazy skies around here. drew tuma is here with more on that. >> we can show that you effect really well from satellite. look over southern california you can see smoke just coming off the coast just to the north and west of l.a. where we have those major fires burning. and the way our atmosphere is set up right now, winds are pushing that smoke all the way up to the kofl coast and right here into our neck. woods. that's going to happen again tomorrow. another spart air day in effect, poor air quality in north bay and along the coast for the smoke will be lingering. we'll look at a cold night

tonight and then our next chance of showers. the timing ahead in the accuweather forecast. the world trade center spires red white and blue following a terror attack at time square subkwai way station. an immigrant from bangladesh was inspired by isis but worked alone when he detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his body. they say the bomb malfunctioned and only he was hurt. tonight there's ann creased police presence on new york streets and in the bay area. bart's police chief say they are among the transit agencies that have stepped up patrols. >> this could happen to us. our officers are out there actively patrolling, looking for suspicious packages and people. >> dogs patrolled the bart stations shortly after the new york attack. there an arsonist on the loose tonight. the highway patrol is investigating nearly 20 fires over the weekend and into this

morning over southbound 680. katy is on the story. >> reporter: i see big fire. this man was home saturday night when a fire erupted just beyond his backyard. >> i'm over here because fire's coming. >> sergio santos lives next door. >> we're concerned because we have high trees and those high trees can spread and get on our rooftops. >> the fire department says that was one of 12 fires on saturday, another five or six broke out on sunday. there were two more fires monday morning, all of them along southbound highway 680 near the border of san jose and milpitas. >> it seemed suspicious in nature. >> captain daniel vega said some of the fires happened along homeless encampments along the highway but not all of them. >> i do care for them because they don't have no place to live, but this is the third fire. like i said, one of these days my surprise is going to be my

house is on fire. reporter: in each case firefighters were able to put out the flames before they did any real damage but they said it was still a very dangerous scenario. >> being in mid-december now it seems strange that we're still in fire season. but with no rain, the vegetation catches and it goes quickly. >> reporter: the fires are being investigated by the chp. a spokesperson says it does appear the fires were set intentionally. no arrests have been made. arkansas 7 news. more to come, here the nation's eyes will be on alabama tomorrow. tonight the democratic underdog and controversial republican candidate spoke out about the election's bigger picture plus. we love our world and do everything we can to protect it. >> teenagers worried about our future tark on the trump administration. >> and the shipping deadline if you plan to ship for this season. jimmy. >> thank you, dan and dion. watch this and then discuss it

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a surf legend known more for

catching waves through a lens than riding them himself has died. bruce brown made the classic surf film "the endless summer". he grew newspaper southern california. he made movies that brought california's surf scene into the spotlight helping boost the sport's worldwide presence. he also received an academy award nom medication for his documentary "on any sunday". he was 80 years old. alabama voters will decide who will fill a senate seat in a special election that could have a huge impact on forwarding president trump's agenda. the polls will close at 5:00 p.m. and it pitts roy moore against doug jones. wrou is accused of sexual misconduct against several underage girls several decades ago which he denies. jones says his opponent doesn't belong in the u.s. senate and not just because of the accusations. >> we've lagged behind in education, we've lagged nind healthcare, it is time that we

take a role that's going to get us on the path proffer gress. >> we're not going to stand by and let other people from out of state and money from california control this election. >> late night talk show host jimmy kimmel has donated $5,400 to jones. he also mocked moore on jimmy kimmel live. moore is backed by president trump. 21 young people and the trump administration faced off inside a san francisco courtroom today in a case of the government's roll in climate change. supporters cheered the teenagers and young adults at the ninth circuit court of appeals. the trump administration wants to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the young people's lawyers. it accuses the u.s. government of failing to protect them from climate change. >> our government has done nothing for the past five decades to deal with and face climate change. >> the subject of this petition is litigation that is distracting the executive branch from the discharge of its

constitutional duties. >> if the ninth circuit denies the arguments the case will likely be tried in oregon as soon as february. if you're still checking names off your shopping list, there's time to get gifts delivered by christmas and hanna ka, but the deadline is coming fast. in order to help assistant get those presents under the tree, there are some deadlines you need to know. get your packages to the post office by thursday. that's if you want the standard ground delivery. fedex has a friday deadline for the standard ground service. ups gives you next monday, december 18th for its select. the major carriers will deliver closer to christmas but it will cost you more. the last day to ship is thursday, december 21 first. the post office and ups give you an extra day, friday, to beat santa. expect long lines with other

trying to beat the clock. raider nation helped the marine corps reserves toys for tots program at hayward's southland mal tonight. fans to brought a new unwrapped toy got a chance to get autographs from their favorite raiders. they helped spread holiday cheer. fans can donate toys before sunday's game when the raiders host kansas city. great for the team to get involved like that. >> seeing all those assistant hats make y -- santa hats make you feel like the holidays are here. temperatures are tumble tonight. live dopplar 7 along with satellite during the daylight hours earlier today we enjoy tons of sunshine and tonight we've got plenty of stars out there. the cruise cam looking like the holidays tonight all lit up with the tree all aglow and the snowflakes shimmering.

