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a call for help from the san francisco police officer shot in the mission. tonight a man wanted in connection with that shooting is in custody. good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wayne. a lot has happened since we reported the shooting on the san francisco police officer this time last night. that officer tonight is recooperating and a suspect is behind bars. it all began yesterday in the
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san francisco. it all started when police said they were looking for a car. that suspect was arrested yesterday. for the latest on the case we turn to debora villalon. she joins us where officer shaw is recovering tonight. >> reporter: officer shaw on the force six years is said to be recovering well. seeing visitor, his family and after the chase. the white mercedes benz pulled into the station and officers
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pulled ruano on to the ground. >> i've been hit. >> reporter: police say ruano was behind the wheel of a different car a mustang saturday afternoon when he tried to back away from officer adam shaw trying to question him about vandalism. shaw's partner fired his weapon in defense and witnesses seemed to suggest ruano had a gun too. >> suspect blue mustang. >> reporter: ruano's car its back window shattered triggered a chase for him that stretched past 9:00 last night. two hours later the sighting miles away and the freeway chase leading to a charge against ruano driving at over 101 miles per hour. also assault with a deadly weapon, his vehicle. being a felon in possession of ammunition and evading police. >> any time an officer is shot, we always fear the worse. >> reporter: the police chief has expressed relief that his wounded officer will recover.
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and acknowledged the circumstances of the shooting are unclear. >> we won't know exactly what happened. we won't know until we find the suspect or speak to the victim officer. >> reporter: it's important to note there are no weapons charges or assault on a police officer charges against jeffrey ruano at this time. reporting live in san francisco debora villalon ktvu channel 2 news. now to a freak accident along a busy area highway. a large tree suddenly fell on to a car. killing the driver. that tree came crashing down on westbound interstate 80 near cherry glen road in vacaville. patti lee live now near that accident scene after asking investigators if this was preventable. >> reporter: that's what they're looking at now. the chp's lead investigator says the driver is blameless and the focus is now on tree and finding out who owns it. at 1:45 this afternoon tragedy
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struck when this old eucalyptus tree snapped and landed on a passing car. >> i have never personally seen this happen before. >> reporter: the driver a 22- year-old woman from oakland was killed instantly. but chp investigators say her car still swerved across four lanes, hit the median before crossing back. >> there were people outside the car. there was a paramedic that had stopped to try to help her. >> reporter: invest bay -- invest investigators are still trying to figure out who this tree belongs to. >> we believe it did not belong to the state because of the fence line. but we are still investigating that. >> reporter: land records now need to be accessed and that takes time. it will take a few days to determine who is responsible for this tree. the county has definitively been ruled out so now it's between the state and two private landowners. regular commuters who drive interstate 80 every day were horrified to hear the details
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of the accident. >> every day pretty much when i drive i fear things could happen. >> reporter: lying debris and other drivers are their main concerns on the road not the trees along the side. >> if it happens it happened. if you knew it was your time then you would avoid a situation like that. but you don't know. >> reporter: the last time anything like this took place was in 2005 when a pine tree fell on to the california highway hitting a car and killing one passenger. patti lee. investigators tonight are looking for the driver who ran from a scene of a deadly crash at the oakland coliseum. it was around 3:00 this afternoon when a black sedan and mini van crashed. that mini van flipped over. highway patrol investigators say the driver of that black sedan took off on foot.
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one witness describes him as a man in his 20s. what a difference a few days make, this was the scene late this afternoon in san jose which saw temperatures hit 90 degrees yesterday making it the warmest day of the fall. >> things they are about to change yet again. here's a live look now at tracker 2. a system that green approaching the bay area kind of knocking on the taor -- door of the bay area there. >> let's talk to mark tamayo. >> that storm track, it's been focused up in northern california. a very well defined source of rainfall. here's a satellite and radar. it's been happening during the past few hours. up toward eureka and mendecino. we are expecting things to change. here's the coverage right now.
