in san francisco, nick smith, abc-7 news. >> ama: they're good about those things. two people are under arrest after a party got out of control at a hotel. at the intercontinental san francisco hotel ballroom. police were called when fights broke out at the party for 800 high school age teens. police escorted the teens out of the hotel. >>> a series of small earthquakes shook the bay area, from 2:30 to 2:45 and were relatively small. the epicenter was near pacifica and montara. the largest was 2.8, the smallest, 2.6. >>> still to come on abc-7 news at 6:00, a deadly plane crash in moscow. what led up to the plane ca -- careening off the runway. >> an least in the latest subway death. >>> the fight against the growing crime tonight in >> a plane careened off the runway in moscow on landing, killing at least four people. there were eight people onboard the plane when it rolled off the runway and plowed into a field and fell apart. the plane's engine failed to go into reverse in landing. >> new york city police have a suspect in custody of the death of a man who was sh

in the mission district, nick smith, abc-7 news. insure. >> ama: two people who drowned after being swept away by a large wave while fishing have been identified as a father and son, nine weire juanes a mio-rojas, and his father. a third person survived. the three were fishing at bonita cove near the golden gate bridge. a large wave swept them into the water. the two men were able to grab on to a rock. it's believedes a mio swam from the rock in an effort to save his son. they both were swept away. >>> tonight, people are urged to use caution near the water. we're under a high surf advisory until 10:00 tonight. here's how the high surf and heavy winds made for a busy day for first responders. >> a rough day like this on ocean beach makes for a surfer's playground, until something goes wrong. a worried onlookers called 9-1-1 to report three surfers lost in theheart beyond the break. >> in the situation with this, the surf as aggressive as it is, use extreme caution before putting swimmers out there. >> fortunately the coast guard was

at police headquarters nick smith abc 7 news. >> grief continues to grip newtown, connecticut. a procession of funerals reminds family, friends and neighbors of the tragedy that 7eá?ok place there a week ago, tomorrow, the services took place in new york. the emotional wake is shared around country. visitors are offering their support. >> there is no reason for a coffin that small, realy. i think that... have you to just come, say goodbye. >> the governor called for a moment of silence tomorrow at 6:30 in the morning our time, one week after the shooting. gf brown is calling fon all californians to join in that moment of silence. and we'll be streaming that special report live for you at abc 7 news.com. >> join us for that. san francisco mayor ed lee is throwing his support behind two measures designed to tighten san francisco's gun laws. the first banning certain types of ann ammunition. the second would require stores to report to police any ammunition sale of 500 rounds or more saying it's not only inspired by the massacre in connecticut but deadly gun violence happening san

abc 7 news reporter keira is in pacifica. nick smith is at sfo where holiday travelers are seeing flight delays. a quick first look at the weather. >> good morning. we are looking at a cold front strong one moving into the bay area. all of the reds andie and yells with flooding occurring now near pedaluma. here is pedaluma. stony brook road, pen grove park some streams above flood stage. to the north, forestville looking at heavy rain. further south, southern marin county, south salito lighter rain. heavier cells here into the east bay around the san ramon valley. dublin, 5850 heavy rain. further on the peninsula looking at good cells from pacifica, half moon bay, moss beach and montera. heavy remember rain. lighter returns for sunnyvale, coupe cuper it tino and san jose. the suze mountains have gilroy, light rain here. moisture pushinged in along the coast. winds up to 38 meals an hour in oakland with a wind advisory through 1:00 in the north bay and 2:00 through the south bay. continues to increase throughout the morning hours. we cle

in visitation valley, nick smith, abc news. >> very strange, nick. and of course you can check the latest on abc news.com. >>> dive teams are searching for a missing man who never came home last night. 77-year-old philip madingly was last seen on a warship docked at the mier islands. lilian kim joins us live from there tonight with the latest. lilian? >> this is the world war ii ship that philip madingly was, woulding on. the prevailing theory tonight is that he fell into the water. friends and family believe that something bad has happened to 77-year-old philip madingly. the engineer was last seen wok working on the world war ii vessel. he was with madingly on saturday. the two were working on the warship from this tug boat dock next to it. >> i am sure if it was something miner we heard -- minor we would have heard from it. we checked with the hospitals. >> police were notified of maddingly's disappearance after he never made it home. the sheriff marine team and coast guard spent the day looking for him, but the strong current forced them to suspen

