the #1 covid-19 self test in the us >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> no indications that this attempt would occur. ama: less than an hour ago, we learned more into the mass shooting at the railyard. good evening i'm ama daetz. dan: and i'm dan ashley. the shooting killed nine people. ama: karina nova monitored the announcement and has the latest. kaha research and interviews with 47 point assist, the investigator concluded bpa had no prior knowledge or warning that the employee was

simply -- was planning a mass shooting. nine people died after being shot by the gunman, 57-year-old bpa employee named samuel james cassidy. he killed himself after law enforcement arrived. noun investigation into the incident and what was known prior to the shooting, including cassidy's five document cases of workplace misconduct. >> another question you probably have is there are multiple examples of will -- workplace misconduct by the perpetrator. most of them were widely reported. none of the five incidents individually or all taken together were sufficient to terminate the perpetrator or brought serious discipline. karina: the report incident details the incident with sfo.

at the time, he had documents that indicated unhappiness with his job, but according to the investigation, there was no information about a plan shooting at his workplace. also in the report, we learned there were complaints made to vta about cassidy, but none specifically that put vta on notice that he would carry out an act of workplace violence. last month, the families of eight victims reached a financial system -- settlement with vta. live in the newsroom, karina nova, abc 7 news. dan: thank you. the man accused of shooting in unarmed black man was taken back into custody after a judge revoked his bail. abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes is important has mourned how the defendant's attorney is try to justify the shooting. zach: the shooting took place october 2. the da's office filed a complaint did not monday, the suspect, 66-year-old mark henry

waters, pleaded not guilty. waters is white. the victim is black. he faces more than 20 years on what he is charged with. >> assault with a semiautomatic weapon, inflicting great bodily injury as well as use of a firearm. >> the shooting happened when the victim left the airbnb rental to walk to a surveillance -- convenience store. the surveillance video shows waters left his house and quickly approached him holding a gun. the prosecutors said waters shot him while his back was turned. the victim suffered a broken feed of -- femur. >> he company handed and knew the victim was walking away and shot him anyway. there was nothing that caused him to fear the victim. the victim had not stepped foot on his front door, driveway, front yard. zach: to get waters' attorney to

comment, he did not. waters' car was broken in a couple of days before the shooting in his garage door opener was stolen. they said that the victim was carrying a gun, which later turned out to be headphones. the victim, who was not in court, is not connected in a way to the previous crimes. several family members and neighbors showed up in support of waters. his attorney told the judge waters has no prior record and is a caretaker for his grandchildren. no, records show water is too dangerous. his next court appearance is due december 22. set point s, abc 7 news. -- zach point as, abc 7 news. ama: the deputy accused of killing his girlfriend and his -- her husband is due in court. he went to their home in the middle of the night and shot

them. he called for the dublin police chief who arranged for the surrender nearly 11 years after the shooting. williams is being held without bail. he is scheduled to be in court february first for a pretrial hearing. dan: in oakland, the police chief is talking about two deadly shootings that happened over the weekend. the first took place friday night around 10:50 near 60 7th avenue and on sunday morning, there was another unrelated homicide around 5:00 in the morning at east 60th street near the rainbow recreation center. in both shootings, officers work to adopt gunfire by the city's shotspotter system. the victim in the friday night killing was a 16-year-old boy who attended oakland schools. another man was wounded and remains in prickle condition. >> i said many times that it hurts our community even more when it is a juvenile, a young person, a 16-year-old who is a victim in this case. it affects obviously our community. it affects the family.

it also affects this school and those who knew him. dan: the killings brings oakland's homicide title -- total for the year to 113. there were one hundred 30 murders at the same time last year. ama: now to a developing story, governor newsom's of administration is reportedly responding to a cybersecurity intrusion at the department that oversees the state budget. the department of finance website was temporarily taken down over the weekend but was back online sunday. no state funds have been compromised, and the breach is not expected to affect the release of the governor's budget plan by january 10. the fbi and other federal agencies are also investigating. dan: happening now, the wet has finally moved out, but cold is settling into your here is a live look right now. for more on the storm totals and what is here, let's go to abc 7 news

spencer: danville, ben loman had over six inches. with all that rain, you might think we would be in pretty good shape, the rainfall season begins october 1. look at where we were at this time last year for it only san jose is ahead of last year's total. san francisco, sfo inches below the total set last year at this point. san francisco city, nearly 4.5 inches below, and santa rosa, nearly nine inches below. meanwhile, if you look at the drier weather coming our way little bit later. ama: thank you, spencer. the storm brought rain and some encouraging news for our drought stricken lakes and reservoirs. but driving and it was a challenge. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is live with the story. hi, cornell.

