here is reporter leslie brinkley with details on this latest swarm. >> reporter: another swarm of quacks nerves. then a 3.3 at 5:28 a.m. that woke many up. >> you just try to go back to sleep and hope there is no the going to be eye bigger one. >> reporter: several more shook up at midday. strongest at 3.6. >> it was unnerving you but it stopped. once it stopped, everybody calmed down. >> i was holding on the desk and looking around at my coworkers. >> reporter: another swarm of quakes three days ago. some in the east bay are busy retro fitting for a bigger quake. on march 15th a lot lot lot lott will choose homeowners go through a retrofit. this contractor says a typical bay area home cost $7,000 to properly brace and bolt it to a foundation. many san francisco zip codes and other communities innocen anyone sla are eligible. >> it was not fun. >> reporter: i am leslie brinkley abc7 news. >>> on february 23rd, deputy mike folly was hit by a bus. the department tweeted in memory of foley. the 68-year-old's name has been added to a sheriff's memorial. >>> gates will be cooperating with spe

here is reporter leslie brinkley with details on this latest swarm. >> reporter: another swarm of quacksves. then a 3.3 at 5:28 a.m. that woke many up. >> you just try to go back to sleep and hope there is no the going to be eye bigger one. >> reporter: several more shook up at midday. strongest at 3.6. >> it was unnerving you but it stopped. once it stopped, everybody calmed down. >> i was holding on the desk and looking around at my coworkers. >> reporter: another swarm of quakes three days ago. some in the east bay are busy retro fitting for a bigger quake. on march 15th a lottery service will choose homeowners go through a retrofit. this contractor says a typical bay area home cost $7,000 to properly brace and bolt it to a foundation. many san francisco zip codes and other communities along the pen innocen anyone sla are eligible. >> it was not fun. >> reporter: i am leslie brinkley abc7 news. >>> on february 23rd, deputy mike folly was hit by a bus. the department tweeted in memory of foley. the 68-year-old's name has been added to a sheriff's memorial. >>> gates will be cooperating

leslie brinkley talked with the suspect's neighbors in modesto who were there as the s.w.a.t. teams raided the home. >> a sniper was on top of of our treehouse because they thought the guy lived in the back. and he did. >> 9-year-old jayden says a s.w.a.t. team used his treehouse as a views platform to peer into the barkyard next door. holed up in the green and purple structure were the the two suspects. >> we were just scared because we saw a lot of guns and we -- we were scared that they were going to shoot or something. >> they said get out with their hands up. and we know you're there. >> jayden's grandmother was home monday afternoon when she was ordered to evacuate as officers swarmed in. >> they arrested a lady pregnant. i don't know the name. but any arrested her too first. >> that was 25-year-old melissa leonardo o. according to her facebook pages from los gatos went to high school in tracy and last summer got engaged to this man gamble gross. gross is just 19 years old. officers used concussion devices to gain access to the backyard home and arrested gross in connect

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> four rescue operations have brought the dogs to the bay area.t more info on how to adopt. >> i was just going to get rid of the sample and just hush bout it. >> a former worker blows the whistle on a prime water front parcel, bad soil and bad data add up to a toxic mess. >>> from counter culture to crypto currency. >>> hand shake diplomacy, a formal greeting starts and end, the meeting between canada's lead leader. >> we have one goal in mind and that's to get to the super bowl and win it. >>> two whistle blowers are speaking out tonight about a toxic situation in san francisco. >> it was the red flag which got the attention of the u.s. navy. radioactive soil tests were falsified by the company doing the cleanup. >> two employees who used to work at the shipyard shared their story with abc7 reporter cornell bernard. >> right over the bank there is where i took the sample. >> reporter: anthony smith shows us one spot at the shipyard where he tested soil for radio activi activity. he said this spot rated by for radioactive cesium. >> he told me to