nick smith, abc 7 news. >> police are not releasing a lot of information about a deadly shooting by a police officer this morning. officers say they could hear a woman screaming in the background of a 911 call from the apartment. they arrived and were confronted by an armed man. police say the officers were forced to shoot the man butúj4 refused to give more detail autos there is more than one officer involved. however, i will not disclose identities for number involved but there are no officers injured in this incident. >> police would not say what provoked this shooting. the district attorney joined the investigation. ples say this is the city's first officer involved shooting since 2001. >> in oakland, business owners frightened and frustrated after returning to work to find their shops vandalized over the christmas holiday. sometime tuesday night, someone smashed windows in stores. the back wind yof a van was broken. and the operator says this type of crime is just too common in the neighborhood. >> if this will go on and on and on with, out being an end, then, probably i'll have

nick smith, abc 7 news. >> sounds like good advice, thank you. stay with us for continuing coverage on the storms hitting the bay area, you can track rain yourself online with live doppler 7 at abc 7 news.com. >> murder mystery in a silicon valley community. coming up next, first killing in decades as neighbors shocked and scared. >> ucsf medical school gets new toys. how this expansion is helping students move a step ahead. >> and what is going on with raiders suspending row@ñ Ñ >>> police investigating a deadly home invasion in a santa clara county community where there had not been a murder under decades. the last time there was a homicide case it was 1972. here is a look from sky 7 hd. where officers responded to a call. they found a man dead, his wife, injured the house ransacked. news of the crime shocked people in this neighborhood. >> has not happened here. we don't expect it to happen here. and it's very shocking and i think everybody in the neighborhood is going to take security precautions to make sure it doesn't happen to them. >> pol

. ♪ >> nick smith, "abc 7 news." >> sales of bulletproof backpacks and body armor for children are nowto be soaring following the connecticut massacre. backpacks are lined with koevlar material. one business tells mother jones.com they have tripled their sales. if the website has crashed moi7 times because there are so many interested people. >> with chilling detail an investigation points to systemic failures that led to the terrorist attack in benghazi libya. it killed ambassador christopher stevens. his stepfather spoke by phone today. he said the report is upsetting because it reveals the nature of the decisions made and not made. it's triggered a shakeup at the state department with several resignations. >> how horrible the attack was, how heroic the fight to save lives, how heavy the loss. today, with this searing report we now know what could have been done to try to prevent it. the independent review cited failure after failure. security in benghazi it said was grossly inadequate. was not a high priority in washington where repeated requests for more security went unheeded. >>

nick smith abc 7 news. >> in fairfield tonight a wm arrested after a fatal fire two years ago has been charged with another crime. you might remember the fire claiming the lives of four children left unattended in an apartment where candles were burning. their mothers charging their cell phones in the laundry woom room because there was in electricity in the apartment at the time. one mother is serving a 10 year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors planned to charge the other mother but they never got around to it. the second mother now has been charged with robbing a woman at knife point over the weekend and was arraigned this afternoon. >> the day after christmas marks first day of the after rick kin american celebration of qaunza. a tribute to the african heritage through music drew a sold out crowd today. >> from drums to jazz... and of course, gospel... music tells a time line of the african american struggle. >> see, hundreds of years ago people were bought and sold and thought of as three fifths of a man. >> but with poetry and dancing the band began a week long ce

in visitation valley, nick smith, abc news. >> very strange, nick. and of course you can check the latest on abc news.com. >>> dive teams are searching for a missing man who never came home last night. 77-year-old philip madingly was last seen on a warship docked at the mier islands. lilian kim joins us live from there tonight with the latest. lilian? >> this is the world war ii ship that philip madingly was, woulding on. the prevailing theory tonight is that he fell into the water. friends and family believe that something bad has happened to 77-year-old philip madingly. the engineer was last seen wok working on the world war ii vessel. he was with madingly on saturday. the two were working on the warship from this tug boat dock next to it. >> i am sure if it was something miner we heard -- minor we would have heard from it. we checked with the hospitals. >> police were notified of maddingly's disappearance after he never made it home. the sheriff marine team and coast guard spent the day looking for him, but the strong current forced them to suspen

nick smith, abc 7 news. >> it was a violent start to the day in oakland.wo men shot to death around 1:00 in the morning in west oakland. less than two hours later a woman stabbed and killed miles away oniyip walnut street. those two incidents are not police identified two young men killed as darrell armstrong and a 19-year-old keith davis. police do not have motive for the killing. there have been 130 murders in oakland this year, the most in six years. >> a sixth person has been charged with murder in the death of a man found bound and gagged on a san francisco street this month. a 26-year-old is now among five other people charged with the crime. all of whom have previously pleaded not guilty. the victim, steven read was found tide up december 9th on drus brusel street along with a young woman. >> the chief of police reports actions of his officers after they shot and killed a man. the 22-year-old died thursday morning after a confrontation with police at apartments. the chief will not say what banta had a weapon. >> they don't happen in walnut creek of

