first to abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley who has more on downed trees that have become a bad problem. >> it is a bad year for falling trees. the saturated soil and the lean lead to this one falling over. >> this arborist says the ground is super saturated, but what is toppling many of these trees is the wind. >> especially swirling winds that aren't coming from the standard direction can really cause a lot of damage. >> a huge tree came crashing down along dwight way and fell on to a passing berkeley police car driven by this officer. >> i heard a couple of loud cracking sounds and saw a couple of pedestrians pointing upward. a couple small branches fell

leslie brinkley is live there with the latest. leslie? >> that's right. the santa clara county sheriff's department is tonight asking for the public's help in solving a mysterious freeway shooting. >> chp and sheriff department is working on the trajectory of the bullets fired on wednesday afternoon. the victim was a u.s. marine driving a four-door sedan with a government license plate. around 1:00 on state route 85 between stevens creek and deanza he was shocked by the sound. >> he pulls over and quickly discovers he has been shot at multiple times by someone who was on the freeway or on the side of the freeway. >> the marine called 911. >> he is fine. he received no injuries and fortunately no one else was in the vehicle as well. >> 85 was shutdown in both directions for about 45 minutes as detectives combed the freeway for shell casings and other evidence. no word on how many rounds were fired or why. >> the shooter could possibly face federal charges. again, anyone who was driving northbound or southbound on 85 around 1:00 is asked to call the santa c

leslie brinkley is live there with the latest. leslie? >> that's right. the santa clara county sheriff's department is tonight asking for the public's help in solving a mysterious freeway shooting. >> chp and sheriff department is working on the trajectory of the bullets fired on wednesday afternoon. the victim was a u.s. marine driving a four-door sedan with a government license plate. around 1:00 on state route 85 between stevens creek and deanza he was shocked by the sound. >> he pulls over and quickly discovers he has been shot at multiple times by someone who was on the freeway or on the side of the freeway. >> the marine called 911. >> he is fine. he received no injuries and fortunately no one else was in the vehicle as well. >> 85 was shutdown in both directions for about 45 minutes as detectives combed the freeway for shell casings and other evidence. no word on how many rounds were fired or why. >> the shooter could possibly face federal charges. again, anyone who was driving northbound or southbound on 85 around 1:00 is asked to call the santa c

leslie brinkley is at the imerkly -- is at the berkeley police department for us. leslie?er: that's right, carolyn. police tonight identify the victim as tift-year-old pam mullins of berkeley. she died at about this hour last night as she road her boy sickle. >> we got a call of possibly a bicyclist in an injury collision. >> reporter: that was 11:30 on tuesday night. when police arrived they found a woman on the sidewalk in front of longfellow middle school. her family said she had been shot once in the head as she road her bike. and she died on the sidewalk and and they were one block away on sacramento street. candles spelled out her name as relatives stood here stunned to see her die. >> we wish she was sill here. >> she said she road her bicycle to jobs in the neighborhood as a caregiver to senior citizen >> she was a loving person. she wept to work and came home. why would someone want to do something like this to her? >> her brother described her as very giving to the community. >> a kind person. he helped all of the homeless people. >> why someone shot mullins is s

leslie brinkley with more on the course of treatment. >> that's right. governor brown has already started treatment that is expected to wrap up the week of january 7th. and he intends to keep up a full work schedule. governor brown is undergoing radio therapy for prostate cancer with his office describing the condition as a localized prostate cancer. >> it sounds like he has early stage disease that is likely confined to the prostate. meaning it was picked up before it has had a chance to spread any place else. >> great swift works at the medical center and interpreted the statement released by brown's oncologist at ucsf as meaning the governor will undergo conventional exter national radiation therapy called image guided imrt. that likely means five days a week he will have to report to a radiation treatment facility. there are several in sacramento. he would then lie on the table and receive two to three minutes of radiation with minimal impact on his health. >> they can work full time and they can keep up with the gym and their activities. as they go

