a prenatal program at oakland's highland hospital is credited with reducing premature births by more than a third. abc7 news reporter laura anthony filed this story in august. >> it's a program that's proving the value of shared experience -- moms-to-be at oakland's highland hospital undergoing their prenatal care together. it's called centering, and it's credited with reducing preterm deliveries by 33% to 47%. >> when babies are newly born, do they have a lot of head support? >> in centering, you bring it all out in the open. everyone gets to share their experiences and their fears and their hopes, and they learn that they're not alone, that everybody's having similar experiences or, if they're having different experiences, they can determine what's normal, what's of concern. >> besides the usual blood pressure and weight checks, centering includes group sessions in the late stages of pregnancy -- 8 to 12 women with similar due dates. >> they said that the milk is -- for the first six months -- is the best. >> elicia alvarez is expecting her third child but is getting valuable, new

she has been taken to highland hospital. her condition is unknown. last we knew she was in serious condition. the cause is under investigation. >> what i can't understand is how fast was the person in that suv going because they knocked that fence off and then pushed it all the way across the cul- de-sac next>> reporter: it is possible that there may have been excelerator versus break confusion that may have lurched this suv clear across this cul- de-sac. there may have been some lagan reaction time before the driver realized what he or she had done. it's a third -- full 30 feet between the parking lot and where it stopped. >> where is that driver now and what if anything do we know? >> reporter: the spokesman said the driver has an interview and we don't know if it's a male or female or a student or not. i understand the driver remained on scene and this investigation is ongoing. >> thank you. >>> back to developing news out of san francisco where a judge blocked the trump administration order to withhold funding to century cities. the judge orders

they say the victim is at highland hospital tonight. nbc bay area news. >>> just in tonight a missing teenager in mountain view. 13-year-old myra renteria was last seen leaving middle school earlier today. she's considered at risk because of her age. she is 5'1" with brown hair and brown eyes. >>> let's turn your attention to the micro climate weather coverage. the sat lites coverage shows the rain moving 92 bay area as we speak but the question is how long will it stick around and we're go having to the full detail coming up at 11:30 tonight. as this rainfall begin around 9:00 tonight, we'll see most of the consistent activity down to about san francisco. it's mainly moderate with a few heavier pockets. you'll see the areas get wet the most into san rufell, back to richmond and up towards vallejo and beginning in concord. i want to put a track on some of the rainfall currently entering san francisco. through moraga by 11:32. we have more wet weather over the next couple of hours. we'll let you know when things finally dry out. >> and w

. >> now, she was rushed to highland hospital. that's where she had surgery. >>> the sonoma county health department is issuing a warning after five overdose deaths in ten days in santa rosa. authorities are blaming the popularity and accessibility of the drug black tar heroin. now, they believe there may be a bad batch of the heroin going around the city. the victims range in age from 27 to 66. three of them were transietn -- transients. the other two died in their homes. >> to a residence, it's all over santa rosa right now. this is very dangerous. people are diagnose at an abnormally high rate. >> the county is conducting toxicology tests to figure out what's making the heroin so potent. >>> time is 4:35. two men from texas have been ordered to stand trial on charges of felony assault and hate kriems in the beating of a man in richmond. police say that he was in his car near hill top mall last september when two men in a truck attacked him at a stoplight. prosecutors say that chase little k then colton leblanc pufrmged him thro

this teacher's aide is in very serious condition at highland hospital where we were told she under went surgery. at this point, school police are investigating what led up to this tragic crash but again, it seems to be that a female student who was unlicensed mistook the gas and brake pedals while moving an illegally parked vehicle. >> according to my information, this student was not a licensed driver so, evidently was not one of my students, and they mistook the drive for the reverse and that's how the whole thing started. >> everybody here is devastated. students are devastated. it's a very, you know, its a very tight community here. everybody knows each other really well so staff is devastated. i've seen tears from the staff and from the students. reporter: >> so we come back out here live. you can see surveillance cameras on top and over this rear parking lot used by staff and faculty. we do not know if these cameras captured in tragic crash but that would become part of the investigation as police work to determine what led up to a crash that has severely injured a teacher's aide

this teacher's aide is in very serious condition at highland hospital where we were told she under went surgery. at this point, school police are investigating what led up to this tragic crash but again, it seems to be that a female student who was unlicensed mistook the gas and brake pedals while moving an illegally parked vehicle. >> according to my information, this student was not a licensed driver so, evidently was not one of my students, and they mistook the drive for the reverse and that's how the whole thing started. >> everybody here is devastated. students are devastated. it's a very, you know, its a

she suffered severe head trauma and taken to highland hospital where she later died. it's been reported that a social media page from a woman with a similar name said she was studying computer science and a member of the alpha phi co ed community that focuses on community projects. it's unclear if she was by herself at the time of her fall. police are still investigating. an autopsy will be performed in the next couple of days. police are trying to find out whether or not drugs or alcohol played any role in her fatal fall. in berkeley, ktvu news. >>> this morning there's a manhunt that continues in cleveland, ohio and nearby states after police say a man committed murder and live streamed it on facebook. such a hard story to talk about. police say 37-year-old steve steve -- steve stevens shot and killed a man. he's considered armed and dangerous. >> steve stevens we want to communicate to him that we know who he is and that he will eventually be caught. >> in a separate video posted on facebook, he claimed to have killed more than a dozen other people. police say they

