eric thomas is live with the latest twist in this developing story. >> the suspect was also said to be a member of the street gang. he was arrested as you mention along with several other people accused of trying to help him escape. >> the younger brother of the n newman police officer was so overcome we motion that he sobbed throughout the entire news conference which was called to announce an arrest has been made. >> he's not coming back, but - - there's a lot of people out ere that misse >> police arrested this man, reportedly a member of the street gang, today his 33

birthday which prompted this response from the sheriff. >> happy birthday. >> he is accused of shooting and killing officer singh in the early hours of wednesday morning after he was pulled over for a dui stop. also arrested, the suspect's brother and a >> they lied to us and tried to divert us off of the investigation. they mislead us and provided information that was false. >> he came illegally from mexico and was trying to return there to avoid arrest. they also say detectives male hispanic tan-- detectives maintained surveillance and from help from other police agencies. >> this would have never happened. >> sheriff christiansen drew a key distinction between the suspect that was here illegally and officer singh who immigrated

from fiji. >> an immigrant. lawfully and legally to pursue his american dream. he achieved that goal and his dream was taken from him. >> he was drichb -- driven up and arrived here about an hour ago. there's still a lot of investigative work to do so they're nowhere near the end of this case. abc 7 news. >> now this case once again has put the spotlight on illegal immigration. the county sheriff fought it off again today. >> this is a criminal illegal alien with prior criminal activity that should have been reported to i.c.e. we were prohibited, law enforcement was prohibited

because of sanctuary laws and that lead to the encounter. >> just minutes after that statement came this exchange, though. listen and keep your eyes on corporal singh's brother to the left of the sheriff. >> people said this case is being politicized. >> of course it's being politicized. the last thing i want to do. but let's go back. an immigrant. immigrated here lawfully and legally to pursue his american dream. he achieved that goal. and his dream was taken from him. no, we shouldn't politicize it but we have to have a conversation about restrictive legislation that puts our communities at risk. i'm here to protect the people regardless of who they are. it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter what their party affiliation is, their

political preference. that doesn't matter. what matters is that everyone who lives in our community can enjoy a safe, healthy, vibrant diverse community. it's that simple. >> we are going to go deeper into the politics surrounding this story on the abc 7 news at 5:00 and 6:00. we have been sending out alerts about the story through the abc 7 app. >> the chopper had to make an emergency landing after the bird hit the windshield and took out the back propeller. live in hayward now with some people that saw it. >> yeah, this is where the chopper went down. you can still see the skid marks on the grass.

i spoke with the airport manager a few hours ago. he said it was a miracle. his big concern, these trees right here. it's a completely different scenario. >> sky 7 was over the scene of the crash after two pilots made an emergency landing. >> the words would not be appropriate for tv but it was pretty crazy. >> he and his friends saw the helicopter as it started to quickly fall from the sky. they were one hole behind from where the chopper came down. >> strongest to the right and regain control and then maintained control. >> airport officials said it could have the wingspan of up to six feet and hit the windshield shortly after the pilots took off. it was a student pilot flying and immediately took over after being hit. >> it was a miraculous landing

and maintains directional flight for the helicopter and was impaired. and the instructor was able to still land the helicopter safely. >> that doesn't look good at all. >> they were amazed no one was injured in the crash. >> that's an incredible pilot. the way it was out of control, to land it the way it is, that's pretty amazing. that's skill. >> the two pilots were able to walk away shaken up and even though no one was injured the ntsb will still investigate. >> all right. thank you so much. crews plan to return to cut down trees at people's park in berkeley tomorrow after a protest erupted this morning stopping the work. >> abc 7 news was in people's park when protestors as you see confronted workers. crews stopped working a short time later.

uc berkeley owns the park. a spokesman told us trees are being removed as part of a plan to catch up on deferred maintenance on several properties. >> if they had a plan like this two years ago, why not post it around the park so people know what they plan on doing. but they don't want to do this. they want the people around the park and the people that use the park to be ignorant of their plans for the park. >> campus police plan to have more officers on hand when crews return early tomorrow morning. >> sears ceo made a takeover bid this afternoon after a deadline expired to find a buyer for the bankrupt retailer. that's according to the new york times. today's proposed $4.6 billion deal might provide sears it's only chance to avoid being liquida liquidated. 425 sears stores would stay open. roughly 50,000 employees would keep their jobs. but another 18,000 workers would lose their jobs. sears also owns k-mart.