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rain for eureka, rain for redding, rain for ukia. we could have a few rain showers developing offshore and closing in on parts of fairfax. there you can't pick up the rain cover increasing. and the trend will be increasing overnight with more rainfall. eventually covering a good portion of the bay area early monday morning. so coming up at 10:35, we'll take a look at this the monday morning rain time lapse. we'll let you know if it will impact your morning commute. and i will let you know if rain returns in our five day forecast. you can stay up to date with our latest conditions where you live with our news app. it's available for both apple and android phones. and the latest search for a
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malasia plane. debris does not appear to be related to the missing flight. it's been two days since the plane vanished and still almost nothing is known about what happened to that boeing 777. earlier today there was much made from these pictures from a vietnamese aircraft that appears to show a plane panel. a malasian official is being questioned. >> reporter: dozensover air aircrafts and ships are scouring the association looking for answers. the effect of the boing 777 disappearance is being felt
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around the world. in australia, weeks is wondering about her husband. >> i have a 3-year-old asking for his father. will daddy be there, when will he be back. in china distressed family still can't believe there's still so little news about what happened to the flight. you wouldn't do this if you had family on board says this relative. and there's growing concern about the identities of some of those on the plane. the passenger list for the flight itself has two anomalies, an austrian called christian nodle and codle. neither men were on the plane. both had their passports stolen. the search is now a huge multi
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national effort. every piece of wreckage needs to be found. >> we're not ruling any possibility, however it's important to state that our main concern is to focus our efforts in finding everyone involved. >> reporter: jonathan samuels, sky news, beijing. more details now in texas the family of 50-year-old phillip wood one of three americans on board also wait for information about his whereabouts. >> just a wonderful guy. he loved us and was very generous with his money and time and his love. and took care of people without anybody knowing about it. >> reporter: the other two
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americans on the plane were small children just four and 2 years old. and unclear who the children were traveling with. of the 239 passengers on that flight 153 were chinese and 38 were malasian. if you own a home here in the bay area you could be sitting pretty. the stats that prove we live in the best place in the country to sell a home. he is a living piece of bay area history. we attend the 100th birthday celebration for a legendary pilot. and the accident that sent dozens of students to the hospital.
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the bay area housing market bouncing back big time and homeowners are rejoicing about the turn around. the bay area recently ranked as the best place in the country to sell a home. noelle walker shows us just how much prices here have soared. >> take a look around, you see well manicured lawns, well kept homes and very few of these. >> it's been a very robust year. >> reporter: if you put a sign up the buyers will come.
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>> if you let me know if you have any questions, my name is katherine. >> reporter: this three bedroom, two bed, 1,800 bungalow is on the market for 799. it's not likely to sell for that price. >> i guess we will get five or six offers on this property. >> and i am guessing your sellers are pretty happy. >> the sellers are happy right now. >> reporter: five out of 10 places to sell a house are here in california. a lack of these signs is one of the reasons. >> we're down to 34 this morning. >> reporter: and that's shocking. >> that's shocking because each of them has about 10 buyers. >> reporter: the bay area homes are on the market an average of 19 days compared to 39 days. a big factor the average number of homes per resident in the
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bay area is about 1-1. it's 6.6 homes per resident nationwide. north to south, east bay to san francisco it seems more people are feeling at home in the bay area housing market than other places in the country. >> low interest rates and no inventory. i think you're also seeing tremendous job growth in the area. >> reporter: sellers who are turning around to buy in this market need to be strategic when there's this much competition to find home sweet home. in alameda. noelle walker. more details on other top markets, sacramento ranks number two followed by san diego, las vegas, orange county and los angeles. police are warning people who live in the east bay about a possible imposter posing as a police officer. authorities are concerned the
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thief may try to impersonate a water district employee because an official hard hat, and safety vest were all inside the truck when it was stolen. the vehicle bares the number 816 with 128-5077. authorities say it was spotted last night at redwood christian church in castro valley. police in two bay area cities trying to figure out why people were walking on busy highways when they were struck and killed this weekend. in san jose a 16-year-old boy died on southbound highway 85 near snell avenue. he was walking across the highway from the right shoulder to the center divide when he was hit by a woman in a bmw. police in fremont police say a 54-year-old man was killed on highway 880. investigators say it's not clear why that van was on the
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highway around 10:30 this morning when he was hit by a toyota suv. a plan is dead after he was h it. we have more on what witnesses say they saw him doing right after the crash. >> reporter: cell phone video and photos attained by ktvu shows rescue workers on scene of a crash. two cars collided and ended up on a sidewalk at the intersection of walker and castro. the aftermath is still visible on the street. >> we heard like a big sound like boom, boom. i didn't know exactly what had happened. >> reporter: police are trying to figure out how an acura and chevy camaro slammed into each other leaving a ripple of damage. >> the pole was right on the back of the car. >> reporter: deroshi was surprised the driver of the camaro ended up alive. >> it was totaled.
