melanie woodrow. >> reporter: cameron sims says in all the years they've owned all-star doughnuts, they've never seen anything like this. >> i realize he's got the cash register and i yell at him, hey, what are you doing? >> reporter: he says the man now identified as 45-year-old jeffrey barboa ran out with the cash register and threatened him. >> he said do you want a die? i got a knife and a gun. he looked very desperate. >> reporter: a witness shared

melanie woodrow is live outside richmond police department. melanie? >> reporter: ama, the artist is in stable condition right now. richmond police say they do not have a suspect or a getaway vehicle description. but what they do have is surveillance video and they're going through this. this artist is well known for his contribution to e-40's tell me when to go. richmond police say the shooting happened at 5:30 this morning at a gas station on carlson boulevard and imperial avenue. a police spokesperson said somebody shot williams multiple times in his upper torso. police are still investigating the motive. and say there were few witnesses. >> what we know is he was most likely targeted. and it wasn't a random shooting. and it kind of underscores the fact that he's probably the person who did this. was intending to probably take his life. because you don't just shoot multiple times at a person time not intending for the person to die. >> reporter: a bay area music blog is sending prayers and positive energy to the artist and his family. richmond polic

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is outside top dog on durant avenue in berkeley. melanie? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. that threat came in yesterday. we'll have more on that in a moment. in the meantime, top dog has replaced the sign that it put up yesterday. that one said, as of saturday, the employee is no longer employed. and the fact that he resigned. top dog has been serving customers for more than 50 years. in a statement, the restaurant says it prides itself on embracing and respecting all our differences and every individual's choice to do as that person wishes within the boundaries of the law. quote, we do not endorse hatred or any illegal conduct. it simply is not part of our culture. this past weekend the restaurant was flooded with messages after someone on social media identified top dog employee cole white as having been at the rally in charlottesville. >> i don't know why someone who kind of supports that would be in this area of a liberal city and town. >> reporter: top dog said it spoke with white saturday. quote, during that conversation cole voluntaril

in dublin, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> a woman whose quick action led to two children being freed, allegedly held in sexual servitude, says she's no hero. the woman reported seeing a man on a southwest airlines flight heading to san jose july 31st, send text messages about the children. she took a picture of the texts and alerted flight attendants. police arrested the man, 56-year-old michael keller of tacoma, washington, as soon as the plane landed. and later alerted 50-year-old gale burnworth also of tacoma. the woman said, quote, i'm being labeled as a hero. i don't need a bunch of attention. i'm just so thankful the kids are safe. >>> fire investigators in berkeley are trying to figure out what sparked a small grass fire off of interstate 80. cell phone video taken minutes after it started, shows flames racing up the hillside on the gilman street off-ramp. it started just after 2:00 this afternoon. here's the view from sky 7. smoke blew across the freeway, slowing down traffic. you can see the off-ramp shut down as firefighters worked to get the fire under control, and control

melanie woodrow. abc7 news. >>> the california court of appeals just ruled access to a san mateo county beach will stay open to the public. seven years ago the billionaire venture capitalist who bought the only access road to martin's beach put up a gate and argued it's his property and he can close it to the public. in a rare 50-page ruling today, the judges agreed with the decision of the san mateo county superior court. the water belongs to everyone, so a public path must be allowed to get there. >> the coast all the way from ventura from mexico up to oregon border is owned by private parties. but you can stop your car, and you can walk down a path to the beach. >> the court ordered the gate to come down tomorrow. the property owner vows to continue his fight all the way to the supreme court. >> all of those fines for illegal fireworks in san jose, well, turns out they're a dud. last week we told you about a number of people who were fined hundreds of dollars but claimed they were innocent. as a re

melanie woodrow dug into the latest federal report. >> these newly released pictures show just how close that close call was last month. an air canada pileant mistaking a taxiway for a runway. >> air canada flew directly over us. >> i saw that. >> this was a disaster averted. >> they say the plane was just 59 feet from the ground. chris is a retired pilot. >> the fact that the united 787 that was number one on the taxiway had a tail height of approximately 56 feet, it's alarming to take the difference between 59 and 56, but i think the aircraft were separately by a significant amount. >> the air canada pilot questioned lights he saw on what he believed was the runway. >> it's a very rare occurrence for pilots to actually lock on to a taxiway at night versus the runway because taxiway lights are blue and runway lights are white. >> according to the report, the air canada flight was so off course, it hit a blind spot in the radar system for 12 seconds. they should have alerted air traffic controllers the aircraft was not where it was supposed to be. the pilot radios the control tower to le

