melanie woodrow is live to explain. melanie? >> reporter: what was once a gorgeous ocean front property likely has little value now. the owner filed for bankruptcy just less than a year ago and now taxpayers could foot the demolition bill. the number one rule in real estate is a double edged storm. >> pacific ocean is a relentless horse. this guy's investment now is worth nothing. >> reporter: the guy, owner miller tong, speaking monday night. >> i'm the owner of 310 and 320. >> reporter: 310 is now uninhabitable. >> at this point, i feel it's unfair. >> reporter: 320, vacant since 2010, its days numbered. >> the best thing is take the building down. probably will cost $500,000. >> reporter: he's financially responsible, but he declared bankruptcy in 2015. >> if he's bankrupt, he's bankrupt. >> reporter: and it's not just 320. does 310 have to come down as wellsome >> it will eventually. >> reporter: if he doesn't pick up the bill? >> may end up with the taxpayers. >> reporter: people aren't going to like hearing that. >> what i

in castro valley, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> a 51-year-old man has been arrested for attempted lewd acts with a 15-year-old girl. patrick andorfer was arrested yesterday after deputies tricked him into thinking he was going to meet the girl. san mateo sheriff's office detectives say they found more than 500 text messages between hill and the victim, getting increasingly explicit. the girl's father originally raised a red flag about the messages his daughter was receiving. >>> a santa rosa man is recovering after a fire trapped him on the second floor of his home. firefighters were rescuing 66-year-old eugene patterson. they say the flames combined with ongoing health issues made it impossible for him to escape on his own. patterson was disoriented and suffered smoke inhalation. >>> a possible reprieve for an artist colony of sorts in san francisco's mission district tonight after months of deliberations, the group known as the prisida have reached a deal to buy the building they've occupied for years. the building's longtime owners have agreed to sell it and to the development

you got to me thinking. >> melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> be specially careful along the ocean today. there's a high surf warning in effect through tonight. abc7 news was in pacifica yesterday where big saves were crashing into the pier. the warning runs all the way from big sur to point reyes. you can track the warnings and the storm warnings by downloading our to app for immediate notifications. >>> a san francisco fashion icon has died. he was to no one for being loyal and giving back to the community. he hold his stores in 2009 but stayed on as president. the store near union scare and the one in palo alto are the only ones remaining in the bay area. he was best friends with former mayor willy brown. he had been battling prostate cancer for nearly a year. he was 82 years old. >>> highway 4 in martinez is now open after a fatal crash last night. one person was died, two others are in the hospital this morning. we are expected to recover. the crash happened around 8:30. at least three cars were involved in that crash. >>> in fran wet roads and an abrupt stop by a cabdriver are to bl

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has more. >> reporter: the person was rescued from a seven-foot deep trench, it was described as a game of inches. >> they would pick up an inch of material and two inches would come in. >> reporter: esparza got stuck at 1:00 p.m. yesterday, rescuers freed him at 2:00 a.m. >> he was much lower than a typical excavation project. all the material just went in, that is what was pinning him. >> reporter: rescue crews were able to get down 15 feet quickly so that esparza's torso was not buried. >> the last few feet, the sand kept coming in on us. >> reporter: which is why he said the rescue took so long. >> he has been with the company six years, one of the best employees. >> reporter: according to the health and safety website, star rooter's last documented accidents was december 23rd 2014, there were complaints since august of 2007. all of which resulted in osha saying they had at least 15 other violations. one serious violation, in august 2013, osha cited star rooter for failing to make sure a trench was adequately protected by the system. osha says it i

in castro valley, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> a 51-year-old man has been arrested for attemptedts with a 15-year-old girl. patrick andorfer was arrested yesterday after deputies tricked him into thinking he was going to meet the girl. san mateo sheriff's office detectives say they found more than 500 text messages between hill and the victim, getting increasingly explicit. the girl's father originally raised a red flag about the messages his daughter was receiving. >>> a santa rosa man is recovering after a fire trapped him on the second floor of his home. firefighters were rescuing 66-year-old eugene patterson. they say the flames combined with ongoing health issues made it impossible for him to escape on his own. patterson was disoriented and suffered smoke inhalation. >>> a possible reprieve for an artist colony of sorts in san francisco's mission district tonight after months of deliberations, the group known as the prisida have reached a deal to buy the building they've occupied for years. the building's longtime owners have agreed to sell it and to the development agency f

