news starts right now. >> the kidnaper at the center of a notorious crime is now accused of a never before reported home invasion in the east bay. matthew mueller, the man convicted in the vallejo gone girl case, is now accused of another crime around the same time. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. contra costa county prosecutors are filing charges against mueller

over a kidnaping for ransom that left the victim so afraid, they never told police. >> abc seven news reporter j.r. stone has been following this investigation for years and joins us live in studio tonight with the new details. j.r. >> dan, two charges were filed against mueller last week and now three this week. it's all new cases we're talking about. it's wild because mueller is already in prison for the vallejo case with denise huskins and aaron quinn. i still remember that night in 2015 when vallejo police called what happened in their city an orchestrated event and not a crime. they later apologized for that. mueller was arrested and convicted, and now he's linked to even more cases. 47 year old matthew mueller, who's currently serving a 40 year federal prison sentence for the 2015 kidnaping and rape of denise huskins in a case that started in vallejo, now faces three new kidnaping charges in contra costa county. those stemming from a separate case that happened in 2015, in

unincorporated san ramon. >> people thought this was a bizarre one off crime in the vallejo case that mueller obviously had mental health issues, but now it looks like he is a serial sexual predator, and that has prosecutors going after him very vigorously. >> that's legal analyst stephen clark commenting on mueller's latest charges. he was also in a san jose courtroom last week after being charged with two felony counts of committing a sexual assault during two home invasion cases in 2009. here's santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen. >> i think the message is that we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime that's committed in this county. >> one of those cases was in mountain view and the other in palo alto. >> that victim is entitled to restitution. that victim is entitled to confront mr. mueller for how he changed her life. all

of that is key. and why prosecutors are still going after mueller, even though he is behind bars in the san ramon case that we've just learned about. >> the contra costa da says that mueller unlawfully held two men and one woman for ransom back in spring of 2015. he demanded that one of those three withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from their bank account to secure the release of the others. they did just that, and the victims never reported the crime over fears that mueller would come back for them. the da going on to say that mueller confessed to that crime during their correspondence with him last year. all of this coming after the netflix docu series american nightmare was released, where mueller's actions in vallejo against huskins and her now husband aaron quinn were profiled. when denise huskins was kidnaped, she was taken to south lake tahoe. now tomorrow, huskins and quinn will both be with the el dorado district attorney when he speaks out about some of these new cases. i

was there in 2015 when huskins and quinn spoke for the first time. it was emotional. emotional, that is, you could tell they wanted to get their story out. now the circumstances are a bit different. there are other victims out there. i'm sure they'll have quite a bit to say. amma. >> all right j.r. thank you so much. and of course tomorrow we will have a crew at the news conference. and we'll bring you updates on abc7 news and abc7 news.com. >> all right let's turn now to your accuweather forecast. with dangerous winds on the way for the entire bay area, looking live out at a foggy view from our mount tam camera. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at the powerful winds. the fog tonight, sandy. the winds coming tomorrow. >> yeah, they're already here, dan. and they're getting stronger as we speak. let me show you. the winds over the higher terrain. mount umunhum, 44 miles an hour. hood mountain and atlas peak, 29 miles an hour. those gusty offshore winds developing a wind advisory has expanded to include virtually all of the bay area until 10 a.m. wednesday. gusts 40 to 50

miles an hour will mean the potential for some downed tree limbs and power outages as we go, hour by hour. those winds continue to increase. 40 at half moon bay 3 a.m. tomorrow morning. notice those winds picking up as we head towards the morning hours. latter part of the morning hours as well. here we've had the wedding rain and that's what's lessening our fire danger, but not the case in southern california. they are under a red flag warning beginning tomorrow morning until thursday evening. it's a particularly dangerous situation. extreme weather is expected in that area. life threatening and destructive wind storm with isolated gusts 80 to 100 miles an hour. as we go, hour by hour, the humidity will be dropping as well. look at the winds. they pick up in southern california, gusting close to 40 miles an hour there in los angeles, and then topping it as we head toward 725 wednesday morning. when you look at the rainfall averages, san diego and los angeles 1 to 4% of where they should be, so their situation is critical. i'll be

back with a full look at our forecast coming up dan. >> all right, sandra, thanks very much. now cal fire is sending crews from the bay area down south ahead of fire weather conditions this week. all of that wind. sandy is talking about firefighters from the north bay and san mateo and santa cruz left today to help in case there are any fires in southern california. >> we move now to our abc seven news at 11, helping you get ahead on a huge story for san francisco this week. we are less than 36 hours away from san francisco's new mayor taking office. mayor elect daniel lowery's inauguration celebrations begin tomorrow night before the official swearing in on wednesday. abc7 news anchor dion limb walks us through a jam packed schedule that's full of historic firsts. >> this is a microphone check here in san francisco, california. >> monday night, the stage was nearly set outside san francisco city hall in anticipation of mayor elect daniel lowery's inauguration ceremony, set to kick off at 1130 wednesday. it's been a jam packed few days leading up to lowery's swearing

