leslie brinkley has the details on this unusual carjacking. leslie: this police lieutenant told me that a man was sitting in his car here in alameda, talking on his cell phone, when he was approached by another man who had a four-year-old girl with him. that girl was calling him her dad repeatedly. so he asked to use the man's cell phone. he refused. so the suspect opened the car door, punched the driver, yanked the driver out of the car and took off with the four-year-old girl. police put out an all points bulletin for a grey honda accord. they said they do not believe the little girl was ever in danger. she repeatedly called this man her dad and went willingly with him, so it is not a kidnapping. poli the victim in the car was treated at the scene for minor injuries, but this is all a highly unusual carjacking. i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. dan: breaking on this carjacking just minutes ago, sky 7 was near oakland airport as officers located stolen black honda accord. they found a little girl in the car. you can see her feet in the back of t

abc7news reporter leslie brinkley is following this developing story. she is live in sacramento tonight. reporter: yeah, it has been an emotional day. i am here standing a block away from the state capital in the heart of this entertainment district. there are restaurants and nightclubs. and a stream of families are coming, different spots for people passed away with candles, flowers, to pay their tribute, to shed some tears and remember those who are lost -- who were lost at 2:00 a.m. on sunday. a lot of new developments here today. a bar fight that spilled onto the streets. as police pursued multiple suspects, there is word of one arrest. >> we have made an arrest. 26-year-old deandre martin. he was arrested for being involved in the shooting, as well as being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. reporter: sacramento police say they recovered over 100 shell casings from the area of the shooting, and have confirmed three buildings were struck by gunfire, three vehicles hit by gunfire. >> of those shell casings, we know we have at least two d

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. let's get to our developing story out of new york where a manhunt is underway tonight after that shooting on a subway train during the morning commute as i saw a lot of people coming out of train station. one of them was injured. i believe it was a lady getting shot right in her leg and a lot of people was coming up from side to side screaming yelling asking for help. here is what we know so far. this happened just before 8:30 local time on a manhattan bound and train as it was entering the 36th street station. this is rush hour. then the train filled with smoke and then a single gunman opened fire ten. people were shot five of which are incredible, but salt condition and about 30 minutes ago new york investigators gave an update on the case. they announced a person of interest abc 7 news. anchor karina nova joins us with what they said about the manhunt karina. yeah, there is an active search going on for that suspect right now. there's also a $50,000 reward for him and we now have a

reporter leslie brinkley is digging into the details of the settlement. >> these people spent a year bringing pg&e to justice, and i believe that is what we did here. leslie: the sonoma county district attorney made the big announcement, that they had reached a settlement to resolve pending criminal charges in the 2019 kincade fire, a wildfire that began under apg&e transmission line in october 2019. the fire burned for 15 days, destroying 77,000 acres and hundreds of homes and structures. six firefighters were seriously injured. the sonoma county d.a. says that most significant element of the settlement is pg&e agreeing to five years of oversight with an independent monitor. and there is a payout. >> it is significant, $55 million. $42 million will be going to these communities. >> that includes millions to expand the santa rosa junior college fire technology program, and requiring pg&e to hire at least 80 new wildfire safety employees. >> there will be working on vegetation management, and also systems inspections, bringing local expertise here to the critical fire safety work. >> s

i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> reaction pouring in after twitter accepted elon musk's bid to buy the company. critics worry he will have too much power and others say it will protect free speech online. jobina has more on how it could change. jobina: elon musk promising to redefine free speech and open the flow of information and also criticizing how twitter moderates messages it views as hateful or also disinformation. what we are learning among his supporters, twitter shareholders will receive $54 and $.20 for every share they own, newly 40% more than what the stock was worth earlier this month. many are critical of the deal. human rights groups find hate speech could find a new home and others worried the deal will handle the world just -- richest person too much power. >>'s construct of freedom of speech is limited for freedom of speech for people who are already in positions of power and does not have a great understanding of freedom of speech for people who are routinely denied that freedom. jobina: former twitter ceo jack dorsey said elon's goal of crating a platform that

