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the i-team's dan noyes joins us live now. you've been investigating what else can be done to protect both the cats and the endangered birds here. >> reporter: well, that's right, dion. the fact that park staff shoot cats came as a shock to many people, including the viewer who tipped me to the story and to those who work in animal welfare. it's 7:30 at night in an east oakland office park, and cecilia is trying to trap what's left of the colony of cats she's cared for over the past year. >> i really want to get them out of here. >> reporter: after cecilia came here to work for the county training poll workers in the last primary election, she began helping others feed the feral cats. the little one who climbed on her hood waiting for food, the first cat she befriended. >> so hungry. that's better. each one of them had a personality, and helping them was a priority for me. >> reporter: she found homes for their kittens, took the adults to be spayed and neutered. the colony was stable at 30 cats. but over the past month, most o

dan noyes has been investigating what else can be done to protect both the cats and endangered birds. >> reporter: it's 7:30 at night in an east oakland office park. cecilia is trying to trap what's left of the colony of cats she's cared for over the past year. >> i really want to get them out of here. >> reporter: after cecilia came here to work for the county training poll workers, she began he helping others feel the feral cats. the little one who climbed on her her waiting for food. >> each one of them had a personality. >> reporter: she found homes for their kittens, got the kittens spade and neutered. but most have disappeared. their staff shot and killed several of the cats that had wandered into a nearby marsh. her heartbreak spilled out on social media. >> it's not okay to shoot these beings -- some of them were pets that were abandoned. >> reporter: cecilia had a hard time finding out exactly what happened until i started pushing and it was even worse than she thought. i filed a california public records act request for each incident of park staff killing cats. but the distr

. >>> i'm dan noyes. there is fallout from an i-team report. east bay par ♪ ♪ heart monitors that let your doctor watch over you, just like you watch over your best friend. another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. you live it. another life-changing technology from abbott, ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ all we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ the volvo xc90 recharge plug-in hybrid. ♪ ♪ >>> a major development. the east bay park district suspended a program to shoot and kill cats. park staff opened fire killing at least a dozen over the past month to try to protect birds. abc 7 news reporter dan noyes is live with an i-team update for us. dan? >> well, dan, i've been talking to animal welfare groups around the bay area and they couldn't believe the park staff were shooting cats they say. it's a thing of the past. but they're glad it's

i-team reporter dan noyes spoke with members of the international team that cracked it. >> reporter:ble for five murders in the late 60s, usually at lovers lanes around the bay area and a san francisco cab driver. the most compelling piece of evidence, this 340 character cipher sent to the san francisco chronicle, a puzzle unsolved all that time until now. a programmer from belgium, a mathematician from australia and a cliptologist from the united states crack it had code last weekend. i spoke with david aran check from his home in virginia. >> by saturday morning we had a pretty good idea of what the full message was and i contacted the fbi and within minutes they confirmed the solution to me. >> reporter: one of the first lines that appeared from the cipher was a major clue, that wasn't me on the tv show. someone claiming to be the zodiac had called into the kgo morning show in 1969. >> that's what really stood out and that's when i knew, okay, this has got to be something real, and that's when my heart rate just really shot up. >> reporter: in the rest of the message the zodiac ta

abc 7 i-team reporter dan noyes spoke with members of the international team that finally cracked it. >> reporter: the zodiac killer is responsible for five murders in the late 60s, usually at lovers lanes around the bay area and a san francisco cab driver. the most compelling piece of evidence, this 340 character cipher sent to the san francisco chronicle, a puzzle unsolved all that time until now. a programmer from belgium, a mathematician from australia and a cryptologist from the united states cracked the code last weekend. i spoke with david oranchak from his home in virginia. >> by saturday morning we had a pretty good idea of what the full message was and i contacted the fbi and within minutes they confirmed the solution to me. >> reporter: one of the first lines that appeared from the cipher was a major clue, that wasn't me on the tv show. someone claiming to be the zodiac had called into the kgo morning show in 1969. >> that's what really stood out and that's when i knew, okay, this has got to be something real, and that's when my heart rate just really shot up. >> reporter:

thanks to dan noyes they may get 10.lf an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> finally here tonight, a quick game of can you spot the real dog? >> take a look. one of these things is not like the other or perhaps four of these things. can you find them? four rescued furry friends are hiding amongst the pile of holiday-themed stuffed animals. >> the blinking kind of gives it away. >> if these adorable faces look familiar. they're from humboldt county. we've been following the pups since halloween when they dressed up and changed their halloween costumes. how cute is that? >> anything we can have this time of year and this year to make us smile, bring it on. >> ama, you are so right. we need it. "world news" with david muir is next. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm i waited to get treated. thought surgery was my only option. but then i found out about nonsurgical treatments. it was a total game changer. learn more about the condition at factsonhand.com >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. just in, an fda advisory panel giving

