abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley explains why this 40 year old mother, toe lay and her 74 year-old mom, tran, mysteriously vanished from their san pablo home in september. >> lay's husband, phuc vo, reported them missing. >> mr. vo, you know, had called us to report that his wife and her mother had left the residence after a family argument, and he hadn't seen them. >> police treated it as a missing persons case and followed up on them voluntarily traveling to southern california. but evidence wasn't adding up until december, when investigators pointedly asked vo if he had seen his wife's honda fit since they disappeared. >> have you seen that car at all ? no. >> probably says no. >> he said no. >> and then that same day, mr. vo is seen entering, you know, his wife's vehicle and actually driving away. >> police said that made vo a person of interest in by last week, they served a search warrant at the family's home in san pablo with the help of other local law enforcement agencies, vo was arrested. and yesterday, the contra costa district attorney charged him with two counts of mur

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest. >> 4:20 a.m. the burglar alarm went off at the tobacco outlet on san pablo avenue in el cerrito as a white pickup truck crashed into the storefront. the owner, named omar, said it's the sixth time he's been robbed. >> car ramming in. you know, guys jumping out and just ransacking, you know, just they're acting like they're acting on a game show, just grabbing what they could and running out. >> el cerrito police caught up with the suspect vehicle near the tobacco store, pursued them onto westbound 80 towards the toll plaza. >> you know, suspect vehicle began to make a u-turn movement and decided that the risk to the public really outweighed the benefits to apprehending the suspects and terminated his pursuit at that point, we got news from chp that the vehicle we had been chasing ended up being involved in a fatal accident. >> the two suspects in the white truck crashed head on into a bmw and a white van. the driver of the bmw died. the other driver was critically injured, as were the two suspects

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i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> this comes as the muslim holy month of ramadan gets underway.re is little to celebrate across the gaza strip, with cease fire talks stalled in the war between israel and hamas. ramadan is a time for muslims to fast, pray and experience spiritual rejuvenation. many say there is no joy this year. the final day of ramadan is tuesday, april 9th. >> all right, let's turn now to the weather. we're tracking the return of some rain tonight. here's a live look at the conditions out there right now. for more on this, let's go to abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel. sandy. >> yeah. and dan, we have some more rain that is going to spread across the region tonight . >> as we look at live doppler seven, we're already seeing a few showers to our north right around ukiah area. as you will notice on street level radar across highway 101. it's just a matter of hours before we get that rain. it's a light level one storm as we look at the pacific, you can see that front is just off the coastline. and as we time this out for you, 7:00 tonight, there will be s

as we've been reporting tonight, abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has more on their new effort now to stop the exodus. >> the hegenberger corridor from the coliseum to oakland airport is a key gateway to oakland, but it's recently been plagued by increasing crime. this is the introduction of oakland to many people who are landing here at the oakland airport. >> more than 10 million passengers transit through the airport each and every year. >> the airport is an economic engine for the region, generating 61,000 good paying local jobs with $1.6 billion in economic impact. so now the race is on to crackdown on crime in this crucial corner of oakland, after major businesses from in-n-out burger to denny's announced they're closing down because of violent crime. >> i think that east oakland in general has seen an influx of crime, but also we have experienced recent decreases specific to the hegenberger corridor, oakland city council member trevor reid said she's in direct communication with businesses like e in-n-out burgr to convince them to reconsider their decision to leave chp,

i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news, passo south san francisco are getting a makeover under a new pilot unveiled the reconnecting communities project south san francisco is one of three california cities where underutilized highways will be converted to restore community connected city. the state secretary of transportation says the program is one of a kind. >> the first of its kind in the entire country, where state is saying, yes, we have had some harms, we've made some mistakes, and we're here to correct some of those mistakes and harms in partnership with the community. >> the plan in south san francisco is to reduce access to barriers created by highway 101, el camino real and railroad tracks. public works crews are still working on repairs to the third street bridge in san francisco. it's right next to oracle park. it was damaged in last year's winter storms. several barges smashed into the bridge, creating parts or breaking parts of the railing. and those wooden planks. workers are attaching new steel beams to the east side of this historic overpass overpass, and then the next ph

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley explains why this 40 year-old mother toll and her 74 year-old, tran, mysteriously vanished from their san pablo home in september. >> lay's husband, fook vo, reported them missing. >> mr. vo, you know, had called us to report that his wife and her mother had left the residence after a family argument, and he hadn't seen them. police treated it as a missing persons case and followed up on them voluntarily traveling to southern california. >> but evidence wasn't adding up until december, when investigators pointedly asked vo if he had seen his wife's honda fit since they disappeared. >> have you seen that car at all ? >> probably says no, he said no. >> and then that same day, mr. vo is seen entering, you know, his wife's vehicle and actually driving away. >> police said that made vo a person of interest in. by last week, they served a search warrant at the family's home in san pablo with the help of other local law enforcement agencies. vo was arrested. and yesterday, the contra costa district attorney charged him with two counts of murder with s

