. >> vic lee has the story you will see only on 7. >> reporter: it was like a heist from a movie. a movie like "ocean's 11". a plot that even makes former fbi agent rick smith marvel at the thieves's creativity. >> you have to give hem some credit for an in genius idea. >> reporter: it happened earlier this month. >> the police department received a report from a local shipping company that some high-end merchandise that was destined for a union square retailer had been stolen. >> reporter: that's all police will say. but a source with knowledge of the theft tells us how it went down. the shipping company is u.p.s. the retailer thepa ceived a someone who said he was from the louis vuitton school. thief said stop temporarily because the the basement area come by and pick up the shipments. for three days they made the pickups here at u.p.s. and then disappeared with hundreds of thousands of dollars of conveniencive louis vuitton products. by the end of the week they asked why deliveries had stopped. u.p.s. said it was because of the flooding. but, in fact, the basement was dry. and

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> excellent. thank you, vic. >>> a reminder. you can track your weather with the abc 7 news app. looking at live doppler 7 right there. convenient tool. >>> the rain is not good news for thousands of people displaced by the camp fire or the environment. >> kate larsen is live in paradise with more. kate? >> reporter: that's right. we're actually near downtown paradise. nobody has been allowed back up here yet. but earlier today, we were farther down on the outskirts of chico where homeowners are getting a first look at what's left of their homes. carrie fips spent the day searching for parts of her home. >> my parents gave me these for birthdays and christmas and wedding. >> she found her wedding ring. the diamond is blackened by fire. but she really came back home to look for her two dogs. >> today we came up and found them in the house. they didn't make it. we're ready to grieve that. we're ready to not be looking for them. every time sends a message, is this your dog? but all nine of her chickens were waiting for her and thei

. >> abc7 news reporter vic lee is live in the mission district with more on this tonight. vic?er: well, as you can see and hear, people here very optimistic they will win this particular -- especially after hearing an the early returns you. might say the party is in full swing here at the supper club in the mission. i think it's safe to say that prop c was probably the most hotly contested and watched ballot measure in san francisco. it would take big business and use that money to fund homeless and mental health programs and salesforce's marc benioff was among the supporters. he gave millions to the proposition and he spoke to abc7 news earlier this evening. > my biggest surprise in this campaign for prop c is that the people who have pushed back the most are the ones who understand the homeless the least. >> well, twitter's yak dempsey, dorsey, excuse me, twitter's jack dorsey, another tech biggie was as opposed to this ballot measure saying that he thought better policy rather than spending more money would be more effective. also against this ballot measure mayor london bre

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> incredible, vic.ry much. >>> in oakland a newborn is alive thanks to the quick thinking of an oakland police officer. we just got body cam video from that officer that we'll show you here. we need to warn you. it's fairly intense. we'll show you what happens when he's born outdoors, dirt still on his tiny body as the officer helped the infant take his very first breath. [ baby crying ]. >> a little baby boy. >> when i showed up, he was blue, not breathing, cleared his airway. >> crying good. >> he's crying good. just got her skin to skin and rubbing his chest. >> the baby was born yesterday to a homeless woman living in her car. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the story. >> this is what oakland does every single day, is really serve our community. >> reporter: police chief ann kirkpatrick took pride in announcing gregory palomo. >> flagged down by a citizen who advised me a woman had just given birth in a vehicle. >> reporter: simultaneously a woman who spotted the woman totally naked on the side of

abc 7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> it was beyond belief what was about to happen 40 years in late november. the chaotic scene after the double murders. shocked police officers rushing to city hall. the discovery of two bodies gunned down in their offices. mayor george mosconi, the leader of the liberal wing and the emerging power in san francisco. supervisor harvey milk, the first openly gay elected official in the city and the state murdered by a killer they all knew. disgruntled former supervisor, dan white. it's hard to forget that day. mayor mosconi's bust graces the hall opposite the mayor's door. the same door white passed through that day. milk's statue on the other end of city hall, opposite the supervisor's chambers. today tributes and remembrances. among those at the memorial, milk's nephew, stuart milk. >> they were extraordinary and they believed we were all extraordinary. >> mosconi's son, jonathan mosconi. >> the legacy of my dad and that of harvey is not one of tragedy. it's one of opportunity. >> those opportunities were highlighted by mayor london breed. >

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> vic, thank you so much. now to the race for mayor in oakland. incumbent libby schaaf is expected to win, however the outcome could be delayed for days. lee ann has >> reporter: mayor shaft left to continue campaigning. she won't be until after 8:00. she is the incumbent and favorite to win. there are nine people running against her. the major contenders are cat brooks, 42-year-old radio host, community activist, well known here in oakland. she, too, was voting this afternoon, and we had a chance to talk to her as well. also in the contention is pamela price, civil rights attorney who ran for alameda county d.a. and lost, and then she decided to run for mayor. if schaaf wins, she will be the first mayor of oakland since jerry brown to serve two terms. >> i don't take anything for granted. oakland is a feisty city. we're a protest city. you never know what's going to happen in an election. i have tried to work very hard. i'm about to walk out and hit b.a.r.t. stations and busy streets to talk to voters one last time. a lot of people are going to ma

