alison platt said she and her siblings would like to hear from anyone who knew their sister so they can find an appropriate place to hold their own service for elizabeth when the time is appropriate and safe here in san francisco. in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> that is a sad story all around. >>> let's change directions now and bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. gray, stormy skies. pretty cool to see, jeff. >> so nice, raj and janelle. just what we need here in january to at least keep the fire danger down. it's not solving all our probz. we're running anywhere from 3 1/2 to 9 1/2 inches behind for the rainfall season, but again good for that fire danger to keep it lower. as we start off with stormranger, our mobile doppler radar, the main part of our storm system has moved on out. also after some gusty winds. but we are seeing a few spotty showers here over the peninsula, san francisco, contra costa, alameda counties. and i think we'll hold on to the chance here of some spotty showers as we head through the next couple of hours. nothing too heavy. the

a friend says platt was a former dj. platt's family says she was likely homeless. >> the other woman who died, that's just horribly tragic and the whole family just feels badly for her family as well. >> reporter: the san francisco district attorney's office says it met with abe's family via zoom tonight. records show in april last year suspect mccallister was facing the possibility of life in prison under the state's three strikes law but prosecutors let him plead down the case under the new district attorney who opposes the three strikes law, and mccallister was set free. records also show since then mccallister was repeatedly arrested but never charge. the da's office, state parole and the police department are now pointing fingers at each other for mccallister's release, a grieving community says abe deserves justice. >> i hope the d.a. can, you know, sentence the criminal to something he deserves. >> reporter: jean elle, nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00, drastic new measures in the u.k. tonight to combat a fast s

meanwhile a former coworker of the second victim shared this picture of liz platt. he worked with her at the radio station where she worked as a volunteer for the past several years. >> he says the radio station will hold a tribute to platt on sunday evening noon to 3:00. mcallister will be back in court for another hearing in two weeks. he's being held in jail with no bail set. thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> a potential vaccine disaster averted thanks to some quick thinking and quick work. a hospital in ukiah found out yesterday that its refrigerator holding 850 moderna vaccines failed. the fridge broke. that left two and a half hours for the shots to be given or the shots would be ruined, 850 of them. officials at aventis health medical center came up with a plan to give the vaccines to a nursing home, county workers, jail inmates and the general public. 40 nurses and doctors jumped into action to give the shots. couple of hours later, all the vaccines were administered. >>> a new requirement now for people booking rentals through air beenb. you've got to fil

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the other identified as elizabeth platt. they say mcalister is a repeat offend offender. they've arrested him several times since april after he was released from a five-year prison sentence. "the chronicle" says he stole the car from a woman he met on a dating site. >>> well, back to the forecast, our storm ranger certainly busy this morning checking rain across the bay area. taking a live look outside at sfo and some of the roads in fremont. "today in the bay's" kari hall is back tracking just how long this wet weather will stick around. good morning, kari. >>> good morning. we're going to see most of the rain during the early hours especially for the north bay. it's already falling. but areas south are not seeing much of that wet weather right now. so if you're getting ready to head out the door and you're in the east bay expect spotty, light rain. some of the heavier rain staying to the north. as we go through this forecast we'll be tracking the showers today along with some high winds. some of those gusts may reach over 40 miles per hour especially in the north bay,

the two victims, 27-year-old hiro ko abe and 60-year-old elizabeth platte were struck and killed while walking in the crosswalk. mcalister was paroled on conviction of robbery last year. since that time court records indicate he was arrested five times in seven months in san francisco. d.a. chesa boudin was questioned why mcalister was out on the street. >> there are missed opportunity here's and every law enforcement agency involved in supervising mr. mcalister ordealing with his arrest is taking a hard look at what happened and what might have happened. >> while boudin was still a public defender he was listed as mcalister's lawyer during a preliminary hearing. the police officers association is calling on boudin to recuse himself from the case calling it a conflict of interest. >>> still ahead tonight it is a major shake-up in the tech world, what google's unionization vote could mean for the rest of the industry. >> the organizing world in tech was electric right now. >>> and tonight some new frustrations with the state's unemployment agency, why many californians suddenly can't ac