in. the 46th mayor spent part of his weekend beautifying six san francisco neighborhoods. >> he's out here. he's working in the community. that's a good thing. so we see you trying. so let's see what happens next. >> tuesday, lowery will participate in an interfaith ceremony at congregation emanuel. bill lee, a former longtime city administrator who has worked under five different mayors, has taken notice of lowery's active schedule. >> it's very unusual that after the election that mayor elect would still be out there every single day. there you go. >> lowery kicks off inauguration day itself, volunteering at saint anthony's, walking through the tenderloin and grabbing a hot chocolate with his family in ghirardelli square before his swearing in. but even more unprecedented is what's on tap for that night. >> for the first time in history, the celebration will take place in the heartbeat of san francisco and chinatown, i think is also the heartbeat of asian america. >> nonprofit b chinatown will hold a special night market and

just announced s.f. native, grammy nominated edm artist zoo will headline a performance along with dj ruckus. also that night, the legacy restaurant far east cafe will look very different. eight community groups organized what's being billed as a unity dinner for more than 800 guests from across different communities. among the expected attendees, california's governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and more. >> even though asians make up 35% of the population of san francisco, sometimes the community doesn't feel like its concerns are always taken equally into account. >> in san francisco, dion lim, abc seven news. >> and stick with abc seven news for complete coverage of lowery's swearing in. on wednesday, we'll stream his inauguration ceremony on abc seven news.com and our abc seven bay area app. >> across the bay in oakland, that city is also going through a leadership change this week at a special city council meeting

today, a new interim mayor, council member kevin jenkins, took over. jenkins is oakland's third mayor. in the last month, after voters recalled shengtao. he replaces interim mayor nikki fortunato bass, who will be sworn in as an alameda county supervisor tomorrow. jenkins will hold the office until the city's special election in april. and today we learned about one possible candidate in that race, former east bay congresswoman barbara lee. she filed paperwork today with the city and a sign that she's planning a potential run. representatives for lee were not immediately available for comment about this. >> this week, the city of san jose will start clearing out rv encampments. the city will mark some areas as towaway zones, forcing people in their rvs or cars to leave or risk punishment. the plan is to clean those areas while they're car free. this year, the city also plans to open its second and largest safe parking site, which can take up to 85 vehicles. city data shows there are more than 2000 parked rvs and lived in

vehicles in san jose. this week's cleanup will focus on chenowith avenue. >> tens of thousands of lgbtq veterans will soon be eligible for honorable discharges. the department of defense has agreed to settle a lawsuit over don't ask, don't tell under this decades long policy, lgbtq service members were separated from the military under other than honorable discharges. now they'll be able to have their discharge papers updated. this will enable them to receive veterans benefits. a judge still has to sign off on this settlement. >> we're following the story of the turmoil in the antioch police department tomorrow. the city is announcing a new interim chief as the current interim chief retires. the new leadership comes as the department deals with multiple shootings already this week and new federal oversight. abc seven news reporter tim johns explains in a recently released memorandum of understanding the department of justice, highlighting its agreement to provide oversight for the antioch police department as a part of the agreement.

>> apd will hire a consultant to review and update its policies, procedures and training efforts. all of it stemming from a series of scandals in recent years involving both racism and corruption among officers. >> it took the doj to come in and discover some of these unfortunate text messages, and obviously all the federal indictments that are a scar, really, on the city's past. >> lamar hernandez thorpe is antioch's previous mayor who helped negotiate the agreement. he says he's hopeful it will produce results. >> police department has to be in relationship with every single segment of our community and for a long time, blacks and browns, black and brown people were victims of police violence. >> creating change will be difficult, though, says civil rights attorney john burris. burris is representing 26 people who are suing the police department for alleged misconduct. >> and we're trying to change that culture. and that's a task because you have officers who were trained on a certain culture, and then you're trying to change that culture. >> burris says while the agreement between the police department and the doj is a good step, there's still a lot of

work that needs to be done. he tells me he wants to see more tangible details. >> a lot of it is pro forma. it's policy efforts. it's what we'd like to get done. but somebody has to write those policies. then the officers have to be trained on those policies. then they have to be implemented. >> while the county and federal officials have been investigating the antioch police department for years, the california department of justice is currently conducting its own investigation that is still ongoing. in antioch, tim johns abc seven news peeved over parking and taking it to the extreme. >> one woman's alleged vandalism campaign against some controversial parking meters. >> emotional words from a forty-niner questioning whether he'll play another season. charvarius ward opens up about a personal tragedy and the mental health toll that could change his career. >> plus a poisonous purchase leading to a new warning from northern california health leaders. >> all of that's coming up. but first, here's a look at what's ahead tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11.

