. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the president addressed a wide range of issues from the budget stalemate in the capital to job creation throughout america. >> mr. obama also addressed a hot button topic in california. that is proposition 8, a ban on same same-sex marriage. >> here is dan ashley president aring from washington, d.c. >> carolyn and larry, good evening from washington. it has been an interesting and informative day here at the white house. we have been here all day long and met a number of cabinet secretaries and i had the opportunity to speak one on one with president obama. >> in your state of the union, mr. president, you praised our troops and said they exceeded expectations while some of our institutions let them down. which institutions were you referring to? congress one of them? >> all of us have to take responsibility about thinking about the same patriotism, due tee, responsibility we see on display in our military. >> the president of late is clearly frustrated with the stalemate in congress

he is not as carolyn johnson described me as recently, a fragile flower.bc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> are you still a little stunning by that. >> how is your cold today, larry? you mentioned you weren't feeling well. >> i have a strained oblique and i went through the whole sportscast. >> playing with the pain. i admire you. joy up next, -- >> up next, the last concert. >>> here is your wake up weather. tomorrow morning it is going to be cold, especially inland. upper 20s to the low 40s. clear skies and light wind. we are looking at temperatures coming up by 8:00 a.m., low 30s to low 40s. lisa argen will be here at 5:00 a.m. with a look at your forecast. carolyn and dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> a new song has been released and it is unlike any other produced. >> ♪ look out my window ♪ there goes home >> the song is called "is somebody singing" and the singers are bare naked ladies and canadian astronaut chris hatfield orbiting the international spacestation. >> it is the first duet of music performed simultaneously in space and on t

i'm carolyn johnson, abc7 news. >>> the academy awards is just one week away. and preparations are underway in los angeles for the big show. an hour ago police closed the stretch of hollywood boulevard in front of the theater where the ceremonies will be held. portable stands are being set up for people to view the arrivals. and don't forget abc7 is the only place to watch the oscars on sunday, february 24th. you can countdown on our official oscars app. it will give you the best access with more than a dozen cameras, streaming video behind the scenes and from the red carpet. our oscar app is available for the ip phone, ipad -- iphone, ipad and kindle fire. how is your weather going to shape up? leigh has the details. >> oh you got that right. temperatures the past three, four days, very spring-like. now it looks like although the winter will return, the live doppler 7hd will show you clear skies across the bay area. a little fog developing over the golden gate bridge. this is a live shot from our rooftop cam of the bay bridge there. and here is a look at some

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the president addressed a wide range of issues from the budget stalemate in the capital to job creation throughout america. >> mr. obama also addressed a hot button topic in california. that is proposition 8, a ban on same same-sex marriage. >> here is dan ashley president aring from washington, d.c. >> carolyn and larry, good evening from washington. it has been an interesting and informative day here at the white house. we have been here all day long and met a number of cabinet secretaries and i had the opportunity to speak one on one with president obama. >> in your state of the union, mr. president, you praised our troops and said they exceeded expectations while some of our institutions let them down. which institutions were you referring to? congress one of them? >> all o to take responsibility about thinking about the same patriotism, due tee, responsibility we see on display in our military. >> the president of late is clearly frustrated with the stalemate in congress over the

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. let's start with sandhya patel tracking the weather on live doppler 7hd tonight. sandhya? >> dan and carolyn, tabs to change in a drastic way. tomorrow morning's commute does not look good. we will see the showers arriving right in time for the rush hour. as you look at satellite and radar, this is live doppler 7hd. the clouds are off the coast. as we move up toward the north, you can see where that storm is at. it is up along the pacific northwest coast and along the northern california coastline where they are seeing some rain and thunder developing. we have thunderstorm chances in the forecast and lowering snow levels. i will be back with the details of the -- details and the timing of the system. carolyn? >> see you then. police are revealing new evidence in the 1984 disappearance of kevin collins. it is a story you first heard about here on abc7 news last tuesday. police released these two photos of a man they identified as wayne jackson. but he had a number of aliases including t