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the rear end was on that tree. and the passenger's side was dented in and the jaws of life were brought out to get the car pried open. >> reporter: a man gnome by the name of esgar ran to help. >> i could hear them breathing heavily. i thought they were fine. >> reporter: but the passenger died at the hospital. police believe the driver was drunk and arrested him before he could leave. >> i heard that he got out of the car and he was pretending to be on a cell phone like part of the people. watching and then he started to run when he saw the cops. i heard the police officer say he's running. he's getting away and they got him. >> reporter: neighbors wished people wouldn't risk their lives. >> it's horrific that people still drink and drive like this. during this day and age when there's so much prevention when you can stop doing that. >> reporter: police have not released the identities of the victim or the alleged drunk driver. he remains in the hospital facing gross vehicle manslaughter charges.
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it's also unclear when the lights will be open again. for now it remains stop and go traffic. cristina rendon. more than two dozen high school students recovering tonight after being injured when a stage suddenly collapsed at a southern california catholic school. >> you can see there as it goes from excitement to fear it happened last night in anaheim. about 250 girls from rosary high school were visiting that campus and participating in matthew antione july rally when the wooden stage gave way. >> everybody was jumping around like crazy. then all of a sudden the very front row just completely fell. we all realized what happened. >> 24 students were taken to the hospital with injuries that included broken bones and bruises. the oakland a's may be on
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the move soon according to the mercury news the team confirmed yesterday that if its lease expires at the open coliseum it may play temporary at another ballpark. san jose major chuck reed says a's team co-owner lou wolf is looking at a stadium used by the giants minor league team as well as candle stick park. california has taken a major step to control medical marijuana. a southern california lawmakers has introduced a bill to regulate the multi million dollars industry. that law would oversea farmers and merchants as well as the doctors who prescribe medical pot. the league of california cities are all helping to promote this bill. sb1252 was introduced in late february and went to committee last week. and 8200 speed, this club club med will be high in more
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ways than one. the pot club is set to open in colorado after a 14 month legal battle. cigarette smoking will not be allowed. colorado made it legal to buy pot for recreational use but not to smoke it in public. signing photographs and shaking hands. george zimmerman makes a controversial appearance at a gun show. why the company behind this appearance is now suing. and are you looking at the future of crime fighting? how a ruling could make a grown armed with a taser a reality. the rainfall is inching closer to the bay area. coming up we'll break down a monday morning forecast where the heaviest showers will be and i'll let you know when 80s resurface on a long range model. plop
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from today. crimeans are set to vote on a referendum to leave ukraine and join russia. russian president putin spoke with his british and german counter parts and reportedly agreed to support diplomacy. the president called on world leaders to pressure russia and support ukraine. mr.obama will meet with ukraine's interim prime minister on wednesday to discuss the crisis there. iraqi investigators looking into a deadly bombing say a policeman suspected that something wasn't right when that mini bus approached. but when the officer asked the driver to pull over, they say that's when he detonated his explosives killing at least 45 people. that bombing took place in the shiite dominated city. no one has claimed
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responsibility, but iraqi officials blame al-qaida. iraq is undergoing renewed violence with a death toll climbing to levels not seen in years. more than 1,400 iraqis were killed in violence during the first two months of this year. controversy seems to follow george zimmerman just about everywhere you go. and that was certainly the case this weekend at a central florida gun show. zimmerman who was acquitted in the death of trayvon martin shook hands, smiled and signed photographed for attendees. the event was a scaled down version of a new gun show yesterday. the show was originally scheduled to be held at the majestic center. but the venue cancelled late thursdays after getting negative feed back about zimmerman's planned appearance. >> they told us they cancelled because of community pressure. once they found out he was going to be there. they said the community, phone calls, e-mails they were getting backlash and they didn't want this type of person there. >> reporter: because the majestic cancelled the event the organizer of the gun show
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plans to sue for an estimated $300,000 in lost gun sales. first it's small flying drones with cameras now there's an experimental drone equipped with a gun camera. it's called cupid which stands for chaotic unmanned personal i. difficult drone. after a ruling last week to allow commercial drones this kind of drone could become a new crime fighting tool. and diagnosing alzheimer's disease a little bit earlier. >> if i knew i was going to live this long i would have taken better care of myself. a bay area pilot celebrating his 100th birthday and he shares his flying memories before airplanes could not break. and we show you this baby who just couldn't break.