in some spots it's cold enough to get some snow. we're in the mid-30s in santa rosa. 30 six 6 degrees. you move away from the coast that's where you'll find the coldest temperatures. 38 in san ramon. 51 the current number in san jose. overnight tonight similar setup coming our way. cold spots away from the coast and especially north. ukiah we're in the upper 20s, santa rosa below freezing with a low 30 degrees. dropped to about 40 in richmond, 45 san jose, 35 overnight in concord. so 12-hour planner on tuesday you want to have that winter jacket early on in the morning. inland temperatures are going to start in the 30s but twhauns sun gets up it's doing its thing really warming s very quickly and by 4:00 in the afternoon temperatures a little bit above normal for this time year with a little bit of haze in our sky thanks to the smoke sfrt fires in southern california a spare

of air day in effect. sneft san hee say, 67 in san francisco, 65 in oakland, 68 santa rosa after that start in the low 30s. 64 the high in antioch. december, though, is so well known for its rainy pattern, fwh that has been the opposite the first 11 days. where we should be this time of year, we should be at or slightly above an inch of rainfall already the first 11 days. where we stand for 2017 we've barely seen any rain. only one day so far this month, the 2nd of december do we see showers and it was light in nature. sa santa rosa the highest right now. and the next seven days does not look to find any drops in the forecast. future weather showing you expected rainfall the next seven days zero across the board. if you expand the weather pattern a little bit farther, we could find some rain. future weather we're going to

jump ahead. this is next wednesday, december 20th, and this is when we're looking to hopefully see the pattern change. and future weather is showing you we could see a storm drop into the bay area. it's eight, nine days away, but hopefully our pattern will change midweek next week. the forecast, plan the next seven days. spare the air day on the way for your tuesday. it's another sunny, mild day wednesday, thursday it's a steady pattern into the weekend with little change. even by one week from today, monday, it's still sunshine and dry. we're looking beyond that into wednesday of next week to find those drops reenter the forecast. >> that would be nice to see. thank, drew, very much. . >> sure. an orphaned otter is growing up before our eyes. progress he's shown as he settles into his new home next. tomorrow on good morning america matt damon joins the breakfast party. and seth rogen joins. but we'll be right back here.

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>> the oracles are back home for some home cooking after a 6-0 home cooking and despite some injuries, this team has so

abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> after a 6 honor road trip the warriors return home for the next of their nine games tipping off tonight at oracle. andre playing if his 1,000th career game tonight. blazers up one in the first. durant to casspi, to jordan bell with the slam goes up one. ig dal la with the fake. he throws it down, the bench goes nuch. then he gets one for himself, continuing the slamathon, now up ten. three of his eight, high 28. he had 9 boards, 3 assists and three blocks, he's good. dingdong, huge dunk, west with another monster. watch the bench on this one. just leaves the bench. portland made a run, oak

larchd's own damian lillard driving duth u dunk of his own, ten-point game. lillard had 39 but durant will find klay thompson in the corner. he's not hit three in 82 consecutive games. duffs win 111-1047th straight victory. >> trying to bring jordan along slowly but he makes it hard to keep him off the floor with what he does. >> coach starting me my rookie year when there's a lot of other people on the team who could easily start and be successful. so it's giving me a lot of confidence and helping me understand what kind of players we have after being on the floor to try to be successful. >> 49ers won their second straight game for the first time since 2014 with yesterday's win over the texans. all the talk has been about quarterback jimmy garoppolo. he threw for a career high, one touchdown after a slow start and then scored on six of the last eight drives. 9 easy e proved 3-10 and they're

rallying around the new quarterback but one man does not make a team. >> put all of that on one person i think would be unfair to him and to the rest of the guys. you know, i think jimmy's played well these last two games. i think the guys around him have played good too. i think we all played better verse chicago and yesterday verse houston. it's not a coincidence that leads to quarterback play also. >> raiders are going in the opposite direction way must-win for any shut of the playoffs. they get shut out by the 30th ranked defense until six minutes left in the fourth quarter. derek carr was as angry as i've seen him after a game. he took all the blame himself and not a happy coach jack today as you can imagine. >> we are as frustrated and pissed off about what occurred yesterday as you can, as anybody out there is. and there are no words that i can say here today that are going to take away that pain or make those that care about the raiders feel better. so i'm really not going to try. >> well put.

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