in novato, cornell barnard abc7 news. >>> new at 9:00, a fire in the sierra nevada 100 contained. it was in sequoia park this afternoon. updated park showed 20 acres burned. campers were evacuated for a time this afternoon. >>> you may face delays in bart oakland. that's because they will not be running between coliseum oakland station. it will shuttle riders between the station while work on what bart calls a vital project. workers will replace trails and track ties between now and august during the weekends. >>> california's drought emergency has some central valley residents upset that water is being diverted from crop to fish. the u.s. bureau released a large amount of water from the new milonis lake into the river to help salmon reach the pacific. farmers in the area are happy saying that water is needed for northern california crops. others say if people are allowed to use water for yards water should be allowed to used for fish. >> i think fish have a higher priority over people watering their lawns. >> the water is there, i think we know it's gone by tend of the summer and

abc7 news reporter cornell barnard has the details. >> reporter: this stolen getaway car found on treasure island friday night. its occupants long gone. police say the toyota corolla was the same car involved in a fatal hit-and-run earlier in the evening. it began with a wild police chase through the streets of san francisco. three men suspected in a string of recent armed robberies, running from cops. witness robert humphrey couldn't believe it. >> once i saw the emergency vehicles up the hill and watched what appeared to be a black four door sedan hitting every bump as it was airborne. >> reporter: but the chase turned tragic when it crossed california and kerrny, struck in the crosswalk by the suspects. >> unfortunately here, a california keri street, the woman passed away from her injuries. >> reporter: was a san francisco resident who managed restaurants on the google campus in mountain view. her father, john, spoke by phone to us in north carolina. >> she has a great sense of humor. always fun to be around life of the party. just enjoyed living and enjoyed working for the food servic

cornell barnard spoke with the victim's family. >> reporter: it is air bags deployed, a painful reminder of a terrible crash. >> i heard the impact. it was like a cannon. >> she was two blocks away when she heard the crash which took the life of her cousin, 23-year-old anthony nguyen. >> he has a 3-year-old daughter. what can you say when someone has a child. >> reporter: police say nguyen was a passenger in this honda when it was struck by a speeding corvette being pursued by police for reckless driving. but authorities say the officer lost sight of the car. >> as other officers were converging on the area the pursuit was terminated at that point because he no longer had the vehicle in sight. >> it could have been prevented. >> reporter: but some claim the chase never ended. >> for them to say they stops the chase two blocks away if i have my brother-in-law standing at the gas station, and the corvette is going by and they are going after him. >> reporter: neighbors trying to help those trapped inside the honda, the driver and second passenger critically injured. >> i grabbed a knife an

let's go to cornell barnard. >> the weather has changed it's gotten very cold and very windy. tree crews very busy today looking to stay ahead of the storm by eliminating any danger. tree crews just leveled what used to be a 50-foot poppler. the tree was dead and unstable. how long you been worried about it? >> since we moved in. >> reporter: the homeowner said with strong winds in the forecast, the tree had to go now. >> is the ivy holding it up? is it going to just come catapulting down at some point? >> reporter: the treeman is watching the weather and moving fast. >> it definitely can be an issue with the wind. a lot of trees leaped out earlier than normal this year. a little heavier, can catch the wind. >> this is a liability, too close to an upscale home. the tree was killed from the drought. >> the trees have gotten a lot weaker from the drought. >> reporter: back on february 6th a weather phenomenon known as an atmospheric river moved through, poptoppling dozens of trees. >> for the first time in 15 years the city of san francisco has declared a building uninhabitable,

cornell barnard is in north wood. and he's tweeted us a picture of people getting ahead of the storm. >> and play ball! it's opening day for major league baseball. twitter sent a prediction of winners based on the number of teams of each team. fans are feeling good about the giants clinching the nl west but seattle was picked over the a's in the a.l. west. that is not deferring fans heading to the opener. we'll have a live report on 0.o coliseum at 5:00. >> a scandal involving a lab superviseor dates as far back as 2010. vick lee is in the newsroom with the story. >> the crime lab supervisor under investigation is currently on personal leave from the lab. boland and a criminalist under her supervision are the subject the police and d.a.'s investigation. the attorney who brought the crime lab to attention spoke about his last record. >> there were complaints that the supervisor failed to catch inconsistencies inconsistencies. five years ago boland mislead the court during a double homicide trial by not telling anyone t

i am a professor of political science science at barnard and deputy director for social sciences and programming. on behalf of of the hammer institute and columbia university and want to welcome you to this book launch, book conversation, "the kurdish spring" a new map of the middle east authored by david phillips sitting here to your right. david is director of a program on peacebuilding and rights about the study of human rights. he has worked as senior adviser to the united nations secretariat and the foreign affairs expert and senior advisor to the u.s. state department. so positions, different academic universities conflict resolution program director at the american university program on conflict and peacebuilding. he's a visiting visiting scholar for middle east studies and a professor at the academy of kenya. he has written numerous books. this is the latest one and he has been involved in peacebuilding operations, practice, theory, analysis throughout the world and has been to some far corners of the caucasus so can testify to the thought and care he puts into his analysis.

the journalist, peter barnard, has made a convincing case, i think, that the turn from religion is best understood and political terms. in the mid-20th century, he writes, liberals were almost as likely as conservatives to attend church. but starting in the 1970s -- liberals began to identify organized christianity with politics. religiously unaffiliated are disproportionately liberal. many young americans, he concludes, and i love his phrasing here, has begun voting against the gop on sunday morning by declining to attend church. to begin to analyze this phenomena historically, i think we must first recognize that the spiritual but not religious at today are inheritors of a legacy rooted in the protestantism of 18th and 19th century. here i'm tempted to trace lines -- through the transcendentalist revolt against unitarianism, and onto the history of liberal theology and its popularization in the 20th century. this narrative will track the evolving distinction between the transient and the permanent in christianity. outer churchly forthcoming go, parker contended, while the essence of r

the journalist, peter barnard, in a recent essay has made a , convincing case, i think, that the turn from religion is best understood in political terms. in the mid-20th century, he writes, liberals were almost as likely as conservatives to attend church. but starting in the 1970's -- one of the religious right but again advocating against feminism and abortions liberals , began to identify organized christianity with politics. religiously unaffiliated are disproportionately liberal. many young americans, he concludes, and i love his phrasing here, has begun voting against the gop on sunday morning by declining to attend church. to begin to analyze this phenomena historically, i think we must first recognize that the spiritual but not religious at today are inheritors of a legacy rooted in the protestantism of 18th and 19th century. here i'm tempted to trace lines from thomas jefferson to charles irons through transcendentalist revolt against unitarianism, and onto the history of liberal theology and its popularization in the 20th century. this narrative will track the evolving disti