. >> leslie brinkley was there for a glimpse into what could be a successful career program. >> reporter was the best day at mt. diablo school district. high school teachers visitsed laboratories, medical clinics and a dozen other businesses to see how these industries are changing. >> what do they want from their prospective employees. it gives us a way of going back to the classes and touching on items that might not have been touched upon. >> the students are going to learn more current information than if the teacher would have never left the classroom. >> reporter: some got a look at this commercial printing business, some visited clarion, and they stopped at the new jet suite x operations. what will they tell their students when they get back in class tomorrow? >> i am going to tell them, it is inspiring to live and be here, there are tremendous job opportunities. >> some of the people we have met today and the different places we have seen are all opportunities for our students. >> reporter: last year these career field trips for teachers -- this year the goal is high school inter

here's abc7 reporter leslie brinkley. >> reporter: 26-year-old alex in a coma after he was shot in the head. >> it's not the tunes and the pipes coming out of him, it's the small scar at the front of his head where the bullet exited. it's something erie that that went through a person's head and came out the other side. >> reporter: alex was walking here pulling his friend's suitcase as they went to the amtrak station at about 9:15 on february 11. that's when they heard someone yell give me your money. >> reporter: alex says he and his friend didn't know that the suspect was armed and kept walking. and he shot alex in the head and escaped on foot. >> we have a description of the suspect as a dark skinned male 18 to 25 years old dressed in dark clothing. >> reporter: police are asking for surveillance video from other businesses to piece together what happened. alex is often dressed up in star wars costumes to visit hospitals. his family is still in shock. >> alec would give the shirlt of his back for the person who shot him, to be honest, even today, that's just alex. >> today he remai

. >> leslie brinkley has both sides of the story. >> i don't think we have had a pleasant experience. >> reporter: signing her 32 students up for what she thought would be a class bonding experience. a ropes course. it cost $1,920. the group did fund-raising to come up with the money and then there were the fires. seven of her students lost homes. she had to cancel the ropes class and got refunded half of it. but the team funding business refuses to refund the rest. >> we have a contractual agreement. >> i understand that we signed a contract. the question is should he keep it? this is about the morality of keeping students' money and showing compassion. >>> four winds said they had to play pay employees on stand by and other schools have rescheduled. >> jessica has the choice to reschedule any day, any time. seven-days a week between now and next summer. she can bring the kids to the ropes course. >> we missed so much school and all have been so busy and a lot of our lives have changed where we live now. it is not possible for a lot of us. >> the class says people have been sending d

here is leslie brinkley. >> reporter: these dogs were excited to end up at this pet food express storethey were abandoned. and there is little beans, a mere three weeks old abandoned in a shoe box in a park in tulare. >> boxes of pupallies that are left out in an almond orchard. >> what people don't pay attention to is there is a disaster every day in the central valley. inundated with dogs. strays. >> they cast away the ones that won't make money. so whatever they continue to sell or breed. >> what we get are the older dogs that have been bred to death. they are thrown out in the street or thrown at the shelter. >> reporter: bay area rescue ordinary cares are sending vance weekly to the central valley and bringing the cast-aways here. >> the bay area are so dog friendly, we know that dogs are going to find loving homes here. >> reporter: looking for homes most of the dogs. waiving adoption fees for the younger one. as for the youngest one, a group will be nursing him along. more rescue works are in the works. >>> first lack tonight at the newest celestial object rocketing through our

i am leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> new details on the child molestation case involving this man here. he is now on paid administrative leave. he is accused of abuse which reportedly happened about a decade ago on school grounds. the accuser decided to come forward. investigators want to know if there are any other possible victims. >>> abc7 news learned that a family of a young man shot to death will shoot the city and the police department because the gun used was stolen from a police officer. >> reporter: the claim will be filed tomorrow against the plicolice department. abel was shot to death in august just a block from his home. >> it was about 2:00 a.m. in the morning. he did not know his assailants. >> reporter: the shooter and two others had been on a crime spree. >> that all was enabled solely by a police officer who apparently is a decorated veteran failing to secure his weapon in his vehicle x leaving it with ammunition. >> reporter: attorney represents his family. the suspect was also wearing an i.c.e. tracking device strapped to his ankle. >> that monitor is the evidence