a bankruptcy court must still approve the sale of sears. >> he'll join tesla's board of directors. ellison will serve on the board along with a top walgreens executive. he secured funding to take tesla private. tesla paid $20 million in penalties and musk agreed to step down as chairman to settle complaints against him. >> a program to combat drunk driving in california goes into effect on new year's day. today's launch coincides with heightened efforts across the bay area to promote safe and sober driving during the holiday season. senate bill 1046 mandates admission interlock devices for all repeat dui offenders and first time offenders that want to continue to drive rather than have a suspended license. a driver has to blow into the device to check blood alcohol levels in order for the car to

start. >> ignition interlock devices are a game changer in the fight to stop the resolving door of repeat offenders. >> an interlock pilot program has been in effect in california counts since 2010 including alameda county. the devices prevented people from drinking and driving more than a million times. more than 1,000 people die each year in california as a result of drunk driving. there's new laws for 2019. we put together a list of the big ones on our website. go to abc 7.com and search for new laws. >> still ahead, on the run, the search for an inmate that escaped from san quentin prison enters it's second day now. what is baffling investigators about this break out. >> later we're getting a better explanation about the light that illuminated the new york city sky and had some people joking there was an alien invasion

coming. >> they have come from all over the country to cheer on their team. i'm in san jose with the most die hard fans of the college football playoff national championship. 50 feet in the air. >> that's pretty impressive. take a look at the san francisco skyway on this friday. the last friday before the new year. busy in both directions but is, as you can see, it's moving on

he escaped from the prison wednesday night and carjacked a woman at a nearby shopping center. >> that carjacking victim spoke exclusively with abc 7 news and cornell is live with the story. >> yeah, that carjacking victim says she feared for her life. when she was approached by a man believed to be escapee mendoza that's now been on the run for two days. so far no tips from the public and no sightings of him. >> where is the san quentin escapee on the run for almost two days. >> do you have any idea where this man might be? >> right now we don't. >> police are on the look out for the 21-year-old escaped convict that may be driving this 2011 silver toyota rav 4 with a license plate number of 6stz502. >> makes me very

very nervous. >> being carjacked by a man believed to be mendoza in home depot parking lot. the suspect approaches her. >> he just came up very fast and he just said i have a gun. give me your key. if not, i'm going to kill you now. >> he was serving a five year sentence for using a deadly weapon during a carjacking in l.a. county. prison officials have not explained how he escaped. only saying mendoza was assigned to workoutside the security perimeter on a work crew and he took advantage of that and walked away. he may have been cleaning a pumping station not far from the west gate. sky 7 was over the area where waste water is pumped out to the sanitation agency a half mile away. it's common for inmates to maintain that pumping station.

>> he was probably one of the fellas that were cleaning the racks out of the pump station. >> now the carjacking victim in this case says she was not hurt. she said the suspect allowed her to take her dog from the car before he drove off. she also tells under the circumstances that her gas tank was full which may have allowed the suspect to get far away from the bay area. abc 7 news. >> that's a good point. okay. thanks. in the south bay, levi stadium as you understa undergoing a transformation. the end zones have been painted for the upcoming red box bowl between oregon and michigan state. the stadium will mrorph again. >> it's the most exciting time for college football fans. college football playoff time. >> four super fans are living atop a billboard vying for tickets to the big game. >> who is the ultimate fan? let's take a look at the

results. right now you can see on the bottom of your screen. well, 38% right now are saying janette of notre dame. >> in the second spot, alabama. keep it coming. you can weigh in by going to abc 7 news.com/vote. >> now let's get to abc 7 news. are you up there? yes, you are. >> wow. >> i'm glad i'm not afraid of heights. check it out. we have 50 feet up in the air on this giant billboard in downtown san jose with these five folks. say hi, everybody. >> hi. >> go irish. >> these are the most die hard fans and they are here for this. the college football playoff national championships and what they're doing is they're staying up here. they have been here since wednesday night and they do everything. they eat, sleep, breath and become friends all for one giant prize at the very end.