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley took a tour of this new facility with gardens and sculptures and artwork. >> the new ucsf john muir health cancer center on la casa villa in walnut creek. it will serve people from southern solano county to parts of alameda county and contra costa county. one stop shopping for diagnosis and treatment. we're moving lab services and imaging outpatient into this location that will free up space in the hospital and make it easier for patients to access care at the stats 155,000ft■!s with local donatios exceeding $110 million. to build this futuristic cancer center. >> we have four vaults for radiation therapy. three are equipped on day one and one is future expansion and get the latest and greatest. there are 58 new bays for chemo with views of mount diablo. we have an on site pharmacy and oncology lab mixing drugs right there on the spot and taking care of the patients. >> john muir says pairing their oncologists and equipment with the clinical research and access to trials through ucsf will reap huge benefits for patients. >> it's sort of the bes

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest. >> 4:20 a.m. the burglar alarm went off at the tobacco outlet on san pablo avenue in el cerrito as a white pickup truck crashed into the storefront. the owner, named omar, said it's the sixth time he's been robbed. >> car ramming in you know, guys jumping out and just ransacking, you know, just they're acting like they're acting on a game show, just grabbing what they could and running out. >> el cerrito police caught up with the suspect vehicle near the tobacco store, pursued them onto westbound 80 towards the toll plaza. >> you know, suspect vehicle began to make a u-turn movement and decided that the risk to the public really outweighed the benefits to apprehending the suspects and terminated his pursuit. at that point, we got news from chp that the vehicle we had been chasing ended up being involved in a fatal accident. >> the two suspects in the white truck crashed head on into a bmw and a white van. the driver of the bmw died. the other driver was critically injured as were the two suspects.

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i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news.ight. >> it seems like we're getting a break from that rain. we are. >> which is really a needed after just a really tough weekend in terms of weather, especially in the sierra. meteorologist sandyha patel is here with what the week looks like. sandy, we're going to have a little bit of everything. >> dan, and a good evening to all of you. let me show you the day planner for election day. if you're heading to the polls tomorrow, 9 a.m. isolated showers. we're not expecting those showers everywhere, so don't worry about that. temperatures in the 50s mostly cloudy at noontime. it is going to get milder tomorrow afternoon. upper 50s to mid 60s and then a cooler night, so you'll want to grab a jacket. there's a system in the pacific that is spinning, but this system is going to actually parallel the coast and then head towards southern california. right now we just have some showers and snow showers up to the north and in the eastern sierra, isolated showers showing up in the northern part

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abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the story. >> today.ornia governor's office said chp sting operations have led to the arrests of suspects tied to carjacking rings and gangs in oakland. in just one month, elevated chp presence in the oakland area has led to the arrests of 168 suspects, with 360 stolen vehicles recovered and 16 crime linked firearms successfully seized, individuals arrested for possession of, you know, drugs, guns, stolen property and then people arrested for outstanding warrants that they that they had this began with that surge that was announced about a month ago, involving a high number of chp personnel that went into the city of oakland onto city streets, not just on on the freeways. oakland's mayor reacted on social media, saying, together we are holding criminal groups accountable and disrupting their networks. 72 chp officers are currently assigned to the oakland area. enhanced cooperation between law enforcement agencies is solving crimes across the east bay. yesterday afternoon, a two year old toddler in the bac

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest. >> jewish students at cal, along with supporters from the community, gathered in front of zellerbach hall. many of them dressed in white. >> all we're asking of the administration is that they enforce their own policies and make sure that jewish students feel like they can walk through the gates to campus every day and feel welcome, and have equal rights to free speech. the gate is still blocked in violation of school policies. >> for weeks, justice for palestine supporters have blocked the middle section of sather gate with yellow tape. today, the university took it down and instead a massive banner was put up. >> we found an alternative that would not be taken down immediately. >> uc berkeley did not remove it. >> the banner is up, it too represents a violation of what are called time, place and manner rules. but we assess that using law enforcement to clear it would create turmoil. >> at noon, the jewish students marched onto sproul plaza and instead of passing through the gate and past the banner, they avoided a confrontation by

i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news about a mile and a half from the spot where oakland leaders celebrated cutting down on crime. >> police told neighbors to stay away while they looked for a person with a rifle. san leandro police say they got a call about a person walking around with a gun on doolittle drive near davis street, around 1130. officers say the person had a realistic replica of a rifle, not a real weapon. >> supporters of alameda county district attorney pamela price are accusing the recall campaign of fraud. they say there were issues in the signature gathering process, and they're asking now the u.s. justice department to step in. abc seven news reporter ryan curry was in oakland today speaking with price's supporters and the recall campaign, as the alameda county registrar's office works to verify every signature for the recall effort. >> advocates for pamela price are accusing the recall of being undemocratic. they say the signature gathering process was fraudulent. >> we have extensive evidence that we've collected from our volunteers from folks who are just living citiz

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley goes inside the numbers today. >> the california governor's officerations have led to the arrests of suspects tied to carjacking rings and gangs in oakland in just one month, elevated chp presence in the oakland area has led to the arrests of 168 suspects, with 360 stolen vehicles recovered and 16 crime linked firearms successfully seized, individuals arrested for possession of, you know, drugs, guns, stolen property and then people arrested for outstanding warrants that they that they had uh. >> this began with that surge that was announced about a month ago, involving a high number of chp personnel that went into the city of oakland onto city streets, not just on on the freeways. >> oakland's mayor reacted on social media, saying, together we are holding criminal groups accountable and disrupting their networks. 72 chp officers are currently assigned to the oakland area. enhanced cooperation between law enforcement agencies is solving crimes across the east bay. yesterday afternoon, a two year old toddler in the back seat of his mother's car in san