abc 7 news reporter chris wynn live with the latest. chris. >> reporter: the chp believes the person responsible for the crash may have been under the influence of marijuana. behind me is where the crash happened. you can see that the scene is now clear. the road is back open. but many people are wondering if this tragedy could have been prevented. overnight, this video shows the devastation after a five-vehicle crash left three people dead. after notifying next of kin, the alameda county coroner bureau identified the victims as knowle johnson 39, kristy lichlt ma. 14 and brook linas 13. the three effected from the cadillac on interstate 880 north on stephenson boulevard. five others were inside the vehicle including four juveniles injured and taken to the hop. chp investigators believed this man 21-year-old of san jose was responsible and driving under the influence of marijuana. witnesses say tran was speeding and driving his toyota camry erratically before the crash zpla the investigation, determined that offense under the influence o

. >> beginning with chris wynn live in fremont with the latest on the investigation. chris. >> reporter: kristen, the chp says that they believe the person responsible for the crash may have been under the influence of -- may have been under the influence of marijuana. he is currently being held at the santa rita jail and expected to make his first court appearance tomorrow. this afternoon, minimal signs of a tragedy that occurred overnight. >> driving under the influence of marijuana just as bad as driving under the influence of alcohol. >> but this video shows the devastation after a five-vehicle crash shut down 880 north of fremont for several hours. chp investigators believe this man, 21-year-old dang tran of san jose was responsible >> based on the officers training and experience and investigation they determined that he was under the influence of marijuana. >> witnesses say tran was speeding and driving his toyota camry erratically before the collision which left three people dead. the alameda county earn coroner identified the victims as knowle johnson, 39, kri

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in santa cruz, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >>> new at 5:00, the suspect in a car crash that killed three people on interstate 80 in fremont this week is released from the alameda county jail tonight. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live at the jail to explain why. eric. >> reporter: well, dan and in california prosecutors have 48 hours to file charges against a suspect. after he or she is arrested. and the d.a. office says at this point they don't have enough evidence that is why dang tran will be let out of the jail later on tonight. it is also why prosecutors have ordered the chp to continue their investigation. 21-year-old dang tran was booked into santa rita jail accused of driving too fast and under the influence of marijuana when he caused this crash on 880 near stephenson boulevard. a family consisting of a man woman and six daughters were in the suv that rolled over several times. 39-year-old knowle johnson, 14-year-old kristy limb as and her sister brook were killed. they were heddell hole to manteca offer celebrating another birthday in the bay area. tran's family show up yest

in san lorenzo chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> embaeltsed judge aaron persky is breaking silence finally, four weeks before the voters decide whether to recall him from the bench. persky has been widely criticized for giving a six-month sentence to a formerstoneford student convicted of sexual assault. abc 7 news reporter david louie. >> judge persky has been silent for two careers and he says he was surprised by the black after he sentenced brock turner to six months for sexual assault. this is turner leaving the jail after three months. critics said the sentence was too lenient why speak up now. >> i think judges should zip it and take the heat and criticism. it's only when you get to a point where there is a very real chance that the recall will be successful -- it gets serious for me. >> friends and supporters of the victim in the turn he case collected petitions to recall persky. the election is four weeks away. persky says if he is recalled it might underthe public's confidence whether the judges make tough calls. >> it's whether the public believes that a given judge is willing to

. >> abc 7 news reporter chris wynn live at the santa carr hall of justice with the story. chris. >> reporter: against the advice of her own attorney reuben foster's ex-girlfriend took the stand saying she made the story up because she wanted to get back at him for breg up with her. she also knitted in court today that this was not the first time she falsely accused someone of domestic violence. the ex-girlfriend of 49ers linebacker ruber foster calmly walked out of the santa clara hall of justice but inside the courtroom alyssa ennis breck down in tears multiple time throughout the testimony in which she admitted to falsely accusing foster of cosmetic violence for punish him for dumping her. on the stand ennis said i was pissed and wanted to end him. legal analyst stephen clark says the testimony seemed to be credible. >> it came off raw, organic and she broke down on the stand and apologized. >> on february 11th. sheriff's deputies were called out to the los gatos home after searching three 911 calls from ennis who says she was punched one time by foft err. while she was s