>> come on in guys. >> come on in. >> welcome to the cozy home of nancy, ruben, ellis and janette 50 feet up in the air. >> i can't say i ever lived on a billboard before but now i can. >> they come from far and wide to cheer on their team for the college football playoff national championship. submitting videos about why their team reigns supreme. >> sooner in the house. >> he wanted to play for oklahoma since the 3rd grade and then did. >> billboard is just as nice. there's actually less people that made it on the billboard than played at ou. >> ellis ross is a veteran and his boss didn't believe him when he was chosen. >> my boss called espn to make sure that it was legit. >> now his boss and the whole world can see as their every waking moment is streamed live on es approximate, n 3. >> i have to go first. >> it's honestly been a lot of fun. they have been filling our time with media appearances. it's been cool. we have been talking to our fans

a lot on social media. >> and played out for their new fans on the ground. >> it's awesome. it's good for the city. >> as each team advances, so do these competitors that have become close friends. >> great people here and good time. other than it being a little cold. >> if the super fans team loses, they get kicked off the billboard and the last two win the grand prize, tickets to the big game and bragging rights. >> i want to apologize to y'all in advance, we're going to win again. we're going to do it again and we're going to bring home number 18. >> back out here live. boy those were some fighting words. okay. as you can see it's not raining, but one of our super fans here is helping me with this umbrella. it's part of the big prize pack where at the end of the 6:30 half hour, we are going to reveal live for you which one of these super fans is going to win the abc 7 grand prize pack. are you excited? >> yeah. >> make sure to check out all the excitement again. vote abc 7 news.com.

live in san jose, abc 7 news. >> the real winner is whoever gets that abc 7 umbrella. they look so happy. let's compare that a few more days in. the semifinals of the college football playoffs are tomorrow. notre dame plays clemson followed by oklahoma versus alabama. you can watch both games on our sister network, espn. >> be sure to tune in. it's fun to watch the folks on the billboard, but maybe day >> and for today the umbrella is blocking the sun out of their eyes. >> it's about 57 degrees and that umbrella might come in handy next week perhaps. but not immediately. i think they have the really nice weather here. san jose tomorrow morning, definitely a chilly one, 36 degrees at 7:00 a.m. noontime, 53 for those fans camping out. 58 degrees at 4:00 p.m. and then really a cool 52 degrees. so overall, the weather pattern

looks good for those folks up there. live doppler 7 right now, not too shabby for the rest of us. radar should be tracking rain. we don have any in the forecast for now all of it is going into the pacific northwest as you'll see here on our live doppler 7. those winds have relaxed at the lower elevations as you look at the view from our tower camera. nothing but sunshine right now although at the higher elevations it's still gusty out there. oakland, mountainview, san jose. kgo roof camera, notice the trees are just standing still. so we do have just a gentle breeze at the lower elevations. 60s from napa to santa rosa. it's 54 in livermore and one last view from our san jose camera, it doesn't get much brighter than this. a cold night is ahead with patchy morning frost. in case you have outdoor plans and there's a chance of rain next friday.

that's the soonest we'll see wet weather as of right now. live picture showing you sunshine right now for any of your family and friends that might be visiting. mainly clear this evening at 7:00 p.m.. at 8:00 p.m. we're looking at chilly conditions by 9:00. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. if you're stepping out tonight for outdoor plans, grab your coat or your jacket, 10:00 p.m. in the low to upper 40s. first thing in the morning, right be low freezing in santa rosa tomorrow. 29 degrees. 32 napa. colder than it was this morning. dropping in the low to mid 40s. right around the coast and bay, cold locations inland. concord, livermore, 32. san jose, 34 degrees in morgan hill. tonight you'll need the extra blanket on the bed. it's going to be a crisp winter afternoon. 58 in the south bay and san jose. not much variation in the temperatures. half moon bay, downtown san

francisco and daly city 57 degrees. 59 in santa here's a look at your 7-day forecast. it's going to be a cold and frosty morning. breezy for your sunday. by morning, we're talking about gusty winds again so monday night it is dry when you ring in the new year or are headed into new years eve and new year's day will be dry and sunshine follows and then our chance of rain on friday. i have to say, the computer models have to duke it out. the storm impact scale isn't on there but that could change. stay tuned. >> could be a good fight. >> absolutely. >> thank you very we'll see what makes him one of our stars.

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>> his fashipassion for food is contagious and he's sharing it. >> the man that's changing lives one scone at a time. he's one of our abc 7 stars. >> kitchen on fire in berkeley offers some of the highest rated cooking classes in the country. even if you can barely pull off making a frozen pizza, it's easy to be inspired working with chef olive. >> he's a bundle of energy. he's what people ask for. it's that energy walking in the room to get people excited about whatever they're doing. >> their classesill upuilywith