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where opulence brings consequence in a lavish world of love and betrayal. ♪ tickets at sfballet.org has some people going meter mad. are you ready for this? >> one woman was so fed up with san bruno's new downtown parking meters. prosecutors say she repeatedly vandalized them to the tune of $12,000 in damage. >> it's abc seven news reporter lauren martinez shows us. that's an extreme example of the frustration some business owners are feeling, and now they're trying to do something about it.

>> i wouldn't say bustling downtown, but we have our little downtown and we love it. >> paying for on street parking in downtown san bruno is dividing business owners and residents. are the restrictions helping or hurting? san bruno was one of the last cities on the peninsula without metered parking, until a new program was implemented on downtown streets last april. max wayne owns atlas pizza parlor, nori and a lounge from no regulations from nor supervision of the parking. >> all of a sudden we have this very strict rules and that's what throwing people are. >> drivers have to pay to park every day and for almost all day, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m, maybe reduce the timing until 8:00. >> you know, you go to 6:00. >> one woman upset with the meters is now facing charges. prosecutors say the 24 year old from south san francisco works in san bruno and repeatedly vandalized parking meters, causing over $12,000 in damages.

longtime resident melinda isono understands the frustration. >> unfortunately, those things happen, so we need to put our voices up at city hall and see if we can, you know, just make a little bit of change. we're not asking to take them away because that's not going to happen. >> beth buck opened up lovely bump, a family consignment store, in 2006. she says the program has created more on street parking and overall sees it as having a positive impact. >> it used to be a $90 ticket before they started this program. now it's a $50 ticket, so it's reduced now. so that to me is a great thing. i've already gotten one and i'm okay with it because parking was so tough. >> buck bought an electric scooter before they implemented the program. >> now i'm back to driving my car here and there, and if i have to park in front to unload, i just pay the 20 minutes, $0.75, no big deal. and then i move. >> business owners are hoping to address the parking program at the next city council meeting on january 14th in san bruno. lauren martinez, abc seven news.

>> as the 40 niners are cleaning out their lockers and looking ahead to the next season, one player's future with the team is uncertain tonight. cornerback charvarius ward says he might be looking into leaving california after the death of his one year old daughter, imani joy. she died in late october after a lengthy battle with heart issues. today, ward spoke publicly for the first time about how difficult this season has been for him and his family. >> you know, i got a lot of trauma in california, you know what i'm saying? i had a lot of great times. but, you know, the worst thing that's ever happened to me is probably going to ever happen to me. not going to worry about having in california, you know what i'm saying? so it can just bring up bad memories, you know what i'm saying? like, every time i get on a plane and come back to california, santa clara, san jose and show up here, it's just bring up bad memories, you know what i'm saying? i go through that every day. >> ward will become a free agent in march and will have to see what he decides to do. also today, 40 niners wide receiver ricky pearsall spoke about that

shooting that put him in the headlines this season. pearsall says he doesn't want to judge the teenage suspect based on one thing that he did. pearsall was robbed at gunpoint last summer in san francisco's union square. police say that pearsall and the teenager struggled for the gun and both ended up shot. the teen has been charged with attempted murder. >> i have to be able to forgive him or have that weight off my chest, you know what i mean? and you know, at some point, i do want to talk to the kid and, you know, make sure that, you know, if i can create an impact on him in any way, i think, you know, that would be really big. >> pearsall missed the 49 ers first seven games of the season because of his injuries. we'll have more from the 40 niners locker room today. coming up a little later in sports. >> a man was arrested after allegedly trying to break into one of stanford's premier laboratories. deputies say a call came in sunday night about a person with bolt cutters near the slack national accelerator laboratory. the man ran from deputies when they arrived, but a police dog found him hiding in the bushes. investigators say they found numerous burglary

tools in the area and a damaged security fence. three people have been hospitalized after eating death cap mushrooms in east salinas. officials say the trio bought the mushrooms from a truck vendor outside a supermarket. they then took the mushrooms home and cooked them. after a few days of stomach illness, they started showing signs of liver failure and went to the hospital. they are currently being treated at stanford medicine. health officials are urging people to only buy mushrooms from reputable sources. >> it can be so dangerous, obviously. all right. let's talk about the weather forecast and the wind. >> yes. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel has that for us. sandhya. >> yeah, we are expecting some strong, gusty winds here in the bay area. let me show you the windy pattern that is setting up. we have an advisory until wednesday morning. so what you need to know is those gusty winds will cause the possibility of some tree limbs going down, power outages. so be aware of it and watch out for things blowing around. right now. winds are gusting to 45 mile. eminem. you