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> the high cost of living in the bay area seems to be driving up the brice of super bowl tickets. our partners at the san jose mercury news say some could be paying more than 20% more than last year's game. the increase is being called the silicon valley effect. brices can also go 7-and down depending on who's actually play. super bowl city will create major parking headaches. we were along the embarcadero tonight where no parking signs are already up. curb space will be limited to transit, emergency vehicles and event unloading. >> a man accused of shooting a fellow passenger on a train, there's a clearer photo. the victim has been identified. a 19-year-old from antioch. state leaders are criticizing bart for using fake security cameras on some of its trains. they're not real, they're not recording. police won't say whether the train on the -- camera was real or a decoy. >> up ahead, a warning tonight from police about a game called assassin that has kids acting out deadly violence on the street. >> and walmart closings down hundreds of

that's where melanie woodrow is for us live tonight. nie in. >> reporter: this off-duty deputy was in plainclothes. he was here as a volunteer parent as part of a color guard competition when investigators say he noticed three individuals out of place. when he asked them to leave, one of them shot him. >> crime scene tape remains outside the high school following the shooting on h street near coal gait drive. it happened saturday around 8:15 at night as the school hosted a statewide color guard invitational. >> it was a big event. >> police say a volunteer parent noticed three men in an area of the school they shouldn't have been. the sheriff's office confirms the parent was an off-duty deputy. union city police say he flashed his badge and asked them to leave. one shot him in the leg. >> james logan high school. staging is required. going to be a 53-year-old male tgsw to the leg. >> the off-duty deputy was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. >> it was pretty clear right off the bat that it wasn't anything that happened in the pavi

melanie woodrow said a sharp-eyed woman aided in the arrest. eight days after three inmates described as extremely dangerous used a makeshift rope out of linens to repel down a jail, all three are now back in custody. >> i told you we were going to capture these individuals. >> san francisco police captured hossein nayeri and jonathan tieu saturday morning after a citizen recognized the white van they allegedly stole following their escaped. the take-down at stanyan and waller street near golden gate park. >> stop, lay down, hit the ground. get on the ground. he did. larry watched it. >> they captured him and got the other one in the truck. >> they found tieu hiding inside the van. >> when we conducted a search of the van we found 380 rounds inside, an ammunition round. we did not locate a weapon at the time. >> the trio were spotted earlier in the week. a man said they stayed here and checking out one day morning. one day later one surrendered to police. the moment captured on video. it's unclear why nayeri or tieu were in san francisco. or wh

you got me thinking. >> melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> be especially careful along the ocean today. there's a high surf warning in effect through tonight. abc7 news was in pacifica yesterday where big waves were crashing into the pier. the warning runs all the way from big sur to point reyes. you can track the warnings and the storm warnings by downloading our abc7 news app and click on push alerts for immediate notify takingings. >> developing news, president obama said a small window of diplomacy with iran will prevent them from making nuclear bombs. it also allowed for the prisoner stop. he said the deal closes off every single path iran had to make a nuclear weapon and allows inspectors 24 hours a day, every day of the year. he made his speech Ãfour americans were on to a plane to switzerland after being released yesterday. and 7 iranian citizens accused or convicted of violating u.s. sanctions. >> they were united in welcoming home sons and brothers and husbands, who have endured an absolute nightmare. but they never gave in and they never gave up. at long last they can stand t

here's more from melanie woodrow. e-randy is taking a part furniture. she condition rebuild her life elsewhere. >> have the ability financially and otherwise to move myself to a he have sear location or just a less stressful location e-the heavy load is a load off her shoulders. but still quite burden some for michelle mckay. >> this is my home. >>reporter: she's living in this apartment complex 5 years but says nothing about it feels temporary. >> i'm not willing to leave pacifica. this is my communit community. my friends. everything is here for me e-it's what is missing that has city inspectors yellow tagging these homes. >> the cliff. >>reporter: new year property back an old problem. erosion. the buildings next door have much further daniel and they have been standing just fine for 5 years e-pieces of sliding cliff likely crush the very side warning tenant. >> it just seems to me they are adding e-city council approved state legal emergency as first step to potentially obtaining state and federal funding. >> rent are too high. can't move out. we ar