leslie brinkley is at the imerkly -- is at the berkeley police department for us. leslie? >> reporter: that's right, carolyn. police tonight identify the victim as tift-year-old pam mullins of berkeley. she died at about this hour last night as she road her boy sickle. >> we got a call of possibly a bicyclist in an injury collision. >> reporter: that was 11:30 on tuesday night. when police arrived they found a woman on the sidewalk in front of longfellow middle school. her family said she had been shot once in the head as she road her bike. and she died on the sidewalk and and they were one block away on sacramento street. candles spelled out her name as relatives stood here stunned to see her die. >> we wish she was sill here. >> she said she road her bicycle to jobs in the neighborhood as a caregiver to senior citizens. >> she was a loving person. she wept to work and came home. why would someone want to do something like this to her? >> her brother described her as very giving to the community. >> a kind person. he helped all of the homeless people. >> why someone shot

leslie brinkley is live there with the latest. leslie? >> that's right.ta clara county sheriff's department is tonight asking for the public's help in solving a myst freeway shooting. >> chp and sheriff department is working on the trajectory of the bullets fired on wednesday afternoon. the victim was a u.s. marine driving a four-door sedan with a government license plate. around 1:00 on state route 85 between stevens creek and deanza he was shocked by the sound. >> he pulls over and quickly discovers he has been shot at multiple times by someone who was on the freeway or on the side of the the freeway. >> the marine called 911. >> he is fine. he received no injuries and fortunately no one else was in the vehicle as well. >> 85 was shutdown in both directions for about 45 minutes as detectives combed the freeway for shell casings and other evidence. no word on how many rounds were fired or why. >> the shooter could possibly face federal charges. again, anyone who was driving northbound or southbound on 85 around 1:00 is asked to call the santa clara count

leslie brinkley is at the imerkly -- is at the berkeley police department for us. leslie?> reporter: that's right, carolyn. police tonight identify the victim as tift-year-old pam mullins of berkeley. she died at about this hour last night as she road her boy sickle. >> we got a call of possibly a bicyclist in an injury collision. >> reporter: that was 11:30 on tuesday night. when police arrived they found a woman on the sidewalk in front of longfellow middle school. her family said she had been shot once in the head as she road her bike. and she died on the sidewalk and and they were one block away on sacramento street. candles spelled out her name as relatives stood here stunned to see her die. >> we wish she was sill here. >> she said she road her bicycle to jobs in the neighborhood as a caregiver to senior citizens. >> she was a loving person. she wept to work and came home. why would someone want to do something like this to her? >> her brother described her as very giving to the community. >> a kind person. he helped all of the homeless people. >> why someone shot mu

leslie brinkley with more on the course of treatment. >> that's right.r brown has already started treatment that is expected to wrap up the week of january 7th. and he intends to keep up a full work schedule. governor brown is undergoing radio therapy for prostate cancer with his office describing the condition as a localizedr. prostate cancer. >> it sounds like he has early stage disease that is likely confined to the prostate. meaning it was picked up before it has had a chance to spread any place else. >> great swift works at the medical center and interpreted the statement released by brown's oncologist at ucsf as meaning the governor will undergo conventional exter national radiation therapy called image guided imrt. that likely means five days a week he will have to report to a radiation treatment facility. there are several in sacramento. he would then lie on the table and receive two to three minutes of radiation with minimal impact on his health. >> they can work full time and they can keep up with the gym and their activities. as they go throug

leslie brinkley with more on the course of treatment. >> that's right. governor brown has already started treatment that is expected to wrap up the week of january 7th. and he intends to keep up a full work schedule. governor brown is undergoing radio therapy for prostate cancer with his office describing the condition as a localized prostate cancer. >> it sounds like he has early stage disease that is likely confined to the prostate. meaning it was picked up before it has had a chance to spread any place else. >> great swift works at the medical center and interpreted the statement released by brown's oncologist at ucsf as meaning the governor will undergo conventional exter national radiation therapy called image guided imrt. that likely means five days a week he will have to report to a radiation treatment facility. there are several in sacramento. he would then lie on the table and receive two to three minutes of radiation with minimal impact on his health. >> they can work full time and they can keep up with the gym and their activities. as they go