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> meantime palo alto police have released pictures of a man suspectedn a strong arm robbery that involved a rear end collision. police believe he and another man waited in this car for a store employee who was going to make bank deposit. the suspects rear ended the employee's car as she drove towards the bank. when the woman got out to take a picture of the damage, they grabbed her bank deposit and drove away. >> reporter: a dog was malled to death in its own yard and the dog's responsible are still on the loose. it was all caught on security cameras. the deadly attack happened nearly a week ago and animal control has gotten involved. here with this exclusive story. >> reporter: she was right here. she was in the dirt. she didn't make it on to the cement. >> reporter: it it was a horrifying discovery that jen adams will never forget. she found her beloved dog daisy dead and near death. she was standing up, leaning over and her insides were spilling out. >> reporter: daisy had had been brutally attacked. surveillance video shows two dogs break through a

melanie woodrow walks us through start of the legal process. >> reporter: one of two men accused of a fatal chig ste aala stabbing is headed back >> i don't know the facts. >> reporter: police described a horrific crime scene after receiving an anonymous call. they found 26-year-old trenton cornell stabbed to death. latham is also facing murder charges, fled to the bay area where they turned themselves in friday night. according to chicago police, before his surrender, latham sent a video to family and friends apologizing for the murder. the day of themurd the pai had made a $1,000 donatio to a wisconsin public donation in the victim's his attorney describes latham as a kind and gentle soul. >> hope fri tfully the case com, the speculation and rumors stop so that this man can get a fair trial. >> reporter: in a statement, the family said given the nature of how our sons suffered and died, we're hopeful that the judge denied bail for both suspects. the family thanked law enforcement for bringing the suspects into custody. melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >>> a woman whose quick action led

melanie woodrow continues our live team coverage from civic center. melanie? >> reporter: well, there will be a similar rally her her her noon at times today, it was like a party with music, the mayor driving home the message, san francisco is a city of love. >> to those who seek to undermine our spirit, who wave the banners of racism, who think the first amendment protects their violence, you are not welcome in san francisco. [ applause ] >> reporter: their signs promoting love and acceptance held high. the rally a gathering as a precursor to the patriot prayer rally, which was canceled this afternoon. >> you know as well as i do that they have a message of hate. and we've seen across this country how that message can easily translate into violence. >> reporter: the spread of violence had some saying they would stay away. >> i don't think it's productive to have video footage of leftist bashing people on the right. >> reporter: while others plan to counter protest at crissy field or elsewhere. >> it is right to tell people not to bring weapons and that the se

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> was a house fire on east 19th street in oakland. this was tweeted out by fire officials tonight. the fire was reported around 5:00. they say it's a vacant house. there's been no reports of any injuries connected to the fire fight. smoke could be seen from miles away. a charred hillside barely tells the story of a fire that's burned sgiftd acres. it happened off grizzly peek boulevard. it remains closed from centennial to park drive. abc news reporter. >> reporter: with special permission from cal fire, they flew high above as firefighters and hand crews work on steep hillsides, amid a grove of yuk lipts trees. >> we're making headway on the perimeter. making sure we're controlling the perimeter, hot spots, interior and continuing to extinguish hot spots and with our mop up operations. >> reporter: no fewer than six agencies were on scene from oakland, berkeley, and surrounding communities. along with ground and air support from cal fire. >>> oakland and all of the regional firefighters learned lessons from that 1991 fire storm and t

melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >> reporter: to a live look in new york city. the empire state building going dark tonight in honor of the victims of harvey. some of the most heart wrenching and heartwarming stories have been shared on social media. kristen sze has more. >> reporter: i want to start with newly posted videos of the latest ves cuerescues. you can see this helicopter crew today rescued survives, trapped on roof tops. and a houston track camera captured a good samaritan in a boat, spotting a car that was nearly submerged. he pulls the driver into his t boat and out of danger. ad this picture of a man crying with his dog after haven harvey destroyed his home. and laura anthony just tweeted this video. take a look at it. lots of rain coming down, cars in flooded ditches. laura had to turn around. she's in houston on loan to our sister station, reporting the news for them so their reporters can tend to their homes and families during this difficult time. >> kristen, thank you very much. laura will be very helpful there. much of the nation is bracing f

melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: this restaurant is responding to a flurry of social media activity in a statement posted on its door, letting people know that cole white wasn't fired, he resigned. >> reporter: this past weekend, someone on social media identified white as having been at the rally in charlottesville. >> i don't know why someone who kind of supports that would be in this area, a liberal city and town. >> reporter: they spoke with white saturday. >> reporter: the attorney is california's rnc national committee woman. >> if you're holding flags and chanting and doing heil hitler salutes, it's just karma that people can identify you. >> reporter: sunday, a concerning block post prompted someone to call berkeley police reporting what they believed was a credible threat to top dog's three locations. >> there was enough going on in that threat itself that we felt it necessary on our part to assign officers to those locations. >> reporter: officers were not assigned to top dog today, but they would provide surveillance while on their beats. melanie woodrow, "abc7 n

melanie woodrow joins us live from san francisco with the latest. melan melanie? >> reporter: unprecedented, that's how we heard this operation described several times today. the goal, to get guns and drugs off the streets. we have video to show you of warrants executed in connection ith the operation this past tuesday, as well as yesterday. 90 firearms seized, many of them stolen, more than 100 ounces of narcotics and 48 stolen vehicles. a partnership between atf as well aes law enforcement in san mateo, and san francisco counties. one neighbor shared some cell phone video that he took on tuesday at brush and hallaman in san francisco. he said it was something like out of a movie. >> when we saw all this, we were pretty shocked. but happy. that there's some type of activity now that's been taken to push these individuals that are creating these situations in our community out. >> one firearm in the hands of a gang member or prohibited person is one firearm too many. >> as many of them said when they were arrested, leaving out the obscenity that goes with it, they

in san jose, melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." prosecutors now sa isis terrorists tried to use ebay and paypal to fund attacks here in the u.s. the fbi arrested this man in december of 2015. he's charged with attempting to provide material support to isis. in recently unsealed court records, prosecutors say after pledging his allegiance, he pretended to sell computer printers on ebay. they said it's a scheme to cover $9,000 in payments he got from isis through paypal. he pleaded not guilty and will said the l later this year. ey company has zero tolerance for criminal activities taking place on our marketplace. paypal said -- >>> just as the school year is about to start, bay area sl ooo. oakland is even trying to recruit spanish teachers from central america to fill the gaps. leslie brinkley looks a t the strategies bay area districts are using to combat a growing teacher shortage. >> how many more teachers do you have yet to hire? >> diane low unified and other school districts are scrambling to fill teacher vacancies. in oaklan

melanie woodrow continues our live team coverage from civic center. melanie? >> reporter: well, there will be a similar rally here tomorrow at noon at times today, it was like a party with music, the mayor driving home the message, san francisco is a city of love. >> to those who seek to undermine our spirit, who wave the banners of racism, who think the first amendment protects their violence, you are not welcome in san francisco. [ applause ] >> reporter: their signs promoting love and acceptance held high. the rally a gathering as a precursor to the patriot prayer rally, which was canceled this afternoon. >> you know as well as i do that they have a message of hate. and we've seen across this country how that message can easily translate into violence. >> reporter: the spread of violence had some saying they would stay away. >> i don't think it's productive to have video footage of leftist bashing people on the right. >> reporter: while others plan to counter protest at crissy field or elsewhere. >> it is right to tell people not to bring weapons and that t

melanie woodrow joins us live from san francisco with the latest. melan melanie? >> reporter: unprecedented, that's how we heard this operation described several times today. the goal, to get guns and drugs off the streets. we have video to show you of warrants executed in connection ith the operation this past tuesday, as well as yesterday. 90 firearms seized, many of them stolen, more than 100 ounces of narcotics and 48 stolen vehicles. a partnership between atf as well aes law enforcement in san mateo, and san francisco counties. one neighbor shared some cell phone video that he took on tuesday at brushnd hallaman in san francisco. he said it was something like out of a movie. >> when we saw all this, we were pretty shocked. but happy. that there's some type of activity now that's been taken to push these individuals that are creating these situations in r community out. >> one firearm in the hands of a gang member or prohibited person is one firearm too many. >> as many of them said when they were arrested, leaving out the obscenity that goes with it, they sai

melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> north korea says leader kim jong-un was briefed on his military's plans to launch missiles in the water near guam. the north korean people's army said last week it would finalize a plan to fire four ballistic missiles near guam by mid-august. it is now midmorning august 15th in north korea. kim reportedly praised the military and said he would give the order for the missile test if the u.s. continues its "extremely dangerous actions on the korean peninsula." james mat distold reporters today that if they shoot at the united states, he'll assume they've hit the united states and if they do that, then in his words, it's game on. >>> today the two suspects accuses of killing a photographer at san francisco' famed twin peaks plead could not guilty. police say fantasy decuir pulled the trigger and la mon tai mims are just been rereleased from jail from jail. five days later, photographer ed french was robbed, shot and killed. it's the timing that has this family especially furious. >> the judge is as responsible for my brother's death as the people that murder

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> back now to yesterday's incident at sfo involving the teenager thatumped out the emergency exit of a plane from panama. >> we'll find out what will happen to the teen. kristin zee joins us with that. >> it is a violation of federal law to open the plane's emergency door without crew member instruction. officials say that's exactly what a 17 year old did at sfo yesterday, sources tell abc 7 news, including the district attorney, it is likely that the teen will not be charged with a crime. >> the flight crew told us that it had an overwing exit that was open. >> as the pilot radioed the control tower and passengers watched in surprise, the teen jumped out, slid down the wing onto the tarmac. he was quickly detained and taken to a hospital another the airport. abc 7 news has learned the boy is a bay area resident and u.s. citizen, flying alone. passengers say he looked fidgety throughout the flight. law enforcement says he's getting mental health evaluations and that's likely where the case will end. there's no evidence this was terror-related and no con

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> back now to yesterday's incident at sfo involving the teenager that jumped out the emergency exit of a plane from panama. >> we'll find out what will happen to the teen. kristin zee joins us with that. >> it is a violation of federal law to open the plane's emergency door without crew member instruction. officials say that's exactly what a 17 year old did at sfo yesterday, sources tell abc 7 news, including the district attorney, it is likely that the teen will not be charged with a crime. >> the flight crew told us that it had an overwing exit that was open. >> as the pilot radioed the control tower and passengers watched in surprise, the teen jumped out, slid down the wing onto the tarmac. he was quickly detained and taken to a hospital another the airport. abc 7 news has learned the boy is a bay area resident and u.s. citizen, flying alone. passengers say he looked fidgety throughout the flight. law enforcement says he's getting mental health evaluations and that's likely where the case will end. there's no evidence this was terror-related and no c

in san jose, melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >>> federal prosecutors now say isis terrorists tried to use ebay and paypal to fund attacks here in the u.s. the fbi arrested this man in december of 2015. he's charged with attempting to provide material support to isis. in recently unsealed court records, prosecutors say after pledging his allegiance, he pretended to sell computer printers on ebay. they said it's a scheme to cover $9,000 in payments he got from isis through paypal. he pleaded not guilty and will go on trial later this year. an ebay spokesperson said the company has zero tolerance for criminal activities taking place on our marketplace. paypal said -- >>> just as the school year is about to start, bay area school districts are short on teachers. oakland is even trying to recruit spanish teachers from central america to fill the gaps. leslie brinkley looks a t the hiring strategies bay area districts are using to combat a growing teacher shortage. >> how many more teachers do you have yet to hire? >> three. >> reporter: mt. diane low unified and other school districts are scra

melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: tonight, the artist is this stable condition. right now, police say they do not have a suspect or a getaway vehicle description. but what they do have is surveillance video and they're going through it. he's well known for his contribution to "tell me when to go." the shooting happened at 5:30 this morning at a gas station on carlson boulevard and imperial avenue. a spokesperson says someone shot williams multiple times in his upper torso. police are investigating the motive and say there were few witnesses. >> what we know is he was most likely targeted, and it wasn't a random shooting. it kind of underscores the fact that he's probably the person who did this was intending to take his life. because you just don't shoot multiple times not intending for the person to die. >> reporter: a bay area music blog is sending its prayers and positive energy to the artist and his family. police say the artist had a show in oakland sunday night. as part of their investigation, they're now hooking to what if any ties he has here in richmond.

melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: this restaurant is responding to a flurry of social media activity in a statement posted on its door, letting people know that cole white wasn't f >> reporter: this past weekend, someone on social media identified white as having been at the rally in charlottesville. >> i don't know why someone who kind of supports that would be in this area, a liberal city and town. >> reporter: they spoke with white saturday. >> reporter: the attorney is california's rnc national committee woman. >> if you're holding flags and chanting and doing heil hitler salutes, it's just karma that people can identify you. >> reporter: sunday, a concerning block post prompted someone to call berkeley police reporting what they believed was a credible threat to top dog's three locations. >> there was enough going on in that threat itself that we felt it necessary on our part to assign officers to those locations. >> reporter: officers were not assigned to top dog today, but they would provide surveillance while on their beats. melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >>> our cove

melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >>> both of houston's airports are closed to all commercial traffic with only special rescue flights allowed because many if not most of the runways are still flooded. the indefinite closure could cause delays nationwide whether you're flying to texas or not. some flights in the bay area, los angeles, seattle and miami and dulles have seen cancellati cancellations. roughly 5,000 flights have been canceled through tomorrow in anticipation of the bad weather. most major american airlines are allowing flyers to change their flights to airports in the storm's path without paying a fee. >>> and while some people around the country are bracing for higher gas prices because of harvey, experts say california will not see a cost jump at the pump because we use a cleaner burning gasoline here that is not tied to the refineries in texas or the rest of the country, in fact. >> and usually that's bad news because we have higher prices and get in trouble when california refineries go offline. but in this case, it's good news because we are less likely to be affected by

melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >> reporter: to a live look in new york city. the empire state building going dark tonight in honor of the victims of harvey. some of the most heart wrenching and heartwarming stories have been shared on social media. kristen sze has more. >> reporter: i want to start with newly posted videos of the latest ves cuerescues. you can see this helicopter crew today rescued survives, trapped on roof tops. and a houston track camera captured a good samaritan in a boat, spotting a car that was nearly submerged. he pulls the driver into his t boat and out of danger. ad this picture of a man crying with his dog after haven harvey destroyed his home. and laura anthony just tweeted this video. take a look at it. lots of rain coming down, cars in flooded ditches. laura had to turn around. she's in houston on loan to our sister station, reporting the news for them so their reporters can tend to their homes and families during this difficult time. >> kristen, thank you very much. laura will be very helpful there. much of the nation is bracing f

melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> latham's attorney says his client will plead not guilty and urged thec to withhold judgment till all the facts come out. >>> north korea will not negotiate over its its ballistic missiles programmed you any circumstance as a response to nw sanctions that will cost north korea about a billion dollars a year. they say the sanctions are driving the two sides to war and warned if the u.s. thinks it will be safe because it is across an ocean, there is no bigger misundestanding than that. however, u.s. leaders remain optimistic. >> when the conditions are right that we can sit and have a dialogue around the future of north korea so that they feel secure and prosper economically. >> president trump says he spoke with south korea's president who welcomes the sanctions. >>> president trump is lashing out tonight after a report in the "new york times" suggested mike pence might be getting ready to run for president in 2020. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: president trump tonight is settling in to his 17-day stay at his new jersey golf club. >> everyone having

. >> melanie woodrow has that story. >> reporter: as rescue efforts continue in texas, she woulters alreadyt capacity. >> this was of epic proportion. >> reporter: president donald trump and the first lady arrived in corpus christi today for a briefing with state and local officials. the president noting the gravity of the job at hand. >> we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at five, ten years from now that this is the way to do it. >> reporter: saying he'll work with kopg congress to help texa. today, nancy pelosi, who was in san francisco visiting a construction job training program, added those critical emergency funding discussions are under way. >> so i'm hopeful that all the conversations we had have been positive. of course, we've had to change the mind of some people who didn't want to help when we had sandy to say hopefully now they'll recognize the compact that we have between people and the government. >> reporter: the president praised coordination efforts on the ground, but added that's much more work to be done. >> we won't say congratulations. we don