parties and corporate team building workshops. cef olive also makes sure that he's working with people that normally woenlt hauldn't have t opportunity to be in his kitchen. >> i was a professional limo driver and career change. >> he's here with a non-profit that chef olive works with as a guest instructor. they offer a free intensive bakery training program to those facing economic barriers. >> now dream job now is to be a baker. i love the bake. >> they would call me, chef, guess what they asked me to do. i'm like, i know that. >> growing up in france, chef olive's grandmother and aunts taught him how to cook using healthy unprocessed foods. it's the traditional way of cooking that kitchen on fire is so enthusiastic about. >> it comes threw in the way he teaches and treats people. it's fun and enjoyable for

everyone. >> they have an 85% graduation rate. almost everyone that completes the program is able to find work in the baking and food service industry. >> it's a lot of giving, but you receive a lot. not in money, but in much more important things. that richness comes from the people you are helping. money condition buy that. >> in addition to that project they also volunteer with east bay organizations like the arc, st. vincent and oakland schools. another reason he's an abc 7 star. >> amazing. if you'd like to nominate someone to be an abc 7 star, go to our website, abc 7 news.com/stars. >> i don't know if chef olive can teach me to cook but i'll be happy to eat anything he cooks. >> absolutely. >> the government shutdown is now in it's 7th day. the stalemate and demand for billions of dollars in funding for the border wall. >> forget oprah.

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here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. the man suspected of killing knthe newman police officer is in jail. he was captured nearly 200 miles

away. his brother and a co-worker were also arrested on suspicion of trying to protect arriaga from arrest. this video was tweeted of leaders warning the public of the dangers of driving intoxicated on new year's eve. they'll be out in force looking for intoxicated drivers. >> a deadly attack on a tour bus near the pyramids. a bomb went off near the bus. it was carrying 14 vietnamese tourists. >> we're in day 7 of the partial government shutdown. the white house blasted democrats saying talks to reopen the government have broken down. >> we're hearing from the white house on how the negotiations are going. the president has been firing off on twitter saying build the wall or close the border. >> president trump with his biggest threat yet in the fight for money to build his southern border wall. tweeting this morning, we will be forced to close the southern

border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall and also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our country is saddled with. >> that's the only way we can get the democrats attention. >> incoming white house chief of staff says negotiations are at a stand still. chuck schumer offered $1.38 billion for border security including fencing. the white house countered with 2.1 billion backing off the president's $5 billion demand for wall construction. >> we made an offer last saturday night. they told us that they would get back to us at the end of the week and they got back to us last night and said we're leaving. that's it. no more discussions. >> schumer and nancy pelosi said they offered the president three offers to reopen the government but not fund the immoral, ineffective and expensive wall. she promises democrats will act swiftly to end the trump shutdown next week. >> this comes down to mrs.

pelosi and if she cuts a deal with the president before january 3rd she's at risk of losing her speakership. >> as for the shutdown on wall funding, the fight is expected to continue into the new year. likely impacting pay for federal workers and one branch of the military, the u.s. coast guard. >> more impact of the shutdown, the federal trade commission's long awaited investigation into facebook will run out of funding today all because of the shutdown. the ftc is looking into facebook's conduct to determine whether it violated a 2011 consent order over the handling of personal information. analysts say government shutdowns are extremely expensive because investigators can waste weeks winding down their work and weeks to bring it back up to speed again. homela visited the border today. her tour followed the recent

deaths of two migrant children while in federal custody. reporters did not accompany her when she visited border patrol patients working near texas. he promised more thorough medical screenings for detained children after an 8-year-old boy died on monday. she plans to visit the border tomorrow. nonprofit groups are racing to find places to house migrants released by i.c.e. in el paso. one charity helped 1,300 people during the past five days. >> we were not aware this was going to happen. we were not informed that this was going to happen. i found out on sunday when i began to receive phone calls from the police department all of these refugees had been released by i.c.e. to the street. >> i.c.e. issued a statement. they blamed it on inaction by congress and it's attempts to comply with federal laws for detaining families with

children. >> new york city's electric utility revealed more about a mishap that lit the sky above gotham in a brilliant there was no fire and nothing exploded. no one was hurt however flights were stopped at the nearby laguardia airport for about an hour. some said their lights flickered and others felt shaking. >> angelina jolie has not ruled out a career in politics. she told bbc radio that she wants to make a change and can quote, take a lot on the chin. she is a special envoy to the united nations refugee agency and weighed in on many human rights issues. she would have dismissed politics 20 years ago but has changed her mind about public service. >> we shall see. >> get ready for a trip back in time. see how one city uses the holidays to bring back a vintage

form of transportation. >> and paying the price, how much wells fargo is coughing up to settle legal action over fake accounts. >> enjoy the view from our east bay hills camera. it's a stunning one. i'll let you know if the sun will shine as you get ready to ring in the new year or if you'll be seeing rain, coming up. >> let's take a look at traffic now. the bay bridge toll plaza moving nicely. all the cars trying to get into fransisco. stay with us

