i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley.u again in half an hour at 6:00. >>> tonight, the democratic showdown. former vice president joe biden taking center stage, coming face-to-face with senator bernie sanders and democratic challengers. in their first major test in the race for president. >>> also tonight, that horrific shark attack. an american college student killed by three sharks while snorkeling off the bahamas. her mother just a few feet away when it happened. >>> the extreme heat warning. three hot car deaths involving children in the same state just this week. the east bracing for the first heat wave of the season. >>> the deadly crash-landing. a passenger shooting video as it happens. the plane skidding off the runway, slamming into a building, erupting in smoke and flames. >>> break in the case? that college student missing in utah, last seen on this surveillance video.

. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. tara o'sullivan was helping on the front lawn for nearly 45 minutes. the suspect eventually surrendered. >> identified as adel sambrano ramos. he has a long criminal history including multiple domestic violence and battery cases. >> his estranged wife tells the sacramento bee he was a good man and good father. he is being held without bail on a murder charge. >> tara grew up in the east bay and went to college park high school and diablo valley college both in pleasant hill. >> we have team coverage tonight. eric thomas is in pleasant hill with more on tara's bay area connections. >> we'll begin with wayne freedman in sacramento with the impact she had there. >> reporter: good evening, dan. because of those connections this story resonates across northern california. in concentrate and in the east bay. officer o'sullivan was described as the best, the brightest and the toughest of the newest. yellow police tape and blue tape in tribute, detectives working long hours in a neighborhood

. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. today abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley spoke with espinosa's mother and her friend who was with her at the scene of the accident. >> it was friday afternoon when stephanie espinosa was enjoying the view 150 feet up above emerald bay at lake tahoe. at the top of eagle falls, she waded in one of the pools when she reached for a branch and lost her footing. she vanished over the falls. rescue and dive teams later found her body. initial reports indicated she might have been taking photos, but her family says that was not the case. >> stephanie didn't even have her phone on her when she fell. she was trying to enjoy the moment. >> she gave so much of herself physically, spiritually, emotionally to other people that it was not uncommon for stephanie to just take off and go into nature. >> espinosa's business partner and best friend was kayaking with her this weekend at lake tahoe. >> my daughter was the most beautiful, free-spirited person you would ever want to meet. she is simply amazi

eye dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. for everyone, thanks for joining us tonight. >> we will see you again in half an hour at 6:00. >>> tonight, the deadly shooting at the courthouse. a gunman wearing tactical gear firing several shots into a dallas federal courthouse. authorities return fire with deadly force. witnesses describing the scene as he was firing. >>> trapped inside. the massive explosion destroying a home. an offduty police officer sprinting to the scene, among those who helped pull a survivor from the debris. investigators before the cameras just moments ago. >>> millions tonight bracing for major rain and flooding from colorado all the way east to the coast. from d.c., up through philly. a week of dangerous rain ahead for the east coast. ginger times it all out. >>> the outrage. officers accused of excessive force. guns drawn after a child had allegedly stolen a doll. tonight, what the police chief is now saying. the family says it is not enough. >>> the new thre

. >> and i'm kristen sze. >>> dramatic cellphone video shows armed officers searching for a suspect in the gym while students are practicing for graduation. the report came in about 10:40 a.m. >> the school was locked down for about two hours until officer found the 15-year-old suspect and made the arrest. police spoke about 15 minutes ago. >> at this point there's no information at all that shows that the student planned to act out any violence. it appears he made a juvenile poor decision and brought a replica firearm to the school campus. >> police released this image of a weapon found in a nearby trash can at mcdonald's. it's a replica, but officers stress it was very realistic looking. parents picked up their kids at the santa rosa campus. >>> east bay is in its ninth day of a strike. the strike affecting 11,000 students in south hayward and union city. nbc 7's chris reyes chris? there's still no deal. in fact, district officials just left this building about 4:30 this afternoon where the meeting was taking place. were ooh still waiting on the teacher's union. there's one thing lef