first to abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley who has more on downed trees that have become a bad problem. >> it is a bad year for falling trees. the saturated soil and the lean lead to this one falling over. >> this arborist says the ground is super saturated, but what is toppling many of these trees is the wind. >> especially swirling winds that aren't coming from the standard direction can really cause a lot of damage. >> a huge tree came crashing down along dwight way and fell on to a passing berkeley police car driven by this officer. >> i heard a couple of loud cracking sounds and saw a couple of pedestrians pointing upward. a couple small branches fell and hit my view and hit the brakes. the abs activated and then a tree fell on top of the car. >> the officer walked away uninjured. the damaged car was towed. it was a similar scene across marin county with a 50-foot tall acacia tree in tiburon and another in larkspur. in east palo alto, a giant oak hit the dirt along this creek and missed some nearby homes. arborists say they worked 12 hours on christmas day in response to all of th

first to abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley who has more on downed trees that have become a bad problem>> it is a bad year for falling trees. the saturated soil and the lean lead to this one falling over. >> this arborist says the ground is super saturated, but what is toppling many of these trees is the wind. >> especially swirling winds that aren't coming from the standard direction can really cause a lot of damage. >> a huge tree came crashing down along dwight way and fell on to a passing berkeley police car driven by this officer. >> i heard a couple of loud cracking sounds and saw a couple of pedestrians pointing upward. a couple small branches fell and hit my view and hit the brakes. the abs activated and then a tree fell on top of the car. >> the officer walked away uninjured. the damaged car was towed. it was a similar scene across marin county with a 50-foot tall acacia tree in tiburon and another in larkspur. in east palo alto, a giant oak hit the dirt along this creek and missed some nearby homes. arborists say they worked 12 hours on christmas day in response to all of the

first to abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley who has more on downed trees that have become a bad problem. >> it is a bad year for falling trees. the saturated soil and the lean lead to this one falling over. >> this arborist says the ground is super saturated, but what is toppling many of these trees is the wind. >> especially swirling winds that aren't coming from the standard direction can really cause a lot of damage. >> a huge tree came crashing down along dwight way and fell on to a passing berkeley police car driven by this officer. >> i heard a couple of loud cracking sounds and saw a couple of pedestrians pointing upward. a couple small branches fell and hit my view and hit the brakes. the abs activated and then a tree fell on top of the car. >> the officer walked away uninjured. the damaged car was towed. it was a similar scene across marin county with a 50-foot tall acacia tree in tiburon and another in larkspur. in east palo alto, a giant oak hit the dirt along this creek and missed some nearby homes. arborists say they worked 12 hours on christmas day in response to all of th

. >> reporter: leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> high tides swamping the bay area. roads had to close in marin city the worst is yet to come. today the highest tide of the year is expected to hit, it is part of a phenomenon called king tide, 7.2 feet is expected near the golden gate bridge, more than 9 china feet near redwood city. amy hollyfield -- 9 1/2 feet near redwood city. amy hollyfield will join us live with how residents are preparing. >> mike will have more on the king tides as well. right now he's going to address the cold. >>> king tide 10:34 this morning so be aware of that. visibility-wise a little fog around orinda, possibility moraga also novato, everybody else okay under a mostly clear sky. 30s and 40s, don't have much of a breeze,. north wet wind six at fairfield, east wind at eight at half moon bay and southwest wind at three at sfo fastest winds east wind at three at hayward. 30s inland at 7:00, low to mid 40s coast and bay, flirting with 50 mostly sunny sky at noon, low to mid 50s by 4:00, chilly this evening. mid to upper 40s. for the next coup