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. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. it started late this afternoon when the officers responded to a home and were met with gunfire. >> we have team coverage with abc7 news reporter alan wang on a department absolutely in mourning. >> we begin with lisa amin gulezian with the latest on the investigation. lisa? >> reporter: carolyn, the crime scene tape is still up, and a very large police presence will remain here through the night. the sheriff's department meantime has taken over the investigation. it is trying to piece together what happened. from the street you can see confusion and fear and chaos all along santa cruz. and from up above, sky 7hd zeroed in so one house on this busy street. it belongs to jeremy gulet. they will not say why two police detectives came to his house at 3:30 this afternoon. but as soon as they arrived things turned deadly. >> an altercation ensued between the detectives and mr. gulet. both detectives were killed at that scene. >> reporter: once back up arrived, the area was shutdown and a pe

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. it started late this afternoon when the officers responded to a home and were met with gunfire. >> we have team coverage with abc7 news reporter alan wang on a department absolutely in mourning. >> we begin with lisa amin gulezian with the latest on the investigation. lisa? >> reporter: carolyn, the crime scene tape is still up, and a very large police presence will remain here through the night. the sheriff's department meantime has taken over the investigation. it is trying to piece together what happened. from the street you can see confusion and fear and chaos all along santa cruz. and from up above, sky 7hd zeroed in so one house on this busy street. it belongs to jeremy gulet. they will not say why two police detectives came to his house at 3:30 this af but as soon as they arrived things turned deadly. >> an altercation ensued between the detectives and mr. gulet. both detectives were killed at that scene. >> reporter: once back up arrived, the area was shutdown and a perimeter

i'm carolyn johnson, abc7 news. >>> the academy awards is just one week away. and preparations are underway in los angeles for the big show. an hour ago police closed the stretch of hollywood boulevard in front of the theater where the ceremonies will be held. portable stands are being set up for people to view the arrivals. and don't forget abc7 is the only place to watch the oscars on sunday, february 24th. you can countdown on our official oscars app. it will give you the best access with more than a dozen cameras, streaming video behind the scenes and from the red carpet. our oscar app is available for the ip phone, ipad -- iphone, ipad and kindle fire. how is your weather going to shape up? leigh has the details. >> oh you got that right. temperatures the past three, four days, very spring-like. now it looks like although the winter will return, the live doppler 7hd will show you clear skies across the bay area. a little fog developing over the golden gate bridge. this is a live shot from our rooftop cam of the bay bridge there. and here is a look at some

the health and science reporter carolyn johnson has the details. >> this is a solution to a widespreadreat, and it doesn't involve expensive technology. a lot of limber hands and a little incentive. >> what we are seeing here is rope the village women have spun. >> they believe that colorful rope could be a lifeline to the developing world. first it helps to know that when he is not fighting cancer at saint mary's medical center, he is battling a different kind of health threat, garbage. he says he found an epidemic during a trip to northern india. >> it is a caw loss sol health problem. and many children lived their lives in the garbage. >> but during that trip he had an idea. he launched a nonprofit called the green village zero rubbish project. the group set up a system to pay the villagers to collect the mountains of recyclable trash. these pictures taken by the organization show how the bags are waived and the villagers paid. >> you will be rewarding them with money and there is incentive for them to do this. >> we collected nearly 50,000 pounds of garbage. >> the plan seemed like

carolyn johnson has a look. >> this is actually a combination treatment performed in one procedure. it is designed not only to remove fat, but to tighten the skin at the same time. while 55-year-old catherine zuniga he has an issue that dye create and exercise don't help -- that diet and exercise don't help, a sagging neck line. >> i want a slender look. i don't want to see the pouch i have right now. >> to tighten the pouch catherine has chosen the inside out neck lift. in her office in san francisco she will use a laser combined to reshapeue the neck without traditional surgery. >> it is being tightened and less fit from inside out. we introduce the laser fiber in the neck area and we melt the fat there and tighten the skin. >> katherine will be awake during the procedure that requires only local anesthesia. they make three small incision. an assistant monitors the temperature of the device that will target an area without damaging the surrounding tissue. >> it has high uh finish tee for fat and red blood cells. it causes the fat to rise and minimizes the bruising. >> the device c

