abc 7 reporter cornell bernard live with this one. >> reporter: there are hundred of unsolved missing persons reports in this county alone. today it gave families a chance to get some answers and some closure. at first glance it looks like a job fair, but look again. you'll find vital resources for families of missing loved one. >> just disappeared. left everything in his room. >> reporter: monica bliss has been looking for her brother jerome since he vanished january 3, 1963 in san francisco. she brought jerome's picture to missing person day helping friends and family from across the bay area file police reports and get information. >> this is safe opportunity for them to come if they feel intimidated by going to a law enforcement agency, they certainly can come here to the coan's office. >> i did a dna swab, which i've never done and i thought that would be fantastic zb. >> reporter: a dna swab is sent for matches. >> the important part is it brings closure to the family and gets that individual identified. >> reporter: there are 400 missing persons cases in san mateo alone. >> i r

. >> cornel bernard spoke with the chief today and he's live. cornel? >> reporter: the chief had a lot to say about a conversation one of his officers had with the shooting suspect right here in this walmart parking lot, not far from the police station early tuesday morning. he says there were no red flags and nothing unusual about her behavior. >> it's pretty natural to see people living in their cars nowadays, so i'm really sorry to hear what happened. >> reporter: sandra lopez says it's not unusual to find people sleeping in their cars in the walmart parking lot, it's not illegal. that's where nasim aghdam was resting. >> reporter: the police chief says that's the conversation that one of his officers had with aghdam just hours before the shooting. aghdam had been reported missing last week. >> in the conversation that the officer had with the father, there was nothing that the officer heard that raised his concern. >> reporter: an hour later, aghdam's father called the officer back to say -- >> she was likely in this area because of her dispute with

the victim has been identified as jessica castro and abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has more details. >> reporter: flames lit up the night sky on saturday. a 3-alarm fire at this apartment building. sam meyer tried to help his next door neighbor escape from her balcony. >> she was just standing by the doorway, you know, yelling for water. then i called 911 and that's the last time i saw her. everybody is hurting in the family now. >> reporter: raymond garcia is remembering his beloved aunt. he identifies her as jessica cash castro. >> everybody liked her in the neighborhood. she's an outgoing person. >> reporter: the flame claimed her life. the building engulfed with smoke and flames. a steep ravine on the building's backside created a challenge. >> we ended up having to go into the exposure buildings to attack the fire because there was no way to get into the building because it is below grade. >> and when they opened the door of the main building, the -- if it look like fire erupted the door. >> reporter: the building is red tagged. a familiar face on the block is now missing. >> w

abc 7 reporter cornell bernard live with this one. >> reporter: there are hundred of unsolved missing persons reports in this county alone. today it gave families a chance to get some answers and some closure. at first glance it looks like a job fair, but look again. you'll find vital resources for families of missing loved one. >> just disappeared. left everything in his room. >> reporter: monica bliss has been looking for her brother jerome since he vanished january 3, 1963 in san francisco. she brought jerome's picture to missing person day helping friends and family from across the bay area file police reports and get information. >> this is safe opportunity for them to come if they feel intimidated by going to a law enforcement agency, they certainly can come here to the coan's office. >> i did a dna swab, which i've never done and i thought that would be fantastic zb. >> reporter: a dna swab is sent for matches. >> the important part is it brings closure to the family and gets that individual identified. >> reporter: there are 400 missing persons cases in san mateo alone. >> i r

more about the conversation mountain view police had with aghdam hours before the shooting. >> cornel bernardel? >> reporter: the chief had a lot to say about a conversation one of his officers had with the shooting suspect right here in this walmart parking lot, not far from the police station early tuesday morning. he says there were no red flags and nothing unusual about her behavior. >> it's pretty natural to see people living in their cars nowadays, so i'm

cornell bernard, abc 7. >>> you can see comey's interview with george stephanopoulos tonight beginning at 10:00 p.m. >>> in developing news, former first lady barbra bush is in failing health and won't seek additional medical treatment according to family spokesman. jim mcgrath says the decision to not seek treatment follows conversations that bush had with her family and a recent series of trips to the hospital. this is video of bush to a visit of san francisco's chinatown back in 1992. the 92-year-old former first lady focus on comfort care and says she's surrounded by family. mcgrath did not disclose the nature of bush's health problems. the family released a statement read not guilty part, it will not surprise those who know her that barbra bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not to herself mpg thanks to her abiding faith but for others. >>> showers and downpours are dotting the bay area as we take a live look outside at the conditions you see that precipitation on the lens right there from our walnut creek camera. meteorologist drew tilla joining us no