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> see here's the timeline. it all started nine days ago when the fugitives escaped from a jail in orange county by repelling down the side. last sunday investigators said one of the suspects stole a van that the two of them used to drive here to the bay area. tuesday they checked into the almeda motel in san jose. friday police arrested one who turned himself in, and it all wrapped up yesterday morning with the final two arrests in san francisco. for updates on any major story anytime, just download our abc7 news app and enable push alerts for immediate notifications. >>> super bowl city in san francisco opened yesterday to plenty of fanfare. we had many of our cameras pointed at last night's fantastic fireworks show. now that live look from the visa everywhere cam over super bowl city. it's quiet right now, but there will be huge crowds later on. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana took in the sights and sounds. >> the first night of super bowl city festivities started off with a bang. that show in the sky was

melanie woodrow is live with what kind of help might be coming. melanie? >> reporter: well, despite the yellow tags, people that live here had been reluctant to lead. part of that reluctance had to do with the financial burden of having to pick up and move. now we know that financial help could be on the way. but it will take some creativity to get it to the people that live here. u.s. representative jackie spear surveying the crumbling cliff in person. >> the devastation is dramatic. >> reporter: earlier, california's office of emergency services and fema checking out the destruction. >> it underscores that we've got to get serious fix. >> reporter: whereas federal dollars are available right now to california, getting similar assistance to the people that live here is more difficult. >> the people that need to come first are the people that are being thrown out on the street. >> reporter: pacifica can compete for $30 million california has set aside for disaster mitigation. however, that money has to be used for public facilities like the sea wall and pi

melanie woodrow is live with more on the investigation into the crash. melanie? >> ntsb investigators will look at several factors including the bus, the driver, the highway and even greyhound's own operations. as those investigators do their job two families are in mourning. during 75-year-old maria ortiz's lifetime her grandson says 13 grandchildren could always count on her affection. >> that's what i'm gonna miss the most walking into this house and not getting a hug. >> ortiz's love extented beyond her immediate family. >> she was the grandmother of the neighborhood. >> she was spending time with family in tijuanna before making her way back to salinas. a trip her family would traditionally accompany her on, but not this time. >> it was unfortunate. >> early tuesday morning this greyhound bus crashed on northbound 101 just before the i-85 interchange. ortiz was one of two women killed. 51-year-old felly ole -- olivera also died. >> we want to look into when it happened, but why it happened. >> they were -- they are going through the wreck kennel at a tow yar

melanie woodrow is live with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a lot of shock and sadness for people who know 52-year-old claire duggan. we learned she is a local elementary school teacher. gunshots and smashed cars. >> it's pretty terrifying. >> reporter: the scene on the 2200 block of cutting boulevard saturday night. richmond police say an innocent driver was caught in the oss-fire. >> could have been any of us. >> reporter: police say the victim is 52-year-old claire duggan. >> shocking. this doesn't happen to you. or to people you know. >> reporter: landlord and friend says duggan's passenger called her. >> she was saying that claire had been shot, and we were at the hospital. >> people with signs said peatsful richmond, and enough is enough. a rallied saturday night. this is the second shooting in the area. earlier in the afternoon the police department says there was a shooting and collision on westbound i-580 near regatta boulevard. the victim is in critical condition, duggan was also listed in critical condition of of the last police updates. detectivers now inves

melanie woodrow is live with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a lot of shock and sadness for people who know 52-year-old claire duggan. we learned she is a local elementary school teacher. gunshots and smashed cars. >> it's pretty terrifying. >> reporter: the scene on the 2200 block of cutting boulevard saturday night. richmond police say an innocent driver was caught in the cross-fire. >> could have been any of us. >> reporter: police say the victim is 52-year-old claire duggan. >> shocking. this doesn't happen to you. or to people you know. >> reporter: landlord and friend says duggan's passenger called her. >> she was saying that claire had been shot, and we were at the hospital. >> people with signs said peatsful richmond, and enough is enough. a rallied saturday night. this is the second shooting in the area. earlier in the afternoon the police department says there was a shooting and collision on westbound i-580 near regatta boulevard. the victim is in critical condition, duggan was also listed in critical condition of of the last police updates. detectivers now inv

abc news reporter melanie woodrow shows us those costs. >> reporter: san francisco's already popular restaurants, hotels and bars are expected to be even more busy during super bowl 50 the city is hosting nine days of free concerts and parties. >> all of these require extra police collection, extra garbage pickup, extra street cleaning. >> a new analysis says the extra services could cost more than $5 million. >> i think what is troubling about all of this is nobody was negotiating on behalf of the city and county from the getgo. >> that's why they want the supervisors to strike a similar deal with san francisco as they did with santa clara. >> they raised 50-month-old. why not pay the services back just like they are doing with santa clara? >> it won't be necessary. we are confident the revenue generated from all the tourism activity coming to san francisco because of the super bowl that we will be able to pay for the city services. >> the host committee said the city will absorb the cost of expanded city services as it would for any large city event, such as chinese new year, pride