leslie brinkley delved into the settlement.orter: these people spent a year bringing pg&e to justice, and i believe that is what we did here. reporter: the sonoma county district attorney made the announcement that they made a settlement with pg&e to resolve the criminal charges of the kincade fire, one that began with a pg&e transmission line. the fire burned for 15 days, destroying 77,000 acres and hundreds of homes and structures. six firefighters were seriously injured. the sonoma county da said the most significant element to the settlement is pg&e agrand there. >> it is significant. it is $55 million going into these communities. reporter: that includes millions to expand the college fire technology program and requiring pg&e to hire at least 80 new wildfire safety employees. >> they are working on system inspections. th're going to bring local expertise here to the critical fire safety work we are doing. reporter: some criticized the settlement for not going further. >> is a look at it as doing the best we could under th

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news.er has the update on what we we can expect as we continu (music throughout) great earthquake struck san francisco killing thousands of people and burning about 80% of the city's buildings a crowd gathered at 512 am the moment the earth began shaking they paused to remember the 3000 people who died and to promise to never forget the event is held at lada's fountain on market street, which served as a meeting spot for friends and family members during the emergency wonderful commemoration every year. i wish we we should dress like that here on the news that interesting wouldn't it spencer? i might take you up on that. okay tomorrow. let's take a look at the rain that's arriving right now in the north bay as we look at live doppler seven, you can see it's raining in much of northern sonoma county and pushing southward down towards santa rosa right now. we're all going to feel a little bit of this rainfall before it's all over the storm ranks. only one on the abc 7 storm impact scale so fo

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. developing news nypd investigators have named a person of interest this evening and this morning's brooklyn subway attack abc 7 news. anchor carina nova joins us of what they're saying now about the manhunt karina. well, it's been 12 hours since that shooting happened an authorities are still looking for the suspect. they do have a person of interest and are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest. here's a picture of who police are looking for the person of interest in that shooting is frank r james. at a news conference in new york less than an hour ago the mayor of new york city promised police will find this attacker. individual responsible for today's attack. we will capture you and prosecute him to the full extent of the lord. and this afternoon authorities found a van, they believe belonged to the subway shooter. you can see it there police say it was rented in philadelphia by that person of interest again 62 year old frank r james. they were able to tra

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i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. alright, leslie. thank you happening now an event with the goal of ending gun violence. it's organized in the wake of the deadly sacramento shooting over the weekend as well as a deadly shooting in san francisco. here's a live look at that event. i'm going to set up. house did not appeared right now. it's taking place in san francisco. cdda. chase of boudin is scheduled to speak the event is being billed as a vigil and call to action to end gun violence. okay, in addition to the da the city attorney and police chief city faith and community leaders as you can see, there are all scheduled to take part. we will have much more on that for you later on this evening three suspects are now under arrest in connection to the investigation into sunday's deadly mass shooting. sacramento this afternoon one of the suspects 26 year old dondre martin made his first court appearance. martin is charged with assault and firearms possession. he did not enter a plea and will be back in court in may earlier and earlier t

leslie brinkley delved into the settlement.ce, and i believe that is what we did here. reporter: the sonoma county district attorney made the announcement that they made a settlement with pg&e to resolve the criminal charges of the kincade fire, one that began with a pg&e transmission line. the fire burned for 15 days, destroying 77,000 acres and hundreds of homes and structures. six firefighters were seriously injured. the sonoma county da said the most significant element to the settlement is pg&e agreeing to five years of oversight. and there is the payout. >> it is significant. it is $55 million going into these communities. reporter: that includes millions to expand the college fire technology program and requiring pg&e to hire at least 80 new wildfire safety employees. >> they are working on system inspections. they're going to bring local expertise here to the critical fire safety work we are doing. reporter: some criticized the settlement for not going further. >> is a look at it as doing the best we could under those c

