reporting in pacifica, i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >>> 24 surfers from around the world compete in the the mavericks international tomorrow morning. yesterday eats surf was mild but the contest organizer said by tomorrow the waves will be at least 30 feet and intense. >> we will put these guys on on their edge. they will have to bring an edge to surf these waves. >> beaches and cliffs are closed and parking is restricted in nearby princeton by the sea. some plan to provide live video of the events. >>> san francisco police want to know what led to the death of a pedestrian on howard and market. at least two vehicles hit the victim around 5:45. officers say both drivers remained at the scene and they are cooperating with investigators. >>> tensions erupted outside a san jose court hearing for a handyman accused of murder. ricardo hernandez shot and killed christopher soriano on the morning of new year's eve. hernandez said he was trying to detain soriano because he thought he was responsible for a series of car break-ins in his apartment complex. during a hearing one of the family membe

reporting in pacifica, i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >>> 24 surfers from around the world compete in the the mavericks international tomorrow morning. yesterday's surf was mild but the contest organizer said by tomorrow the waves will be at least 30 feet and intense. >> we will put these guys on their edge. they will have to bring an edge to surf these waves. >> tens of thousands of spectators are expected. beaches and cliffs are closed and parking is restricted in nearby princeton by the sea. some plan to provide live video of the events. >>> san francisco police want to know what led to the death of a pedestrian south of market. we first showed you the scene on seventh and howard streets on abc7 news last might at six. at least two vehicles hit the victim around 5:45. officers say both drivers remained at the scene and they are cooperating with investigators. >>> tensions erupted outside a san jose court hearing for a handyman accused of murder. ricardo hernandez shot and killed christopher soriano on the morning of new year's eve. hernandez said he was trying to detain soriano because

allen wong, abc7 news. >> law enforcement on the peninsula is work to go get guns off the streets. today if you are willing to give yours up, they will pay you for it. kira klapper is live in san mateo. kira, how will it work today? >> katie, this will be a drive-through anonymous gun buy back at the center. the sheriff's office is offering up to $100 forehand guns, shotguns or rivals and up to $200 in cash for an assault weapon. anyone can surrender a weapon, no questions asked. that's the anonymous part. all firearms must be unloaded and stored in the trunk of your car. all magazines and ammunition have to be stored straightly outside of the trunk so in the back seat. similar buy backs are happening across the country today. vice president joe biden has been in west virginia to determine how to keep mentally ill and criminals from buying gun. they could allow states to access a national data base. >> a gun dealer or you go to dick's sporting goods to buy a kep weapon, you essentially swipe your card or they swipe it for you and find out if you are part of the prohibited class of

allen wong, abc7 news. >>> keeping guns out of the hands of criminals is the focus of national debate and local action. today the san mateo sheriff's office will do what other jurisdictions have already done and offer cash to people who turn in their guns. today's gun buy back take place in san mateo at the event center from 10:00 this morning until 2:00 in the afternoon. meanwhile vice president joe biden are looking for ways to keep criminals from mentally ill from buying guns. they are talking about better enforcement of existing gun laws by allowing states to access a national database. >> a gun dealer or dick's sporting goods to buy a weapon, you essentially swipe your card, they swipe it for you and find out whether you are in a prohibit class of people. >> vice president biden is taking the white house gun control policy on the road to get consensus from states where guns and hunting are popular. >>> the marin county district attorney's office has announced it will make good on the gun buy back vouchers tharpe handed out earlier this month. the buy back event overwhelmed offici

. >> and mavericks is on for this >>> abc news reporter allen wong in or yinda. the driver lost control of his truck, witnesses say it appears the truck breaks -- brakes went out as they hit a slope dumping it's load of a cut down tree. sky 7 was there as crews pulled the truck out of the area. the driver did not appear to be seriously injured. >> boeing's new 787 fleet is grounded this evening, the faa issued an emergency safety order taking the dream liner out of the air. they're worried about problem wtz lithium batteries. this new video shows one of them being grounded this afternoon at l.a.x.. the order applies to united mainly because it's the only u.s. carrier with 787s. a landing yesterday in western japan convinced japan's two largest airlines to ground their dream liners. tokyo bound passengers had to schedule and reschedule flights today. >> i took a short flight, 50 minutes. and it's just kind of scary. so i don't mind taking another air across. >> the faa says it will work to get plains back in the area. the stock dropped more than 3% after the order

let's bring in allen wong who is with police in the neighborhood and joins us live by telephone. what can you tell because what is going on. >> right now police have several streets closed off and conducting a yard to yard search with canine for 3 suspects involved in the shooting of that officer. the mayor's office says the officer was shot in the arm during a stop in the 1700 block of seminary avenue. that's about a mile west of mills clem. earlier police were searching the rainbow recreation center not far from her but so far no arrest made. all went down around 6:30 this evening at harmon and seminary avenue. we haven't been told what sparked the incident and we don't know if the officer returned fire. there are several neighbors out here complaining because they aren't allowed into the perimeter. some of them have medical conditions but police say the officers conducting this yard to yard search after guns drawn and just captain take any chances. again, dan, police are searching this neighborhood for 3 suspects involved in a shooting that has one officer at the hospital toni

and the chp is warning again there could be black eyes on the roads, reporting in berkeley, i'm allen wong, abc7 news. >> speaking of the roads, i want to mention also that there is a big rig that has been jackknifed on the i-5 in the >> in other news four people died in separate smootings across oakland. the first took place at 2:30 yesterday on east 17th street. another person died on cannon avenue and a third victim died after being shot on 24th street around 4:15 and gunfire took a fourth victim around 8:20 last night on hillside street. sky 7hd shows this view of officers at the scene of the first shooting, again, on 17th street. officers were also looking for clues and witness at the second crime scene year diamond canyon park. no suspects in any of the shootings. >>> a man's body was discovered at a recycling plat. he has lived in both santa rosa and eureka. he would sometimes stay with family members but he was a known transient. sky 7hd was overhead after a worker found his body in petaluma at a recycling facility yesterday afternoon. he said he did not work at the disposal servic