cornell: hi, ama, we saw just about everything in the bay area, snow, rain, even a rockslide this morning. we were up on mount tam today where reservoirs have a bit more water, and creeks are definitely flowing. >> it's delicious. i love it. cornell: darian colbe says she visits the reservoirs on most every day. the weekend storm brought out a variety of birds and wildlife around the region, not to mention more water all around. >> i see the brooks and the trees are loving it. it is a good thing. cornell: water -- while, the storm has increased water flows. two of seven reservoirs in the county's watershed. officials say mount tam received about three as of rain over the weekend.

most of the bay area picked up more than one inch of rain, from six inches down in ben loman to almost three inches up on the sonoma coast. >> there's a lot of reservoir to philip. cornell: don seymour says water storage at lake sonoma and lake mendocino remain at critical levels. >> i would point out, you know, we saw a little bit of improvement on the reservoirs, but i think one really significant that if it is there's a lot more natural flow in the system. the tributaries have become the river, and we have immigrating fish, salmon that are coming into sponsor. cornell: in marin county, this rockslide closed highway 101 in sausalito near the rodeo avenue exit, and it took caltrans cruise about two hours to remove the rocks. check out the overnight snowfall on highway 29 air st. helena. caltrans plows were on duty. the snow creating near whiteout

condition here in wide-out -- in napa county. isabel got stuck driving from clearlake to santa rosa, sharing details of her scary trip with our j.r. stone. isabel: we were really scared, like oh my god, please, we need to be getting soon where we are supposed to be going. we saw several cars that got into car accidents. cornell: isabel said she was done with the snow this morning. she had to wait two hours for a tow truck, but she finally made it home. what officials sayl tabulating m the storm, but the rain we had over the weekend has barely made a dent in our drought situation. they say every drop does count, and conservationists till being urged. for now, live in marin cornell barnard, abc 7 news. dan: thank you. san francisco leaders pushing to fast-track the appointment of the longest-serving member of the police commission. we want to take a closer look at why this is

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dan: a man accused of attacking a pair of first responders in san francisco now facing attempted murder charges as well as some others. the district attorney's office announced these charges against francisco vargas or roscoe. vargas was armed with a wooden post when he threatened two emt's outside the best buy at 14th and harrison. he is accused of stealing the ambulance they were driving and then trying to run them over. ama: the president of the san francisco police commission is up for another term in april. there is a push to fast-track her reappointment, which is bringing sharp criticism from moderates. liam melendez is in the newsroom with why this reappointment is so controversial. -- leanne melendez is in the newsroom. leanne: yeah, anything that

goes before the san francisco police commission is always controversial. cindy elias has the votes, but why not wait until april? we will attempt to answer that. there is a conflict of interest because her husband, a lawyer, has represented the san francisco police department. what irks people is that her so-called washed appointment is a classic example of san francisco politics. cindy elias is one of the longest servers of the police commission twice, the board of supervisors has unanimously supported her, except now supervisor aaron peskin has pushed ahead with the vote to have elias reappointed months before her term expires. >> she is doing an excellent job and deserves to continue and deserves to have the support of this board of supervisors. lyanne: while this has been done before, the optics and the timing in this case are not good.

abc 7 news contributor phil matier ways and. phil: this is politics, it is simple as that. the current board is afraid that in the coming months, there are new members that might not share that philosophy come and they want to preempt the idea of somebody else becoming a critical vote on the police commission. lyanne: six month ago, the board had seven progressives, but with gordon at -- opting out, the two new elected supervisors, joel and matt, are more to the center. this means there will be six moderates and only five progressives. the three members on the rules committee voted on the appointment of elias, with supervisor raphael, a moderate, and operators -- opposition. supervisor connie chan, a progressive, says someone is needed with institutional knowledge. >> most important that we have someone who knows and been

through this process of reform to complete this reform process. lyanne: the supervisor says there was no, "hanky-panky" involved in his decision as is the new board will be allowed to vote after january 9, when the new term begins, but made it clear they would not wait until her term expires in april. so the question now is, by having the support of the rules committee early on, wouldn't this discourage other potential candidates from applying? >> pretty clearly it shuts down the conversation on any alternatives to her. lyanne: there are some big issues coming before the police commission. number one, should police be allowed to pull people over for a minor infraction? many see this as a civil-rights issue. number two, should police have robots? number three, what if chief bill scott retires? remember, this commission with the leadership of elias would be the ones interviewing and selecting the candidates who are then presented to the mayor, so this is a very powerful

committee that will decide the future of the city's public safety policy. in the newsroom, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. dan: a huge impact, no question. after the break, it has been called a possible inflection point for clean fuel technology. we will tell your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