dhs would about several felony charges, the victims have been identified as 60 year-old elizabeth plattnd 27 year-old bay both women were in a crosswalk when they were hit. mcallister was on parole and now the san francisco police officers association is calling for an independent oversight panel to review chase beans criminal charging decisions. but dean says his office could have done more to prevent this tragedyn we will have much more on this story tonight on kron 4 news at night. >>in sonoma county, the search continues tonight for 2 young children who disappeared into the surf near jenner where their father died trying to save them. our first charles clifford has an update now on the search. >>along the sonoma coast on monday, the sonoma county sheriff's office along with california state parks continue their search for 2 children who went missing in the surf at blind beach. on sunday now we have also learned the identity of the father of the children who apparently died trying to save them on sunday, his name is michael women. he is 40 he was from petaluma now monday morning, the

when he ran a red light in the south of market neighborhood hitting and killing 6 year-old elizabeth platt and 27 not hobby who are both in the crosswalk at the time of the crash mcallister was on parole. so the san francisco police officers association is calling for an independent oversight panel to review but dean's criminal charging decisions. meanwhile, san francisco local richie greenberg quiz calling body defiant and deflecting of his responsibilities has launched an online petition for but dean to step down and so far about 6,000 people who agree have signed it. >>he campaigned on a platform of what he called restored and justice which is a very nebulous strange term to many of us. so he is keeping true to his promise in a sense, but i think that this has gone way overboard. that there are destructive. very very negative consequences that are being eyed now borne out over this past year that we see. and it's time for him to go week that the city cannot continue the pass is going right now. >>but dean took to twitter and defense saying that he has met with the family of the victims

boudin announced several felony charges and the victims have been identified as 60 year-old elizabeth platt and 27 year-old alcoa bay. both women were in a crosswalk when they were hit. mcallister was on parole and now the san francisco police officers association is calling for an independent oversight panel to review chase beans criminal charging decisions. but dean says his office could have done more to prevent this tragedy. we will have much more on this story coming up tonight on kron 4 news at 9. all right switching gears the bay area doused was showers this morning, this is a look at our. >>traffic this afternoon casey east bay upper left that is the richmond sandra fell. >>bridget i actually that a bridge upper right an sfo bottom left and the bay bridge. toll plaza. different little weather elements there as our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now lot of rain this morning but this is kind of cleared up now in some spots, yeah kind of tapering off now the storm front has moved on through, but certainly a nice rain as it moved through the bay area today bringing us a pr

hospitalizations have started platt toeing across the country in almost every state is reporting a declinein new infections. but. public health officials warn new covid-19 streams could delay progress on saturday the university of michigan paul's all athletic activities after several positive tests for very in first discovered in the uk werner race. against these variants. the virus is going to change and it's up to us to adapt it to make sure that we're staying ahead. public health officials maintain available vaccine should be effective against the uk variant, but the rollout continues to face obstacles. thousands of appointments across the country have been canceled due to a shortage of doses, some state and local officials are calling on the federal government to release vaccines being held in reserve at 250,000 doses a week. this is going to take us for 15 16 17 weeks, but the country's new cdc director says that there aren't enough doses available right now to speed up the rule out. we don't have as many doses as we would like now for states like new york for other states that are cl

last week's show and it's fun so i feel last week teaching 7th cable and going to africa quickly tom platt says vince and i at the same sunny summer think i met him in the big 1960 s. before he became famous we were near neighbors i've always find it hard to disagree with a few of his views that i disagreed with they are still reasonably expressed such talents are tremendous asset to a politician even snow sought to mystic about the liberal democrats electoral success and phase one m.p. for the lib dems is their prospect. it is once too large weeklies prediction that support for welsh independence will grow if they can't have a european future within the united kingdom matthew says didn't will fall for brics it is well sure you can see that if it was scottish or northern irish independence you are talking about but this is a by wales which also voted for breaks that logically of course went on in his interview to say that he thought scotland would indeed get to essence to rule and he anticipated the reunification of ireland to which bob says i really hope boris says he can't do it anymore

the mother of 27-year-old of a is set to attend a, who died with 60-year-old elizabeth platt.pect, 45-year-old troy mcalister, appeared in san francisco court today to enter not guilty pleas to federal charges. he is charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, leaving the scene of the collision, and drug and firearms charges. public defender scott grant saying it's still very early in the course of this case. >> questions of exactly what happened, and why, are very important. i've only just begun to receive the information necessary to make a legal determination in this case. >> the vigil for the victims is set to take place tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 at second and mission streets, where that crash took lace. >>> dr. dre is in the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm. tmz reports that the 55-year- old is in the icu at cedars- sinai medical center in l.a., after being rushed to the hospital yesterday. he said to be in stable condition and lucid..yours don't know yet what caused the bleeding. they're doing a battery of tests. dr. dre is in the middl