impl >> well, the holiday season offers all sorts of festive opportunities. >> it does. in new york city you can hop on a train and take a trip back in time. >> that's part of >> i come to the vintage trains almost every year. i like to dress up and ride them. >> i think it's great to see a historical side of new york city. >> every holiday season, we have a holiday nostalgia ride. every sunday, starting the sunday after thanksgiving, it's our first ride of the season. you can actually just board a train and travel where you need to go by traveling back in time. some people come on purpose. some people are just taking the train. so it's sort of like a surprise. to watch the expressions of people standing on the various platforms as you make your way

up down, it's a really fun day. we have part of our fleet. they hail from around the 30s and 40s. >> i love everything old and i have a chance to dress up and ride something that was around then and get the feel for what it was like back then, with all the old ads. >> they were state of the light at the time. they had light bulbs and ceiling fans and fancy seats with different seating configurations so they could hold up to 300 people per car. >> there's no air conditioner. >> they're all very safe and we have an incredibly dedicated crew of people that work all yearlong to maintain their road worthiness and make sure that they're the stories just come pouring out. >> my dad said it's very

possible i've been on one of these cars before. >> we have been in the community for 42 years. throughout the course of the year we do have rides that you need a ticket for, but this one costs no more. >> good stuff. >> yeah. that looks fun. >> you can check out abc's new brand at localish.com. >> it's also on facebook as well as instagram. >> now your accuweather forecast. >> hi there, everyone. let's check out your new year's eve forecast. noontime, mainly sunny skies. temperatures in the 50s. plans around 4:00 p.m. bright skies. cool at 8:00 p.m. and a dry start to 2019 as you're ringing in the new year. temperatures dropping into the 40s so bundle up. live doppler 7 showing a few passing clouds. waiting for the rain. you may see it as soon as a week from today. tomorrow afternoon, it is going to be a cool one. mid to upper 50s across the region as we start out very cold. it's going to be hard to get the temperatures up. now if you are heading to tahoe

tomorrow afternoon, it's going to be windy over the ridge tops. just some clouds. 60 in monterey. nice down south. in the mid 60s. las vegas, 52 degrees. a look at the forecast. cold and frosty morning. especially for the valleys. breezy at the coast on sunday and we're going to go with gustier winds heading into monday. dry for new year's eve and for your new year so we don't have any rain during the holiday but we are looking at increasing clouds by thursday and right now, a chance of rain on friday. so i hope your umbrellas aren't buried because we need the rain and it may be coming as early as a week from today. >> we'll mark it down. >> it's been a wild ride on wall street with the marks making a dramatic swing almost daily. and that is certainly unnerving for a lot of investors. we have an expert standing by to try to make sense of what's happening. >> caught in the act, this video might not look like much but someone is carrying off an important piece of the

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>> the dow jones finished down 76 points. the nasdaq up by 5 and the s&p 500 was off by 3. >> this caps off what has been really some wild market we saw the dow pick up 900 points. >> any explanation? >> i hate to say this, worst december since the early 30s. haven't experienced this in our lifetime anyway. here we have and we have great economics. but we have headline risk. democrats are sharing part of

the decision making so the market feels like they're not going to get uncertainty primarily. >> it's betting on the future. >> where is it going? >> this december has been pretty wild and the reason is because you have hedge fund managers and you have pension fund managers that manage trillions of dollars and they all want to do better than their peer group because they're going to be evaluated. we think that's going to settle out in january. and we'll still see ups and downs but we think it will be more consistent. our economics are pretty good. we have a jobs report coming out next friday. 180,000 jobs. no country has produced as many jobs as we have since

>> if you're going to be in the market for some time, ride it out. for those that are nervous, is that the advice you'd give them. >> you're doing something very smart. it's called dollar cost averaging. so in 2017, you bought mutual funds very high, very expensive and today you're buying them very cheap and you get a blended average. so for the 401k plans, double down, you're buying low. >> okay. let's look ahead a little bit. it's impossible to predict. but you hear a lot, i read a lot about concerns about a year from now that there could be significant recession what should you be prepared for? >> you have to think about the risk. we're not too fearful of that.