. >> melanie woodrow has that story. >> reporter: as rescue efforts coinue in texas, she woulters a already>> this was of epic proportion. >> reporter: president donald trump and the first lady arrived in corpus christi today for a briefing with state and local officials. the president noting the gravity of the job at hand. >> we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at five, ten years from now that this is the way to do it. >> reporter: saying he'll work with kopg congress to help texa. today, nancy pelosi, who was in san francisco visiting a construction job training program, added those critical emergency funding discussions are under way. >> so i'm hopeful that all the conversations we had have been positive. of course, we've had to change the mind of some people who didn't want to help when we had sandy to say hopefully now they'll recognize the compact that we have between people and the government. >> reporter: the president praised coordination efforts on the ground, but added that's much more work to be done. >> we won't say congratulations. we don't want to d

melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: tonight, t artist is this sble condition. right now, police say the do not have a suspect or a getaway. but what they do he is surveillance video and they're going through it. he's well known for his contribution to "tell me when to go." the shooting happened at 5:30 this morning at a gas station on carlson boulevard and imperial avenue. a spokesperson says someone shot williams multiple times in his upper torso. police are investigating the motive and say there were few witnesses. >> what we know is he was most likely targeted, and itasn't a random shooting. it kind of underscores the fact that he's probay the person who did this was intending to take his life. because you just don't shoot multiple times not intending for the person to die. >> reporter: a bay area music blog is sending its prayers and positive energy to the artist and his family. police say the artist had a show in oakland sunday night. as part of their investigation, they're now hooking to what if any ties he has here in richmond. melanie woodrow, "abc7 new

. >> melanie woodrow is live at the ridgewood police department with the story tonight. >> reporter: dan and kristen, since this chase ended in the city of richmond, the richmond police department is now investigating this fatal officer involved shooting. the suspect at the center of this had been wanted in connection with a robbery a couple of weeks ago in el ser ito. the victim in that robbery tells me the suspect had threatened him as well. cameron sims said in all the years his family owned all-star doughnuts here, they have never seen anything like this. >> i realize he's got the cash register and i just yell at him, like, hey, what are you doing? >> reporter: two saturdays ago while he was in the back room with his dad, he said the man now identified as 45-year-old jeffrey barboa ran out with the cash register, then threatened him. >> he said, do you want to die? i got a knife and i got a gun. >> reporter: sam turned over surveillance video to the police. >> he looked desperate. >> reporter: his dad took down barboa's license plate. this is moments after vallejo police spotted

news reporter melanie woodrow. >> tonight the artist is in the stable condition.ichmond police do not have a suspect right now or a get away vehicle description. what they do have is surveillance video and they're going through it. keak da sneak is well-known for his contribution to "tell me when to go." it happened at a gags station on imperial avenue. a police spokesperson says someone shot him multiple times in his upper torso. police are still investigating the motive and say there were few witnesses. >> what we know is he was most likely targeted. and it wasn't a random shooting. and it kind of underscores the fact that he's probably the person who did this was intending to probably take his life. because you don't just shoot multiple times at a person not intending for the person to die. in a bay area music blog is sending its prayers and positive energy to the artist and his family. rich monday police say the artist had a show in oakland sunday night. as part of their investigation, they're looking into what if any ties he has here in richmond. melanie wood

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: employees at top dog on durant avenued they had no comment about a now former employee who may have been in charlottesville. >> different people were releasing the people's names and looking at their faces and trying to see, okay, where are they from? someone said, oh, he works here in berkeley. >> reporter: a sign on the restaurant's door says effective saturday, 12th august, cole white no longer works at top dog. the actions of those in charlottesville are not supported by top dog. we believe in individual freedom and volunteary association for everyone. several uc berkeley students stopped by the restaurant to take pictures of the sign. >> i feel like it's good they're taking a stand against this kind of stuff. >> reporter: many of them horrified by the violence in shar rotsville. >> it's crazy. it's 2017, and we still have people so backwards, who can't seem to wrap their heads around inclusivist. >> reporter: there's some question the response on social media as people attempt to identify those in the crowd. >> it's

. >> melanie woodrow is live at the ridgewood police department with the story tonight. >> reporter: dan and kristen, since this chase ended in the city of richmond, the richmond police department is now investigating this fatal officer involved shooting. the suspect at the center of this had been wanted in connection with a robbery a couple of weeks ago in el ser ito. the victim in that robbery tells me the suspect had threatened him as well. cameron sims said in all the years his family owned all-star doughnuts here, they have never seen anything like this. >> i realize he's got the cash register and i just yell at him, like, hey, what are you doing? >> reporter: two saturdays ago while he was in the back room with his dad, he said the man now identified as 45-year-old jeffrey barboa ran out with the cash register, then threatened him. >> he said, do you want to die? i got a knife and i got a gun. >> reporter: sam turned over surveillance video to the police. >> he looked desperate. >> reporter: his dad took down barboa's license plate. this is moments after vallejo police spotted