carolyn johnson has a look. >> this is actually a combination treatment performed in one procedure. it is designed not only to remove fat, but to tighten the skin at the same time. while 55-year-old catherine zuniga he has an issue that dye create and exercise don't help -- that diet and exercise don't help, a sagging neck line. >> i want a slender look. i don't want to see the pouch i have right now. >> to tighten the pouch catherine has chosen the inside out neck lift. in her office in san francisco she will use a laser combined with liposuction to reshape the neck without traditional surgery. >> it is being tightened and less fit from inside out. we introduce the laser fiber in the neck area and we melt the fat there and tighten the skin. >> katherine will be awake during the procedure that requires only local anesthesia. they make three small incision. an assistant monitors the temperature of the device that will target an area without damaging the surrounding tissue. >> it has high uh finish tee for fat and red blood cells. it causes the fat to rise and minimizes the bruising.

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. it started late this afternoon when the officers responded to a home and were met with gunfire. >> we have team coverage with abc7 news reporter alan wang on a department absolutely in mourning. >> we begin with lisa amin gulezian with the latest on the investigation. lisa? >> reporter: carolyn, the crime scene tape is still up, and a very large police presence will remain here through the night. the sheriff's department meantime has taken over the investigation. it is trying to piece together what happened. from the street you can see confusion and fear and chaos all along santa cruz. and from up above, sky 7hd zeroed in so one house on this busy street. it belongs to jeremy gulet. they will not say why two police detectives came to his house at 3:30 this afternoon. but as soon as they arrived things turned deadly. >> an altercation ensued between the detectives and mr. gulet. both detectives were killed at that scene. >> reporter: once back up arrived, the area was shutdown and a pe

he is not as carolyn johnson described me as recently, a fragile flower.to you by river rock casino. >> are you still a little stunning by that. >> how is your cold today, larry? you mentioned you weren't feeling well. >> i have a strained oblique and i went through the whole sportscast. >> playing with the pain. i admire you. joy up next, -- >> up next, the

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. they thought they were going to die. that's what they were saying as this developing story continues to evolve. listen to what happened as they came face-to-face with a cop killer. >> he had his gun drawn. >> you know, stay calm. >> resort owners found dorner inside one of their cabins. the moment they saw him they realized who it was. >> thought we were dead. it was scary. >> i really thought it could be the end. >> but dorner said he wasn't after them. he wanted their car. >> he talked to us, tried to calm us down and saying very frequently he would not kill us. >> after dorner left, the couple managed to free themselves. >> and then she got her gag off, and then we both were trying to stand up. >> then they called 9-1-1. per sued by police dorner ditched their car and carjacked another. >> he jumped out of the snow at me, gun drawn, a big, long rifle. he pointed his gun at me and said i don't want to hurt you. >> dorner got into a shootout with two fish and game wardens hitting their vehicle, but not them. he shot two

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. abc news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. and of course we are always available at abc7news.com and >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, kelly ripa, michael strahan, andy am berg and 2-year-old basketball prodigy titus. >> jimmy: here we go. >> dicky: plus, jimmy visitsed barber shop. a performance by internet sensation and exclusive preview of "game of thrones." and now, once again, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's very nice. thank you all. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. for a lot of people, the end of a three-day weekend. it's president's day today. today, mitt romney spent the day quietly staring out of one of 1,200 windows in his home. a tear streaming down his eye. hey, here's a -- here's a fun presidential fact. did you know our 12th president, zachary taylor, was a cast member on the show "home improvement." think about it, it's kind of true. president obama celebrated by playing golf with tiger woods. obama took a three-day golf vacatio