you got me thinking. >> melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> be especially careful along the ocean today. there's a high surf warning in effect through tonight. abc7 news was in pacifica yesterday where big waves were crashing into the pier. the warning runs all the way from big sur to point reyes. you can track the warnings and the storm warnings by downloading our abc7 news app and click on push alerts for immediate notify takingings. a san francisco fashion icon has died. wilkes bashford started a clothing chain that baird his name back in 1966. he was known for being loyal and for giving back to the community. he sold his stores in 2009, but he stayed on as president. the store on sutter street near union square and one in palo alto are the ones remaining in the bay area. bashford was best friends with former mayor willie brown. he had been battling prostate cancer for nearly a year. wilkes bashford was 82 years old. >>> highway 4 in martinez is now open after a fatal crash last night. one person was died, two others are in the hospital this morning. they are expected to recover. the

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> the high cost of living in the bay area also seemsto be driving up the price of super bowl tickets. our media partner the san jose mercury news reports stub hub buyers could be paying $5,000 to $5500 per ticket. more than 20% more than last year's game. the increase is being called the silicon valley effect. prices can be up and down depending on who is actually playing. >>> super bowl city in san francisco will create major parking headaches. abc 7 news was along the embarcadero last night where new no parking signs are already up. starting next tuesday curb space from washington to mission will be limited to transit, emergency vehicles and event loading. this weekend great america is mosting a job fair to prepare for private super bowl events. they are bringing on seasonal employees a month earlier than usual. 300 people will be needed on super bowl day. those employees will benefit from santa clara's higher minimum wage which is now $11 an hour. >> it's a chance to experience it from kind of the inside. there is a lot of interest i

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> the high cost of living in the bay area seems to be driving up the brice of super bowl tickets. our partners at the san jose mercury news say some could be paying more than 20% more than last year's game. the increase is being called the silicon valley effect. brices can also go 7-and down depending on who's actually play. super bowl city will create major parking headaches. we were along the embarcadero tonight where no parking signs are already up. curb space will be limited to transit, emergency vehicles and event unloading. >> a man accused of shooting a fellow passenger on a train, there's a clearer photo. the victim has been identified. a 19-year-old from antioch. state leaders are criticizing bart for using fake security cameras on some of its trains. they're not real, they're not recording. police won't say whether the train on the -- camera was real or a decoy. >> up ahead, a warning tonight from police about a game called assassin that has kids acting out deadly violence on the street. >> and walmart closings down hundreds of

. >> in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> abc7 news president arer lisa amin gulezian continues our live team coverage. she is live in san jose where she spoke to one of the passengers on board the bus. lisa? >> this young man actually helped other passenger get off the bus after the crash. right now i am on a frontage road and that is highway 101 behind me. and that's where the crash happened. those orange barrels, they are brand-new. >> it took all day to move this mangled metal shell off highway 101. it was a place where so much destruction happened 12 hours prior. from sky 7hd you can see the greyhound bus after it crashed into a gro of black barrels at the 101, 805 and hov lane split. >> the bus was lifted into the air and it came to rest on its side on top of the concrete k rail that separates the two hov lanes. >> christopher mccleland was on the bus when it crashed. he boarded in las vegas and was on his way home to san jose when he fell asleep. the 22-year-old was jarred awake. >> i reacted instantly and instinctively. i went to the safe position where my feet were and

melanie woodrow is live with more on the investigation into the crash. melanie? >> ntsb investigators will look at several factors including the bus, the driver, the highway and even greyhound's own operations. as those investigators do their job two families are in mourning. during 75-year-old maria ortiz's lifetime her grandson says 13 grandchildren could always count on her affection. >> that's what i'm gonna miss the most walking into this house and not getting a hug. >> ortiz's love extented beyond her immediate family. >> she was the grandmother of the neighborhood. >> she was spending time with family in tijuanna before making her way back to salinas. a trip her family would traditionally accompany her on, but not this time. >> it was unfortunate. >> early tuesday morning this greyhound bus crashed on northbound 101 just before the i-85 interchange. ortiz was one of two women killed. 51-year-old felly ole -- olivera also died. >> we want to look into when it happened, but why it happened. >> they were -- they are going through the wreck kennel at a tow yar

