cornell bernard joins us live in china town with the story. this video is little hard to watch, cornell. >> it really is, and we want to tell you all three victims in this case are in the mare mid to late 60s. they are recovering tonight luckily with minor injuries. take a look. this is exactly where it happened here on clay street really in the heart of china town. we do want to warn you that video of the attack is disturbing. >> i was extremely disturbed, extremely upset. >> reporter: strong reaction from china town residents over this disturbing incident caught on tape and posted on social media. police say a group of four male suspects beat three men and tried to rob them on clay street. you can see one of the victims is punched right in the face and falls to the ground. >> i mean, he was out cold. >> reporter: betty watched the video a member of the china town emergence association. >> we're trying to make it a visitor-friendly destination. and at the same time you get these thugs that come in and beat on people randomly for no reason wha

. >>> i'm cornell bernard in oakland.forced school board members to move to another location. students replaced them in their seats. >> the latest vaping related death occurred, the first in the bay area. >>> we setup in downtown san jose to ask people about one kind thing they've done today. abc 7 news starts right now. >>> chaos at the oakland school board meeting tonight. >> protesters upset about school closures disrupt asked then took over the meeting forcing the board to leave. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, i have covered a lot of school board meetings, but i've never seen anything like this. protesters derailed tonight's meeting upset about school closures. it took only minutes for protesters to disrupt the oakland school board meeting. >> which side are you on? >> reporter: many parents and teachers are upset about the closure and consolidation of several school, a cost saving measure. the president london tried to keep order. then this happened. the entire room turned its back on the school board. at the october 23

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live in china town with new interviews. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, dion, all three victims in this case are in their mid to late 60s. they're all recovering from the attack luckily with minor injuries. it all happened right here on clay street in the heart of china town. four suspects are still at large. sadly this is not the first time this has happened. woo do want to warn you the video you're about to see is gaphic. >> i was extremely disturbed, extremely upset. >> reporter: this disturbing incident caught on video and posted on social media. four male suspects beat three men and tried to rob them on clay street and waltter lum place. one of the victims is punched right in the face and falls to the ground. betty is a member of the china town emergent association. >> we are trying to make it a visitor-friendly destination and at the same time you get these thugs come in and they just beat up people randomly for no reason whatsoever. it's a hate crime. >> reporter: two other victims are seen being punched and knocked to the street

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us now live from the newsroom with the story. >> his entry into the race adds a brand new level of uncertainty. following weeks of speculation it's official. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is in the race for the president, making the announcement in his first tv spot. >> i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >> dropping more than $37 million on a tv ad campaign, the largest in a 2020 election cycle so far. his fellow candidates firing back accusing the billionaire of trying to buy the election. >> democracy means that billionaires cannot buy elections. >> maybe the argument is, hey, i've got more money than the guy in the white house. i don't think they're going to buy that. >> bloomberg's ads will air in several key battleground states a campaign squarely aimed at beating president trump. >> i think it's johnny-come-lately. >> usf political professor john taylor has concerns about a political campaign. >> the idea he's going to use his new york platform to gain national attention again is guaranteed failure. >> reporte

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live tonight.sked pg&e exactly where these power outages could happen. what did they say. >> reporter: i did and pg&e offering new details about a possible power shutoff which could happen they say wednesday or thursday. no specific areas have been identified, and no customers have been notified. but locals who have lost power before, gearing up to leze electricity once again. >> okay, i'm sorry to hear the news. >> reporter: it's not what anne woodward and her husband george expected to hear the week before thanksgiving, another pg&e public safety shutoff could happen by midweek. >> we had no power, and we use lanterns, but we had no hot water. >> reporter: farmhouse local was busy serving sunday brunch. but during october's power shutoff the restaurant was forced to close and lost thousands of dollars. the manager doesn't want to relive that. >> you know, throwing away everything we have in the restaurant especially things like dairy or seafood. >> reporter: pg&e says its watching a weather syste

