reporting live, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> leslie, thanks. firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene once they got the word that two officers had been shot. this is what they heard before heading into the cross fire. >> he has another victim of another gunshot wound. scene is not secure. repeat. scene is not secure. >> firefighters even shielded innocent by standers from bullets. an abc7 news reporter ama dates is live from santa cruz with that part of the story. certainly, ama, they behaved courageously as well. >> they certainly did. ask any firefighter and they will say they were just doing their job. the firefighters who found themselves in the lean of fire yesterday did not have to work today. they were sent home so they could rest and recover from what they went through. >> we don't respond with officers down. we don't expect to go on that call. it is one we never want to go to. >> but that's exactly where santa cruz firefighters found themselves yesterday. sky 7hd shows the scene where a ladder truck and engine and battalion chie

reporting live, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> leslie, thanks.irefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene once they got the word that two officers had been shot. this is what they heard before heading into the cross fire. >> he has another victim of another gunshot wound. scene is not secure. repeat. scene is not secure. >> firefighters even shielded innocent by standers from bullets. an abc7 news reporter ama dates is live from santa cruz with that part of the story. certainly, ama, they behaved courageously as well. >> they certainly did. ask any firefighter and they will say they were just doing their job. the firefighters who found themselves in the lean of fire yesterday did not have to work today. they were sent home so they could rest and recover from what they went through. >> we don't respond with officers down. we don't expect to go on that call. it is one we never want to go to. >> but that's exactly where santa cruz firefighters found themselves yesterday. sky 7hd shows the scene where a ladder truck and engine and battalion chief

reporting live, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> leslie, thanks. firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene once they got the word that two officers had been shot. this is what they heard before heading into the cross fire. eras another victim of another gunshot wound. scene is not secure. repeat. scene is not secure. >> firefighters even shielded innocent by standers from bullets. an abc7 news reporter ama dates is live from santa cruz with that part of the story. certainly, ama, they behaved courageously as well. >> they certainly did. ask any firefighter and they will say they were just doing their job. the firefighters who found themselves in the lean of fire yesterday did not have to work today. they were sent home so they could rest and recover from what they went through. >> we don't respond with officers down. we don't expect to go on that call. it is one we never want to go to. >> but that's exactly where santa cruz firefighters found themselves yesterday. sky 7hd shows the scene where a ladder truck and engine and battalion chief res

leslie brinkley spoke with them about their find and their decision. she is live at the bridge for us tonight. >> reporter: i asked them to recreate what happened. they said on valentine's day the couple set out here to vista point to take in the view on their way to dinner in san francisco. they found a black camera bag along this stonewall behind me. and tonight they sat down with me to talk about their remarkable experience, and they shared the photos they took on their iphone. >> we are never going to forget. >> when carlos and barbara opened the abandoned bag they found credit cards and a wallet with $1,000. >> next to the wallet was an envelope. next to that was 10,000 of a $100 bill. i said this is a lot of money. then i panicked more. i said this could be anything. it could be a set up. it could be drug money. i said we should take it to the san francisco police. >> they went to the halve justice where they were shocked. they were turning in the money. >> i said it belongs to us. that's why we are turning it in. he said you are very good people

leslie brinkley spoke with them about their find and their decision. she is live at the bridge for us tonight. >> reporter: i asked them to recreate what happened. they said on valentine's day the couple set out here to vista point to take in the view on their way to dinner in san francisco. they found a black camera bag along this stonewall behind me. and tonight they sat down with me to talk about their remarkable experience, and they shared the photos they took on their iphone. >> we are never going to forget. >> when carlos and barbara opened the abandoned bag they found credit cards and a wallet with $1,000. >> next to the wallet was an envelope. next to that was a0,000 of a $100 bill. i said this is a lot of money. then i panicked more. i said this could be anything. it could be a set up. it could be drug money. i said we should take it to the san francisco police. >> they went to the halve justice where they were shocked. they were turning in the money. >> i said it belongs to us. that's why we are turning it in. he said you are very good people

leslie brinkley spoke with them about their find and their decision.e bridge for us tonight. >> reporter: i asked them to recreate what happened. they said on valentine's day the couple set out here to vista point to take in the view on their way to dinner in san francisco. they found a black camera bag along this stonewall behind me. and tonight they sat down with me to talk about their remarkable experience, and they shared the photos they took on their iphone. >> we are never going to forget. >> when carlos and barbara opened the abandoned bag they found credit cards and a wallet with $1,000. >> next to the wallet was an envelope. next to that was 10,000 of a $100 bill. i said this is a lot of money. then i panicked more. i said this could be anything. it could be a set up. it could be drug money. i said we should take it to the san francisco police. >> they went to the halve justice where they were shocked. they were turning in the money. >> i said it belongs to us. that's why we are turning it in. he said you are very good people. we said we feel