"abc 7 news" melanie woodrow dills into the latest federal report. >> reporter: these newly releasedtsb pictures show how close it was last month, an air canada pilot mistaking it for a runway. >> this was a disaster averted. >> reporter: ntsb says the air canada plane was 59 feet from the ground. chris ringold is a retired pilot. >> the fact that it had a tail height of 56 feet, it is alarming to take the difference between 59 and 56, but i think the aircraft were separated laterally by a significant amount. >> the air canada questioned said he saw what he believed was the runway. >> it is a rare occurrence for a pilot to lock on to taxi way instead of runway. >> reporter: according to the report, the air canada flight was so off course it hit a blind spot in the radar system for 12 seconds. it should have alerted air traffic controllers the aircraft was not where it was supposed fob. a united airline pilot radioed the control tower to let them know air canada was descending on the taxi way. >> as close as it was and as potentially scary as it was, the whole thing worked. the messag

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, melanie. >>> the man accused of shooting two police officers has died. there are reports the man got ahold of one of the officers' guns. the officers were reporting to a break-in at an apartment complex early this morning. police say there was a struggle, and the officers and the suspect were shot. the suspect later died. police just said the two officers are now in stable condition. >>> an officer on routine patrol spotted and arrested a man in connection with a string of suspicious fires in palo alto. police say there have been no additional suspicious fires since terry lee hill jr. was arrested. four fires broke out last friday between 2:00 and 5:30 a.m. near the stanford shopping center. the 23-year-old suspect was caught on surveillance, look at this, they released this grainy image, police say a car, a dumpster, a garage, and some plants were damaged in the fires. >>> more fires to talk about. firefighters are on the scene of a grass fire that's broken out northeast of napa. sky 7 flew over the fire about an hour ago a

"abc 7 news" melanie woodrow dills into the latest federal report. >> reporter: these newly releasedpictures show how close it was last month, an air canada pilot mistaking it for a runway. >> this was a disaster averted. >> reporter: ntsb says the air canada plane was 59 feet from the ground. chris ringold is a retired pilot. >> the fact that it had a tail height of 56 feet, it is alarming to take the difference between 59 and 56, but i think the aircraft were separated laterally by a significant amount. >> the air canada questioned said he saw what he believed was the runway. >> it is a rare occurrence for a pilot to lock on to taxi way instead of runway. >> reporter: according to the report, the air canada flight was so off course it hit a blind spot in the radar system for 12 seconds. it should have alerted air traffic controllers the aircraft was not where it was supposed fob. a united airline pilot radioed the control tower to let them know air canada was descending on the taxi way. >> as close as it was and as potentially scary as it was, the whole thing worked. the message to

in the east bay, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> meanwhile, firefighters are on alert for more brush fires like this one in petaluma. heat and high winds combine to spread flames close to buildings yesterday afternoon. the fire broke out near bodega avenue and king road, an aggressive attack by firefighters kept the fire to about 20 acres. calfire called in eight aircraft to help fight the flames. people across the city said they could see the smoke. >> a hearing expected to continue in a recall effort against aaron persky. he argues the recall should be handled by the state and not the county. a attemtemporary restrainer ords stopped organizer from collecting signatures put it on the ballot. if the court sides with persky, they would have to start all over again. the judge has a pattern of bias in cases involving sex crimes, including the case against former stanford swimmer brock turner. >> piedmont's mayor has resigned amid comments he posted inflammatory comments on facebook. they told the times jeff wiler posted statements like, quote, black lives matter encourages cop killing.

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> a lot of pets are being rescued in the flood zone. the marin humane society is on standby to help. they're in contact with various shelters discussing how to fly animals to california. the marin humane society did the same thing during hurricane katrina several years ago. >>> there's a lot of concern that gas prices may rise in the wake of hurricane harvey. but as abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler tells us, the increase may not be as severe in california. >> reporter: is there a connection between the misery in texas and prices at your local gas station? sams, who lives in contra costa county, said he saw a huge spike overnight. >> i know there's a disaster. but the refineries are in california. i don't know why gas went up that high in less than 24 hours. >> reporter: a jump at the pump could be likely anywhere from a nickel to 25 cents a gallon or more nationwide. but not here in california. according to uc berkeley's school of business, he points out california has a unique state mandated cleaner burning gasoline that is not tied t