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dan: happening tomorrow, the department of energy is set to announce how local scientists came in with a fusion energy breakthrough. according to reports, in livermore, they produced a fusion reaction that generates more energy that it uses. it is a major breakthrough that could lean -- lead to unlimited, cheap, and clean energy. scientists have been working on this process since the 1950's. it will be another decade before the technology could be used commercially, but great policy. ama: yeah. let's talk about our weather

here we got a ton of rain, dan. dan: we got so much rain. now it is just cold, spence. spencer: it is cold. i want to show you live doppler 7 because it has been a couple of days since we have seen this image absent vivid greens, oranges, and yellows. no precipitation right now can slightly milder than it was by this time yesterday. let's take a live look over san francisco, currently 49 degrees in palo alto, low 50's at oakland, san jose, santa clara. the view from the east bay hill camera shows clear skies as well, and we have got 52 in santa rosa. down to the 40's in napa, livermore, fairfield, 50 degrees at concord, and the view from mount tam looking down under clear skies over the bay. these are the forecast features that will be clear and cold, especially interior valleys of the north bay. cold mornings and truly afternoons will follow for much

of this week, and the storms are taking a break for the next seven days. let's talk about our freeze warning was to be in effect for the interior valleys of the north bay from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. subfreezing temperatures are likely in many of these locations with lows ranging from 25 to about 32 degrees. frosty conditions like this will kill crops him and under these conditions, it is important to protect pets, plants, and people. 30 at fairfield, 33 in several locations, napa, livermore, morgan hill, and right around the bay shoreline, only upper 30's will be the low tonight. highs tomorrow, relatively cool afternoon coming our way, with highs ranging from 52 to about 55 degrees in most locations under mainly sunny skies. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. we have had a string of cold mornings coming away tomorrow, wednesday, even thursday. daytime highs are not going to be very high it all, especially

wednesday. we see highs barely reaching 60, 62 degrees from coast to bay to inland. later in the week, if you were clouds moving in. slightly milder by maybe two degrees or so, but basically every winter like week but a dry wanted no rain in sight for a while. dan: that is nice could i talked to my stepmother in maryland, baltimore born and bred. i said, you know what, i have cold weather coming, and very skeptically, she said, "what do you call it's hard to explain what depression feels like. but i can tell you what it feels like when someone offers help. every plan through covered california is comprehensive, with mental health coverage, and financial help for people who need it. enroll by december 31st.

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to deal with not even really knowing, like, what to feed yourself, and you become just not nourished. >> she says there was not always enough to eat while growing up. even now, some of her family continues to struggle with food insecurity. opening the cupboards to a can of beans and nothing else. >> they don't have a lot to deal with, and that just blows my mind, because, to me, people who don't experience that struggle, it is just like, "da really lucked out." >> per story is more common than many realize. >> even in the summer months, we were serving 275,000 residents per month. during the holiday season, we have seen 300,000, even higher than the numbers we saw during the pandemic, which is really concerning. >> they are serving 100,000 more

people per month compared to last year. many are children. >> they rely on school to eat. there are seniors on a fixed income who are struggling to afford food. >> though it is the season of giving, for most food banks, it is a season of difficus are dows they continue to watch the demand surge. despitetill making progress, such as recently expanding their kids school food program. she says the goal is to distribute 3 million meals through the holiday. she says the community is counting on them. >> we are here to help them the best way we can, and we, you know, as a community, will get through this together. ama: christmas has come early for dozens of families in san rafael thanks to a nonprofit right in their own backyard. the rater center hosted its annual family to family program,

handing out about $40,000 in gift cards to clients. those cards can be used to buy gifts for the holidays. cards were handed out to more than 130 families, and with a long line of families waiting to get santa's help, the need has never been greater. >> people come in and talk about how the prices of a gallon of milk have doubled. it is very hard economically for our clients, so this allows them us" can celebrate, you know? it gives them that extra cash. they can buy toys and gifts for their children. ama: it makes such a big difference. every card given out today is valued at $100 to $150. dan: that is fantastic. it really will make a difference. exciting. we appreciate your time. i am dan abrams. ama: i am on the gates. for spencer christian -- on the gates -- ama gaetz, for spencer christian, we will see you at 6:00. dan: we will see you in half an

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tonight, breaking news. tracking the major winter storm as we come on the air. blizzard warnings in several states already tonight. 20 states under winter alerts from california to wisconsin. whiteout conditions in parts of the west. up to five feet of snow. travel near impossible. a charter bus flipping, more than 20 rushed to the hospital. the south tonight bracing for severe storms starting this evening. and what this is all bringing to the northeast. ginger zee standing by to time this out. also tonight, nearly 34 years since the bombing of pam am flight 103 over lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 190 americans, 35 syracuse university students, tonight, the alleged bombmaker appearing in an american court. and what we heard. how the bomb was made, how it

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