ago on new year's eve, the 27 year old's life and it's suddenly hana and another woman, elizabeth plattthe street when a driver in a stolen vehicle, hit them and tried to run from the scene. he was on parole for robbery school. her death could be a turning point. san francisco city hall ago. loved to become a safe and beautiful one again. friends tell me hana was like the sun radiating warmth and happiness embracing life with sussed. she is very curious parcel, so she tries like everything. one friend tells me on new year's eve, she went to harness apartment to bring her soba noodles, a symbol of long life to celebrate the new year, and hana was going to give her cheesecake she made and it's changed. that never happened mam angry and then said, but you know if i have that angry, miss, she is never gonna come back. friends say they have plans to travel with hana. and that they'll miss all the girl talk about dating and dreams about what their future will hold. if you could say something to her. what would it be? come back, come back to us, you know? ha! na's mother and brother plan to re

reporter: stephanie is talking about the killing of 27-year-old hana abe and 60-year-old elizabeth platt. records show sfpd arrested mccallister several times in the months before the deadly incident but he was not charged. from japan abe's brother says while the family is heartbroken by abe's death, they don't blame mccallister. they blame a system that let him down. in court today mccallister pleaded not guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter and other charges. stephanie says it's not the only deadly incident involving a repeat offender. she says 19-year-old kelvin chuu was shot and killed last year by a man arrested but not charged in a weapons case. to get a better idea of how the criminal justice system is working as some violent crimes are trending up. >> they're up for homicide. they're up for arson. they're up for a lot of things, and we have to understand why. >> while elected officials look for answers, a community is preparing to remember the new year's eve victims. the san francisco police officer association says there will be a vigil here tomorrow at second and miss

listening to that with me has been barbara platt asher from washington.ur thoughts on what we heard? barbara: he seems to have been asked by his aides to at least address what happened in the capital. because he did it in a very perfunctory way with eberle saying anything about it. he said the was formed by a mob. he didn't say they were his supporters. he dn't mention anything about his role with the speech that he gave before hand asking them to march on the capital. but he just said that they had stormed it and trashed the halls of government and that we, as in the republicans, the make america great again agenda, believed in respecting america's history and traditions and that law enforcement is the foundation of maga, make america great again peered so basically making the point he and his movement did not support what happened at the capital, but not saying anything about the fact that it was indeed his movement that did it. ros: yes, it was short on detail no doubt. and that will be a calculation by president trump, because he doesn't want a schism

last week show and it's fun so actually last week teaching 7th keep on going to africa quickly tell platt says vince and i at the same sunny summer i think i met him in the big 1960 s. before he became famous we were near neighbors i've always find a. hard to disagree with a few of his views i have disagreed with they are still reasonably expressed such talents are a tremendous asset to a politician is not so up to mystic about the liberal democrats future electoral success and phase one m.p. for the lib dems is there a prospect it is once too large weekly's prediction that support for welsh independents will grow if they can't have a utopian future within the united kingdom matthew says didn't will fall for breaks it is well sure you can see that if it was scottish or northern irish independence you are talking about but this is about wales which also voted for brics that logically of course went on in his interview to say that he thought scotland would indeed ditch westminster rule and he anticipated the reunification of ireland to which bob says i really hope boris says he can't do it

this the scope medical examiner has identified 60-year-old elizabeth platt of san francisco as one of the pedestrians that was struck and killed. the identity of the second woman has not been released by officials. police say 45-year-old troy mcallister was driving a stolen car when he struck and killed the two women a second and mission street there's afternoon. witnesses say they tried he tried to run away from the crash but a group of bystanders chased him down and detained him. firefighters in san jose rescued a man that crashes car into a river. they were called around 1:30 a.m. called around 1:30 a.m. fire officials say the man who was alone in the car was trapped inside. water levels are low right now but because of the location of the car firefighters still faced tough conditions. >>>very steep, rocky terrain and very difficult to access so it did require all personnel to assist. >> fire crews were able to get the driver out of the car. he was taken to the hospital and is said to be in fair condition tonight. a investigation is into way on what led into the crash. >>> it has b

