it's really a horrible loss. next on abc 7 news new information today about a deadly 880 freeway shooting in oakland the victim of bay area sports superstar and an arrest was just announced plus an update today from the family of an oakland man now in a coma following a fight outside sofi stadium what they're saying about the attack? theytheytheytheytheytheytheythey h protests over covid mandates in canada and the movement expected to cross the border abc 7 news starts right now. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. friends say jean ransom of oakland was shot and killed yesterday while driving on inter. 880 he was a star at uc berkeley

at basketball player in the 1970s and used sports to fight violence. thank you so much for joining. yes, i'm dionne lynn, you're watching an early edition of abc 7 news live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream abc 7 news reporter cornell. bernard is live for us at uc berkeley where ransom was a standout athlete and cornell just minutes ago investigators announced an arrest in this case. yeah, literally minutes ago dion. we have just learned that the chp have a has arrested 25 year old juan angel garcia of san francisco charging him with the murder of who friends identify as gene ransom once a star basketball player here at calvin friends cannot believe that he is now the victim of gun violence. probably one of the greatest players they ever come out of berk behind doug harris is talking about his best friend gene ransom a star basketball player in the 70s at berkeley high school and at cal berkeley.

not only a good friend to me, but he's a good friend to the whole bay area sports community harris confirmed to abc 7 news that ransom was shot and killed friday while driving on 880 in oakland. it's the second fatal freeway shooting of the year in oakland the chp now in my hope is that they can find the person that did this injustice can be served because this horrible loss. harris says ransom work as a longshoreman at the port of oakland years before that. he was a star on the court. we called him the dream. i mean he was gene the dream this documentary highlighting legends of northern california high school basketball after berkeley high jean ransom played three seasons for the cal men's basketball team landing him a spot in the athletic hall of fame. cal athletics called him one of

the greatest players of the program's history in a statement. it said we are shocked to hear the reports that cal athletics. gamer, jean ransom has been identified as a victim in a deadly freeway shooting. our thoughts are with gene's family and friends for this tragic. francaise ransom was involved in athletics united for peace a community nonprofit working to combat violence in berkeley oakland and richmond in the very thing that we work so hard to prevent for our young people. he's been a victim of and so this is this is really hard for me. shooting. still under investigation. we're live at uc berkeley cornell bernard abc 7 news. what a tragedy cornell many. thanks to you. in the last nine months there have been five fatal highway shootings in oakland on freeways less than a month ago in january alameda county sheriff recruit david nguyen was shot and killed

on i-580 in november in antioch woman was killed on i-80 near the bay bridge toll plaza and in october 23 month old jasper wu was killed on 880 last may two people were killed in a party bus on i-580 david win's sister spoke with abc 7 news today. she pleaded for action to stop these acts of violence from taking more lives. evil will never understand until it happens to them. and that's a sad thing about it because once you do understand you're going to wish you did something about it. so i'm just speaking out to the community. and politicians your communities. because you don't want that to happen to your child your significant other your parent. because there's after the deed is done. there's no way to bring them back. she is so strong those words. give me chills. nguyen was appointed and honorary deputy sheriff when his class graduated yesterday.

now we sent a mobile alert today once the victim of yesterday's 880 shooting was identified. you can stay on top of breaking news by downloading the abc 7 bay area app and allowing notifications. moving on now the oakland man injured in the parking lot of sofi stadium following last weekend's 49ers lost to the la rams remains in a coma in intensive care. that's according to a family statement sent to abc 7 news doctors performed a procedure to relieve internal pressure on the right. 40 year old restaurant owner danielle luna's head a suspect has been arrested in the case. luna's family tells us quote. we want to make sure these nfl events are safe and secure for everyone and that all parties responsible for this tragic and violent attack will be held accountable. so that's something like this never happens again. today a group of mothers protested a new linkage center at san francisco's un plaza mothers against drug deaths is a group of moms who have lost

children to fentanyl or who are currently struggling with addiction. the group says there's open drug use at the site that's supposed to link people to treatment the center opened last month as a part of the mayor's emergency declaration. supporters include supervisor matt haney. he says having a place where people can go and immediately get connected to a treatment bed and medical care is critical. turning to some covid headlines today protests against covid mandates that began with angry truckers grew across canada this weekend demonstrators are now planning to convoy to washington and among the group supporters are tes. ceo elon musk and former president donald trump the protesters call themselves the freedom convoy and are opposed to a mandate that requires truckers entering the country to be vaccinated or comply with testing and quarantine. requirements the cdc is out with a new recommendation for people

who are moderately to severely immunocompromised. it says people in that group who have had the mrna vaccines should look to get a fourth shot at least three months after the previous booster previously. the cdc was recommending a weight of at least five months. service members who were often overlooked are now being celebrated highlighting the important contributions of african-americans to the military and nasa a first look at a special exhibit in the bay area to mark black history month. alsoalsoalsoalsoalsoal celebration today that explores the shared connections between the diverse asian cultures here in the bay area. i'm spencer christian. our long dry spell will continue into next week and maybe a company by record february warmth. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up abc 7