. >>> i'm cornell bernard in the north bay. more stops and less waiting time for passengers. it could be a game changer with the smart train. abc 7 news starts right now. >>> that breaking news tonight comes in the shooting degs of five people in orinlda on halloween night. federal agents have now linked a gun seized to other deaths in the bay area. >> the atf is also offering a adg to arrests or convictions in the orinda case. >> tonight's announcement follows the decision by prosecutors to release five men arrested in connection with the shooting. they were captured in raids around the bay area last week. >>> developing news out of san jose, police have surrounded a home they believe a suspect might be barricaded inside. the scene is a few blocks west of oak grove high school. oak grove is the same school that reopened today after a suspicious device was found on campus tuesday. the incident forced students to shelter in place while the bomb squad examined the object. school officials then decided to cancel classes alt oak gr

. >>> i'm cornell bernard. >> and i'm mc hammer. >> we'll tell you why he's in richmond tonight supporting local entrepreneurs. >> abc 7 news starts now. >>> and that breaking news is the kinkade wildfire, no longer a threat. 100% containment reported tonight. >> the fire started two weeks ago scorching sonoma county and 174 homes 174m lost. good evening, thank you for joining us. now to developing news. >> that's right. two twitter employees have been charged with spying for saudi arabia. this is the first time a u.s. attorney has accused government of spying on american. >> reporter: well, it's another example of a foreign power exploiting an american social media company. and while we don't know what the saudis did with the private information of thousands of twitter users, we do know that they targeted their critics. now, tonight i spoke to the reporter based here in san francisco who broke the story. >> twitter has just been a successful platform for people critical of the saudi royal family. >> reporter: according to prosecutors two twitter employees acting at the behest of saudi off

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but a safe start. >>> in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7. >> building a better bay area, sometimes meanshundreds of trees. the fight is brewing in laurel heights where we have concerned neighbors. >> a sapling cannot convert half of the co-2 that i can. i am healthy. i can help you, help me. he has been a fighter for trees by choice. these trees on california street in particular, that could be done if a planned mixed use development in the laurel heights neighborhood gets the green light. >> the proposal, which is a good proposal, seeks to take down 200 trees in a time that our city needs them more than ever. >> a request for interview was not answer, but the plan is to plant new trees and building parking, and retail, and residential spaces and affordable senior housing. >> the affordable housing unit is a good idea. but the trees, what they have got to do with it? >> on facebook, on the website, residents have been voicing their concerns before it's too late. >> city officials, don't pave paradise to put up a parking lot. save our old growth trees and its wild life. for humanity. >> w

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard said residents had minutes to get out. >> reporter: flames lit up the sky on castro street. >> upstairs neighbor saying get up, get out, the house is on fire. >> reporter: troy boyd and his naps grabbed what they could and got out. >> i got my id, phone, social security card and shoes. it was 4:0 in the morning. >> when i was in the kitchen and the smokes was coming out, just breathing it. i didn't think of putting a towel over my face. >> reporter: the fire broke out across the street from the castro theater. no damage here, but these two buildings were not so lucky. the fire department said one tenant was trapped on the second floor. >> that individual ended up escaping out the back window. >> reporter: investigators say the fire likely started in the back of this bar and spread to the sushi restaurant ex door. >> we went from just having fire in the back to having both attics fully involved and the fire wanting to push out into this building and this building. >> i opened our back door and i saw a wall of flames coming between our building and th

cornell bernard is here with new developments in the race for president. >> bloomberg's late 2020 bid injects a new level of uncertainty into the race less than three months before the first voting begins. some have concerns about bloomberg running for president. following weeks of speculation it's official, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is in the race for president, making the announcement in his first tv spot. >> mike bloomberg for president. >> reporter: dropping more than $37 million on a tv ad campaign, the largest of the 2020 election cycle so far. his fellow candidates firing back accusing the billionaire of trying to buy the election. >> democracy means that billionaires cannot buy elections. >> maybe the argument is hey, i've got more money than the guy in the white house. i don't think they're going to buy that. >> reporter: bloomberg's ads will air in several key battleground states, a says that is aimed at beating president trump. >> the idea he is going to use his new york platform to gain national attention, again, is guaranteed failure. >> reporter: taylo

cornell bernard is following this developing story and joins us live. what are you hearing out there? >> reporter: pg&e says it's just too early to say where exactly a possible power shutoff could happen, but we do know it could take place wednesday or thursday. so far no customers have been notified, but locals they say they're getting ready to lose electricity once again. >> i think it's terrible. you know, i think it's -- we're not venezuela. it's california. >> reporter: news of another possible public safety power shutoff was tough for many to hear. >> okay, i'm sorhy to hear the news. >> reporter: and they weren't expecting to lose power the week beforels not having any le electricity for several days last month. >> we had no power, and we used lanterns, but we had no hot water. >> reporter: farmhouse local was busy serving sunday brunch, but during october's power shutoff the restaurant was forced to close and lost thousands of dollars. the manager doesn't want to relive that. >> you know, i had to throw away everything we had in the restaurant e