. >> the teacher's aid was rushed to highland hospital and had surgery.'ll bring details as we get them. >>> the sonoma county health department is issuing a warning after five overdose deaths in 10 days in santa rosa. the authorities are blaming the popularity and accessibility of the drug black tar hearn. they believe there might be bad batch of the heroin going around the city. the victims ranch innage from 27 to 66. three were transients, the other two died in their homes. judge. >> from santa rosa avenue to industrial center of santa rosa to a residence. this is very dangerous. people are dieing at a high rate. >> the county is conducting toxicology tests to figure out what is making the heroin dangerous. >> two men from texas wered to stand trial on charges of felony assault and hate crimes in the beating of a siekh man in richmond. the police say that the man was in his car last september when two men in a truck attacked him at a stoplight. the prosecutors said chase little and colton leblanc punched him through an open car window, knocked off his

he suffered severe head trauma and taken to highland hospital where she later died. a social media page from a woman with a similar name said she was setting com-- studying computer science and a member of the fraternity that focuses on conducting community service projects. it's unclear if she was by herself at the time after a fall. the coroner's office will be conducting an autopsy and police are trying to determine whether or not drugs or alcohol played a role in her death. >> thank you, lee, for that update. we'll continue to city on the story throughout the day. >>> and also, a manhunt continues in cleveland, ohio, and nearby states after police say a man committed murder and live streamed it on facebook. police say the there everyone- year-old steve stephens shot and killed 74-year-old robert goodwin in the video that he called the easter day slaughter. this morning, police warned people in states near ohio to be on alert for stevens -- stephens who is considered armed and dangerous. we we want to communicate to steve stephens that we know who he is. >> new in

. >> the teacher's aid was transported to highland hospital where she underwent surgery. >>> and comingto san francisco bay area. >> reporter: the mission bay neighborhood is an up and coming vibrant part of san francisco with a lot of new building and a soon to be home arena. the one thing lacking the community is a place to send the children to school. >> and saw them in mission bay. and a lot of families are choosing non-public options. >> we want to keep families in san francisco. and the way is to get our kids and have opportunities to go to public school. >> reporter: for decades, there are plays. the recent time, it was in 2006. they didn't have enrollment to do so. now it's no longer an issue. >> thirty% of the housing in mission bay is affordable housing and that is one of the -- important to have a community. >> and we're tracking the family in the neighborhood. and we're expecting 400 to 500 new stool students. >> and a -- school students. >> reporter: miss norton, mr. sanchez. >> yes. >> and mr. walton. >> yes. >> reporter: reporting a new construction in the elementary scho

the man who was shot is at highland hospital recovering. >>> staying in east bay, chris, happening today, don't be shocked if you see a large police presence in berkeley. officers will be doing training, scenic avenue south of virginia street will be closed to traffic as well. turns out police will be using blank rounds, so if you're in the area you might hear what sounds like gun fire. that training will last between 1:00 and 3:00 this afternoon. >>> a u.s. veteran deported to mexico may be coming back to the united states. next, a major development after the nbc bay area investigative unit digs in. we talked with the man at the center of our story, live in tijuana along the mexico-u.s. border. he just learned he got executive clemency from california's governor. >>> before we go to break i want to he sho you how to join our community on the waze application. leverage the power of us all as well as the power of google. go to your waze on iphone or android and in the bottom corner there will be a magnifying glass. you click on that and click at your name at the top. scroll down to see te

staff at the local highland park hospital placed their beds side by side.together at the end. this is bbc news. coming up in the next few minutes: a new chapter for books. children's fiction has helped sales in the uk reach their highest level for four years. we'll find out why the novelty has worn off for e—books and why sales are up. time for the weather. good afternoon. we have a lovely day for some of you. look at this glorious scene behind me in cornwall. shame it is not like that everywhere. we have some cloud across the uk. thickest over northern england. some heavy showers in north—east england, the midlands and east anglia. some sunny breaks ovei’ and east anglia. some sunny breaks over scotla nd and east anglia. some sunny breaks over scotland and northern ireland. generally cool. also tonight. patchy light rain or drizzle in the morning. rural parts of eastern scotla nd morning. rural parts of eastern scotland and northern england could see scotland and northern england could see tomorrow, east coast, few showers around. chilly breeze. in the wes