. >> 32-year-old fire department paramedic joems james novello was arrested and charged with detonating a explosive device. source tell abc7 news he set off the bomb in a planner box in front of a neighbor's house on the 100 block of madrid street. this neighbor says she heard the explosion after she came home from work around 20k in the morning. elias cabrera lives across the street. >> a lot of neighbors around here. >> reporter: a police source tells us just after the explosion one resident saw the suspect standing outside his home. a search of his house, police say, turned up explosive materials. another neighbor, police say, reported that his home had been vandalized that same night and at least half dozen cars parked on the street near novella's home had their tires slashed. >> he put his car on there, and then somebody flats his tire. >> reporter: flat his tire? >> yeah. >> reporter: most neighbors don't want to go on camera for fear of retaliations. they don't know who slashed the tires or set fire to the home. but they do tell us there has been a long standing conflict about pa

this is 32-year-old james novello. he is an employee with san francisco fire department.say he detonated the explosive in the excelsior district. officials say he works on the ambulances as a paramedic but his status has been changed to "not working." another big story this morning. new, graphic police video released in chigaco. it shows an un-armed teenager.shot to death by officers. nine different videos have been made public. they are from many different angles before and after the shooting. there is no footage of the actual shooting that happened last thursday. kron four's grant lodes reports that police were responding to the sighting of a stolen car. >> reporter: sides was one police car heading toward another one blocking the streets of two officers began shooting they fire 15 shots in five seconds. now from another angle sidestepping a patrol car now accelerating down the street into a head-on collision. police pursuing the suspect into the backyard of his home. of will shots heard nobody can video the officer who fired the fatal shot. we see him face down the gro

james novello is currently in a nonworking status. vic lee, abc7 news. >> thank you, vick. it's a chilly morning out there. take it from me, at least from the north bay, pretty foggy out there. a beautiful shot of the bay bridge from the south bay cam. lisa, looks like maybe two jackets for outside lands today, right? >> you are right. some very dense fog at the coast with some mist and drizzle. numbers range from the mid-to upper 50s. even a few low 60s. but sunny and mild conditions on the way. i'll tell you which day will be the warmer day out of the weekend coming up. >> thank you. and the latest on a fiery explosion in france. why it may not be the flames that made it so deadly. and the aloha experience in the bay area where you can again! again! again! again! again? again! again! general mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. so you can love cereal... again! this is abc7 news >> develop news out of france this morning where police have ruled out terrorism as a cause of a fire that killed 13 people and injured 6 more. candles on a birthday ca

james novello is currently in a nonworking status. vic lee, abc7 news. >> let's check your weather with lisa argen. good morning >> good morning. check out the fog in walnut creek. overcast all wait into the inland valleys. 57 degrees here. it will be sunny, just in the low 80s today. and pretty cool say cross the bay. i'll have the numbers for you when we come back. >> all right, lisa. also next, the latest on a fiery explosion in france. why it may not have been the flames that made it so deadly. >> and in the bay area where you can california's clean air laws we've cut toxic pollution. we're seeing fewing cases of asthma in kids. and the new clean energy economy has created more than half a million jobs. i'm tom steyer. just when we're making progress, the oil companies are trying to weaken our clean air laws. but we can stop them. send them a message. we're going to protect our kids - not their profits. ♪ we could brag about what's in new light & fit yogurt. but we'd rather talk about what's not in it. like no artificial colors or

. >> 32-year-old fire department paramedic joems james novello was arrested and charged with detonatingice. source tell abc7 news he set off the bomb in a planner box in front of a neighbor's house on the 100 block of madrid street. this neighbor says she heard the explosion after she came home from work around 20k in the morning. elias cabrera lives across the street. >> a lot of neighbors around here. >> reporter: a police source tells us just after the explosion one resident saw the suspect standing outside his home. a search of his house, police say, turned up explosive materials. another neighbor, police say, reported that his home had been vandalized that same night and at least half dozen cars parked on the street near novella's home had their tires slashed. >> he put his car on there, and then somebody flats his tire. >> reporter: flat his tire? >> yeah. >> reporter: most neighbors don't want to go on camera for fear of retaliations. they don't know who slashed the tires or set fire to the home. but they do tell us there has been a long standing conflict about parking places. >>

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they believe james novello set off that homemade bomb. >>> an ad calling for police to tone down thehetoric has been said soaking new outrange in san francisco tonight. that ad pappear nd a newsletter and tonight, many believe it's more proof of the tone deaf police force. christie smith joins us in san francisco with this growing controversy. >> well, this image has been circulating on the internet before, but the caption with this is that maybe it's time for everyone to sort of sit back and tone down on the rhetoric we've been hearing, but some believe this the climate, it strikes the wrong tone. >> now being requested to sit back. sit back for what? >> she is upset by the image in the san francisco police officers associationsensitivein dehumanizing. >> a black dog wearing a sign that reads black labs matter n no a yellow one that reads all labs matter. some think it trivializes the movement. >> it's not a joke. it's not, we're not playing. we're dealing with a lot of racial issues right now. >> widely circulated on the internet and forwarded by a supporter with the message asking