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a big birthday celebration for a living part of the bay area's aviation history. james ricklep was honored. there's a saying that pilots like to share, there are bold pilots and there are old pilots but there are no bold old pilots. but today we may have found an exception. john ricklets not only witnessed aviation history but he lived it. today people gathered to celebrate his 100th birthday and the life of a fighter pilot. >> if i would have known i was going to live this long i would
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have taken better care of myself. >> reporter: he was born just 11 years after the wright brother's historic flight. and he started his own history. in a plane without a break. >> i made my first airplane solo. at an airport that south of the stadium. and right on el camino. >> with an aeronautical debris he moved to helicopters. and eventually started rick helicopters which was once the largest helicopter company in the world. those aircrafts too have changed. >> they got more complicated. and i don't know that i can fly a modern helicopter. >> reporter: but perhaps his greatest aviation love is this fair child 24 the pegasus. it was given to him as a
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wedding gift by his father-in- law. he says that each plane has a story and this plane is known as the honey moon plane. it cost $7,800 in its time. today's pilots are sometimes seen as button pushers in the cockpit. not the stick and rutter wizards who thrilled sky gazing crowds. people today he says don't appreciate aviators as much now. >> not like they did back then. when you, when you landed on dirt and, the airplane didn't even have a tail wheel. it had tail skid. >> reporter: joins gym were two
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bay area flying legends. jerry mcman and tillson was the first woman to fly a helicopter. you may be surprised at how much history there is here in the bay area. you can stop by the aircraft museum to learn more. and we have breaking news. it involves an earthquake. it was a 6.9 quake. about 48 miles near ferndale. we're getting calls from a lot of people that say that they felt the jolt again. this was a pretty substantial earthquake at larger than 6.1. we're getting lots of people from people who felt it. we will have much more on this including any reports of any damage coming up a little bit later on this newscast. now on to other news. one person was kill and three others injured in a shooting in richmond. the four were shot in front of a house on the 1600 block of
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first street in north richmond around 10:00 last night. a 23-year-old man was killed. friends paid tribute to him by painting his nickname on the sidewalk near the scene of that shooting. >> it's an unfortunate incident but you know they do happen. >> reporter: neighbors say they were too scared to talk to us on camera but they told us the victim grew up in that area and was visiting friends last night when he was shot. it was a tricky rescue operation in marin county for a surfer caught against the rocks by a pounding surf. park rangers say rescue swimmers and a u.s. coast guard boat were sent but they could not reach the victim. a chp aircraft was able to lift the surfer off the rocks by boat. he was identified as a bay area resident. with a prick of a finger and a simple blood test.