leslie brinkley spoke with kevin collins' relatives and she has their reaction. >> you have to remember it has been 29 years since 10-year-old kevin collins disappeared and it has been one week since police reopened the cold case and dug up bones. today police are asking for the public's help, and today the family is shaking their head and asking why more wasn't done sooner? san francisco police want people to look at this man's photo and see if they remember him from 29 years ago. he is a man of many names, wayne jackson, raymond william stewart, tellly leigh dawson, kelly sean stewart and dan leonard therion. >> in 1981 jackson was arrested under the name of wayne jackson in the fisherman's wharf area for kidnapping and lewd acts on a child. >> for the first time san francisco police say jackson had a history of child molestation including the sexual assault of two juveniles in canada. he got out of prison in 1984. it was the same year kevin collins was abducted. using a different name jackson lived one block away from the school. jackson was named a person of interest, but that was a

leslie brinkley spoke with kevin collins' relatives and she has their reaction. >> you have to remember it has been 29 years since 10-year-old kevin collins disappeared and it has been one week since police reopened the cold case and dug up bones. today police are asking for the public's help, and today the family is shaking their head and asking why more wasn't done sooner? san francisco police want people to look at this man's photo and see if they remember him from 29 years ago. he is a man of many names, wayne jackson, raymond william stewart, tellly leigh dawson, kelly sean stewart and dan leonard therion. >> in 1981 jackson was arrested under the name of wayne jackson in the fisherman's wharf area for kidnapping and lewd acts on a child. >> for the first time san francisco police say jackson had a history of child molestation including the sexual assault of two juveniles in canada. he got out of prison in 1984. it was the same year kevin collins was abducted. using a different name jackson lived one block away from the school. jackson was named a person of interest, but that was a

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley set out in the dark to see what is being done. >> the sun goes down and it is pitch back on this highway. lights along the trail heading south of the north concord bart station has been out for months as the copper thieves accessed the in ground boxes and ripped out the wiring. >> when i have to come home it concerns me. i started carrying a pocket knife. from here to the center where there is a break going to the neighborhood all the lights are out. >> if i hit somebody we are going to hospital. so it would be nice if the lights were working. >> last week the copper thieves struck along this stretch of willow path road blacking out streetlights. in the last few years concord has spent more than a million dollars replacing the stolen copper wiring. >> the solution? in ground boxes will be encased with rebar with a cover acquiring special tools. >> you tried putting the boulders on them. >> we would have liked to think the boulders would work, but they did not. >> so they installed solar lights jie. we are installing the warning signs. pedestrians know

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley set out in the dark to see what is being done. >> the sun goes down and it is pitch back on this highway. lights along the trail heading south of the north concord bart station has been out for months as the copper thieves accessed the in ground boxes and ripped out the wiring. >> when i have to come home it concerns me. i started carrying a pocket knife. from here to the center where there is a break going to the neighborhood all the lights are out. >> if i hit somebody we are going to hospital. so it would be nice if the lights were working. >> last week the copper thieves struck along this stretch of willow path road blacking out streetlights. in the last few years concord has spent more than a million dollars replacing the stolen copper wiring. >> the solution? in ground boxes will be encased with rebar with a cover acquiring special tools. >> you tried putting the boulders on them. >> we would have liked to think the boulders would work, but they did not. >> so they installed solar lights jie. we are installing the warning signs. pedestrians know

. >> leslie brinkley, thank you so much. >>> a triple murder in rural forestville was a drug deal that went bad. three men from out of the area were found shot to death yesterday afternoon in the home of one victim's mother. investigators say the three men were attempting to buy a large amount of pot. the sheriff says the shooter is still on the loose tonight. >>> police in the south bay are looking for a suspect who escaped from custody by stealing a police van while handcuffed. alan wang is in san jose with the story. >> reporter: carolyn, this guy is 5 foot 8 and 275 pounds, so when police tried to stretch his short arms it was uncomfortable. they did him a favor by locking two sets of handcuffs, and what they didn't know is he was portly, but a limb bell -- limber 275, and he was able to stretch his hands under him and slip or pull his legs through his cuffed hands. he got them out in front of him. this was 3:30 in the afternoon near hills dale avenue. the officer was outside of the van doing paperwork. the ignition was in, and the keys were in the ignition. he later ditched it jus

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley set out in the dark to see what is being done. >> the sun goes downck on this highway. lights along the trail heading south of the north concord bart station has been out for months as the copper thieves accessed the in ground boxes and ripped out the wiring. >> when i have to come home it concerns me. i started carrying a pocket knife. from here to the center where there is a break going to the neighborhood all the lights are out. >> if i hit somebody we are going to hospital. so it would be nice if the lights were working. >> last week the copper thieves struck along this stretch of willow path road blacking out streetlights. in the last few years concord has spent more than a million dollars replacing the stolen copper wiring. >> the solution? in ground boxes will be encased with rebar with a cover acquiring special tools. >> you tried putting the boulders on them. >> we would have liked to think the boulders would work, but they did not. >> so they installed solar lights jie. we are installing the warning signs. pedestrians know they are out. >> w