we think it will be very short because our fundamentals, our job creation and profitability of companies and it's going to take a lot. these recessions just don't come in one day. it's over a period of time. >> you don anticipate it being like what we had in 2007 and 8. >> no, bad business fundamentals in 2008 and in the year 2000 we had no business fundamentals at all. today we have good business fundamentals so that's what we have to hold on to. >> all right. great advice. >> thank you. we appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> well, city leaders in new york revealed a few of the steps they're taking to keep hundreds of thousands safe in times square on new year's eve. sharp shooters spent months training and they found places to put counter snipers on high-rise businesses. they will keep an eye on the

crowd. >> people will be safe on monday because the nypd law enforcement officers will be prepared. it's going to be one of the best protected events ain the entire world. >> they'll put the finishing touches on it. it will drop monday night on new year's rockin eve. >> you've seen porch pirates stealing packages during the holidays and now another grinch swiped part of a holiday display that inspired good will in the family first decorated it as a way to spread christmas cheer.

other people did it and they set up a donation box for local charities. some guy stole it. >> they give tesla a run for its money in the new year. >> a development on the wells fargo scandal that's on millions of phony accounts being opened. >> here's michael with details. >> it is interesting. it's been going on for so long. wells fargo agreed to pay more than a half billion dollars. san francisco based wells fargo made the deal and they'll also create teams to deal with customer compliance about it's banking and sales it admitted they opened up

millions of fake accounts. >> audi, mercedes benz, porsc he recollects -- porsche, jaguar, they all plan today be debut el cars next year. there's a starting price of $75,000. all the companies will compete against tesla. several fast casual restaurants in california have made it into a ranking of some of the best chain eateries in the country. coming in 8th place, super duper burgers. number 7, five guys. in and out burger came in fifth and shake shack which is in the midst of an expansion into the bay area is third. the top restaurant chain in the nation is portello's hot dog out of chicago. sadly there's not any in the bay

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>> a pair of cobblers are leaving customers frowning because the brothers are closing their shops after decades in the same location. >> they're going to retire, but not before saying good-bye to their faithful >> i came in to say good-bye. kept the name of a previous owner when they took over 39

years ago. the brothers are immigrants from syria. harry came first and his older brother robert. they put in 14 hour days and developed a reputation for shoes and lady's purses and other leather goods. >> i get some favorite pairs of shoes that you don't want to get up and he's always been able to repair them and make them like new. >> they have been customers since the beginning. >> they must love your work. >> my work and me too. >> they inherited and manage to maintain century old cobbler's machinery that stitch soles and polish shoes. as a result of winning demand as consumers switch to shoes with materials cheaper to replace than to repair. they always use the best quality leath leather soles from italy and germany. sports figures such as former 49er allen kennedy and tom brady's family are customers.

also abc 7 news anchor. >> that's how i met her. the mother-in-law send her over here. i dyed her wedding shoes. >> overtime, four pairs of shoes have gone unclaimed. >> if you're getting a little concerned about what could happen to these potentially orphaned shoes, well harry and robert have recipients in mind to get them. abc 7 news. >> i hate to see them go. >> yeah. >> a facial salon will take over the shoe repair shops. >> younger brother harry plans to travel in retirement with his wife while older brother robert will move to los angeles to be near his daughter. we wish them well. >> congratulations on a great career and helping those folks for so many years. you can get the latest news any time with an abc 7 news app. it has enhanced features, more customizations and push alerts to give you the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. >> thank you for joining us. >> stay with us, abc 7 news at

5:00 starts now. >> i am pleased and very proud of the fact that the suspect is in custody. >> police believe they had the man that killed a california cop on christmas night. they say the suspect had plenty of help. >> this case is drawing even more scrutiny. the local sheriff now emphasizing how the killing could have been preventable. >> a man hunt for a san quentin escapee in the second day. >> a helicopter making a hard landing in hayward. they're saying it's miraculous it wasn't worse. >> the man suspected of killing the police officer singh has been arrested. >> the county sheriff's department confirms to abc news that this is a picture of his capture. it was posted to facebook by a family friend of corporal singh that got it from a law enforcement source. his family is grateful.

>> i'd like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. i wish i could thank all the law enforcement agencies, homeland security, in san francisco, everyone. i was waiting for this to happen. >> and it has. good evening, thank you for joining us. >> we have team coverage on this developing story tonight. >> let's begin with eric thomas live at the sheriff's office in medesto. >> it was a very emotional news conference with two key points. one here where task forces were tracking the murder suspect and then where the actual arrest was made. let's show you what happened and the emotions going on here earlier today as well as what happened in the county. >> we believe that several people helped this suspect. >> the county sheriff held his own news conference today.

the suspect was being