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> you can watch comey's first tv interview about his tell-all book over on abc7. the one-hour special starts at 10:00 p.m. followed by abc7 news at 11:00. >>ru tax must go marches and rallies are taking place across california calling for tax fairness and transparency. abc7 news was in san francisco at the san francisco labor council where city leaders and activists spoke out against the so-called trump tax, the gop backed tax reform bill passed in december. >> trump tax is a purely partisan effort to further redistribute wealth from the working and middle class to the ceos, the ultra wealthy, the big business, and corporate shareholders. >> demonstrators are demanding congress repeal the trump tax and force president trump to release his tax returns. >> tensions mount following airstrikes on syria in response to a chemical weapons attack. >> syria's ally russia claims the chemical attack never happened. now the u.s. is considering new sanctions against the country. >> plus a planet hunter is launching tomorrow that will bring a new set of skills >>> pres

in pleasant hill, cornell bernard, abc news. >>> al din smith has been arrested for the third time in two months. smith was booked friday into san francisco county jail for violating a condition of his electronic monitoring while on bail. his new bail is set at $500,000. smith is due back in court on wednesday afternoon. he has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence and other charges. >>> a new bill will be introduced requiring doctors placed on probation to notify patients. it's called the patient's right to know act. each year the licenses of more than 100 doctors are revoked or surrendered as a result of disciplinary action. doctors are currently not required to notify patients about their probationary status. the bill will be introduced at 11:00 this morning at the state capital. >>> today is the deadline for property owners to clear debris on their property left behind after the north bay wildfires. it applies to property owners in sonoma county. the county says removal of debris is essential. property owners who don't meet today's deadline risk penalties from the city and count

and as abc7 news reporter cornell bernard tells us, it all happened during an apparent robbery involving marijuana. >> well, i'm shocked it's something i like to happen here in my neighborhood. >> reporter: neighbor stunned to learn about a homicide on her own street. police say it happened at this home on norse drive late saturday. the victim 23-year-old elor shot multiple times. >> information led to the fact the suspect made specific statements during the course of a robbery targeting marijuana. >> reporter: he died at the scene. a suspect is still at large. police have few leads. >> right now we are telling the public there is no inherent risk. >> reporter: did you hear gunshots? >> i hrd one. >> reporter: the problem had been a nuisance for more than a year. you called the pleets about this home before? >> yes. >> reporter: this neighborhood who didn't want to go on camera said police have been called to the home multiple times. >> the constant in and out traffic. i don't know what was going on, but i knew it had to be some drugs. >> reporter: police won't say how many times they ha

abc 7 news report er cornell bernard has the story. >> it's fun. you go fast. >> reporter: the grab and go scooters enabled by an app on your phone are popping up everywhere. >> we wanted to go down to fisherman's wharf. >> reporter: already the scooters operated by lime, byrd and spin are drawing controversy and criticism from city leaders who say they're dangerous because they're being ridden on sidewalk, not streets. the city attorney issued a cease and desist monday telling three scooter companies they have continued to operate an unpermitted motorized motor scooter program, creating a public nuisance of the city's streets and seahawks and endangering public health and safety. last week, the san francisco mta impounded dozens of scooters left on city street where is they presented a hazard on sidewalks. a hearing was held about proposed legislation on regulating the scooters. >> they're being used on the sidewalks. disabled people and families are having to dodge them. people are not using them with a helmet as required under existing state law

cornell bernard. abc7 news. >> new details about a crash on highway 4. the driver has been arrested on dui charges. three people were hurt in the crash after the suv collided with a cargo van in bay point near willow pass road. police say he was driving with two female passengers. today we learned that myer rivera has been booked suspicion of felony dui. no one was hurt. >>> a shuttle bus caught fire on 880 in oakland today. it closed two lanes of the highway. the video you're seeing right here shows the remnants of that shuttle bus. no one was hurt. >>> nearly $4 million has been raised for the three people qulild the canadian hockey team bus crashed. on friday the humboldt broncos hockey team was headed to a playoff game will the bus collided with a tractor-trailer. among dead, the team's head coach and many of the victims were teenagers. parents are struggling to understand what happened. >> i don't know. i wish we had a time machine and could go back 24 hours. >> we were playing knocking saskatchewan. it's terrible what happened. just trying to help