will notice 25. mount diablo, big rock ridge 36. so the gusty offshore winds are developing down south. they have a red flag warning until 6 p.m. thursday, and that is because they are expecting damaging winds. they haven't had much rain. you look at many parts of southern california and they're still dealing with a drought. we've had our first significant rain and we've had a pretty rainy season so far, so we're doing okay from the fire danger perspective. but high pressure is going to build in behind the departing trough, and that's what's going to set the stage for this windy weather that we are in. and it's going to get even stronger tomorrow morning 45 mile an hour winds at 7 a.m. notice how gusty it is as we head towards the afternoon 25 to 35 miles an hour. picking up in calistoga tomorrow evening over 40 and then close to 50 mile an hour winds late tomorrow night. we are also expecting the waves to continue pounding the coast. a beach hazard statement for the coastline until 9 p.m. tomorrow breakers up to 20ft. right now

they're 4 to 9ft. watch out because there is a risk of sneaker waves and rip currents. i do want to show you some live pictures. right now things are still a little bit touch and go with some fog from our kgo roof, camera and exploratorium camera. the fog is getting blown away out of santa rosa as these offshore drying downsloping winds are developing. that is going to continue as the night goes on. right now, visibility down to a mile in san francisco, but it has improved in santa rosa, where it's ten miles. temperatures in the 40s and the 50s right now. kgo roof camera showing you that foggy view tonight through wednesday morning. gusty offshore winds along the coastline, large breaking waves, and sunny and milder weather. this week with the possibility of records. we go hour by hour tomorrow morning. we're going to start out with 40s and 50s tomorrow afternoon. temperatures quickly rise. it's going to be well above average with mainly 60s. tomorrow. as we start the day. watch out for the winds, 30s and 40s for most of the bay area. it is going to definitely remain

gusty as we head into the afternoon, but it is going to be a milder day. 67 in santa rosa, san jose. 65, san francisco, oakland. vallejo 6664 livermore 65, in santa cruz. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. we have the gusty winds. it's a milder day with above average temperatures continuing for much of the next few days, up to 70 around the bay on thursday. records are certainly possible and then it is dry for the weekend going into next week, but it will turn cooler

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players cleaned out their lockers as they parted their separate ways today. kyle shanahan and john lynch set to speak at a later date. still some coaching and personnel decisions to make before that happens. the team's worst season since 2020 came to an end in arizona yesterday as the off season looms. the players reflected on a very disappointing season. >> the team went through a lot this year and you know we weren't able to, you know, get through some of those games. and you know it's unfortunate. we're not happy about it. but that's the reality that we're in. and our names are stamped on that. and so i think as an organization we'll do everything that we can to right the ship and get more wins next year. >> i'm all about winning. like that's all i care about, i promise. it hurts my heart. even yesterday, when nothing was on the line. just to even finish that way. so yeah, i'm looking to try to bring everybody else along with me. >> brock purdy's upcoming contract negotiations are one of

the biggest storylines of the offseason. how many years, at what price, and how long will the negotiations drag on? >> i'm going to be in san francisco and play my football career here, man. i love it here and i want to do whatever it takes to be here. and so we'll see when we get there, when we sit down and start talking and stuff. but i know that i'm the guy for this organization and that i can do what it takes to help lead us to where we want to go. and i'm confident in that. and i'm not the kind of guy that wants to have any kind of drama associated with anything. i'm here for this organization, for my teammates in the locker room. and, you know, i want to be very professional about it. we play professional football for our living. and you know, i want to keep the main thing, the main thing and not get distracted by all the chaos that can go on within it. but i want to just clean about it and respectable and, you know, get something done and get back to work. >> steph curry tied for a game high 26 points in last night's game against the kings, including not one but 24. plays. but it was all sacramento most of the way. malik monk had an

emphatic dunk in this one a 30 point loss. but the good news a chance to get things right against miami tomorrow night. >> be able to flush this down the toilet as fast as possible so that we can come out and just let it fly on tuesday. >> it's not any more alarming than than any other loss. so this is the nba these days. you know, it's such a fast game and so many threes that there are just going to be some nights where everything goes your way or everything, you know, goes the other team's way and the tgl or tomorrow's golf league is a new six team league consisting of four man teams of pga tour pros who will battle it out on the most advanced golf simulator ever created new york golf club and the bay golf club. >> tee off tomorrow at six on our sister network espn and espn plus sports on abc seven, sponsored

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