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thank you for joining us. >> i'm dan ashley, for rick quan and sandhya patel and everyone here, thanks for watching. our next newscast is tomorrow our next newscast is tomorrow at 4:00 a.all right that's a fir problem... ok. not in my house! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! no no no! not today! ha ha ha! ha ha ha! jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? happier than dikembe mutumbo blocking a shot. get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight, ewan mcgregor. julianne hough. and music from gary clark jr. with cleto and the cletones. and now, here's jimmy kimmel. >> jimmy: hi there. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thanks for coming. i have a lot to share with you tonight. first of all, some very big news. some very important news, actually. amazon.com released a list of the most romantic cities in north america and for the second year in a row, knoxville, tennessee, is

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.ald ross was september to quintin on the testimony of a witness who lied. tonight after more than six years in jail he is finally free. abc7 news reporter john alston is in dublin for us with the story. >> it took place here. for the first time he will not spend the night in a prison bunk, but with his family. he said he is no longer angry and things happen for a reason, but he paid quite a price. >> well wishers showed up to see ronald ross at his mother's home in west oakland. only two hours earlier ross walked out of the santa rita jail, a free man for the first time in nearly seven years, seven years he never should have lost. >> i can see sunshine again and walk on clean -- good clean air. >> now 51 years old he was wrongly convicted of attempted murder in a shooting that took place steps from where his mother now lives. the victim picked ross out of a photo lineup and then recan'ted as other evidence came to light. today the judge set ross free. >> >> one time i was thinking the

good evening everyone i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. police say she did it again. made autopsy story first about a severed finger now prosecutors say an injured ankle. lisa is live at the jail in milpitas tonight with more. lisa? >> it is true.' a is in the jail behind me. she was arrested today after trying to help her son stay out of trouble. this is her booking photo taken just few hours ago. she's charged with being an accessre i to felony and filing a false police report. she is no stranger to police or to public scrutiny. you may recall back in 2005 she preten pretended to find a severed human finger in her chili while eating at wendy fast have had restaurant in san jose. it turns out she and her husband planted the finger in the fad. she spent 4 years in prison for the scam. she was release entered 2009. as for her latest problems with the law, they started after 26-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the foot outside the family home in san jose. according to san jose mercury news she has prior conviction for burglary and isn't allowed to have guns but

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. they thought they were going to die. that's what they were saying as this developing story continues to evolve. listen to what happened as they came face-to-face with a cop killer. >> he had his gun drawn. >> you know, stay calm. >> resort owners found dorner inside one of their cabins. the moment they saw him they realized who it was. >> thought we were dead. it was scary. >> i really thought it could be the end. >> but dorner said he wasn't after them. he wanted their car. >> he talked to us, tried to calm us down and saying very frequently he would not kill us. >> after dorner left, the couple managed to free themselves. >> and then she got her gag off, and then we both were trying to stand up. >> then they called 9-1-1. per sued by police dorner ditched their car and carjacked another. >> he jumped out of the snow at me, gun drawn, a big, long rifle. he pointed his gun at me and said i don't want to hurt you. >> dorner got into a shootout with two fish and game wardens hitting their vehicle, but not them. he shot two

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. enforcement quickly reacted to a 9-1-1 call this afternoon that a man believed to be christopher dorner was spotted in big bear. police believed they had their suspect cornered. john alston has been monitoring this. here he is now. >> police are not letting down their guard. a san bernadino county shear riff deputy was shot and died, the fourth person apparently killed by christopher dorner. police are convinced they corned him in big bear where there was a barrage of gunfire followed by a raging fire. the mountain cabin burned into the night after they figured they had excop christopher dorner inside. and then a startling announcement. >> that cabin is too hot to make entry. there has been no body located inside that cabin. that cabin has not yet been searched. >> reporter: the rental cabin this big bear caught fire just after 4:00 this afternoon. the l.a. times reported the s.w.a.t bulldozer was tearing down walls and teargas launched followed by the sound of a single gunshot. >> i