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> a group that has rescued hundreds from san francisco streets received a grant. the non-profit helps homeless youth find housing, education and job training. the personal attention from larkin street workers helped change his life. >> a lot of people who worked at larkin ask me how i'm doing, how's my day. is there anything they can help me with. stuff like that. and it's that level of care, that sense of family and community that really helped me in a lot of dark periods in my life. >> larkin runs transitional housing units like this facility on haight street. there are an estimated 1300 young people homeness sless in francisco. >>> a four bedroom unit priced at $5.9 million. the listing was removed, the price lowered and relisted for $4.9 million. the condo is now ines crow for $4.6 million. the building is leaning and has sunk more than 17 inches since construction began in they blame neighbors nearby. the a's have some competition for the land the scoliseum on. tesla has sent a letter. a real estate developer is also interested for a sports and recre

live in san francisco tonight, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> much appreciated, thanks. >>> sports now, so close for the warriors, just couldn't pull off that sweep in game four against the san antonio spurs in the first round of the playoffs. abc 7's sports director is here now to tell us what happened. so sad. >> you know, they'll finish off the series, but they did not have the energy on tr intensity desired. warriors had a chance to close it out this afternoon, finish round one with a sweep of the spurs, another idea. durant leads the warriors, trailing by 14 at the half. free ball here, under five minutes to go, shot clock running out, and marcus hit the prayer of a three, extending the lead to seven, and the 40-year-old, life is not over at 40, deon, he had the 16 points. i'm not insinuating anything about that. spurs win 103-90. you're much younger than that. forcing game five tuesday. >> it's not surprising. this is a championship organization coached by pop over 25 years to be the smartest team on the floor, night in, night out, no matter the circumstances. you know, what the

. >> we have team coverage on the youtube shooting, abc7 news reporter cornel bernard and dion lind whoube headquarters. >> finally we're able to get a closer look at the youtube campus today here in san bruno. and we got a tip that there was a staff meeting held inside today while on the outside employees begin to pick up the pieces. signs of activity at youtube wednesday with employees returning to campus to retrieve their vehicles. a far different scene than what happened yesterday. employees wouldn't talk to us as they went to get their personal belongings. a different scene after t after. >> weav

abc 7 reporter cornell bernard live with this one. >> reporter: there are hundred of unsolved missing this county alone. today it gave families a chance to get some answers and some closure. at first glance it looks like a job fair, but look again. you'll find vital resources for families of missing loved one. >> just disappeared. left everything in his room. >> reporter: monica bliss has been looking for her brother jerome since he vanished january 3, 1963 in san francisco. she brought jerome's picture to missing person day helping friends and family from across the bay area file police reports and get information. >> this is safe opp

cornell bernards live in san bruno with that story, cornell? >> reporter: yeah, as you said, a local unidentified gun range actually called police after seeing the suspect's picture on tv. she did target practice at their range hours before the shooting here at youtube. many workers returning to work for the first time today since the shooting. we have to tell you, security has been very high, from what we've seen. and tonight we're hearing from a brave uber driver who rescued many youtube workers all for free. >> i think people need help, you know. >> reporter: that's what he thought moments after the shooting, even though a friend told him to stay away. but he drove his ford explorer toward youtube. >> i just the the the the turne you know, and offed people a ride. he doesn't remember how many youtube employees he helped, but he made at least eight trips to and from the mall. >> it was hard to see people shaking and crying. >> reporter: meantime, a fire alarm was pulled. firefighters don't know if it was intentional, but it did nothing to cal