i am leslie brinkley abc7 news. >> did you feel it? a swarm of small earthquakes. >> the strongest was a 3.0. chris new win spoke to experts to find out if this is a precursor to the big one. >> reporter: residents hope they will be ready when a major earthquake eventually hits. a rattling experience for some of them overnight. >> i felt lots of shaking i remember waking up at at least three or four times last night feeling them. they seemed pretty strong. >> reporter: a total of six small earthquakes has hit the danville area. >> little baby shakers. born and raised in california, so i am used to them. >> reporter: scientists aren't sure what causes the swarm but thy say it is not an indication that the big one will come because of it. >> we live in earthquake country, no time like the present to be prepared. >> reporter: saying the seismic activity isn't out of the ordinary. push an alert through your smartphone. officials hope to launch this within a year or two. countries like mexico already have a similar system in place that many

here is leslie brinkley. >> reporter: these dogs were excited to end up at this pet food express storedoned. and there is little beans, a mere three weeks old abandoned in a shoe box in a park in tulare. >> boxes of pupallies that are left out in an almond orchard. >> what people don't pay attention to is there is a disaster every day in the central valley. inundated with dogs. strays. >> they cast away the ones that won't make money. so whatever they continue to sell or breed. >> what we get are the older dogs that have been bred to death. they are thrown out in the street or thrown at the shelter. >> reporter: bay area rescue ordinary cares are sending vance weekly to the central valley and bringing the cast-aways here. >> the bay area are so dog friendly, we know that dogs are going to find loving homes here. >> reporter: looking for homes most of the dogs. waiving adoption fees for the younger one. as for the youngest one, a group will be nursing him along. more rescue works are in the works. >>> first lack tonight at the newest celestial object rocketing through our solar system.

i am leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> new details on the child molestation case involving this man here. he is now on paid administrative leave. he is accused of abuse which reportedly happened about a decade ago on school grounds. the accuser decided to come forward. investigators want to know if there are any other possible victims. >>> abc7 news learned that a family of a young man shot to the police department because the gun used was stolen from a police officer. >> reporter: the claim will be filed tomorrow against the city. the plicolice department. abel was shot to death in august just a block from his home. >> it was about 2:00 a.m. in the morning. he did not know his assailants. >> reporter: the shooter and two others had been on a crime spree. >> that all was enabled solely by a police officer who apparently is a decorated veteran failing to secure his weapon in his vehicle x leaving it with ammunition. >> reporter: attorney represents his family. the suspect was also wearing an i.c.e. tracking device strapped to his ankle. >> that monitor is the evidence that they are using

. >> leslie brinkley has both sides of the story. >> i don't think we have had a pleasant experience.ter: signing her 32 students up for what she thought would be a class bonding experience. a ropes course. it cost $1,920. the group did fund-raising to come up with the money and then there were the fires. seven of her students lost homes. she had to cancel the ropes class and got refunded half of it. but the team funding business refuses to refund the rest. >> we have a contractual agreement. >> i understand that we signed a contract. the question is should he keep it? this is about the morality of keeping students' money and showing compassion. >>> four winds said they had to play pay employees on stand by and other schools have rescheduled. >> jessica has the choice to reschedule any day, any time. seven-days a week between now and next summer. she can bring the kids to the ropes course. >> we missed so much school and all have been so busy and a lot of our lives have changed where we live now. it is not possible for a lot of us. >> the class says people have been sending donations

i am leslie brinkley abc7 news. >> did you feel it? a swarm of small earthquakes. >> the strongest was a 3.0. chris new win spoke to experts to find out if this is a precursor to the big one. >> reporter: residents hope they will be ready when a major earthquake eventually hits. a rattling experience for some of them overnight. >> i felt lots of shaking i remember waking up at at least three or four times last night feeling them. they seemed pretty strong. >> reporter: a total of six small earthquakes has hit the danville area. >> little baby shakers. born and raised in california, so i am used to them. >> reporter: scientists aren't sure what causes the swarm but thy say it is not an indication that the big one will come because of it. >> we live in earthquake country, no time like the present to be prepared. >> reporter: saying the seismic activity isn't out of the ordinary. push an alert through your smartphone. officials hope to launch this within a year or two. countries like mexico already have a similar system in place that many