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that's where "abc 7 news" reporter vic lee is live. >> reporter: ama and dan, this is and 280. the city's public works crews were dispatched today to clear storm drains. at the operation yard, free sandbags for residents to pick up, and this plea to the public. >> any fallen leaves, if you can sweep those up, put them in a compost bin. >> i'm so helpless. every time i get flooded. >> reporter: victoria sanchez lives in a small mission terrace neighborhood that dead ends at highway 280. sandbags and an integral part of life here. so much so the city truck brings palettes of sandbags every time it is about to rain. 2014 was the last big flood in the neighborhood. a torrential force of raw sewage and stormwater rushed through cayuga avenue over cars, flooding homes and garages, shooting out from clogged catch basins. the flooding has gone on for decades and so have the cleanups. >> the walls get all flooded. we have to get the cheap, take it off because the mold is in there. >> reporter: sanchez knows we all need rain, but her photo album remind her how destructive it can be. >> i

vic lee, "abc 7 news." >>> and this story first appeared in "the washington post". today we spoke to reporter damian poletta and he says the outcome of measure gg and ot measures in half moon bay could have ripple effects around the state. >> if the vote goes through and the mullers are allowed to grow commercial, you know, cannabis at their green house, then this would be sort of a signal to the rest of california that they -- you know, this is sort of a green light for this kind of stuff. if the vote goes down and it is not approved, we could see this as more of a yellow or red light where people say, wait a second, maybe it is not worth the headache, there's local opposition and we saw it voted down, let's try to come up with another alternative. >> he says there's been a lot of bad blood over the issue in half moon bay. he thinks it is going to continue because people are saying a lot of nasty things about each other. >> okay. well, it is halloween. >>> trick or treaters are out there. what is the weather like for the rest of the evening and beyond? >> let's go

vic lee, "abc 7 news." >>> new details surfaced today on a deadly shooting from eight months ago. it happened at a veterans home and claimed the lives of three hostages. the gunman also killed himself. "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman shares what we have just learned. >> reporter: it is an empty building now at the veterans home of california, a place that once harbored hope for those dealing with ptsd that caused so much pain and loss on the morning of march 9th. >> this case has been very trying. >> reporter: chief ernie sanchez of chp, they investigated the murder of three clinicians and an unborn baby by an angry patient in the nonprofit halfway home. it took 5 1/2 hours that day for law enforcement to confirm the suspect had died even though a sheriff's deputy entered the building four minutes after the call. >> there was a volley of gunfire between the deputy and mr. wong. he then turned the weapon on the clinicians, shot all three, and then turned the weapon on himself and committed suicide. >> reporter: the chp has not released the entire report, but questions remain h

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> petaluma police are investigation after a woman's body was found dangling outin the parking lot outside the steel bear deli on old redwood highway. petaluma police believe the woman was reaching down inside the box and was crushed. it's not known how long she was there. authorities believe her death was an accident. >>> a court ruling found the state's assisted suicide law unconstitutional has been overturned. the california appeals court overturned that ruling today. doctors behind the case could not show they were being harmed by having the ability to help terminally ill patients die. the law allows adults to attain life-ending drugs if a doctor determines they have six months or less to live. the justices did not rule on constitutionality of the law, just on the doctors' standing. >>> now to an exclusive. the abc news interview with ivanka trump. the president's daughter defended her use of private e-mail for white house business. she says she did nothing wrong and says this case is totally different from hillary clinton's e-mail controversy. jessica castro

. >> reporter vic lee is here with you were one of those working the day of the assassinations.er. i imagine even 40 years ago, that's a moment in time you'll never forget. >> yeah, larry, ama, i was working there. it is hard to believe. it's been that long that those memories, of course, of that day are still vivid in my memory. you have to remember, we in the bay area were just recovering from the shock of the mass suicides by people's temples, followers in jones town guyana, the week before. >> it was beyond belief what was about to happen at city hall that late november day 40 years ago. the chaotic scene after the double murders. police officers rushing to city hall. the discovery of two bodies gunned down in their offices. mayor george mosconi, the leader of the liberal wing and the emerging power in san francisco. supervisor harvey milk, the first openly gay elected official in the state murdered by a disgruntled former supervisor dan white. it's hard to forget that day. mayor mosconi's bust graces the bust outside the door. the same door white passed through that day. mi