james novello is a paramedic with the department facing felony charges. a neighbor reported hearing a loud explosion early wednesday morning in the excelsior neighbor. that neighbor's flower pot was blown up. police say evidence led to novello and he has been placed on nonworking status as the investigation continues. >>> the mayor of stockton is insisting he never endangered children. his denial comes one day after being arrested for playing strip poker with minors giving them booze and secretly recording the whole thing. >> number one, everyone there was 18. number 2, i never, ever, ever, ever, endangered a child, ever. number 3, i never provided alcohol to anyone. and i certainly did not secretly record anyone. >> prosecutors say it all happened last summer at a city sponsored summer camp run by the mayor. and it's not mayor silva's first scandal. back in 2004, he was accused of secretly filming underaged girls changing in a bathroom. no charges were ever filed in that case. a few years later a woman accused him of sexual assault. he claims she was jus

a judge ordered 32-year-old james novello to enter a 60-day drug and rehab treatment. he pled not guilty to all charges yesterday. he was released on bail after missing an earlier court appearance. he faces 28 felonies in connection with an explosion last week outside the home. officials say it may have been related to a parking dispute between neighbors. he initially posted bail but was re-arrested after investigators found bomb-making materials at his home. >>> a family in san leandro is asking for your help to find their missing daughter. 15-year-old deanna benedetto was last seen saturday night. her mother thinks she might have left with somebody she knows. she has no cell phone, hasn't been on social media. she was seen a gray jacket, gray pants. call police if you have seen her. >>> 10 minutes before 5:00 on this thursday morning. a throw back to the days when the 49ers were playing in san francisco. don't mean candlestick. memories from the team's first stadium coming up. >>> take a look at the temperatures you can anticipate for this day. temperatures in the 50

james novello owe is in a non-working status. >>> a sacramento man shot to death by police has filed a lawsu lawsuit. he says it shows police using unnecessary force. police contend the 50-year-old raised a knife at them. two officers shot him several times. attorney, john buress believes the man was emotionally unstable and police should have handled it with more care. >> it is clear when a person is mentally impaired you do not shout and give them commands. the approach is to be calm. >>> in daily city, there are details on a crash that put a 12-year-old girl in the hospital. on wednesday, a driver hit the girl in the crosswalk. the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police. >>> a dock worker who slipped and fell on a slip is back at work. yesterday, sky 7 was over the ship in the dog patch neighborhood in san francisco. a spokesperson says the worker injured his knee and left the hospital last night and reported back to work this morning. >> the mayor of stockton is giving his side of the story. abc7 news is live in stockton with the story tonight. laura? >> he den

james novello owe is in a non-working status. >>> a sacramento man shot to death by police has filed a lawsu lawsuit. he says it shows police using unnecessary force. police contend the 50-year-old raised a knife at them. two officers shot him several times. attorney, john buress believes the man was emotionally unstable and police should have handled it with more care. >> it is clear when a person is mentally impaired you do not shout and give them commands. the approach is to be calm. >>> in daily city, there are details on a crash that put a 12-year-old girl in the hospital. on wednesday, a driver hit the girl in the crosswalk. the driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police. >>> a dock worker who slipped and fell on a slip is back at work. yesterday, sky 7 was over the ship in the dog patch neighborhood in san francisco. a spokesperson says the worker injured his knee and left the hospital last night and reported back to work this morning. >> the mayor of stockton is giving his side of the story. abc7 news is live in stockton with the story tonight. laura? >> he den

this is part of james novello's plea agreement. he was released on bail after missing an earlier court appearance. he is facing 26 felony charges in connection with an explosion last thursday outside of a home in the excelsior district. the incibeen related to parking dispute. he initially posted bail but was rearrested yesterday after investigators found bomb making materials in his home. >>> a blast from the past for the 49ers and their fans. the team returns to where it all started. some of the oldest faithful take a nostalgic look back. >>> a little crime and punishment to go with the morning coffee, the chase that ended with cops serving up justice in a starbucks. >>> there is low cloud cover at the golden gate bridge but most of the area is really comfortable. away for the water, not hitting 90. there is a change coming. california's clean air laws are working. we've cut toxic pollution. we're seeing fewing cases of asthma in kids. and the new clean energy economy has created more than half a million jobs. i'm tom steyer. jus

james novello faces 26 felony charges in connection with last week's explosion outside a home on madridtreet. nobody was hurt. it may be related to a neighborhood dispute over parking. >>> uncle sam is coming to the aid of those who lost their homes in june. disaster relief loans of $2 million for businesses. the five-alarm fire displaced about 40 residents and at least seven businesses. >>> a student pilot in the south bay learned the hard way about waiting too long to make a decision. the student was working on takeoffs and landings. the student pilot took longer to set the plane down than a more experienced pilot would have taken. the plane hit a fence and ended up on tully road next to the airport. they did not have enough power to take off again. >> i was at the controls and basically, i would have gone around sooner. >> the airport was closed for an hour while crews cut the plane out of the mangled fence and tully road was also closed. no one was hurt and the teenage students pilot has not said when or if he plans to fly again. >>> a suspected burglar broke into a house yesterday