at oakland police headquarters nick smith abc 7 news. >>> more crime news police made a sixth arrest in the case of a man and woman found bound and gagged on a street in san francisco. they also have some new details release ing into what may have caused that incredibly vicious attack. new person charged with murder 26-year-old catherine ong known by the nickname killer. police say she and 5 other people stormed a house on december 9. beat up the man and young woman and left him for dead on the street. man died woman survived. district attorney says the attack may connected to credit card fraud operation. >> more to bring enthusiastic friday. still to come on 7 news at 9:00. annual new year's crack down on drunk drivers under way right now and this year an idea for stopping repeat offenders. >> plus take a ride back in tile. how cool is this. why the retro-license plates may back on the road and how you cap get one on your car. >> and bit later. bit of optimism today about the fiscal cliff. president last minute message to congress as the count down gets very close now. >> we are tra

nick smith, abc 7 news. >>> lisa argin joining us. it is cold this morning.n i say freezing. >> you can say below freezing. 29 in fairfield. we have fog around the bay as well. right now emeriville temperatures are considerably warmer than the north hill valleys. we are in the 40s here. doesn't sound warm but it's all relative. we will talk about light rain and if it lasts through the weekend. >> taking you back out live to newtown, connecticut where we are await agnes conference that should begin a-- awaiting a new conference. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin [ female announcer ] holiday cookies are a big job. everything has to be just right. perfection is in the details. ♪ get to holiday fun faster with pillsbury cookie dough. >> welcome back everybody. we want to start you off with weather at this time so you know how much you

in redwood city, nick smith, abc news. >> the storm made areas treacherous for people living near the shoreline. in pacifica the waves pounded the sea wall and spilled to the ocean front sidewalk. the city closed the pier that is normally a popular spot. in san mateo county a small rock and mudslide closed the highway. a chp was able to clear the road. county officials say that this part of the coast highway is dangerous and extented the rine storms. the rains storms. this is a day that many would rather forget. delays and cancellations were the order of the day. airport officials say arriving flights could be delayed as long as two hours. >> yesterday i got in here at about 4:00. i had been waiting in multiple two-hour lines. after i find out my flight was can -- canceled for four hours i had to wait for another three hours in the customer service line. i didn't get to get to the end of before the booth closed. >> it could last until midnight. for up-to-date information go to the front page of the website, abc7 news. it was not the only form of transportation. these cars are trying t

live in richmond, nick smith, abc news. jay thank you, nick. amazing how that driver got out of the big rig. the highway patrol says the wet and windy weather likely played a role in a fatal crash that occurred early this morning on northbound interstate 280 in daly city. the 5:00 a.m. crash kept lanes shutdown for about three hours. one woman died at the scene. the chp says she was driving alone and apparently did not see an abandoned car. she slammed into it and was struck from behind by an suv. traffic came to a stand still while crews worked to cut the victim out of that wreckage. san francisco is dealing with dozens of toppled trees and flooding right now. crews have responded to at least 40 downed trees. we are told by city officials that none of the trees has hit any homes. also there have been 48 calls of flooding, one the northern police station at fill more and turke. and in san francisco a power pole has snapped in half in the sunset district at 39th and moraga street. a transformer also blew. nearly 8400 pg&e customers do not have p

with proposal to pay the think tank 250,000 dollars out of the city's general fund n.oakland, nick smith, abc 7 news. >> travelers on a south west flight from oakland to las vegas had a bit of a scare. flight 4316 left oakland 4:25 this afternoon. pilot reported engine trouble just before landing in las vegas. passengers said they saw flames shooting out of an engine. south westco not confirm that. everyone got off safely in vegas and passengers headed on to denver and loaded on to different plane. >>> well, dry spell nice to see the sun today but more wet weather is coming but lisa is here with a look at the forecast and live doppler 7 hd. lisa camera on the move. see you in a moment. >> that's right dan. when you look at life doppler 7 hd right now and we are going to talk about that rain coming up when we return. or not. here we go. we are talking about a large northerly swell coming in out ahead of the front but you foe what, we are looking at very wet conditions soggy conditions for late fall and pretty much all of december. so you can see 151 percent of normal san francisco with 154 per