we have new details from abc news reporter melanie woodrow. >> if this sweet girl has a name no one knows it. >> we are referring to her as the aussie shepherd. >> they say the 1 yearly eather jumped from this highway 4 overpass or someone threw her. on saturday afternoon leslie ochoa was driving by. >> we saw this dog trying to run across the lanes. >> ochoa says several drivers stopped. >> it was apparent that the dog had injury. >> including what was considered a fractured femur and dislocated wrist jie. she did -- >> she did shed some tears. >> they took the dog to the machine. >> after finding out the story and her being thrown off the overpass it disgusted me. >> most animal lovers or animal owners would be remarkably shocked. >> i feel like this was something that was -- it happened right in front of me and there is no reason for it. >> a name aren't far off. >> i am thinking gracie because she was gracious for us. >> as long as nobody claims her before then she will be ready for adoption. the woman who found her will have the first chance to take her home. she tells me she wants t

here is melanie woodrow. >> in a second, that's how he describes sand coming in and trapping him in the trench for 13 hours. as his rescue is being described, it is a game of inches. >> he got stuck at 1:00 p.m. and the rescuers freed him at 2:00 a.m. >> it was a void so he fell in and all of the plywood and the bracing material they had in the hole with them just went in and that was what was pining them. >> rescuers were able to get down quickly so buried. >> he says he does president know how to pay them back. the last serious documented accident was in 2014. there have been five complaints between october 2014 and august of 2007. all of which resulted in osha identifying five serious violations and 15 other violations. one of those serious violations, in august of 2013 they failed to ensure a 10-foot deep trench was protected by cave ins by inadequate protective systems. osha says they are investigating th latest accident. abc7 news. >> the republican party is preparing now in the event of a contested gop con veption in which -- convention. there are still a dozen major republican c

. >> in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> abc7 news president arer lisa amin gulezian continues our live team coverage. she is live in san jose where she spoke to one of the passengers on board the bus. lisa? >> this young man actually helped other passenger get off the bus after the crash. right now i am on a frontage road and that is highway 101 behind me. and that's where the crash happened. those orange barrels, they are brand-new. >> it took all day to move this mangled metal shell off highway 101. it was a place where so much destruction happened 12 hours prior. from sky 7hd you can see the greyhound bus after it crashed into a group of black barrels at the 101, 805 and hov lane split. >> the bus was lifted into the air and it came to rest on its side on top of the concrete k rail that separates the two hov lanes. >> christopher mccleland was on the bus when it crashed. he boarded in las vegas and was on his way home to san jose when he fell asleep. the 22-year-old was jarred awake. >> i reacted instantly and instinctively. i went to the safe position where my feet were an

melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >>> what's behind all of this coastal erosion? two words -- el nino. >> el nino has been generating those waves along the coastline. that coastal erosion is due to those waves generated this month. so high surf event, you look at the january calendar. six days with advisories, five days with warnings. so 11 days out of the last 26 days have included those high waves. we're currently at high surf between six and seven feet. those wave also be building later on this week and live doppler 7 hd will be tracking more than clouds. i'll be back with a detailed look. >> sandy, thanks a lot. a surveyor inspecting an open hillside is expected to be okay after falling 80 feet and landing in mud. sky 7 hd was over the location where firefighters had to dig the man out of the mud this afternoon. >>> el nino related storms brought down part of a hillside last week. the man was okay. the collapse happened on oak hill not far from the sequoia country lub. >>> a retired san francisco firefighter had an unexpected reunion with co-workers when his k

here is melanie woodrow. >> in a second, that's how he describes sand coming in and trapping him in therench for 13 hours. as his rescue is being described, it is a game of inches. >> he got stuck at 1:00 p.m. and the rescuers freed him at 2:00 a.m. >> it was a void so he fell in and all of the plywood and the bracing material they had in the hole with them just went in and that was what was pining them. >> rescuers were able to get down quickly so buried. know how to pay them back. the last serious documented accident was in 2014. there have been five complaints between october 2014 and august of 2007. all of which resulted in osha identifying five serious violations and 15 other violations. one of those serious violations, in august of 2013 they failed to ensure a 10-foot deep trench was protected by cave ins by inadequate protective systems. osha says they are investigating this latest accident. abc7 news. >> the republican party is preparing now in the event of a contested gop con veption in which -- convention. there are still a dozen major republican candidates in the race and som