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.nt addressed a wide range of issues from the budget stalemate in the capital to job creation throughout america. >> mr. obama also addressed a hot button topic in california. that is proposition 8, a ban on same same-sex marriage. >> here is dan ashley president aring from washington, d.c. >> carolyn and larry, good evening from washington. it has been an interesting and informative day here at the white house. we have been here all day long and met a number of cabinet secretaries and i had the opportunity to speak one on one with president obama. >> in your state of the union, mr. president, you praised our troops and said they exceeded expectations while some of our institutions let them down. which institutions were you referring to? congress one of them? >> all of us have to take responsibility about thinking about the same patriotism, due tee, responsibility we see on display in our military. >> the president of late is clearly frustrated with the stalemate in congress over the so

good evening everyone i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. police say she did it again. made autopsy story first about a severed finger now prosecutors say an injured ankle. lisa is live at the jail in milpitas tonight with more. lisa? >> it is true.' a is in the jail behind me. she was arrested today after trying to help her son stay out of trouble. this is her booking photo taken just few hours ago. she's charged with being an access are i to felony and filing a false police report. she is no stranger to police or to public scrutiny. you may recall back in 2005 she preten pretended to find a severed human finger in her chili while eating at wendy fast have had restaurant in san jose. it turns out she and her husband planted the finger in the fad. she spent 4 years in prison for the scam. she was release entered 2009. as for her latest problems with the law, they started after 26-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the foot outside the family home in san jose. according to san jose mercury news she has prior conviction for burglary and isn't allowed to have guns b

i'm carolyn johnson. >> person in one car was killed but the guy standing on the corner probably can'te's alive tonight. when you see it closely you won't believe it either. there he was at foothill boulevard when stolen jeep came barreling straight toward him. allen is live with the story and the amazing video. >> tonight police say this is still an open investigation because they haven't even been able to analyze the video that you are about to see. stand he at the corner of the intersection may one of the luckiest opinion alive n.all the commotion and smoke nobody seems to know where he run off to. >> he was running the other way after what happened and the man is very fortunate to be alive. >> the surveillance camera on the market here at the corner of foothill boulevard and 36 avenue captured this violent crash. driver of the stolen jeep which was headed straight for the man ejected and vild after the jeep landed on top of her. >> my god. fast as she was going lacks like she was at high speed chase really trying to get away. >>reporter: man interviewed by police says he's the owne

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. the storm that hit brought rain to most areas and snow in the higher elevations. depending on your perspective it was either a traffic nightmare or a winter wonderland. and it is an attraction even tonight. john is live in the mountains for us. >> the temperature is near freezing and there is a thin glaze of ice on skyline boulevard. what has brought people here is the snow which they only see here a few times a year. the rare snow was too tempting to pass up. even as night fell and even as it meant over doing it. marianne from sunnyvale saw the snowstorm on the news and decided to bring her children up to see it for real. >> we don't get to go to tahoe too much, so it is pretty cool. >> next best thing. >> although by 6:00 p.m. the snow was being overtaken by mud and 11-year-old jovian was giving the snow a lower rating. >> a two out of five. >> what is the snow to dirt ratio up here? >> not very good. >> it was pure heaven around midday when the snow was blanketing high line bouleva

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. let's start with sandhya patel tracking the weather on live doppler 7hd tonight. sandhya? >> dan and carolyn, tabs to change in a drastic way. tomorrow morning's commute does not look good. we will see the showers arriving right in time for the rush hour. as you look at satellite and radar, this is live doppler 7hd. the clouds are off the coast. as we move up toward the north, you can see where that storm is at. it is up along the pacific northwest coast and along the northern california coastline where they are seeing some rain and thunder developing. we have thunderstorm chances in the forecast and lowering snow levels. i will be back with the details of the -- details and the timing of the system. carolyn? >> see you then. police are revealing new evidence in the 1984 disappearance of kevin collins. it is a story you first heard about here on abc7 news last tuesday. police released these two photos of a man they identified as wayne jackson. but he had a number of aliases including t