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researchers say they can predict who will get alzheimer's disease. the test looks at the levels of 10 fats in the blood. researchers say their initial trials were able to predict with 90% accuracy the risk of a person developing the disease within three years. doctors say current drugs may be failing to help those afflicted with alzheimer's because patients are treated so late in the illness. an estimated 44 million people worldwide suffer from alzheimer's. that number is expected to triple by 2050. a mother near sa -- sacramento ended up giving birth in a car as it sped down the highway. she and her husband jeremy jumped on the car and went down interstate 80. without much warning, the baby started to arrive. briana said she knew the baby was not going to wait until she got to the hospital. >> i can't stop it. i grabbed one more contraction and his shoulders came out.
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that despite this being really strong they said so far they have not received any word of any injuries or damage there. >> yeah and i actually saw a tweet from the local meteorologist up in the eureka area and the one comment about this quake it was very long. didn't get a duration in second but it was long. the latest update went from a 6.1 to 6.9. the epicenter just outside of ferndale dale which is 10 miles to the south of eureka. we will give you a better idea where this was. this happened at 10:18. historically you have a great place here and there have been several strong quakes in this area over the course of time where they pass add few decades. but tonight a magnitude 6.9. looking at a last indication of the tsunami center.
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right now no tsunami threat. 50-miles to the west of eureka. this magnitude might be changing. i've seen a few estimates at 7.0. so we will get a better idea in the next few hours. as far as our local weather for today, lots of clouds. san francisco 69 at fremont, 73 degrees. on the satellite and the radar coming up for you. we just reported that quake up in the eureka area. they're picking up rainfall up toward the north coast. especially north of mendecino county. all this rain to the north will gradually spread to the south. a lot of this activity will be seen around the bay. could have a few sprinkles, a few light showers but the intensity will be increasing in cover. here's the latest look at the satellite and radar. the moisture stream which has been focused out to the north
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out toward northern california, we're just talking about one rain cloud that's for tonight and into early tomorrow morning. we're expecting this. mostly cloudy skies. north bay showers developing overnight. tomorrow scattered morning showers. a dry weather pattern as well. we will be warming back up. we're talking about 70s. even some lower 80s coming up in the long range weather map. you will see that coming up in just a little bit. rain line which has been focused to the north will gradually be on the move. we are expecting scattered showers tomorrow morning with clearing sky. rainfall totals will be on the -- north bay hills we could have amounting .75 of an inch. we will be locking this weather pattern. look what happens by the weekend. we're approaching the upper 70s to the lower 80s.
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looks like sunday will be sunday a week from now will be the warmest day of the week. here's our forecast model showing us the clouds. and still scattered rain showers. this is 7:00 for the morning commute favoring the east bay and south bay. but that will be a quick mover tomorrow afternoon will be completely dry. with increasing sunshine. forecast highs for tomorrow will be in the 60s. warmest locations a little over 70s. tomorrow will be cooler than today in the order of four to 8 degrees out there. san jose 72 degrees. so four to 8 degrees of cooling for tomorrow. look ahead that one rain cloud for tomorrow. temperatures rebounding for your tuesday. we're talking about lower 80s by saturday and sunday. a big change. but remember the commutes for tomorrow morning will be darker than usual. that sunrises at 7:30 and also wet roadways as well. >> all right, we've been warned. thank you mark. we want to update you now on that earthquake off the
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coast of eureka. it was a 6.9 quake in humble county. it was felt sharply by the ferndale fire department. we talked to them but no damage. no injuries and there is no tsunami warning from the u.s. gs along the west coast of california extending into canada. the earthquake was felt as far away as redding. that's 550 miles east of the eureka area. >> you can imagine the fire department reporting they felt a strong jolt and rolling sensation. more on this coming up a little bit later as soon as we get more information. meantime the giants meet their nemesis in tonight's game. and a new star emerges in golf. the warriors try to hold off the overachieving phoenix suns. sports wrap is next.
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good evening everyone and thanks for joining our sunday night edition of sports wrap. steph curry has a strained left quad. but says he's going to play through it. that's nearly seven minutes less than is average. at the ora cle they've won three out of four. hey what the. it's 24-12. suns. curry committed just two turnovers. lee led with 26. suns led at halftime. it was 61-56 phoenix at the break. someone is going to get a lecture. and it work
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