we have new details from abc news reporter melanie woodrow. >> if this sweet girl has a name no one knows it. >> we are referring to her as the aussie shepherd. >> they say the 1 yearly eather jumped from this highway 4 overpass or someone threw her. on saturday afternoon leslie ochoa was driving by. >> we saw this dog trying to run across the lanes. >> ochoa says several drivers stopped. >> it was apparent that the dog had injury. >> including what was considered a fractured femur and dislocated wrist jie. she did -- >> she did shed some tears. >> they took the dog to the machine. >> after finding out the story and her being thrown off the overpass it disgusted me. >> most animal lovers or animal owners would be remarkably shocked. >> i feel like this was something that was -- it happened right in front of me and there is no reason for it. >> a name aren't far off. >> i am thinking gracie because she was gracious for us. >> as long as nobody claims her before then she will be ready for adoption. the woman who found her will have the first chance to take her home. she tells me she wants t

in pacifica, melanie would woodrow. >> and several chances, tomorrow is mild and then we turn wet byd of the week. the one last day of warm temperatures, live doppler showing you we have clear skies, so live doppler 7 hd is quiet. it has been rather wet, not only in january but back to december. so here is an update on where the reservoirs currently stand. since early december, we have add the 4800 billion gallons to the reservoir. shasta lake, 40%, fulsom lake at 72%, so today, 50 in concord, 50 in san francisco, 54 san jose, santa rosa at 49 degrees, so we get a live look at the tower showing you san francisco in the foreground, beautiful, oakland in the background, a quiet night on the way. so the day planner on thursday featuring areas of patchy fog first thing in the morning, if you saw it this morning likely you will see it by tomorrow morning. by lunchtime, a mix of sun and high clouds. and mild rn, in the 60s around bay and later on in the evening increasing clouds ahead of the storm. on the storm impact, one to five, one light, five, more severe, giving you an idea of what t

melanie woodrow joins us with live with mixed reaction. melanie? >> reporter: this is why the tenants are torn. you have this view, but it's at the edge of a cliff, that is crumbling. randy mcdaniel is taking apart furniture to rebuild her life, elsewhere. >> i don't have the ability to move myself to a safer location. or just another location. >> it's quite burden some. >> this is my home. >> she's been living in the apartment five years but says nothing feels temporary. >> i'm not willing to leave pacifica. this is my community. my friends. everything is here for me. >> it's what is missing that has city inspectors yellow tagging these homes. >> have you seen the cliff? >> the new year brought back a problem, erosion. >> the buildings next door from further damage and have been standing five years. >> pieces of cliff are warning tenants. a city council approved state and local emergency as the first step to obtaining state and federal funding. >> rents are too high. we can't move out. we're living paycheck to paycheck. >> tenants need to make oth

in berkeley, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> the 24-year-old's sister left her brother alone in thetrail wer the two dogs described as pit bull or pit bull mixes. the boy was in foster care but his sister was allowed to have overnight visits with him. she's posted a series of youtube videos of her dogs showing how gentle they can be. the dogs will be euthanized if they're deemed dangerous. no arrests in the case. >>> pg&e is investigating what appears to be the first power outage in san francisco that appears to be caused by a drone. three homes in vernal heights lost power last night. >> we heard loud explosions. >> reporter: she says she and her neighbors believe this power pole at peralta neighborhood and hampshire street in vernal heights was hit by a drone just after 5:00 last night causing their lights to go out. >> someone was flying a drone in the neighborhood. and lost it or it crashed. and they came over here looking for it. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration estimates 1 million americans received recreational drones for christmas. now you can add them to kit

melanie woodrow joins us with live with mixed reaction. melanie? >> reporter: this is why the tenants are torn. yoview, but it's at the edge of a cliff, that is crumbling. randy mcdaniel is taking apart furniture to rebuild her life, elsewhere. >> i don't have the ability to move myself to a safer location. or just another location. >> it's quite burden some. >> this is my home. >> she's been living in the apartment five years but says nothing feels temporary. >> i'm not willing to leave pacifica. this is my community. my friends. everything is here for me. >> it's what is missing that has city inspectors yellow tagging these homes. >> have you seen the cliff? >> the new year brought back a problem, erosion. >> the buildings next door from further damage and have been standing five years. >> pieces of cliff are warning tenants. a city council approved state and local emergency as the first step to obtaining state and federal funding. >> rents are too high. we can't move out. we're living paycheck to paycheck. >> tenants need to make other arrangeme