here's abc 7 news reporter, cornell bernard. >> reporter: you really have to see it to believe. floods left most of the parking lot damaged, destroyed and pretty much unrecognizable. >> it looks like the russian river with all the water running through this parking lot. >> it's a mez, an absolute mess. >> a mess is right. there's mud and debris everywhere. the atmospheric river caused the tiny creek to overflow and areas. >> just the mud and rock and natural material that has come out of the creek and into the parking lot is a rare event. a wa . >> reporter: a water fall has been created. water flowing out to the ocean. >> fs i was just mere in january for my mom's birthday. this entire parking lot was perfect and now it's so weird. it looks looic a river. >> the beach is still open but you've got to cross the river to get there. casey and her friends decided to go for it. here's what the flooding looked like on saturday after the water started rushing in. and can you say parking nightmare? no beach lot has created some space issue in this tiny town. >> yeah. we had to wait abou

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cornell bernard is live in san bruno with that story, cornell? >> reporter: yeah, as you said, a local unidentified gun range actually called police after seeing the suspect's picture on tv. she did target practice at their range hours before the shooting here at youtube. many workers returning to work for the first time today since the shooting. we have to tell you, security has been very high, from what we've seen. and tonight we're hearing from a brave uber driver who rescued many youtube workers all for free. >> i think people need help, you know. >> reporter: that's what he thought moments after the shooting, even though a friend told him to stay away. but he drove his ford explorer toward youtube. >> i just the the the the turne you know, and offered people a ride. he doesn't remember how many youtube employees he helped, but he made at least eight trips to and from the mall. >> it was hard to see people shaking and crying. >> reporter: meantime, a fire alarm was pulled. firefighters don't know if it was intentional, but it did nothing to c

cornel bernard spoke to a uber driver. >> reporter: we're going to hear from that brave uber driver in a moment. but today youtube employees are returning to work today. there was a police car that had been here all day, that police car has left. but this morning, anxiety levels were high once again. a momentary scare for workers at youtube headquarters thursday morning when a fire alarm was pulled. firefighters responded, they don't know if it was intentional, but it did nothing to calm the nerves of employee san bruno police say security at the campus has been increased. security guards now posted at all entrances and a police car now parked out front. >> several rounds were fired by the suspect during the incident, she did exchange magazines at one point and continued firing. >> reporter: police say aghdam bought the pistol from a gun dealer in january. >> for all intents and purposes, it was all processed legally and within the confines of the law. >> reporter: aghdam took her own life with that gun. this uber driver said a friend told him to stay away, but he drove his ford explor

as cornell bernard tells us it all happened during an apparent robbery involving marijuana. >> i'm shocked. it's not something i like to happen in my neighborhood. >> reporter: this neighbor stunned to learn about a homicide on her street. police say it happened at this home on norse drive. the victim identified as 23-year-old oshry elor, was shot multiple times. >> the suspect made specific statements during the course of the robbery targeting marijuana. >> reporter: a suspect is still at large. police have few leads. >> we are telling the public there's no risk especially to the residence. >> reporter: neighbors say the house where the shooting happened has been a problem here and a nuisance for more than a year. >> you called the police before? >> yes. >> reporter: this neighborhood who didn't want to go on camera said the police have been called to the home multiple times. >> the constant in and out traffic, i didn't know what was going on, but i knew it had to be some drugs. >> reporter: police won't say how many times they responded to the home. >> the report we receive we do follow-

cornell bernard ence plains most of the royal's visit is shrouded in secrecy. >> reporter: the last remaininguests were checking out from the posh four seasons hotel in palo alto, but some hadn't planned to leave so soon. abc 7 news has learned the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammad bin salman, bought out the entire holt for the next six nights. hotel staff told me off camera guests have been relocated to neighboring hotels or other four seasons properties. the hotel given short notice of the royal visit from the u.s. state department. only last week. those who work near the hotel have been warned to watch out for motorcades. >> there's a prince, has rented the four seasons for the week. i think it's amazing, over the top. >> reporter: the crown prince is in silicon valley to meet with apple ceo tim cook and top executives at google. salman is interested in making his country a major tech hub. tech expert rob enderly thinks he knows why. >> i think he recognizes or has recognized for some time that the oil market's eventually going to collapse. a good chunk of the automotive market's movi

