in oakland, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> terry: someone knocked over as a many as 20 controversial crosses that cover a hillside in lafayette. they represent the americans killed in iraq. peace activists were calling the human sacrifice for war but this morning the contra costa sheriff's department says they did not get any complaints but clearly in the video you can see they are knocked off. >> where have section of the avenue will be walked today. love never fails is sponsoring walk the track. it targets human sex traffickers a major problem in the bay area. the campaign has the support of many california police associations. it takes place from 9:00 to 1:00 this afternoon at carter gilmore field. >> police in the north bay are on the lookout for three men wanting for robbing a jewelry store at gunpoint yesterday morning. shop's owner suffered minor injuries when they stormed the fine jewelry at the upstale village mall. one was armed with a piss follow and the other was armed with a tire iron. no word on what they got away with. they were last seen speeding north on on 101 in a

lyanne melendez tonight with the exclusive. >> reporter: it is 5:55 in the morning. a white van stops and a man jumps out. his target is that 1995 camaro. as he looks inside he notices stereo equipment connected to an amplifier in the back of the court. he briefly looks around to see if any one is looking. wastes no time, smashing the rear window several times and finally steals the amplifier. what he doesn't notice is the sophisticated four camera surveillance equipment recording it all. steve mcdermott's room is right above the driveway. following the break-in he was able to access the video. >> we didn't hear anything inside. my room is right above and this window is open and everything. we didn't hear anything. >> there is more caught on tape. a second man gets out of the van but he is not wearing gloves and is very careful not to touch anything, otherwise he may leave his fingerprints. that is when notices the cameras are are looking right at them. >> they wanted to get more but then he looked up and notice that the cameras were there and took off right after th

lyanne melendez brings us up to date. >> reporter: this is what police found in robert john's car one day after the colorado theater shooting. weapons, 5800 rounds of ammunition and survivalist gear. this is how the police chief described the find. >> substantial. >> reporter: yet police admitted they had the chance to search john's car in late june when they first confronted him. at that time he voluntarily gave them only two weapons. the homeless man was also rambling and making threats. >> he made other statements regarding the fact that he might want to harm his family so the decision was made that he would be bound over for amental evaluation at general hospital and officers took him there. >> reporter: police never searched his car even though they had probable cause. >> his car was not towed at that time. we didn't do a toe inventory search of the vehicle. >> i believe that if the officers had taken this as a criminal case in the beginning they he wouldn't be wrong to do so and a search of the vehicle would be lawful. >> police did on july 22 after he was released from general

lyanne melendez is at the high school the entire football team has shown up to grieve together. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> right now all lanes are clear on highway 238 in hayward after a deadly morning crash trapped a car beneath a big rig. the accident blocked several lanes during the morning commute. it happened south of the hesperian boulevard off-ramp. the car collided with to big rigs the crash pin add that sedan under one of them, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> a roll over crash in pittsburg off highway 4 sent eight to the hospital, including two babies, all members of an antioch family. the chp received calls about a woman holding a child on the side of the freeway. officers arrived to find the vehicle flipped over. chp says four adults, two teenagers and two infants were taken to local hospitals with minor to moderate injuries. chp is investigating how many were in seat belts. >>> new details about the man who killed six people at a wisconsin sikh temple yesterday. he's identified as 40-year-old wade michael page. police say he was an army vet and m

lyanne melendez is at the high school the entire football team has shown up to grieve together. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> right now all lanes are clear on highway 238 in hayward after a deadly morning crash trapped a car beneath a big rig. the accident blocked several lanes during the morning commute. it happened south of the hesperian boulevard off-ramp. the car collided with to big rigs the crash pin add that sedan under one of them, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> a roll over crash in pittsburg off highway 4 sent eight to the hospital, including two babies, all members of an antioch family. the chp received calls about a woman holding a child on the side of the freeway. officers arrived to find the vehicle flipped over. chp says four adults, two teenagers and two infants were taken to local hospitals with minor to moderate injuries. chp is investigating how many were in seat belts. >>> new details about the man who killed six people at a wisconsin sikh temple yesterday. he's identified as 40-year-old wade michael page. police say he was an army vet and m

i'm live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> thank you. houses showed out across the nation today to show their support for chick-fil-a restaurants. the only chick-fil-a in fairfield, the lines were up to 2 hours long. it stretched across the parking lot. mark matthews is live with more on the support that the chain's ceo is getting for publicly opposing same-sex marriage. >> they are calling it chick-fil-a appreciation day. but the people that stood out here in the parking lot for a couple of hours, i think it had more to do with religion and politics than lunch. >> thank you, jesus. ♪ thank you jesus >> they sang christian hymns. >> you are in line. >> the first amendment. >> they argued traditional marriage is god's law. >> it is so sad. >> but mostly they stood patiently waiting to show their support for the president of chick-fil-a. >> that's the truth and the life and the way. >> think we are tired of other people's values being rammed down our throws. >> what the president said a couple weeks ago was this. >> i think we are abiding

lyanne melendez has the story. >> reporter: bart police say the two young men aged 14 and 17 walked down the aisles looking for anyone with an electronic device when the train approached the stop they snatched the phone. >> the victim, they used pepper spray and managed to escape. an officer says there have been similar complaints made by other victims. >> it appears they would pepper spray people in order to intimidated them or to help them get away faster. >> the two young men have been arrested, bart police believe there are more victims and wanted people to come forward. investigators are sure the same type of crime occurred on trains in balboa, glenn park, 16th and 24th street stations. it is a relatively new type of theft which is growing. in 2010 there were 107 reported cases of stolen devices on bart trains. 124 in 2011 and 55 so far this year. this bart passenger says he hides his smart phone. >> you shouldn't have it exposed because not your cellphone is being stolen even the ipad. >> they are still focused on their devices, they don't pay attention to those around them who may

. >> abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez joins us live from the hall of justice with the chief's explanations tonight. leeann. >> larry and cheryl, police are, of course, defending their actions but it is clear they had the chance to uncover this back in late june but missed their opportunity. >> this is what police found inside robert john's car near san francisco's golden gate park one day after the colorado theater shooting. weapons. 5800 rounds of ammunition and survivalist gear. this is how police chief greg sr. described the find. >> substantial. >> yet police admitted they had the chance to search john's car in late june when they first confronted him. at that time he voluntarily gave them only two weapons. the homeless man was also rambling and making threats. >> he made other statements regarding the enact he might want to harm his family so the decision was made that he would be bound over for a mental evaluation at