. >> melanie woodrow has more. >>> it was here athe intersection of post and divisdero that a double decker tour bus driver ran over the 82-year-old. sfpd continues to investigate, his friends are mourning his loss. >> a kind spirit and soul. he will be sorely missed. >> reporter: they lived in the same house as role. >> lover of cats, people, teachings. >> they say he was a teacher in san francisco public schools. >> a horrific accident. for the bus driver for the people that had to witness it and for the loss of peter, himself. >> the attorney for san francisco deluxe sight seeing says the company never had a fatal accident before. also, that the accident is devastating for the driver as well. he says witnesses have reported the driver allowed him to clear the crosswalk before making a right turn on to post street. he said for some reason, role returned on the crosswalk to bang on the bus. that is when he believes he was run over. police drugged and alcohol tested the drivera cording to the california public utilities commission, website, san francisco deluxe sight seeing is proper

melanie woodrow asked how he heard what happened and we want to share his comments here. >> he asked me about that bag with my roommate, passed away bag in it so when the moment that the coroners asked me about that bag, i knew. it was my mother. you don't expect anything bad will happen to us. >> our hearts go out to the family. the bus left los angeles and travelling to the bay area, his mother had been visiting his brothers in southern california and returning to the bay for a doctor's appointment and just moved to san francisco. >>> two dozen protests are facing charges for shutting down the bay bridge yesterday. they chained themselves and five cars together. you saw it happen live on abc7 news yesterday. today, they stood by their actions. >> we understand that it was an inconvenience, but so is 400 centuries of white sue premacy. >> the chp arrested matthews and false imprisonment and obstructing free passage. >> are you ready for football? well, if you're not, preparations for super bowl 50 are going to start impacting san francisco. >> yes, street closures begin this saturda

melanie woodrow asked how he heard what happened and we want to share his comments here. >> he asked me about that bag with my roommate, passed away bag in it so when the moment that the coroners asked me about that bag, i knew. it was my mother. you don't expect anything bad will happen to us. >> our hearts go out to the family. the bus left los angeles and travelling to the bay area, his mother had been visiting his brothers in southern california and returning to the bay for a doctor's appointment and just moved to san francisco. >>> two dozen protests are facing charges for shutting down the bay bridge yesterday. they chained themselves and five cars together. you saw it happen live on abc7 news yesterday. today, they stood by their actions. >> we understand that it was an inconvenience, but so is 400 centuries of white sue >> the chp arrested matthews and false imprisonment and obstructing free passage. >> are you ready for football? well, if you're not, preparations for super bowl 50 are going to start impacting san francisco. >> yes, street closures begin this saturday. you ca

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live and melanie could look a lot different there tomorrow. >>olutely, eric. this is an wrar that's notorious for flooding. we're at low tide right now. but by early tomorrow morning, this parking lot meantime, russian river was rolling. the north bay is expected one of the strongest storms we've seen this season. >> watch out for the flash floods. >> sand bags are available at several at the fire station. the north bay could see localized flooding, mudslides and debris flows. >> if there's trees down or wires down from the winds or anything like that, let us know how we can help. heats what we're here for. >> the home has flooded in the past. >> we live on i ridge, so a lot of wind. a lot of elements. >> be careful along the ocean this weekend. there's a high surf warning in effect from tomorrow night. abc 7 news presencaught big wav crashing into the pier. you can track the rain and the flood warnings by downloading our abc 7 news app and enable push alerts for immediate notifications. >>> breaking news now. a san francisco fashion icon has die

. >> melanie woodrow has more. >>> it was here at the intersection of post and divisdero that a doublever ran over the 82-year-old. sfpd continues to investigate, his friends are mourning his loss. >> a kind spirit and soul. he will be sorely missed. >> reporter: they lived in the same house as role. >> lover of cats, people, teachings. >> they say he was a teacher in san francisco public schools. >> a horrific accident. for the bus driver for the people that had to witness it and for the loss of peter, himself. >> the attorney for san francisco deluxe sight seeing says the company never had a fatal accident before. also, that the accident is devastating for the driver as well. he says witnesses have reported the driver allowed him to clear the crosswalk before making a right turn on to post street. he said for some reason, role returned on the crosswalk to bang on the bus. that is when he believes he was run over. police drugged and alcohol tested the driver a cording to the california public utilities commission, website, san francisco deluxe sight seeing is properly licensed and ins

city inspectors want residents out, but as melanie woodrow is discovering, not everyone is leaving. lanie? >> reporter: dan, understandably some people that live here are very reluctant to go, but those efforts are under way. check this out. the sign here on the property, the panoramic ocean view is still available. maybe not for rent, hour. that number is out of service, though some people that live here still say they feel very much connected. >> this is my home. >> reporter: michelle has been living here foif years, but nothing about it feels temporary. >> i'm not willing to leave pacifica. this is my community, my friends. everything is here. >> reporter: it's what is missing that has city inspectors yellow tagging these homes. the new year brought back an old problem -- erosion. >> the buildings next door have much further damage and they've been standing just fine for five years. >> reporter: pieces of sliding cliff luckily crushed the warning sign. brandy is taking apart furniture to rebuild her life elsewhere. >> i have the ability to move myself to a safer location or just a