cornell bernard has that story. >> people needed help. >> that's what sun bruno uber driver thought moments after the shooting even though a friend told him to stay away. but he drove his ford explore toward yublt. >> i turn off the app and offering people a ride. we don't know who is a shooter process. >> he doesn't remember how many youtube employees he helped that day. but he made at least 8 trips to and from the mall. >> it's pretty sad, to see how everyone you know is shaking and crying. >> in the meantime thursday morning brought a momentary scare for the youtube workers when a fire alarm was pulled. firefighters don't know if it was intentional. but it did nothing to calm the nerves of employees returning to work for the first time since this shooting on tuesday which left three coworkers wounded and the shooter nasim adhdam dead. police say the security at the campus has been increased. security guards posted at all entrances and a police car parked out tront. police say august dam's shooting rampage lasted three minutes. >> several rounds were fired by the suspect during the incide

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has a look. >> reporter: the atmospheric river lived up to its name causing lots of water to rush downhill in mill valley. the ground so saturated it caused this 50-foot free to fall on to bigelow avenue. neighborhood heard the explosion when the tree hit power lines. >> having sort of experienced the north bay fires, we were quite alarmed. we called 911 to just mention that we had heard something. we thought we saw what could be a spark. >> reporter: pg and e crews eliminated dangerous live wires and worked to restore power to the neighborhood. owner of the blue spruce reflected on the loss. >> lasted 100 years. no one got hurt. >> reporter: another tree fell this on to oak dale avenue. check it out, some branches now resting on this garage and across the street it narrowly missed damaging the garage right here. is there there are some risks being in sort of the more of a wilderness setting. >> reporter: in smonoma county this large sink hill has cut off the road in bodega. >> we got to get out -- my wife's pretty stuff. i got to take care of her. if

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has a look. >> reporter: the atmospheric river lived up to its name causing lots of water to rush downhill in mill valley. the ground so saturated it caused this 50-foot free to fall on to bigelow avenue. that happened about 6:00 a.m. neighbors heard the explosion when the tree hit power lines. >> having sort of experienced the north bay fires, we were quite alarmed. we called 911 to just mention that we had heard something. we thought we saw what could be a spark. >> reporter: pg&e crews eliminated dangerous live wires and worked to restore power to the neighborhood. the owner of the blue spruce reflected on the loss. >> lasted 100 years. no one got hurt. >> reporter: another tree fell this on to oakdale avenue. check it out, some branches now resting on this garage and across the street it narrowly missed damaging the garage right here. >> there are some risks being in sort of the more of a wilderness setting. >> reporter: in sonoma county this large sinkhole has cut off salmon creek road in the town of bodega. repair could take days. >> we got to g

in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> another tragic turn in the search for a missing southern california family. dive teams with the mendocino county sheriff's office found the family vehicle and they found the bodies. the family was driving back to california from oregon with a planned stop in san jose when the suv plunged into the river on march 30th. searchers found the mother's body on friday and the search continues for the search of the 12-year-old son. >>> san francisco police are looking for the driver who crashed into a house in the outer sunset this morning around 2:15 on 37th near slope boulevard. the driver ran and left the passenger behind and she was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries and police are investigating what led up to the crash. >>> the marin county sheriff's office released this man suspected of breaking into a home and stealing a rifle. the man was arrested around 11:00 this morning and workers saw him walking around the facility with the weapon at about 6:00 this morning. police say the break-in took place just

abc 7 news reporter coronal bernard is live in san francisco where dozens of folks are gathering right now. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, it looks like this demonstration is wrapping up. it started about an hour go. we saw about 50 to 60 people making it clear here on market street and powell, they definitely oppose u.s. air strikes and syria and the middle east. meantime, others feel those air strikes did not go far enough. >> pay attention to the world because this continues. >> reporter: a small but loud protest on market street held by the answer coalition. >> we're opposed to u.s. intervention around the world, and particularly we're focused on what's happening in the middle east. >> if you really want to attack a country we should go through the united nations. >> reporter: listening to a voice text in arabic. she says her relatives are disappointed by the scope of the attack. >> this strike doesn't really bring about a result they can actually feel. >> reporter: she says she has watched her own relatives fear for their lives under the assad regime. >> if we don't put a stop to his air forces a