setting off a bomb like explosion in the excelsior neighborhood earlier this week. 32-year-old james novello is charged with possessing a destructive device or possession of incendiary material. neighbors told police they heard a loud noise around three and police say it blew up a planter and left the debris field. it blue out the tires of atop -- of the truck. novello has been plate -- please the nonworking status. >>> police in san jose looking for three suspects wanted in connection to a carjacking that left a woman seriously hurt. they released this surveillance video. the woman left her car warming up the middle court and when she got back one of the suspects hit her up before driving away in her car. she is expected to be okay. moments before the carjacking cameras caught the suspects walking around trying to open cars in the parking lot. >>> dozens of protesters took to the streets after video released showing the moments before and after police fatally shot an unarmed black teenager. the protesters faced off at officers outside chicago police headquarters. they faced a diane and they

a judge ordered 32-year-old james novello to stay away from the site of the explosion and enter a 60-day drug treatment program. he pled not guilty to all charges yesterday and released on bail after missing an earlier court appearance. he faces 26 felonies in connection with the explosion last week. officials say the incident may have been related to a park dispute. >>> time is 5:48. and the old eastern span of the bay bridge slowly fading into history. the latest effort to dismantle it coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, did you know people can save over $500 when they switch to progressive? did you brush your hair today? yes, mom. why? hmm. no reason. >>> good morning. let's take you on a free ride across the bay area. take a look at san francisco average high 67. and bingo! pretty near normal today. it will be pretty close to spot on in san jose as well at 82 to 83 degrees. in the 70s around the peninsula. 50s and low 60s at the beaches. let's swing around to the eastern portion of our bay area. good morning to you in concord, clayton and walnut creek all the way back through hercules i

department is under arrest tonight after an explosion outside his neighbor's home. 32-year-old james novello has been booked on a charge of possessing a destructive device. he is accused of blowing up a flower pot that left debris scattered for 30 feet. the explosion happened on madrid street sometime between midnight and 3 a.m. wednesday morning. the owner of the house heard the blast, went back to sleep and then found that debris and called police. novello is on nonworking status while a police investigation proceeds. >>> san jose police hope surveillance video could help catch a carjacker who ran over a woman while speeding off. officers say a woman left her car unattended while it warmed up last month. and the suspect drove off with it. the victim ran in front of the car and was hit. she is expected to be okay. police believe the two people in this surveillance video are accomplices. this is video of them in a parking lot trying to open cars. anyone with information on this is being asked to call san jose police. >>> the mayor of stockton has a lot of explaining to do. he was arrested ye

james novello was supposed to be arraigned yesterday but instead he was arrested outside the courtroomhey found materials that are used to make bombs inside his home. novello was supposed to be in court for something that happened last week. he reportedly put an explosive device in his neighbor's planter after they got into a fight over street parking. one neighbor says that his car was broken into and his tires were slashed after he parked outside novello's house. novello is now facing new charges. >>> a hospital near washington, dc has moved nine babies out of its neonatal intensive care unit into another hospital after three of them tested positive for a potentially deadly bacteria. doctors at prince george's hospital center in maryland say the babies haven't shown any symptoms at this point. but pathologists are investigating the recent deaths of other babies in the nicu to see if they may have a connection to the bacteria found in the noses of these three infected infants. >> and this is out of an abundance of concern for safety. there have been no clear deaths associated with the

the warrant was issued james novello failed to appear for arraignment this morning. >> grant:the san francisco fire department paramedic.. faces the detonation of a destructive device. he was initially arrested in connection with an explosion on august 3rd... in san francisco's excelsior district. officials believe it may have been related to a neighborhood dispute over parking. >> grant:novello has been placed on non-working status since the arrest. >> vicki:to our wildfire coverage. the cold fire burning in napa county's lake berryessa. is now 95- contained. this is video from when the fire first broke out. earlier this month. >> vicki:the fire started off state highway 128. west of the town of winters. thousand acres and destroyed two structures. no structures are currently threatened. and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >> vicki:and take a look at this new picture from nasa. from space. firefighters are still trying to get the upperhand on that massive fire. big sur in monterey county. >> vicki:the fire has burned more than 104 square miles and is morning. 410

madrid street reported an explosion on wednesday in the later arrested the two-year- old james christopher novelloarges including making and possessing a destructive device. it appears the incident stemmed from an ongoing dispute in a neighborhood. he's on leave pending the outcome of the case. >>> san jose police asking for the public and fighting three people involved in a carjacking that happened early on the morning of july 18 on deer meadow court. this video was recorded before the carjacking and footage showing a man and a woman hitting out of the gray sedan in trying to open up other car doors. officers say moments later the car sped away find the victim of his vehicle. the man and women are considered accomplices in the person who drove off in the victim's car says -- is described as a white or latino man. >> fire crews continue to make progress by telling huge fire south of carmel. latest numbers show that trailhead fire has grown to 54,000 acres. it is now 40% contained. thanks in part to cooler weather along the coast. crews are also fighting fire with fire. >> that fire is backing down