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month the uss hornet museum in alameda is honoring the immeasurable contributions of african-americans to the armed services the display highlights the rich history of african-americans in all branches of the service and with nasa there are photos and biographies and stories describing a rich and important part of american history. there's so many significant things that have happened in american history and if we forget that if we don't teach that to each next generation, you know, we lose touch with with what has happened in the past. what helped? us as a nation now.

the hornet is also working on a permanent display to highlight contributions of african-americans in the armed services. celebration today at the oakland museum of california. this is the first time since the pandemic it's been able to hold in-person activities as part of its celebration as you can tell the museum pulled out all the stops including a traditional lion dance. there was music as well as a as well as a healing circle to remember all of the victims of aapi violence. omca is holding virtual events as well. looking ahead green day's front man is asking for your help after becoming a crime victim himself plus warriors will be a part of a broadcasting history happening next week and taking a live. look outside some beautiful images as we look at a pretty mild. sense of temperatures they are going to climb though abc 7 news

weather anchor spencer christian coming up next with your accuweather forecast. coming up in sports. i learned about a unique championship belt at warriors practice and it was a true cliffhanger on moving day at pebble beach. watch out jordan spieth. sports is next.

green day lead singer billy joe armstrong took to social media today seeking help after his beloved car was stolen now take a look. it shouldn't be too hard to spot. it's a 1962 chevy 2 and was

stolen in costa mesa armstrong says the car is near and dear to all the band members hearts and has been in the green day family for over 30 years. an nba first is happening next week when an all woman. broadcast crew will work the warriors jazz game our sister network. espn is airing the first nba telecast on a national scale with women-led production and operation teams beth mullins will call wednesday's game alongside analyst doris burke and reporter lisa salters moens. you may remember made espn history in 2017 when she was the first woman to call a monday night football game. moving on to the peninsula now one of the oldest restaurants in the bay area celebrated its 164th anniversary today abc 7 news was at the seven mile house in brisbane as diners came in for lunch. it got its name from its location seven miles from the center of san francisco. the owner says she is thankful

just to be open because of the strain the pandemic has put on her business. it's time to celebrate, you know, we've gone through so much already in the almost two years and we need to celebrate that we're open that we're alive that we're well and that we're happy and people are still coming to seven mile. isn't that the truth? there were a free few freebies today for guests 164 of them received free adobo there. and also got free t-shirts as well. the truth spencer. we really do need to celebrate more during these times. you're right more to celebrate. i've got some sunshine to celebrate and some warmth coming your way coming our way. here's a look at our length of our string of dry days. not since january 7th has the bay area had any measurable rain that means 29 consecutive days of no rainfall here in the bay area is getting a really dry. and here's why is a look at the satellite radar composite image. image you can see big area of high pressure that is not only

control of our weather right now, but it will be as we go into next week. so this streak is going to extend mean while we're looking a little bit of a little bit of a warm-up right now most locations around the bay area are about two to four degrees warmer right now than at this time yesterday with just a couple of exceptions. here's a view from emeryville. looking toward the golden gate under mainly sunny skies and a little bit of haze 61 degrees in san francisco 62 in oakland mid 60s at mountain view in san jose 63 in santa clara and half moon bay is our cool spot at 55 degrees blue skies over the golden gate of the temperature readings right now in the mid to upper 60 60 70 santa rosa petaluma 65 to 62 but 68 at fairfield and mid-60s at concord and livermore. more live view from mount tam. you can see how clear the sky is, but you can also see a little bit of haze there as we have a little bit of a buildup of particulate matter. these are our forecast features mostly clear overnight chilly and our inland valleys a warmer than average pattern going into next week, and we may see record high temperatures for the month of february on wednesday and thursday. here's our overnight forecast

animation notice how it remains clear over the inland areas, but we'll see some low clouds and fog forming offshore, but it will remain offshore. so we'll start the day tomorrow. sunny skies overnight look for low temperatures dropping down to about 35 degrees at santa rosa 39 vallejo 35 fairfield inland east bay concord to livermore 37 down in the south bay morgan hill will bottom out at about 39 degrees. it won't be much milder around the bay as we'll see lowe's there in the low 40s now tomorrow sunny skies and mild conditions in the south bay with high temperatures 67 at santa clara 68, san jose 70 downy gilroy on the peninsula. we'll see some mid to upper 60s 67 city on the coast low to mid 60s tomorrow downtown cisco will top out at 64 degrees up in the north bay. we'll see mid to upper 60s up to about 60 90 santa rosa 71 cloverdale the east bay highs mainly mid to upper 60s to about 68 at hayward inland east bay mainly mid to upper 60s as well. so mild all around the region and i mentioned how dry it's going to be.

