in 1991, a jury found curtis irvin guilty in a murder for hire case. irvin's attorney says prosecutors excused multiple black jurors in the case. this week, state attorney general rob bonta asked a federal judge to grant irvin a new trial, and the judge agreed. in the north bay, a rash of tire thefts targeting specific models of cars have at least three communities in sonoma county on high alert. look at what has been going on. you can see some of that here. police are investigating at least 15 cases of tire thefts in petaluma, santa rosa and rohnert park in the last week. the thieves have been targeting honda accords and civics, along with toyota camrys and corollas all occurred overnight in apartment complexes and parking lots. owners have come out in the morning to find their cars. as you can see here, sitting on concrete blocks looking live out a nice night across the bay area and up in lake tahoe. cloudy start for the weekend for some and even some thunderstorm chances. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is tracking it all tonight. >>

in 1991, a jury found curtis irvin guilty in a murder for hire case. irvin's attorney says prosecutors excused multiple black juries in the case. this week, state attorney general rob bonta asked a federal judge to grant irvin a new trial, and the judge agreed. in the north bay, a rash of tire thefts targeting specific models of cars have at least three communities in sonoma county on high alert. look at what's been going on here. police are investigating at least 15 cases of tire thefts in petaluma, santa rosa and rohnert park in the last week. the thieves have been targeting honda accords and civics, along with toyota camrys and corollas, all occurred overnight in apartment complex parking lots. owners have come out in the morning to find their cars sitting on concrete blocks, looking live out. a nice night across the bay area and up in lake tahoe. cloudy start to the weekend for some and even some thunderstorm chances. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is tracking it all tonight. >> okay j.r i'm going to give you a look before i go to t

in 1991, a jury found curtis irvin guilty in a murder for hire case. irvin's attorney says prosecutors excused multiple black jurors in the case. state attorney general rob bonta has asked a federal judge to grant irvin a new trial, and the judge agreed. in the north bay, sonoma county residents are on alert after thieves took their tires off of their cars, and these pictures show you how the cars were left. owners say that they found their cars sitting on concrete blocks. police are looking into at least 15 cases of tire thefts and petaluma, santa rosa and also rohnert park. and they all happened in the last week. the thieves have been targeting honda accords with civics as well, along with toyota camrys and corollas. san francisco is doing everything it can to pump life into the downtown area and nearby to break what's often referred to as the doom loop. now, one of those examples is the love fest sf. the block party brought music and crowds to the streets, with organizers celebrating progress for small businesses. abc seven news reporter cornell bern

a federal judge is offering alameda county to either release or retry curtis irvin and a decades old murder case. for months now, the district attorney's office has been digging into old death penalty cases, looking for signs of misconduct. da pamela price says they found evidence that prosecutors excluded black and jewish people from juries. in 1991, a jury found irvin guilty in a murder for hire case. irvin's attorney says that prosecutors excused multiple black jurors in the case. state attorney general rob bonta has asked a federal judge to grant irvin a new trial, and the judge agreed. and the north bay sonoma county residents are on alert after thieves took their tires off of their cars. and these pictures show you how the cars were left. owners say that they found their cars sitting on concrete blocks. police are looking into at least 15 cases of tire thefts in petaluma, santa rosa and rohnert park and they all happened in the last week. the thieves have been targeting honda accords and civics, along with toyota camrys and corollas. san francisco is doing everything it can to

alameda county prosecutors, a federal judge is ordering alameda county to either release or retry curtis irvin in a decades old murder case. for months now, the district attorney's office has been digging into old death penalty cases, looking for signs of misconduct. d.a. pamela price says that they found evidence that prosecutors excluded black and jewish people from juries. in 1991, a jury found irvin guilty in a murder for hire case. irvin's attorney says prosecutors excused multiple black jurors in the case. state attorney general rob bonta has asked a federal judge to grant irvin a new trial, and the judge agreed. in the north bay, sonoma county residents are on alert after thieves took their tires off of their cars, and these pictures show you how the cars were left. owners say that they found their cars sitting on concrete blocks. police are looking into at least 15 cases of tire thefts in petaluma, santa rosa and rohnert park and they all happened in the last week. the thieves have been targeting honda accords and civics, along with toyota camrys and corollas. san francisco's doing eve

. >> for the past 38 years, curtis lee irvine has been in state prison. 33 of those on death row for the 1986 murder of carlie mcdonald in the east bay mother of 4. now the california attorney general's office determined the conviction cannot stand because of misconduct on the part of prosecutors working at the time in the alameda county district attorney's office, the basis for the attorney general's concession. >> is the different deputy district attorney, mister anderson, during jury selection, he exercised his peremptory challenges in a way to exclude. believe it was 9 of the 11 black jurors and one jewish tour that were denied the opportunity the right to serve on a jury on a death penalty case. the victim in this case was white. mister ervin is black. alameda county district attorney pamela price following the attorney general's decision. >> a federal district court overturned the conviction. now it's up to her to decide what happens next to the 71 year-old irvin who is currently at a prison medical facility in stockton. we can retry the case. we can dismiss the case. we can se

curtis lee irvin, 71, was one of three people convicted of a 1986 murder for hire plot that left carlene mcdonald day. all of this began with the discovery of notes from prosecutors showing that they intentionally tried to weed out black and jewish people from the jury pool. now after review by the california attorney general, it is up to the a pamela price to retry the case or set the defendant three. price has yet to make up her mind but apologized to the victim's family on wednesday. >> because of the failure of the supervisors of mr. anderson and so many failures over the years, that they have now been subjected to having to relive the fact of the mother's mother. and the trauma of going to trial and having this whole situation , once again brought up in the media. >> price announced in april that her office is reviewing every death penalty case in alameda county from the past four decades. 35 in total. it started when her office to closer look at the case of ernest . found guilty in the 1993 shooting death of a nine-year-old boy and his scheduled to be resentenced on august 13th and

. >> for the past 38 years, curtis lee irvine has been in state prison. 33 of those on death row forthe 1986 murder of carlie mcdonald and east bay, mother of 4. now the california attorney general's office determined the conviction cannot stand because of misconduct on the part of prosecutors working at the time in the alameda county district attorney's office, the basis for the attorney general's concession. >> is that i'm the different deputy district attorney mister anderson. during jury selection. he exercised his peremptory challenges in a way to exclude. believe it was 9 of the 11 black jurors and one jewish tour that were denied the opportunity the right to serve on a jury on the death penalty case. the victim in this case was white. mister ervin is black. alameda county district attorney pamela price following the attorney general's decision. >> a federal district court overturned the conviction. now it's up to her to decide what happens next to the 71 year-old irvin who is currently at a prison medical facility in stockton. we can retry the case. we can dismiss the case. we

conviction of 71 year old curtis lee ervin one of 35 death row cases under review in alameda county because of alleged prosecutorial misconduct. now it's up to price whether irvin's retried. in san jose, a small memorial marking the spot where a car hit and killed a 12 year old on a scooter. it happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of camden and lee avenues. police say the driver had the green light and is cooperating with investigators. a brush fire scorched this land right next to 280 in san jose. today. our chopper shot this video about an hour ago. this is near mclaughlin avenue. that fire came close to a homeless encampment. and about four acres burned. the contra costa county health department once again recommending wearing masks in crowded indoor spaces. that is because of a rise in covid cases and the spread of the so-called flirt strain. wastewater data shows increased virus levels about an hour from now in oakland. little leaguers going to hit the field at raymond park for the first time in many years the field was recently renovated, so the ballers could play there. the bees are hosting the game between the oakland babe ruth, little league