. >>> a man known for leslie brinkley tells you what police are doing to track down the person who shot. >>> wine country can expect another night of freezing temperatures. reporter wayne freedman tweeted it's good and bad depending on the grapes. he'll explain coming up on abc7 news at 5:00. >>> students were bussed to the capital of florida to protest gun violence. now president trump has signaled that his administration is open at least to changing some gun laws. abc news reporter >> reporter: trump announced today that the ordered the department of justice to ban bump stocks. >> to propose regulation s all equipment that turn guns into machine-guns. >> reporter: students around the country have been protesting after one of the deadliest school shootings in american history last week. and while americans say there's a problem, they're split on a solution. 77% think that better mental health screening and treatment are the solution. only 58% say stricter gun control could have prevented the massacre. president trump spoke to texas senator cornyn that spoke about updating the backgroun

. >> in oakland i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. >>> thousands of supporters have raised more than $1 million on a gofundme page to support the victims of the douglas high school shootings. the goal has been raised to $2 million. it was 700 initially you can add your support from the link on our website. let's turn to the massive earthquake in mexico. >>> the 7.2 quake struck mexico's southern pacific coast after 5:30 local time. but building shook in mexico city 225 miles away. you can see the lights swinging here wildly during the quake. many people evacuated building seeking safety on the streets. some say the shaking lasted more than a minute. one building damaged in september suffered more damage today. >>> new at 9:00, san francisco police on the look out for a man who killed one person and took -- committed rather a car jacking to escape. it started as argument at oak and schraeder around 8:30. a gunman shot a 28-year-old and another person who died with taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. he car jacked a driver. that driver is okay. police are looking for a s

here's abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley. >> all this physical stuff, like cameras, fencing, they don't mean anything. >> reporter: 35 oakland administrators and teachers hunkered down today with a disaster preparedness consult t consultant. they discussed what if a gunman shows up tomorrow or next week intent on killing? >> the idea is maybe we cannot stop active shooters armed with semi-automatic weapons from coming on to a school campus. but what we can do is keep classroom doors locked every single day and better trained personnel. >> lockdown drills as unconventional times. >> that means having drills at vulnerable moments like on playgrounds and at drop off and pick up times. and train staff for gunshot wounds. >> if you have a major arrest material wound, that your staff knows how to apply direct pressure, as we know the fire department can't come in until the scene's safe. we have to be able to take care of our children. >> reporter: the goal is to safe lives, it was a sobering moment for staff here. >> it's a new reality, we can't send it somewhere else, we got to face it. >> r

here is abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley. >> reporter: the dogs were excited to end up at this pet food express store in pan oel. they were found abandoned in merced, including crush era 7 week old crushed by a shopping kurt and is getting over surgery. and little beans, a mere three weeks old, abandoned in a shoe box in a park. babette was somehow separated from her litter and abandoned herself. she has become a surrogate mother for now. >> they get found, dupd. we'll get boxes of puppy left out in almond orchard. >> there is so many natural disasters but people don't pay attention to there is a disaster every day in the state patrol valley. they're inundated with dogs, strays, puppy breeders, dog fight zbleers any tend to cast away whatever won't make money. whatever they breed or sell is kept. >> look at my new little boy. >> what we get are the dogs bred to teeth their teets are hanging on and thrown out. >> they are sending vans weekly and bringing the cast aways here. >> the bay area is so dog friendly. we no he that dogs will find homes here. loving homes here. >> milo found