larry: leslie brinkley has been monitoring developments in downtown sacramento.. >> as you mention, we have learned the names of six people who died in the crossfire right here of this block of downtown sacramento. i am one block away from the state capital. it happened at 2:00 a.m. on sunday morning and there is a lot of new information coming out today. [gunshots] a bar fight that spilled onto the streets. as police pursue multiple suspects, there is word of one arrest. >> we have made an arrest. 26-year-old deandre martin was arrested for being involved in the shooting and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. leslie: sacramento police say they recovered over 100 shell casings of the shooting and confirmed three buildings were struck i gunfire, three vehicles hit by gunfire. >> of those shell casings we know that we have two different calibers of in munition that were used. leslie: a stolen handgun recovered. police executed three residential search warrant and found an additional weapon. six people died, their names released today. two were 21

dan: abc7news reporter karina nova will bring us that angle on the story but first let's go to leslie brinkleye live in sacramento. -- she begins our coverage. leslie: we have learned the names of six people who died here on the streets of sacramento. memorials have sprouted up on different street corners down here, just a block from the capital, as family members come by and mourn the loss of a loved one. it has been a tough day. tearful families of shooting victims came to downtown sacramento to light candles and set out flowers. a bar fight that spilled onto the streets.

frustrated oakland police chief discussed the recent shootings in his city abc 7 news reporter leslie, brinkleyand has the story? the gun violence is unrelenting. oakland's police chief showed this video from april 8th at hillside and richey street. the number of firearms are officers are coming across every day. is unbelievable. we've already recovered 400 firearms in 2022. that's a 30% increase compared to this sam

leslie brinkley went out with inspection crews in the east bay hills to show us the process. >> thisis a common sign of sudden oak death. >> tree by tree, these vegetation specialists working for pg&e walked along briarcliff road in the oakland hills. tree is maintaining compliance. >> some pass. some fail. >> we are looking at a redwood tree stressed out in decline. collects much of the disease and damage can be blamed on the drought. >> not only has it created an atmosphere for sudden oak death. we are seeing a lot of sudden oak death and insects to structurally compromise the tree. it increases the fire threat if we have a lot of dead trees that could full into power lines. that is why we are meticulously inspecting these trees several times a year to reduce any of these safety hazards to >> the green dot marks an old expansion. the yellow dot, this current mortality inspection. how quickly can a tree go from being healthy to dead? >> sudden oak death, you have a matter of weeks to months. if the tree actually has that pathogen. we have trees following in these hills all the time.

leslie brinkley has more on the history of the house and the apparent reason it was tagged. ie: the historically significant mansion was purchased for $6.5 million last week as a new residence for the uc president. over the weekend, it was tagged with the words save rochdale. it provides affordable housing is -- a lack of funding for seismic retrofit. the home was built in 1928 by the founders of a church in san francisco. it was designed by architect julia morgan, one of the first women to graduate from uc berkeley school of engineering and went on to create story buildings from the great theater to hearst castle. uc on the home for decades insulted in 1991, now buying it , dotevallars. the uc office of the president investme thatl benefit the school. the office of the president declined to do an on camera interview but issued a statement post cwlhe overnightantlyand arm friday. crews came to lindo faÇade and remove the messaging. the student housing manager emphasized they had no connection to the graffiti, but were dismayed to learn the university of california bought the

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. larry: leslie,. thank you many employees are finally heading back to the office in san francisco this week, but new data shows despite the return to work, those empty looking skyscrapers all around may be empty for a while longer. stephanie sierra joining us live in the newsroom with new insight from one of the nation's largest real estate firms. stephanie: as many major tech giants are welcoming employees back to the office this week, the city financial district is starting to feel alive again, but there is a looming problem. the city's vacancy rate is climbing as the demand for office space is declining. how long will it last? in the heart of san francisco's financial district, salesforce plaza felt alive again for the first time in two years. employees welcome to pack. long lunch line chatter is back, but the demand for new office space is not. >> it has been an interesting two years for every market, but none more interesting than san francisco. stephanie: nick is the ceo of vts, a national comme