. >> i'm kristen sze. deputies discovered abdul na near monday night on skyline boulevard. the second victim was found last night near skyline and sweat road. >> unser hasan has new details revealed today on the second victim. unser? >> dan and kristen, that's right. the second victim was found screaming for help when deputies stumbled upon him during their investigation, he died on scene. investigators a investigators are now trying to determine if the two stabbings are linked. >> skyline boulevard was blocked off for a second day following an investigation into a second fatal stabbing. on tuesday night, sheriff's deputies were searching for evidence into the first fatal stabbing when they found another victim. 31-year-old john sione they saw a car drive towards them they believed was the suspect. >> a deputy fired at the vehicle driving towards the victim and both deputies. the suspect was not hit by gunfire but the vehicle went off the roadway into a ditch. >> the suspect identified as 26-year-old malik dosouqui of pacifica. >> he was being weird. he wouldn't say nothing

. >> i'm kristen sze. this fire started along el camino real near scott boulevard around 11:00 a.m. smoke could be seen for miles and people nearby were evacuated. >> news reporter chris nguyen is live in santa clara with the latest on this tragedy. >> reporter: dan and kristen, tonight the fire remains under investigation but i can tell you that police have detained a person of interest in connection to the case. take a look behind me. you can see what's left of the structure. it was in the framing stages of construction. this project broke ground in april of last year. and went up in flames in a matter of minutes. massive flames as well as smoke that could be seen for miles away. firefighters battle this had four-alarm fire at a condominium complex under construction near el camino reel and scott boulevard in jason c jason spotted a coworker. >> as soon as i seen him, i told him we got to get out of here. >> reporter: manny had been working on the project over the past year. >> i looked up and there was a fire in the corner. >> reporter: nearly three dozen firefighters tried to ke

. >> i'm kristen sze.iver discovered dead last night. >> his body was on skyline boulevard in san mateo county. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has been working on the story all day. he's live with the story. vic is the killer still out there? >> reporter: well, dan, as far as we know, the killer is still on the loose. the sheriff's department has been saying very little about this and they certainly have not said anything about an arrest and by the way, we are at the apartment of a family member here in daly city. we're seeing many family and trends ga friends gather here today to mourn. >> he just pick up crazy person and, you know, we don't know did he rob him. we don't know that, what's it really like, what was happening exactly. >> abdual is the victim's cousin. abdual malik was killed sometime last night. his body dumped on a shoulder north of reid roost road. a sheriff's deputy was driving down the road shortly after 11:00 p.m. when he noticed the body. investigator tore swarmed the area looking for any

. >> and i'm kristen sze.with the santa clara county sheriff's captain who is on paid administrative leave now because of a barbecue grill. >> captain amy le was escorted off the job at elmwood jail in milpitas on friday. sources say it's because she had inmates build her a barbecue grill in the asher. >> dan noyes first broke is the story. >> sources are telling me that this is the first time this has happened in the history of the santa clara county sheriff's department. a captain got walked off the job on friday. she had her badge taken away, her county vehicle. captain amy le worked out of the elmwood jail. this all stems from a barbecue grill and ann arbor she had built using inmate labor. now le is out on paid administrative leave. she tells me that she doesn't have any comment on the record, and i reached out to the sheriff's department, and no word back from them as well about what's happened. amy le was a big supporter of sheriff smith during last year's election. she was in charge of the correctional

i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. for sandhya, michael, all of us, we appreciat >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump in the uk, his state visit. the royal reception with the queen. tea with prince charles. would they see eye to eye on climate change? prince harry was there today, but not duchess meghan. and the president and those headlines about what he said involving meghan, the audio tonight from that interview. and this evening, bracing for protests. the president not shying away from the political turmoil rocking the uk. >>> back here at home tonight, the workplace massacre in virginia beach. what we've now learned about the alleged gunman who killed so many of his coworkers. what he did just hours beforehand. >>> the major development in the search for that missing mother last seen dropping off her children at school. tonight, her estranged husband and his girlfriend arrested and in court. >>> the cruise ship collision. new pictures tonight as it slams into port. >>> abc