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. they thought they were going to die.ere saying as this developing story continues to evolve. listen to what happened as they came face-to-face with a cop killer. >> he had his gun drawn. >> you know, stay calm. >> resort owners found dorner cabins.ne of theirins. the moment they saw him they realized who it was. >> thought we were dead. it was scary. >> i really thought it could be the end. >> but dorner said he wasn't after them. he wanted their car. >> he talked to us, tried to calm us down and saying very frequently he would not kill us. >> after dorner left, the couple manthemselves. themselves. >> and then she got her gag off, and then we both were trying to stand up. >> then they called 9-1-1. per sued by police dorner ditched their car and carjacked another. >> he jumped out of the snow at me, gun drawn, a big, long rifle. he pointed his gun atsaid i and said i don't want to hurt you. >> dorner got into a shootout with two fish and game wardens hitting their vehicle, but not he shot two deputies and one died. he t

i'm carolyn johnson. >> let's start with sandhya and live doppler 7 hd tonight. sandhya. >> yes. we are watching some clouds and also some moisture from those clouds. let's check out live doppler 7hd. few sprinkles around the bay area so far tonight being reported from sfo to the peninsula. you can see it as i loop the radar here just manufacturing through not all of this was reaching the ground. there is more coming. main storm is well to the north of us. just located west of the pacific northwest and i want to show you the timing of the system. tonight at 11:00 p.m. few sprinkles still possible as we head that the morning hours 5:00 a.m. you will notice some rain beginning to develop and it picks up as we head that the noon time hour with the possibility of snow on mount hamilton. more snow this the forecast. complete look of the details but just remember grab the umbrella when you head out the door. >> all right thanks see you shortly. stay with us for live updates as this storm moves across the bay area. we'll be tracking it all morning with live doppler 7hd followed by leif

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. the storm that hit brought rain to most areas and snow in the higher elevations. depending on your perspective it was either a traffic nightmare or a winter wonderland. and it is an attraction even tonight. john is live in the mountains for us. >> the temperature is near freezing and there is a thin glaze of ice on skyline boulevard. what has brought people here is the snow which they only see here a few times a year. the rare snow was too tempting to pass up. even as night fell and even as it meant over doing it. marianne from sunnyvale saw the snowstorm on the news and decided to bring her children up to see it for real. >> we don't get to go to tahoe too much, so it is pretty cool. >> next best thing. >> although by 6:00 p.m. the snow was being overtaken by mud and 11-year-old jovian was giving the snow a lower rating. >> a two out of five. >> what is the snow to dirt ratio up here? >> not very good. >> it was pure heaven around midday when the snow was blanketing high line bouleva

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. confrontation accused of a man wanted for sexual assault took a turn when he opened fire on the officers killing them. this is video minutes after the tragedy. we have team coverage tonight. ama dates is on the heros of the tragedy. >> we will begin with leslie brinkley and a community absolutely in shock. leslie? >> that's right, dan. two police officers lost their lives here. that has never, ever happened in santa cruz before. you know that moment when the shock hits you and the tears haven't started flowing yet, that's where santa cruz is at tonight. >> we were feeling sad for that policeman. we went over and prayed. >> they protect your world in santa cruz. >> this quiet beach town of 60,000 residents is in mourning. all ages turned out to pay tribute to detective elizabeth butler and sergeant butch baker. his best friend passed out candles, but couldn't bear to talk yet. this was all still too overwhelming. >> his son is a community officer i work closely with. elizabeth has two