melanie woodrow is live with this story. >> reporter: conditions out here were damp earlier today. but the captain says they were perfect for this rescue last night. the alcatraz clipper was also in the right place at the right time. alcatraz captain and crusade they were >> i'm like, this is some of the craziest behavior i've seen. he one ups it by pulls out the shaver and goes to town, taking care of business. >> passengers can be cited and fined for eating on b.a.r.t. but not for shaving. but a spokesman says we can tell shaving bro it's necessarily pnecessarily against the law to be a jerk, though you might get called out on social media. this picture was shared on twitter when a woman's luggage took up too much space. b.a.r.t. has tweeted a poem in response. "shaving on b.a.r.t. is disgusting, your social skills beg for adjusting, the people around you are judging." think twice. >> what a story that is. >>> after an inauspicious start where he put his first drive into the golf cart, steph curry is pack at it again, trying to make the cut at a professional golf tournament. laur

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melanie woodrow walks us through start of the legal process. >> reporte one of two men accused of a fatal chig ste aal stabbing is headed back today. >> i don't know the facts. >> reporter: police desibed a horrific crime scene after receiving an anonymous call. they found 26-year-old trenton cornell stabbed to death. latham is also facing murder charges, fled to the bay area where they turned themselves in friday night. according to chicago police, before his surrender, latham sent a video to fily and friends apologizing for the murder. the day of the murder, the pair had made a $1,000 donation to a wisconsin public donation in the victim's name. his attorney describes latham as a kind and gentle soul. the speculation and rumors stop so that this man can get a fair trial. >> reporter: in a statement, the family said given the nature of how our ss suffered and died, we're hopeful that the judge nied bail for both suspects. the family thanked law enforcement for bringinghe suspects into custody. melaniwoodrow, "abc7 news." >>> a woman whose quick action led to the rescue of two children al

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> now back to yesterday's incident involving the teenager who jumped out of the emergency exit of the plane from panama. it is unlikely the teenager will be charged with a crime. >>> we have an exit that is open. >> as the pilot radioed the control tower and passengers watched in surprise, they say the teenager jumped out, slid to the wing on to the tarmac. he was quickly detaind and taken to a hospital near the airport. they learned he's a bay area resident flying alone. they say he looked fidgety throughout the flight. he's getting mental health say this was terror related in any way and no contraband was found. >>> president trump is endorsing a new immigration plan that would cut immigration by half. it features highly skilled workers and it helped if you speak english. but it turned into a fiery debate over what the statue of liberty really stands for. here's abc news reporter, mary bruce. >> reporter: eager to tackle a key campaign promise, president trump made a surprise push to over haul the immigration system. >> this is our compassion for struggl

. >>> also at 5:00, melanie woodrow in richmond where bay area rapper heat to sneak is in stable condition after he was targeted and shot at a gas station early this morning. >>> you're looking at a hospital in singapore where four u.s. sailors are being treated after their ship crashed into an oil tanker in the pacific ocean yesterday. a total of five sailors aboard the "uss john mccain" are still missing. live in los angeles with the latest on the search. >> larry, this collision marks the second time a u.s. naval destroyer crashed with another vessel in the pacific in the past two months. now the navy's top admiral is calling for a comprehensive review. the search continues for ten missing sailors aboard the uss mccain after the guided missile destroyer collided with a 600-foot oil tanker just east of singapore. i've other sailors injured with four being air lifted to the hospital. >> my thoughts and prayers are with the sailors and families of the "uss john mccain." >> reporter: the destroyer has significant damage to its hull. the crew's sleeping quarters among the compartments floode

melanie woodrow was in court today and will have a live update at 5:00. >>> san francisco police arrested two people in connection to the deadly shooting of a san francisco man last month on twin peaks. police say 71-year-old edward french was robbed of a camera, then shot to death at the popular viewpoint just before 8:00 in the morning on july 16th. witnesses reported hearing a single gunshot and two suspects, a man and a woman, run to a vehicle and drive off. so far, police haven't released any information about the suspects in custody. >>> the judge in the kate steinle murder case is expected to set a trial date tomorrow. the attorneys discussed scheduling matters in superior court today. mexican citizen juan francisco lopez sanchez is accused of killing the 32-year-old steinle two years ago, appeared before the court. the killing sparked a national debate over sanctuary cities and immigration. a further hearing is scheduled for tomorrow morning. >>> the flames may be out but oakland residents are dealing with the impact of an oakland fire one month later. investigators believe an ars

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