as chris wynn explains, this lawsuit could potentially delay the project. >> reporter: as the sharks continue the hunt for the stanley cup, the parent company sharks sports and entertainment is now involved in a different fight. a new lawsuit against the vta funding the construction and operation of the bart extension in san jose. sse says it supports the project but doesn't think the current plan addresses issues surrounding the arena including a promise to ensure acted parking and safe a and accessible environment for visitor during construction. the coprept john tor tors says we have been pushing for vta to work with us without success we didn't take the decision lightly. the vta told us it wouldn't comment on pending litigation. but the san jose downtown association says the lawsuit and push to preserving parking makes sense. >> this is the one of the high et performing sports and entertainment arenas in the country. we have to have a new arena opening up in san francisco that's going to put us on the edge we have to stay competitive. >> the diridon b.a.r.t. station will be built

chris wynn abc 7. >>> it's the only place to watch the nab finals presented by youtube tv. tomorrow coverage at 5:00 with the dubs on 7 pregame brought to you by comcast business. nba count downtakes over at 5:30. tip off at 6:00. stay with us for toyota after the game. jimmy kimmel live aires at 10:00 p.m. and abc 7 news at 10:30. a big night tomorrow. and it will like that the entire finals right here on abc 7. >>> well moving on b.a.r.t. is taking new steps to make sure urgent cleaning egg needs are taken care of on trains. abc 7 news was at mcarthur station where a dedicated cleaning time is positioned there have been recent complaints of needles and other issues in train hallways we have reported on this a number of times. b.a.r.t. case says the clean team with clean messes from cars as the rts reports come in. the team will be stationed at lake merit. all five of the system lines go through either lake merit or mcarthur station. that's why they're stregically placed there. >>> a big reversal for consumer reports. it's now recommending the tesla model 3. >> it is a sea

chris wynn was at the news conference today when the video was release. >>> san francisco's police unionas a leader, aew person n who reflects the diversity of the city. 50-year-old tony mon toya say vet ran cop with the san francisco police department who moves up from vice president of the police officers association to assume the top position now. vick lee with an interview you'll see only on 7. >> reporter: sergeant tony montoya has been a cop in san francisco for 24 years. he last worked out of mission station. he was on the executive board of the police officers association for a decade and a half. now, he's president of the poa. montoya is latino and he's openly gay. >> i am the first gay person to be appointed to head of the association. >>orep r mr:teyaon gay, proud t >> we have a large lesbian, gay, buy sexual transgender presence on the police force and it's also reflective for what the city represents. >> reporter: he takes over the leadership of the police union who will return to full time police work. >> he's a tough act to follow. i want to make sure there's not a break i

chris wynn says the suspect slipped out of cuffs and tried to drive off in a deputies car.he hit one deputy and shot by the other. she is still hospitalized. >>> president trump is ramping up attacks on the justice department as his allies department the department turn over information about a possible intelligence source with links to the russia investigation. abc news reporter articlette signs has more. >> president trump is latching onto to unfounded they are that fbi informant work on his campaign. he says reports are there was at least one fbi representative implanted for political purposes into my campaign for president. it took place early on long before the phoney russia hoax became a hot fake news story. if true all-time biggest political scandal. that theory surfaced in a recent column for the national review. the president tweeting, if so this is bigger than watergate. >> i haven't spoken with him directly about that but certainly seen the reports. and if there is any truth to that it should be looked into it. >> on cnn, the president's own attorney suggested if

abc 7 reporter chris wynn explaining where the case goes from here. >> reporter: took the stand today hez preliminary hearing breaking down in tears multiple times throughout her two hof hour testimony. she had admitted to falsely accusing foster of domestic violence because she wanted to get back at him for breaking up with her. on the stand she said i was pissed and i wanted to end it with him. >> this is obviously a person that is very troubled, has a lot of issues, and that played out today in this courtroom and it was very painful to watch. >> reporter: on february 11th sheriff's deputies were called out to his home after receiving three 911 calls from ennis who said foster punched her ten times rupturing one of her eardrums. while testifying she made the whole story up she said and was actually injured the night before following a road rage incident in san francisco. >> it came off raw and organic on the stand. >> reporter: she also testified she tried to bring domestic violence charges against another man in 2011 when that man tried to break up with her. addressing her initial

chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> meantime the trump administration is ending a project that measures greenhouseases. the $10 mill wherein a year program led by nasa uses satellite and aircraft instruments to monitor methane and carbon dioxide emissions. it's been critical to help scientists measure and analyze global pollution. critics say without this information it will be harder to create policies that limit climate change and its effects. >>> we're hearing for the first time from a passenger on that southwest flight. she was sitting two seats away from the woman that was nearly sucked out of the plane. >> reporter: passengers on that southwest plane were just 20 minutes into their flight when shrapnel from a broken engine blasts through a window. >> and almost immediately i felt the are rush of wind. >> reporter: passenger jennifer riordan was being sucked from her window seat. macky two seats away. >> what did you see? >> the bottom part of her rib cage was out the window and i had leaned over to pull jennifer in. >> reporter: between the two women a young teenage girl. >> she tried to pul

chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> oakland detained several suspects let today after a short pursuit. officers saw a car that reportedly involved in a robbery. when they tried to pull it over, the driver took off. initial reports said there were five to six people montana car. police caught up in oakland and detained the group. this happened during the evening commute and as you might expect, there was a significant backup. >> students in an east bay high school have started a petition and plan to protest as well after the district decided to transfer one of their teachers to another high school. many students believe the video prompted that transfer of tyler rust. the video shows him kneeling while the american flag is being raised on campus. abc 7 reporter laura anthony has more from brentwood. >> reporter: he's a teacher from heritage high captured on video kneeling as several of the students rotc raised the campus flag. now that teacher is being transferred from heritage to another school in brentwood. and some students have started an online petition in protest. >> obviously he w

. >> abc 7 news reporter chris wynn is will live at the santa clara county juvenile center with the story. chris. >> reporter: ama and larry for the family of the victim this was the last place they wanted to be. eight years after the brutal murder, another hearing for one of the men already convicted. in 2009, randy thompson, 15, along with 16-year-old jae williams stabbed to death 15-year-old michael russell at his home in san jose. the three were friends as in and classmates. >> nine years ago this is where he was. and now we're back in this spot. something is wrong. >> thompson and williams admitted to worshipping the devil and wanting to kill just for the thrill of it. they were tried as adults in separate trials and sentenced to 26 years to life in prison. but with the passage of proposition 57 in 2016, cases like these could return to the spotlight. angering those viewing it as a potential loop hole. approved by nearly a 2 to one margin it was to reduce the overcrowded prisons by spanning parole eligible for non-violent criminals. however the measure gave judges not prosecutors the

in san francisco, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >>> well get ready for a lyft ride without the driver. . the pilot projects approved today. >> no more long lines the new change helping to shorten the wait at the dmv believe it or not plus -- >>> and so i think there is an app for it. >> from augmented reality from to virtuial reality, the future of technology and it's happ i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein >>> some dmv offices will be open every other saturday in june to ease intense crowding brought on by a crush of people applying for real passes, the offices will be open june 16th and june 23rd from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. for those people wanting real ids beginning in these offices. they'll open the first and third saturdays of the month. dri

chris wynn, abc 7. >>> the santa clara unified school district would only confirm caserta is an employee of the district but wouldn't share share if disciplinary action had been taken. the santa clara police department is now investigating. >>> san jose police are investigating the city's eighth murder of the year. happened around 1:15 this morning. two adult men both suffering from a gunshot wound. one victim died in the hospital. the other veeted for non-life threatening injuries. people are frustrated with what's happening in their neighborhood. >> it's sad, horrible. it's horrible. and scarey because like we can't have our kids -- our kids aren't safe out here. it's sad. >> the shooting also marks the city's second homicide in just over a week. no suspects have been identified in the shooting. >>> we have new developments this afternoon in the shocking child abuse investigation out of fairfield. >> today the solano solano solao more charges against ms. roger. >> her husband was previously charged with child abuse and now rogers is facing child abuse charges. they were both charged af

in san jose, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >>> the exitment is building around ven berg affairs base in nasa county for the interplan tear launch from the west coast. tomorrow nasa law firms the mars inside land era car size probe on a two-year mission to examine what makes a planet like earth and help advance the search for a settlement there. business owners and in lompoc say they see a an influx of visitors for this event. >> we have noticed busier. the cliental change because we are a small coffee house we know everybody. we know when you're not from here. >> it's always great when you can open up a business and have that influx that automatic influx of business come through. >> hotels in the area are sold out. tomorrow morning's launch will be visible to residents near alongs los angeles as it begins the approximately 200 day journey. >>> if you hear people saying may the 4ing be with you tease because may 4 south "star wars" day a day to geek out. >> and kids at a san francisco hospital got to sbraet extra special meeting the star of the latest film, solo a "star wars" story. >> abc 7