cornell bernard is following this developing story and joins us live.t are you hearing out there? >> reporter: pg&e says it's just too early to say where exactly a possible power shutoff could happen, but we do know it could take place wednesday or thursday. so far no customers have been notified, but locals they say they're getting ready to lose electricity once again. >> i think it's terrible. you know, i think it's -- we're not venezuela. it's california. >> reporter: news of another possible public safety power shutoff was tough for many to hear. >> okay, i'm sorhy to hear the news. >> reporter: and they weren't expecting to lose power the week beforels not having any le electricity for several days last month. >> we had no

cornell bernard has the latest on the investigation. >> i was extremely disturbed. extremely upset. >> reporter: strong reaction from chinatown residents over this disturbing event caught on video. a group of four male suspects beat three men and tried to rob them on clay street and walter lum place. you can see one of the victims is punched right in the face and falls to the ground. >> he was out cold. >> reporter: betty lily watched chinatown merchants association. >> we are trying to make it a visitor-friendly destination and at the same time you get these thugs who come in and they just beat up people randomly for no reason whatsoever. it's a hate crime. >> reporter: two other victims are seen being punched and knocked to the street. moments later the suspects take off down clay street in a black suv. over the summer two senior citizens were brutally attacked in chinatown in broad daylight. a 19-year-old oakland man was arrested for one of the assaults. >> what we saw last night is not going to be tolerated. >> reporter: supervisor aaron peskin says police tell

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4. boss is accused of ranking ping an empl >>> date rape drugs being used at stanford. what the university is doing about it. >>> zbun fire in the middle of the day. now the hunt for who is responsible. >>> new images into the newsroom. a look at those involved in a twitter spying scandal. >>> juul stopped selling the most popular flavor. so what happens now? >>> and crabs and whale serving one up and saving the other. sometimes there is a middle ground. >> announcer: now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >>> i woke up for like literally 30 seconds and he was on top of me. >> a former wells fargo teller claims her manager raped her after taking her out for drinks after work. good evening. thanks for joining us. that woman has filed a lawsuit against the company and one of her former managers. she alleges a date rape drug made her incapable of fighting off her attacker to who has been charged in criminal court in contra costa county. >> the managers were talking about celebrating

. >> abc7 news reporter cornell bernard tweeted this video from berkeley hours later. let's hear from the expert now, abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian. >> it was very light rain. just a couple hundreds of an inch light rain. right now we have lingering clouds, and even in those clouds there is a threat of some more drizzle. here is a live view from our exploratorium camera look back. temperature readings mainly in the mid- to upper 50s. here is a view of the golden gate where we have clouds not long ago, but there is a little bit of scattering in the clouds right now. look at this. 5:00 tomorrow morning as the morning commute gets under way. we are projecting a few patches of light rain or drizzle approaching the coastline. so will it rain or will it shine tomorrow? i'll have the full forecast coming up in a few minutes. dan and ama? >> thank you so much, spencer. >>> well, we desperately wanted rain last month. certainly when the kincade fire sparked in sonoma county. >> last week firefighters had it fully contained. and tonight they and other first responde

i'm cornell bernard in the north bay where smart says its new commute plan may be a game changer.into technology with the fremont police department is doing to attract tech savvy millennials to their ranks. >>> coming up tonight on abc7, this is our primetime schedule. 8:00, "grey's anatomy." then at 9:00, catch "a mill little things" followed by "how to get away with murder" at 10:00. and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. jimmy kimmel live comes on at 11:35. >> that will do it for this edition of abc7 news. look for breaking news any time on the abc7 news news app. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. for spencer christian, the entire team, we hope you have a great night. >> see you again at 11:00. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are-- a director of client engagement from miami, florida... a filmmaker from astoria, new york... and our returning champion, a financial counselor from jersey city, new jersey... ...whose 1 day cash winnings total $34,600. and now here he is, the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! us] thk u,nny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi, folks. one