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.tion of wet weather and unusually chilly temperatures produced several inches of snowfall today. take a look at the conditions on mount hamilton. sky7hd managed to fly over once this afternoon but the road to the lick observatory remains closed. here is what we found when we set a crew to mount diablo. the state park's parking lot is covered with several inches of freshly covered snow. david, let's start with you in the snow in the santa cruz mountains. >> you can see there is still snow on the ground at the intersection of highway 90 and 35 at the vista point. the real cell came down several hours ago when today's storm raked the bay area and left elevations above 32,000-foot feet in a blanket of white. >> he has never seen snow before. >> what do you think of the snow? >> do you know what this is? >> she was more excited that her two-year-old son. >> this is unexpected. anybody really knew was going to be like this. i heard we might get a dusting but this is sitting on the ground. >>

i'm carolyn johnson. >> person in one car was killed but the guy standing on the corner probably can't believe he's alive tonight. when you see it closely you won't believe it either. there he was at foothill boulevard when stolen jeep came barreling straight toward him. allen is live with the story and the amazing video. >> tonight police say this is still an open investigation because they haven't even been able to analyze the video that you are about to see. stand he at the corner of the intersection may one of the luckiest opinion alive n.all the commotion and smoke nobody seems to know where he run off to. >> he was running the other way after what happened and the man is very fortunate to be alive. >> the surveillance camera on the market here at the corner of foothill boulevard and 36 avenue captured this violent crash. driver of the stolen jeep which was headed straight for the man ejected and vild after the jeep landed on top of her. >> my god. fast as she was going lacks like she was at high speed chase really trying to get away. >>reporter: man interviewed by police says he'

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. law enforcement quickly reacted to a 9-1-1 call this afternoon that a man believed to be christopher dorner was spotted in big bear. police believed they had their suspect cornered. john alston has been monitoring this. here he is now. >> police are not letting down their guard. a san bernadino county shear riff deputy was shot and died, the fourth person apparently killed by christopher dorner. cy corned him in big bear where there was a barrage of gunfire followed by a raging fire. the mountain cabin burned into the night after they figured they had excop christopher dorner inside. and then a startling announcement. >> that cabin is too hot to make entry. there has been no body located inside that cabin. that cabin has not yet been searched. >> reporter: the rental cabin this big bear caught fire just after 4:00 this afternoon. the l.a. times reported the s.w.a.t bulldozer was tearing down walls and teargas launched followed by the sound of a single gunshot. >> i can't tell you at t

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. swarmed this area near the berkeley border looking for suspects in that shooting. this is happening at shaddock avenue and 65th street. alan wong is there live for us. alan? >> a lot of people frustrated and tring to get back to their home. it's creating quite a problem. police have evacuated several people from the apartment in question.á you can see the apartment which is above a nail salon. police believe one or more armed and dangerous suspects are holed up this, started around 12:30 this afternoon near broadway and mcarj yumplt a shooting take place.3slÑ one man was shot near the bart station and police say witnesses helped them track the suspects to this place. >> they said... here is what we saw. this is when suspects look like. here is a vehicle tle fled the scene in. that drew our officers on good information by witnesses. >> back live, sky 7 hd, oakland s.w.a.t. has this place surrounded and they just brought in a canine, presumably to make entry into the apartment. police

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. a confrontation accused of a man wanted for sexual assault took a turn when he opened fire on the officers killing them. this is video minutes after the tragedy. we have team coverage tonight. ama dates is on the heros of the tragedy. >> we will begin with leslie brinkley and a community absolutely in shock. leslie? >> that's right, dan. two police officers lost their lives here. that has never, ever happened in santa cruz before.ow that you know that moment when the shock hits you and the tears haven't started flowing yet, that's where santa cruz is at tonight. >> we were feeling sad for that policeman. we went over and prayed. >> they protect your world in santa cruz. >> this quiet beach town of 60,000 residents is in mourning. all ages turned out to pay tribute to detective elizabeth butler and sergeant butch baker. his best friend passed out candles, but couldn't bear to talk yet. this was all still too overwhelming. >> his son is a communityficer . elizabeth has two really small