. >> here is abc 7 news reporter chris wynn. >> following a meeting with auto industry executives at the white house, president trump has instructed his administration to explore negotiations with california on achieving a single fuel economy standard for the nation. >> we're working on how to build more cars in the united states. we have a great capacity for building. we are importing a lot of cars. and we want a lot of those cars to be made in the zbluns auto makers are concerned about the potential of having to engineer and produce two versions of each vehicle models iffia main streets standards in he was defs defense of the obama era regulations a group of democratic lawmakers sent a letter to auto executives saying the standards are not only appropriate appear achievable but necessary for progress and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel consumption as well as driving innovation and job growth. last week california wells 17 other states sued the trump administration over the plan to reconsider fuel standards. current rules call for an average of about 50 miles per g

my colleague, abc 7 east chris wynn is watching all the testimony with the latest online and later editions of abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. >>> sky7 above the scene of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian in redwood city this morning. this is along the southbound lanes of el camino near james avenue. there's not much information now about the condition of the pedestrian or the driver or whether there were any arrests involved. we do know the southbound lanes in the area were temporarily closed. >>> san francisco's mayor is tackling heroin use in the city. right now, he's announcing plans for a special medical team that will treat the homeless with a drug to stop aarheroin cravings. the mayorments to set aside $6 million in the budget to fund the team over two years. trained professionals would prescribe buprenorphine to hundreds of homeless drug addicts. they tested the drug and 60% of 200 people who began treatment are still working on staying clean. >>> today, the salvation army will pass out food, socks, and hygiene kits to the homeless in san francisco. this was a video tak

chris wynn, abc 7 news. >> now, just about a half-hour ago the general manager of the 49ers released a statement about him. john lynch says foster will have an opportunity to rejoin the team tomorrow. lynch went onto say, quote, it's been made clear to ruben his place on the team is one that must be continue today be earned. >>> breaking news in san francisco now where crews are battling a house fire pouring out of the house on parker avenue in the city's lone mountain neighborhood. the flames jumped to the building next door, not sure which one next door. and crews have been battling this for about 30 minutes now. we'll have more information as it becomes available on-air and updates on the abc 7 news app and abc7news.com. >>> police responded in force today to oakland's regional park. sky 7 was above the scene. you can see two police cruisers and officers walking with their guns drawn. oakland police where working with liegeinal parks police. about two hours ago parks police tweeted that its officers are involved in police activities. so rather vague. the department would only tell

in santa cruz county, chris wynn, abc 7 news. >>> we have a developing story right now in oakland to share with you. let's show you pictures from sky 7 live. police are on the scene at the on ramp to highway 24 from martin luther king where a police pursuit ended literally moments ago. police stopped a black honda accord. initial reports are that there were five to six people inside that car. now this of course happening during the height of rush hour and it has caused some significant traffic delays in the area. we'll continue to monitor the situation and bring you any updates on abc 7 news at 5:00 and. >>> we have new information on the circumstances that led up to an officer involved shooting in hayward. investigators say the officer answered a call about a dispute between roommates around 7:00 last night. they say the officer fired her taser at one of the roommates when he refused to comply with her orders. the suspect then allegedly hit the officer in the arm with a large metal bar and that's when the officer opened fire hitting the suspect and startling neighbors. >> i heard gu

abc 7 news reporter chris wynn live with the latest. chp believes the person responsible for the crash may have been under the influence of marijuana. behind me is where the crash happened. you can see that the scene is now clear. the road is back open. but many people are wondering if this tragedy could have been prevented. overnight, this video shows the devastation after a five-vehicle crash left three people dead. after notifying next of kin,

abc 7 news reporter chris wynn has the story. >> reporter: over the past five years drug overdose, most linked to opioids have been the leading cause of accidental deaths in marin county. >> when i was in kmed school we were taut that these were less than 1% addictive when used for pain. we are learning the hard way how wrong thas. >> there have been 12 lawsuit filed against wholesale pharmaceutical and manufacturers. >> we have been doing a lot of work in trying to reeducate our physicians in safe prescribing practices. >> these are the companies named in the suit including san francisco based pharmaceutical distributor mccommitteesen. company executives did not return our request for comment. legal analysts steve clark says the lawsuit sends a clear message. >> what the lawsuits are seeking is both monetary compensation to the counties that have had to expend money for people addicted to drugs or that have been injured as a result of drug overdoses. >> on capitol hill, big pharma's role in the national epidemic was at the center of a house energy and commerce committee aerg yesterday