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley continues our team coverage with this story. >> physical stuff, cameras, fencing, they don't mean anything. >> reporter: 35 oakland administrators and teachers hunkered down for a reality check today with a disaster preparedness consultant. >> in 2018 you have got to go home and have a conversation with your 3-year-old that goes like this, if you are in school trying to learn and somebody comes in to try to kill you this is what you need to do. it's sad we have to have the discussion but it needs to be done. >> reporter: the discussion wasn't about gun control. it was more immediate. what if a gunman shows up tomorrow, or next week, intent on killing. >> the idea is maybe we cannot stop active shooters armed with semiautomatic weapons from coming on to a school campus. what we can do is keep classroom doors locked every day. and better trained personnel. >> we know statistically that only very few people have ever been able to breach a locked door and hurt people. >> reporter: solomon says more practice is needed with lock down barricade drills. that mean

here is abc news reporter leslie brinkley with the details >> reporter: another swarm of quakes rattled nerves overnight between a 28 rowe 2.7 be and 2.8. then a 3.3 at 5:28 a.m. that woke many up. >> it's just what happens here. you go back to slope and hope there's not a bigger one. >> several more significant temblors took up the businesses at midday, the strongest being a 3.6. >> the multiples this afternoon. it was a little unnerving for sure. but again it stopped. so once it stopped everybody called down. >> i was just kind of holding the desk and looking around at coworkers and like i don't know what to do. >> there was another swarm of quakes three days og isn't tuesday. some in the east bay are busy retrofitting for a bigger quake. home owners have until midnight to register for the brace and bolt program online. then on march 15th a lottery system will choose 4,000 residents to get $3,000 each to go toward to a retrofit project. >> i'm seeing a lot more customers that wouldn't normally do it do it because of the $3,000 incent disbelieve this seismic contractor says a typical b

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley continues our team coverage with this story. >> physical stuff, cameras, fencing, they don't mean anything. >> reporter: 35 oakland administrators and teachers hunkered down for a reality check today with a disaster preparedness consultant. >> in 2018 you have got to go home and have a conversation with your 3-year-old that goes like this, if you are in school trying to learn and somebody comes in to try to kill you this is what you need to do. it's sad we have to have the discussion but it needs to be done. >> reporter: the discussion wasn't about gun control. it was more immediate. what if a gunman shows up tomorrow, or next week, intent on killing. >> the idea is maybe we cannot stop active shooters armed with semiautomatic weapons from coming on to a school campus. what we can do is keep classroom doors locked every day. and better trained personnel. >> we know statistically that only very few people have ever been able to breach a locked door and hurt people. >> reporter: solomon says more practice is needed with lock down barricade drills. that mean

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley introduces us to the dogs who are now getting a second chance at liferter: these dogs were excited to end up at this pet food express store. they were found abandoned in a homeless encampment in merced, including crusher, a 7 week old that was crush by a shopping cart. there is little beans action mere 3 weeks old, abandoned in a shoe box in a park in thieu lumbary. this puppy was separated from her litter and she has become beans surrogate mother. >> we will get boxes of puppies left out in an orchard. >> hurricanes, floods, fires, so many natural disasters. but there is a disaster every day in the central valley. they are inundated with dogs, strays, puppy readers, dogfighters. >> they tend to cast away the ones that won't make money. whether they continue to breed or continue to sell is what they keep. everything else goes to shelters or on craig's list. >> look at my boy. >> reporter: senior dogs are thrown out on the streets, too, like this 10-year-old. bay area organizations are sending vans weekly to the central valley and bringing those castaway