here's our outlook going into next week our forecast animation. you can see storm tracks still well to our north and although a few little impulses will make it into the pacific northwest. no rainfall comes near the bay area until halves, february 14th valentine's day. happy valentine's day. by the way, here's the accuweather 7 day forecast. so here's our warm-up going into midweek, wednesday, thursday and friday of the week ahead. we'll see high temperatures up to about 74 75, maybe even 70 60 degrees in our inland areas low 70s are on the base bay shoreline and upper 60s on the coast. it's going to be mild. now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez it was moving day at pebble beach third round the at&t pebble beach prom always a lot of fun a bit of a cliffhanger for one player one of the most beautiful courses and spots in the entire world. here's jj spawn second shot on 11 at pebble. this is golf's version of a stephen curry splash. watch this go right in the cup holds out for eagle. i was a great shot right there. it wasn't pebble or it isn't

pebble without bill murray doing bill murray things. they know look put sinks it and of course a little bill murray celebration of top it off jordan spieth playing his third round at pebble second shot in sixth blind shot really can't see the flag. and how's this for feeling out your golf course, he would eagle this hole and here on eight. this is the shot that took the internet by storm speed right near a cliff how close that close. reportedly 68 feet down to the bottom. no fear speed is here. would par the hole tied fourth at 1400 bow hostler, california kid making his presence note buries that 15 under can't lay shot a four under on saturday. patrick's day is long putt will drop he's tied for fourth and andrew putnam co-leader on the par 3 7th of pebble just 112 yards out and oh so close spinning it back. just short of a hole in one. he's the co-leader at 1500 or so. here's a look at the leaderboard hostler putnam hodge. at 1500 at the lead and jordan spieth and patrick can't lay right there. just one stroke back tied for fourth place. it is a busy weekend in vegas

the nfl hosting their all-star weekend with the pro bowl tomorrow and on the ice chow the skills challenge last night and today all-star saturday saw it right here on abc 7 timo meyer. the lone shark star he scored the first goal for the pacific division fancy flips them to himself and then goes top shelf. he also had an assist but the pacific division lost to the central so the central play the is in the finals metro comes out on top firestar claude giro named the games mvp afterwards timo talking his first all-star game appearance. this is really cool. and you know, i didn't really know what to expect coming in but you know a bunch of bunch of great guys and you know, it was fun being out there for sure. after thursday night's win over sacramento the warriors have three days off before. that's game in okc stephan curry one of the last players on the court and today i learned about a unique team award for best shooter in practice. thank you best shooter of the

day. yes. so it turns out this warriors championship belt is aware to the best shooter in practice. i had damien lee give me all the details after practice. do you win today? you get the belt? i didn't win today. but i got the belt i know some people. staff one today. and then one won the second one so steph graciously. located about the one but you know, it's it's you know, one of them days. if you went about you get to keep it. i just got a chance to showcase it. have fun stuff there mark fox and the bears trying to snap benign game losing streak hosting wazoo today 44 seconds go down three jordan shepard that is for the tie. oh a round and out. oh so close. oh for seven from downtown under 30 seconds ago jaden celestine. banks it in career high 20 off the bench for the sophomore caldown 2 final seconds. they need a bucket joel brown. no. who's had some free throws the bears losing streak hits? in cal 6864 their last win back

on january 2nd and circling back to the warriors game. we need an abc 7 championship belt right like best newscast or best like read. could we dion gets the belt does it go with my outfit? that's what i doesn't matter that belt goes with any out. i'm gonna just walk that the belt of greatness. we'll work on a trophy. maybe someone can hook up some of chris. thank you. all right. well, it seems like there is a world record for everything even this just ahead. long it takes to go down in history.

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official. there is a new world record for hula hooping kai sandmeyer of germany is the latest record holder after hula hooping in this position abdominal planking. yeah. this is really hard. he did it for six minutes 34 seconds. last record was three minutes and 36 seconds. so it totally smoked that now to train for the event every morning before work sandmeyer would do a yoga session and a workout. he found that the planking required more training than hula hooping. i am not surprised. i can barely do it for a minute myself and speaking of hula hooping. we actually have a resident expert tyler, but i can't do that while playing i mean, can you imagine you're doing great spencer you're doing great. i've been i've been who i was like 10 or 11 years old, which is like almost 65 years.

wow. however, i found that you can get a better cardio workout with the hula hoop if you sort of do a jump rope kind of thing with the hoop. okay, please don't hurt any camera equipment make sure chris is far away enough. so they're all kinds of ways to stay fit with the hula hoop. yeah, but you know, this is the just the simple and easy way. well spencer, i'd like to know are there tricks to keep the hooping the hoop? question the heavier the the easier it is to keep it going a lightweight hoop requires more, you know hip thrusting which is okay. that's still good exercise, but it's so much easier with a heavier weight hoop. i'm learning. i'm impressed that you're able to talk about it and do it and all at the same time asking questions. i'm just looking at you and having trouble you actually done the forecast while hooping correct i have oh my gosh couple comes on remote to our standing out there hooping for like, you know, six or seven or eight minutes. it's really not that typical once you get the hang of it. we've got 10 seconds left. maybe you can give the hoop to chris. no answer gets the championship belt for best newscast, maybe

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