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. larry: a major shipping port in the east bay remains closed after a four alarm fire heavily damaged part of the dock over the weekend, at the port of phoenicia. the closure could have real economic impacts for all of us. we covered the fire all weekend. we have more details. cornell? reporter: fire officials, still investigating a cause to this fire, which destroyed parts of the dock here at the part of -- port of venetia. it brought shipping operations to a halt. valero refinery operations, also impacted. experts say that could have impacts at the pump. engineers were still assessing all the damage at the port 48 hours after a four alarm blaze tore through wooden timbers underneath the dock, stretching 200 yards. the massive fire began saturday afternoon. finally contained sunday morning. the biggest concern -- the environment. a boom was placed in the water to capture debris and oil. >> we were advised that fission while has not observed determines affected fish and wildlife. >> no

as leslie brinkley explains, the district is threatening legal action as parents scramble for ways to cope. >> the teachers of oakland, together with the community, will be going on a one day you lp strike this friday, april to may 9. >> 70% of teachers voted to walk out friday in the continuing slowdown over closing or merging schools this summer. they state is a civil rights issue and a one-day unfair labor practice strike sends a message -- ousd responded with a letter to the president of the oakland education association demanding oea immediately cease and desist moving forward with the strike, adding a one-day strike would hurt the district financially. the district has said upcoming school closures are rooted in financial woes. the teachers contend the district is violating an agreement made during the last strike three years ago. they say they will be actively picketing schools restrict wide, friday morning. >> we are encouraging families if they can to keep their kids at home. >> it is going to show that we as parents actually have a say so on all the school closures. >> while

as abc7news reporter leslie brinkley explains, officials say this strike is illegal and they are fighting an injunction. leslie: oakland unified school district said they are asking all families to not send their children to school on friday. the district said they do not believe they will be able to cover for staff absences because of a declared one day teachers strike. teachers and staff say they plan to have a picket line at every single oakland school on friday morning from six: 30 a.m. until 10 a.m., followed by a rally at the amphitheater. >> let's be clear. we are going on an unfair labor practice strike. this is not a strike for wages and benefits. this is a one day you lp strike. leslie: ousd insists the strike is illegal, saying in a statement there has not been a final ruling on the unfair labor charge. the asserted basis for the strike. they say they respect the right to protest with strongly urge the oakland education association to reconsider its illegal activity. >> the district modified me yesterday that they are planning to file a request for injunctive relief. in an atte

frustrated oakland police chief discussed the recent deadly shootings in his city abc 7 news reporter leslie. brinkley and has the details.

dan: abc7news reporter karina nova will bring us that angle on the story but first let's go to leslie brinkley per chi begins our team coverage live in sacramento. -- she begins our coverage. leslie: we have learned the names of six people who died here on the streets of sacramento. memorials have sprouted up on different street corners down here, just a block from the capital, as family members come by and mourn the loss of a loved one. it has been a tough day. tearful families of shooting victims came to downtown sacramento to light candles and set out flowers. a bar fight that spilled onto the streets. and as police pursue multiple suspects, there is word of one arrest. >> we have made an arrest, 26-year-old deandre martin. he was arrested for being involved in the shooting, as well as being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. leslie: it sacramento police recovered over 100 shell casings from the area of the shooting and have confirmed three buildings were struck by gunfire , three vehicles hit by gunfire. >> of those shell casings, we know that we have at least two different ca

live in sacramento, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7news. larry: tragic situation. more coverage from sacramento and reaction from local political leaders on abc7news at 5:00. kristen: a student was stabbed during a fight at gunderson high school days after a shooting involving students from another san jose high school. abc7news reporter zach fuentes was at both scenes and joins us live with more on what police had to say. zach: things are calm heal -- calm here now. moments ago we saw most w a mart zeta this taboo and was nonlife threatening. police tell me that the sine initially responded to was a dangerous one. >> we did have a police officer there when the stabbing incident occurred. >> harrison students say they got text from their kids about the fight. many showed up long before everyone was set home to make sure their children were ok. >> just checked in. >> the san jose police department said the call reporting the stabbing came in at 10:12 this morning. school resource officer was the first to respond to the fight turn stabbing. the incident broke out amo