. >> abc 7 news reporter chris wynn is will live at the santa clara county juvenile center with the story >> reporter: ama and larry for the family of the victim this was the last place they wanted to be. eight years after the brutal murder, another hearing for one of the men already convicted. in 2009, randy thompson, 15, along with 16-year-old jae williams stabbed to death 15-year-old michael russell at his home in san jose. the three were friends as in and classmates. >> nine years ago this is where he was. and now we're back in this spot. something is wrong. >> thompson and williams admitted to worshipping the devil and wanting to kill just for the thrill of it. they were tr

. >> chris wynn has more now from daly city. >> reporter: they've charged kevin prasad of south san franciscond donovan rivera of hayward in the murder of donovan city resident mark moangaicate. t the arrests were made on thursday after investigators linked prasad and rivera to the shooting using cellphone and social media evidence. charges were formally filed yesterday including murder, assault with a firearm, and firing into an occupied vehicle with an enhancement of lying in wait. >> we will be doing a background on these two individuals to learn every minute of their life we can learn about. >> reporter: the victim worked at sfo with prasad who investigators say tried to pursue a relationship over months but she rejected him multiple times thinking he was harmless. wednesday he followed the victim and his fiance back to her home and opened fire as they had backed into the driveway. she had just finished her last day working at the airport. >> he's my life. he's everything. >> reporter: the victim's mother was inside the home at the time of the shooting. >> i saw my son with blood in his m

. >> abc 7 news reporter chris wynn live at the santa carr hall of justice with the story. s. >> reporter: against the advice of her own attorney reuben foster's ex-girlfriend took the stand saying she made the story up because she wanted to get back at him for breg up with her. she also knitted in court today that this was not the first time she falsely accused someone of domestic violence. the ex-girlfriend of 49ers linebacker ruber foster calmly walked out of the santa clara hall of justice but inside the courtroom alyssa ennis breck down in tears multiple time throughout the testimony in which she admitted to falsely accusing foster of cosmetic violence for punish him for dumping her. on the stand ennis said i was pissed and wanted to end him. legal analyst stephen clark says the testimony seemed to be credible. >> it came off raw, organic and she broke down on the stand and

. >> abc 7 news reporter chris wynn has the story from santa cruz. >> reporter: after a dry winter and spring across the state residents in santa cruz are concerned about potential for draut. they are doing their part to conserve. >> the small parts add up. >> this week, the city council issued a stage 1 water shortage in santa cruz with restrictions in place for the end of october including no landscape watering between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and no washing down surfaces such as sidewalks and driveways. restaurants will being told to serve water only upon request. >> we actually used a self-dispensing method so people can take precisely as much water as they want rather than always giving somebody a 16 ounce glass of water. >> the city's largest water source, the san lorenzo rifrg is experiencing lower than normal levels and expected to dwindle in the coming months. although the main reservoir is full. officials want to avoid tapping that source unless absolutely necessary. >> with two thirds of average annual rainfall and one third of flow in the river it's another dry year. >>? sa

chris wynn, abc 7. >> thank you. >>> a 13-year-old is battling for his alive after being injured that a head-on collision inside a stolen car krifen i another 13-year-old. investigators say the stolen 1995 honda accord slammed in a ford at highland avenue in san jose just after 10:00 last night. officers tried to stop the car moments earlier. but according to police the 13-year-old driver turned off the lights and sped off. the officers didn't pursue the car. >> for these kids to know that that is something that hardened criminals do is pretty telling of the fact that maybe someone has been coaching these guys how to get out and commit these crimes. >> the young driver was trapped in the honda, then was arrested as were a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy who tried to run off the driver of the other vehicle wasn't seriously hurt. this stint comes less than a week after a report by the district attorney's office showed an increase in juvenile crime led by spikes in burglary, car jacking and auto thefts. >>> in midland town lake county another punch to the gut in the form of a fire