dan noyes says it's one of the most frustrating interviews he's ever done. you'll see why on abc 7 news at 6:00. join us then. >>> but finally for now, pets can be comforting of course to many and even more so right now, obviously, ama. >> yeah, they really can. the san rafael police department posted this picture on facebook of paul and blue. blue is the department's comfort dog. paul recently posted on next door that his beloved golden retriever had died, and he offered to walk other people's dogs. the police department's mental health outreach provider responded and offered a visit with blue. hundreds of other people also responded offering pets up for walks, puppies to cuddle and even a dog share. so great to see people reaching out. yeah. and getting help from each other. "world news tonight" with the holidays are a time for giving. to your friends... your family... to your teachers. in that spirit of giving, chevy's proud to give our employee discount to everyone. the chevy price you pay, ...is what we pay. not a cent more. because giving, ...and givin

dan noyes spoke with members of the international team that finally cracked it. >> reporter: the zodiacr is responsible for many deaths. the most compelling piece of evidence, this 340 character cipher sent, a puzzle unsolved for all that time until now. a programmer for belgium, mathematician and >> by saturday morning we had a good idea and contacted the fbi and within 30 minutes confirmed the solution. >> reporter: one of the first lines was a major clue. that wasn't me on the tv

but the i-team's dan noyes took this video of a trump supporter in a santa suit who drew a large knifend pepper spray, apparently trying to defend himself. another trump supporter appeared to be knocked unconscious by assaultants in black. they vandalized more than a dozen of the trump supporters cars and trucks and filling the compartments with pepper spray. >>> president trump headed to georgia to campaign ahead of the upcoming senate runoffs. both republicans and democrats are pulling out all the stops for this race. whoever gains control of the two seats decides control of the senate under the biden administration's first two years. the president was stumping for ke kelly loeffler and david perdue. >> they're trying to steal these two important senate seats from georgia. and these seats are the last line of defense to save america and protect all that we have accomplished. >> meanwhile, democrats brought in former president barack obama to rally their base. the election is scheduled for january 5th. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00. san francisco's new restrictions mean chris

for the first time since serving his jail sentence, kohrs is telling his story and he asked dan noyesinterview him. dan? >> well, dan, chris kohrs is guarded about aspects of the night but eager to talk about his on going fight with the san francisco police commission. >> my name is chris and best way to describe me is your average everyday normal guy. >> chris kohrs is a 43-year-old construction worker but in 2014 he was a san francisco police officer working the castro district when residents started snapping his picture and posting it on social media with the nickname hot cop of the castro. >> it was fun. i mean, i was having fun with it. i was just trying to i guess spin it in a positive way, if i could. >> those local blogs led to international coverage. >> you know the hot inmate everyone was talking about? now there is hot cop. >> cnn, the bbc, the daily beast. he rolled with it using his sudden fame to get modelling jobs and raise money for charity. then november 2015, kohrs drove his orange dodge charger up broadway after a night out, he had the green light but two pedestrian

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dan noyes spoke with members of the international team that finally cracked it. >> reporter: the zodiac killer is responsible for many deaths. the most compelling piece of evidence, this 340 character cipher sent, a puzzle unsolved for all that time until now. a programmer for belgium, mathematician and >> by saturday morning we had a good idea and contacted the fbi and within 30 minutes confirmed the solution. >> reporter: one of the first lines was a major clue. that wasn't me on the tv show. someone claiming to be the so zodiac called into the kgo show in 1969. >> that's what really stood out and that's when that's when than be something real and my heart rate shotup. >> reporter: he said he's not afraid of the gas chamber and i hope you're having lots of fun trying to catch me. >> an early version of a troll trying to provoke a response from people by manipulating pers perso persona. >> reporter: he worries about the effect on the victims' families. >> the message that comes out, you don't want to see that however many years later after you're trying to process what's been done to y

dan noyes reported bark staff killed 12 cats that had wondered into an east oakland marsh even though they knew this woman had been caring for them, adopting the kittens and getting adults spayed and neutered. >> shooting them at night knowing full well they were actually being managed at the time is really app henrehensibl. there is no excuse. >> the park board answered they should quickly be able to come up with a better solution than shooting the cats. of course, the i-team will keep on top of this. >>>'s bacon gee east bacon gee y bay congressman said he -- she was later involved in the house reelection campaign and helped place an intern in his office. swalwell is not accused of wrongdoing and immediately cut dies with fang after the fbi told him of their concerns in 2015. swalwe swalwell's office released a statement today saying quote republican and democratic congressional leadership were inform that representative swalwell was not suspected of wrongdoing. no concerns were raised on either side of the aisle at that time or over the past five years. today on cnn the congressman