in redwood city, nick smith, abc news. >> the storm made areas treacherous for people living near thehoreline. in pacifica the waves pounded the sea wall and spilled to the ocean front sidewalk. the city closed the pier that is normally a popular spot. in san mateo county a small rock and mudslide closed the highway. a chp was able to clear the road. county officials say that this part of the coast highway is dangerous and extented the rine storms. the rains storms. this is a day that many would rather forget. delays and cancellations were the order of the day. airport officials say arriving flights could be delayed as long as two hours. >> yesterday i got in here at about 4:00. i had been waiting in multiple two-hour lines. after i find out my flight was can -- canceled for four hours i had to wait for another three hours in the customer service line. i didn't get to get to the end of before the booth closed. >> it could last until midnight. for up-to-date information go to the front page of the website, abc7 news. it was not the only form of transportation. these cars are trying to

and coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 abc 7 news's nick smith looks into how much this duo will cost the city. >> a church is trying to show young people alternatives to the kind of activities that can get them into trouble. allen? >> this may look like average lock in. but this is the second time they've had a big event like this for kids. it's one of the outlets for good, clean fun in oakland. they're expecting about 800 kids from ages 6-18 forñq&7%p night of face painting, food and a concert by ty who has a huge following. this youth minister is hoping to tap into an opportunity where good, clean fun is in demand. >> once you find it, hold onto it. i'm glad very something todd.t hold on to. >> what would you be doing if you weren't here? >> home, watching tv. eating. that is it. >> now, a lot of parents feel the best way to protect kids out here to keep them inside of the home that. is why youth ministers are hoping to parlay this event into having a good time. tickets being sold out here for this he venlt. all of the kids brought sleeping bags and will be bucking out here at the som

and she spoke exclusively with abc 7 news reporter nick smith from her hospital bed. >> i looked back and i saw a bullet coming at my son's head and i threw myself over my son. >> maria spoke to me from her hospital bed after a night at church took a violent turn and left her seriously he wounded. >> we were at church with my daughter and some people passed by shooting at the church. >> reporter: her pastor was telling the story about the birth of christ when out of no where he heard. >> boom, boom, boom, boom. i was scared. i said to people -- said go down. as fast as you can. >> reporter: at least four bullets pierced through the walls and directly in the path of parishonners. she moved quickly but her instincts to shield her children put her in the direct path of one of of the bullets. >> i got shot in the lung and it injured my intestine and my stomach. >> reporter: there were more than 100 parishonners attending a christmas worship service. most duck for cover. >> i threw myself down and got in front so a bullet come here and hit here. >> reporter: shell casings can still be foun

she's talking with abc 7 news about this ordeal. >> nick smith joins us live with the story. nick?, dan, good evening. maria is expected to survive her injuries. she expected them to learn a lesson about the christmas holidays. instead, her children sought mother, shot, hit by a stray bullet. maria has a frightening story to tell. >> we're at church with my daughter and people passed by shooting at church. >> she spoke to me from hervhlé hospital bed, shaken by the scene of events plague out on monday night. >> i look back and saw a bullet coming at my son's head. i threw myself over my son. >> the reverend was selling -- telling a 4i whe when... >> boom, boom.'h7qsç we had to stop the sermon. go down. i said go down. as fast as you can. >> four bullets pierced through the walls into the sanctuary of the church and in the path of parishioners. her instinct tworz turn to shield her children putting her in the path of the spray bullet. >> i got shot in the lung and injured my intestine and stomach. >> the shooting started just before 9:00 p.m. christmas eve. the day most latinos cele

abc 7 news reporter nick smith will have a live report with the latest information. >>> and from theing the city of petaluma. flooding reported around local streams and rivers.

nick smith hzv<.t the east bay covered. let's begin with abcel tracking this storm from the roof of the abc 7 building. >> hi, dan, cheryl. it's dry up here, we have cloud cover. moisture in the atmosphere, as far as wet weather, live doppler 7 is tracking it south. and east of us. let's check it out now. we have our own radar always tracking moisture for you. keeping you ahead of the storm. looking down towards south bay we do have showers around santa cruz mountains. south bay around san jose heading up towards fremont area, down to street level, camden avenue. down towards santa teresa boulevard. san jose light returns right now this, is translating into light showers around fremont. looking at rainfall totals we've got drenched this morning. 3800 in san jose. oakland close to an inch there. jant rosa, 98/100th. looking towards livermore just over a half inch of rain. when i come back, what this moisture behind me means for your morning commute.