leslie brinkley has both sides of the story. >> i don't think that we've had a pleasant experience, toa rosa high school yearbook teacher jessica dennis signed her 32 students up for what she thought would be a class bonding experience last october. a ropes course. it cost $1920. the group did fund raising to come up with the money. then there were the fires. seven of her students lost their homes. many were evacuated and missed three weeks of school. she had to cancel the ropes class and got refunded half of it. but the team building business called four winds in occidental refuses to refund the rest. >> we have a contractual agreement. i presume she teaches the kids the value of commitment and accountability. >> i understand we signed the contract. at the technical level he can keep the $960. but the question is should he? this is about the morality of keeping students' money. it's about showing compassion. >> reporter: four winds said they had the play employees on stand by during the fires and other sonoma schools have rescheduled. >> the fact they are not letting us do that is fun

at santa rosa high school, leslie brinkley, abc 7. >>> now to the woman who had her unicycle stolen this week at sfo. performance artist red panda is part of the nba's halftime act. as abc7 news anchor eric thomas reports, the golden state warriors are making sure she doesn't have to jump through any more hoops to get her unicycle back. >> reporter: fans have seen this trick numerous times over the past 20 years and are still amazed. watch the woman on the seven foot unicycle flip bowls from her foot on to her head and balance them there. >> she has been a fan favorite for years at oracle arena. she is a friend. and she is a san francisco native. it's good we can help one of our own. >> reporter: the woman known as red panda needs hope. last week the man in this surveillance video made off with her unicycle at sfo. >> we got a lot of calls from season ticket holders who wanted to know if this means they are not going the see red panda in the halftime shows in the near future. snoosh the warriors weren't allowed to let that happen. so the team agreed to buy a new custom made unicycle for

in pan ole, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> four animal rescue organization also help place the dogs thatht there yesterday. we have links to their website on abc7news.com. you can get more fgs on how to adopt the dogs. and you can also see more photos of them. >>> still ahead on abc7 mornings, more trouble for equifax. turns out that security breach last year was a lot bigger than the company had reported. >>> first as we head to break here's a live look outside from our walnut creek camera. a beautiful shot to start the day. >>> here a live look outside this morning from the abc7 exploratorium camera. a mild day on tap for the bay area. lisa breaks it down fours coming up in the ouk weather forecast. >>> new documents show last year's massive data breach of credit reporting company equifax was worse than the company originally reported. in september they said the personal information of 145 million consumers had been breached including social security numbers, birth dates and some driver's license numbers. newly submitted documents now show that criminals also accessed tax id numbers, e

i'm leslie llie brinkley, abc7 . >> reporter: investigators are trying to figure out what took place in the hours leading up to the murder of 19-year-old lizzette cuesta. they say she willingly got into a car with two of her friends, but eventually they dumped her out of the car, she was found crawling on the road in livermore. beaten and stabbed. she was able to tell the responde responders who hurt her. >> probably obtained evidence that may have been destroyed as time went on. >> reporter: within 12 hours, deputies arrested daniel gross and melissa leonardo at a home in modesto. police found evidence pertinent to the case. a motive has yet to be determined. >> it's been very overwhelming the last couple of days so our investigators are trying to catch up with a tremendous amount of information that they have to deal with. >> reporter: cuesta worked at her father's restaurant. the east side union high school district released a statement saying we are in shock and disbelief regarding this tragic event, our thoughts and prayers go out to her family, friends and loved one. both suspe

leslie: the three network evening news combined are watched still by 23 million, 24 million a night. that's not nearly what it used to be when walter cronkite and huntley and brinkleyit, where it was the only source of news. because, you know, what you say is absolutely valid. people are getting their news all day long, so i think the 6:30 news now sort of gives you further insight into the news as opposed to just reporting the news. and i think they do well. they do better in times of crises. obviously during the hurricanes, people want to see what's going on. but now with the advent of these big cable news networks, and also with all that you get online, they become a bit less important, but 23 pillion people are still a lot of people. david: ok. so you have recently had your head of your cbs evening news show go to "60 minutes." do you have any announcements you want to make today on the who the replacement is? leslie: nope, we have an acting person doing the job, and we're talking about what we can do for the future, but we have no announcements. david: you don't want anybody -- leslie: we're not making news today, no matter what you say. david: ok. you wouldn'