. >> i'm kristen sze. dan ashley. thank you so much.rrick almena face charges for converting the warehouse illegally into a shared living space. they say the rules were loose and everyone was pretty much on their n. moow from abc7 news reporter brinkley. >> reporter: the judge set up an overflow room so scores of families with an emotional connection to the case could hear the testimony. harris, facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, wore a suit and calmly addressed the jury. prosecution witnesses had previously described harris as a leadership role, collecting rent and organizing events. harris said co-defendant derrick almena introduced him before the fire as a creative director. harris said it was a fun surprise to me. it sounded like a joke and we

. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us.for nearly 45 minutes. the suspect eventually surrendered. >> identified as adel sambrano ramos. he has a long criminal history including multiple domestic violence and battery cases. >> his estranged wife tells the sacramento bee he was a good man and good father. he is being held without bail on a murder charge. >> tara grew up in the east bay and went to college park high school and diablo valley college both in pleasant hill. >> we have team coverage tonight. eric thomas is in pleasant hill with more on tara's bay area connections. >> we'll begin with wayne

. >> i'm kristen sze. deputies discovered abdul na near monday night on skyline boulevard.r skyline and sweat road. >> unser hasan has new details revealed today on the second victim. unser? >> dan and kristen, that's right. the second victim was found screaming for help when deputies stumbled upon him during their investigation, he died on scene. investigators a investigators are now trying to determine if the two stabbings are linked. >> skyline boulevard was blocked off for a second day following an investigation into a second fatal stabbing. on tuesday night, sheriff's deputies were searching for evidence into the first fatal stabbing when they found another victim. 31-year-old john

. >> i'm kristen sze. >> abc7 is committed to helping to build a better bay area. and one of the big issues is housing. now google says it will build up to 20,000 new homes, some on property that google already owns. >> abc7 news reporter unser hasan live on royal avenue in san jose with the details. unser? >> good evening. this is one of the properties google owns here in san jose that could be included in their new plan. many of the housing advocates i spoke with said that today's announcement shows that tech can be a partner for change. >> as one of the largest employers in the bay area, goog says its responsibility to help starts at home. to help tackle the bay area's housing crisis, google is pledging to invest $1 billion to develop 15,000 new homes. part of its plan google wants to rezone some of its property from commercial to residential use. the company will also establish a $250 million investment fund just for affordable housing and another $50 million in grant money focused on the issues of the homeless and displacement. >> we think google got a lot rig

. >> i'm kristen sze. abc news is committed to building a better bay area.is at a premium across the bay area. >> is it ever. now a long-running dispute over redeveloping the winchester ranch mobile home park has ended. news reporter chris nguyen explains what this means for san jose. >> reporter: silicon valley has grown, so has the value of the land underneath these homes. today's settlement will prevent the displacement of seniors living here and making room for one of the largest housing projects in the county. they don't make them like this anymore, life at winchester ranch was supposed to be a piece of the american dream for residents in the valley. but a surprise announcement six years ago would mark the start of a painful bat. >> we moved in here on the

. >> i'm kristen sze. this fire started along el camino real near scott boulevard around 11:00 a.m.

. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us.7 news reporter leslie brinkley spoke with espinosa's mother and her friend who was with her at the scene of the accident. >> it was friday afternoon when stephanie espinosa was enjoying the view 150 feet up above emerald bay at lake tahoe. at the top of eagle falls, she waded in one of the pools when she reached for a branch and lost her footing. she vanished over the falls. rescue and dive teams later found her body. initial reports indicated she might have been taking photos, but her family says that was not the case. >> stephanie didn't even have her phone on her when she fell. she was trying to enjoy the moment. >> she gave so much of herself physically, spiritually, emotna