thank you. >> truth be told dewayne does a great thing every day. >> reporter: dewayne's boss says dewayne's backstory is almost as amazing as his act of bravery. an ex-con turning his life around thanks to urban alchemy, that's putting former long-term offenders to work by making connections with people on the street. the ancient word alchemy means turning metal into gold. >> instead of turning into gold we're trying to make our spaces better. >> reporter: kemp is modest about his role at un plaza, especially how he helped stop the thief. >> he was a 16, 17-year-old kid, around my son's age. i just used that father voice. >> reporter: now urban alchemy has contracted with the city for several years now. the city says the presence of the practitioners is helping reduce crime and drug use in civic center and un plaza. a spokesperson says she wants to make sure she knows the mayor knows about dewayne kemp's act of bravery. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> a major part of our commitment to building a better bay area is homelessness. tomorrow the court battle continues for a group of mothers occ

thank you. >> truth be told dewayne does a great thing every day. >> reporter: dewayne's boss says his backstory is almost amazing as his act of bravery. an ex-con turning his life around thanks to urban al comey, making connections with people on the street. the word alka my means turning metal into gold. >> instead of turning into gold we're trying to make our spaces better. >> reporter: kemp is motdsest about his role at un plaza, especially how he helped stop the thief. >> he was a 16, 17-year-old kid, around my son's age. i just used that father voice. >> reporter: now urban alka my has contracted with the city for several years now. the city says the presence of the practitioners is helping reduce crime and drug use in civic center and un plaza. a spokesperson says she wants to make sure she knows the mayor knows about dewayne kemp's act of bravery. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> a major part of our commitment to building a better bay area is homelessness. tomorrow the core battle continues for a group of mothers occupying a vacant home in oakland trying to challenge an evictio

. >> reporter: truth be told, dewayne does a great thing every day. >> dewayne's boss says dewayne's activism is almost as remarkable as his bravery. urban alchemy puts former long term offenders to work by making connections with people on the street. the ancient word "alchemy" means turning metal into gold. >> instead of making gold, we're just trying to make our spaces better. >> reporter: he helped stop that supected thief. >> he was a 16 or 17-year-old kid, around my son's age. i just used that father voice. >> reporter: urban alchemy has contracted with the city for several years now. the city says the presence of the practitioners is actually helping reduce crime and drug use in civic center and u.n. plaza. a spokesperson says she wants to make sure the mayor knows about dewayne kemp's act of bravery. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> a major part of our commitment to building a better bay area is of course homelessness. tomorrow the court battle continues for a group of mothers occupying a vacant home in oakland trying to challenge an eviction order. the group moms for housing

last night i asked dewayne johnson if he considered you to be his best friend and he said no. would you consider him to be your best >>> boy, what a story this is out of vallejo tonight. a woman went to visit her pregnant granddaughter yesterday who started complaining her back hurt. >> it turns out the baby wasn't about to wait and the grandmother called 911 and the dispatcher walked everyone through delivery. >> and within six minutes the baby arrived. >> female 7 months pregnant possibly going into labor. >> reporter: vallejo fire engine 25 rolled out to a call of a baby being born thursday night. >> she said she couldn't stop pushing so i felt like oh, we're going to have a baby. >> reporter: susan hart has been a 911 dispatcher for many years and guided the family on what to do before paramedics arrived. >> it was oh, just a flood of emotions going through us like okay i'm excited, i can i've got to stay calm. >> reporter: her granddaughter was the one in labor. they put dispatch on speaker. >> they were just so great. they seemed so calm considering. >> i put my hand dow

. >> the shooter, identified as steven dewayne haizlip, 61 years old, a city of winston salem employee for 12 years. >> reporter: police shot and killed the suspect. an officer is wounded, shot twice. inside, word of victims. >> the victim has been shot nine times. >> reporter: terry lee cobb, 48, a co-worker of the suspect, has been shot and killed. another city employee also wounded. >> we're sending prayers out to the families, and i just hope we can all get through this together. >> reporter: police say the suspect killed a co-worker he had just argued with yesterday. it was apparently a classic case of workplace violence. >> pierre, thank you. >>> and now to the new storm in the west. snow, rain, and possible landslides in several states. this is i-90 in washington state. o'hare airport in chicago packed with travelers. and in the east, heavy rain and possible flooding in the southeast may cause travel delays into the weekend. let's get right to rob marciano, tracking it all. hey, rob. >> reporter: a popular question this time of year, whether we will have a white christmas. seatt

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