melanie woodrow is live in our newsroom with more on what or who led police to them. >> reporter: eric, they were in san francisco county jail earlier this evening. orange county officials picked them up around 5:30 p.m. they'll be brought back to orange county jail tonight or early tomorrow morning. eight days after three inmates described as extremely dangerous used a makeshift rope out of lynnen to rappel down the orange county central jail. >> i told you we were going to capture these individuals. >> reporter: they captured nayeri and tieu saturday morning after a citizen recognized the white van the men allegedly stole following their escape. that man approached sfpd officers nearby. >> stop. lay down. hit the ground. get on the ground. he did. >> larry gray watched as officers approached the van. nayeri ran. >> captured him and then got the other one on the other side right there. >> officers found tieu hiding in the van. >> when we conducted a search of the van we found a .380 round inside. that's ammunition. >> reporter: this alameda motel manager said the men stayed here tuesd

melanie woodrow tweeted this picture. we'll show you more in half an hour.nd in developing news, a deadly shooting on a b.a.r.t. train last saturday. today, we learned the victim is carlos romero from antioch. new photos of the suspect were released. b.a.r.t. is defending itself for having fake cameras on some of its train sns >> that's right. b.a.r.t. has no plans to get rid of its decoy cameras. b.a.r.t. police is releeszing new photos from last saturday's fatal shooting. but they won't say how and where these pictures were taken and if there was a fake or real camera on the train when the shooting occurred. the latest incident raises a lot of security questions. b.a.r.t. has been making bad decisions for a long time. >> if you're sitting at home today, you can order a security system for your house right now that's off the shelf that will give you realtime viewing of your home protection. how can you have a transit agency, have the sophistication that's supposed to be there here at b.a.r.t. and they say it can't happen in their b.a.r.t. cars. >> all camer

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> so to recap it started nine days ago when the fugitives escaped from a jail in orange county by repelling down the side. last sunday investigators said one of the suspects stole a man, which two of them used to drive to the bay area. tuesday they checked into the almeda motel in san jose. friday police arrested one who turned himself in, and it all wrapped up yesterday morning with the final two arrests in san francisco. for updates on any major story anytime, just download our abc7 news app and enable push alerts for immediate notifications. super bowl city in san francisco opened yesterday to plenty of fanfare. we had many of our cameras pointed at last night's beautiful fireworks show. here is now a live look from the visa everywhere cam over super bowl city. it's quiet right now, but there will be huge crowds later on. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana took in the sights and sounds. >> the first night of super bowl city festivities started off with a bang. that show in the sky was the opening act for a show on stage by bay area chris

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> the high cost of living in the bay area also seems to be driving up the price of super bowl tickets. our media partner, the san jose mercury news reports stubhub buyers could be paying $500 to $5,000 tickets more per game. it's being called the silicon valley effect. prices can go up up and down depending on who is playing. >>> super bowl city in san francisco will create major parking headaches. abc7 news was along the embarcadero where some no parking signs were up. it will be limited to emergency vehicles and event loading. >>> great america is hosting a job fair to prepare for private super bowl events. the theme park is bringing on seasonal employees about a month earlier than usual. 300 people will be needed on super bowl day. the employees will benefit from santa clara's higher minimum wage which is now $11 an hour. >> a chance to experience it kind of from the inside. there's a lot of interest in it and we are hoping to get some really sharp hemo. >> the job fair starts at 10:00 a.m. today and tomorrow at california's great ameri

woodrow wilson bridge. it is just [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. we should definitely go see it. [agent] hi. melanie. maggie. living room. [dad]what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it great? [agent] hey brendan,you might like this room. [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness... that's real estate, redefined. >>> a vegas like celebration as construction workers top off the mgm casino. 3500 will work inside. the resort includes a restaurant from prince george's native chef. project is expected to be finished by the end of the year. >>> ice may have played a significant role in the downing of a plane into gaithersburg about a year ago. new documents from the national transportation safety board said the plane encountered icing conditions trying to land at the montgomery county air park but the pilot did not use the de-icing system and they believe it may have caused the plane to stall and slammed into a home 20 seconds later. the three men on board and marie gemmell and her two young children were all killed. >>> police in d.c. have a homicide investigation