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. from all of us here, have a great evening.nd 11:00. this is the "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. now let's meet today's semifinalists -- a medical student from plano, texas... a game merchant from atlanta, georgia... and a strategic analyst for nasa from huntsville, alabama... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you very much, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first of our semifinal matches in this year's ment of champions. i'll give the players the good news. two of you are guaranteed at least $10,000 just for playing the game today. tourna but the third one -- the winner of this match -- gets to come back on monday and tuesday of next week to play for a quarter-million dollars. so good luck. here we go. the categories for the first round today... each correct response will begin with the letter "a" and end with a "c." alex: kristin, you get to start. let's start with etiquette for $200. jason. what is a calling card? you're right. " to "c" for $200. dave. what is apath

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.estigators are not saying much tonight, but they are calling this a triple homicide. it happened in a small town 11 miles northwest of santa rosa. alan wang is in sonoma county with the latest for us. alan? >> reporter: still a very active scene out there. in fact, the bodies are still in the home tonight. the sonoma county sheriff's department is saying very little about it. only that the last time they can remember a triple homicide out here was back in the 80s. >> i don't know what's going on, honestly. >> reporter: ed lark found the place where he lived wrapped in crime scene tape detectives examining the scene of a triple homicide. >> i understand there is a shooting and that's what i heard from a friend on the phone. beyond that i'm clueless. >> reporter: there are three homes on this wooded property located a few miles west of sebastapole. >> it is not my house so it must be the back cabin. >> victims found in the bedroom did not live here, but one is associated with the tenant

good evening, everyone, i'm carolyn johnson. >> the police chief was shaking, understandably with emotionld up photographs of the two officers lost. the first officers killed in the line of duty in the department's history. we learned a lot more today about how they died. >> we have team coverage for you and vic let's start with the latest on the investigation. >> we have had a lot of new information today from the sheriff.ç2qóy the two officers who died are detective loweren butch baker, a 28 year veteran of the police force and elizabeth butler living here for a decade. police said they were kill bid a 35-year-old jeremy goulet. he had been convicted on sex and gun charges. the deadly confrontation started in one of the bungalows on the 800 block of the avenue. the detectives went to investigate a possible sexual assault. goulet fired at a kind grind coffee shop saturday, after reportedly broke into a co-worker's home friday night. and made sexual advances towards her. >> i heard the female officer yell "stop". >> jesse may have been the last forn see baker and butler, walking in front

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.age of the state of the union address begins in just a moment. >> flames and black smoke pour are a mountain cabin where authorities say fugitive ex-cop christopher dorner barricaded himself after shooting and killing one deputy and wounding another this afternoon. he is wanted for three other killings apparently as revenge for being kicked off the course, police have not been able to enter the burning cabin. >> the mother of a concord teenager hit by a cartels abc 7 news joey hornsby has serious injuries but is getting better. sky 7 was just minutes after the 14-year-old was struck. his mother says it has no stop sign or yield sign. she would like to see more than a yellow pedestrian crossing sign. >> we want to give you a look at the forecast as well. >> we have clear skies right now. no clouds around. it will be on the cool side overnight but look at the accu-weather forecast. sunny day as head throughout the weekend, mild high temperatures getting up around 70 before the end of the

i'm carolyn johnson.ews alarm clock app is available for android, you can down load it now for free and on google play and our free alarm clock app is still available if have you an iphone. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> bould burglars in the east way bai and homes they seem to be targeting. >> it's full speed ahead for the bay bridge party walk coming with a hefty toll for driver autos i'm abc 7 news sandhya patel live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center. i have a sweet forecast that sh s.sure to brighten your valentine's day. beyond that, we have changes coming. i'll detail them out, coming up. >> that breaking news into san jose a teenager has been stabbed to death this afternoon. sky 7 is over the scene. i'm cheryl jennings. >> that stabbing happened on north 21 street near san jose high school. let's get to abc 7 news david louie live with the latest in san jose. caved? >> i'm going to be stanldzing off camera jo. i want you to see the man behind us on camera in the white tee shirt l

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