michael platt. numbers coming through from hedge funds, bluecrest, 95% surge last year. 50% the year before and 25% the year before that. phenomenal in terms of historical precedent. tesla did 700%. alix: on the flipside, greenlight capital, the biggest 2020 loser because of the bet against tesla. the short bet, i should say. there you go. bet against tesla or amazon? that will not be good for you. guy: that was the trade you had to get right. you wanted to be long. short was unbelievably painful. interesting, you saw a pickup in returns over the last few years. 25-50-90 5%, the track record. this has never been. hedge funds on average made 9.5% last year. dispersion, absolutely in norma's -- enormous. some of these guys getting it right. let's look at equity markets. nearly done with the day in europe. fading through the day. pick up in yields, we see that on the periphery. equity markets coming off the boil. still positive, the ftse is down. oil stocks under pressure. cac down half of 1%. stocks w

aaron and tami fite live in platte, south dakota, with their four children. sean and rachel duffy live in wisconsin. they have 9 children. and you might remember that sean served with me while i was in congress. i have known both families for years. the reason i asked them to join us today is to highlight two of their children. cody fite and valentina duffy both have down syndrome. god blessed these beautiful children with an additional chromosome. their gorgeous smiles, distinct personalities, and that vibrancy you see are all gifts from god. for those who have had the privilege of knowing someone with down syndrome, you know that person ends up being a gift to all of us. i share this because even today, in 2021, some european countries, like iceland and denmark, are on pace to virtually eliminate children with down syndrome. they do this one way and one way only, through abortion. as actress patricia heaton points out, iceland is simply killing everyone that has it. as south dakotans, frankly, as human beings, we should all be appalled by this. we are bette

crossing the street in san francisco, hannah a bit from fukushima, japan and 6-year-old elizabeth platt, killing both of them. mcallister tried to flee from the scene but was arrested. police found a handgun with extended magazine inside the car along with methamphetamines. here's what bodine had to say. >> there are missed opportunities, every single law enforcement agency involved in supervising mister mcallister dealing with the arrest is taking a hard look at what happened. mark my words we will solve -- hold mister mcallister accountable for the harm he caused on new year's eve. >> reporter: several days ago on january 1st bodine tweeted this. this is a terrible tragedy and an awful end to a brutal year. it is a failure that resulted in irreversible harm to two families. that thread spark way back lash on twitter with one man commenting, quote, i am an immigrant and i have never felt more unsafe in any city on the planet. i live on 5 continents across ten countries and san francisco has been the most unsafe place i have ever been to bar detroit. interesting to note bodine is the so

her mother will attend the remembrance at the spot where her child was killed. 60-year-old elizabeth platt also died. the suspect is a parolee and serial offender. >> homicides are up, up for arson, burglaries, up for a lot of things and we have to understand why. >> so authorities say the suspect was driving a stolen car and arrested several times in the month prior. that was shortly after he got out of prison. records show he was never charged with any new crimes. >>> stay away from the zoo. that's a judge's order for the man accused of stealing a lemur from the san francisco zoo last year remember the case? 31-year-old cory mcgillaway was arrested on car burglary charges. he was never convicted in the lemur theft. only connected to incriminating evidence. the lemur was taken from the zoo in october and recovered a few miles south of san francisco by preschool kids. he is facing burglary, grand theft and burglary charges. >>> there's new concern about mountain lions in the santa cruz mountains. at least two malnourished cats have been spotted this is video posted to facebook from the ben

this is elizabeth platt. she also died. the suspect is a parolee and serial repeat offender. some city leaders say they see a trend in lawlessness. >> they're up for arson, up for a lot of things. we have to understand why. >> authorities say the suspect was driving a stolen car and arrested several times in the months prior. and that was shortly after he got out of prison. the records show he was never charged with a new crime. >>> stay away from the zoo. remember that story? he was released on car burglary charges. the thefts only connected to incriminating evidence. the lemur was taken from the zoo back in october. recovered a few miles south of san francisco. still facing burglary, grand theft and vandalism charges. >>> new concerns about mountain lio lions. two malnourished cats have been spotted. the ben lomond mountain lionel journal. i'm not a subscriber. one was captured in a downtown apartment complex. they say the animals may be having trouble in the wake of the wildfires or getting sick from the fire retardant. they do not look very well and they look hungry. >> y

. ♪ family and friends of hana abe e crash sis.h platt gathered at her mother met with mayor london breednd calling on san francisco leaders to make the city safe again. friends at the service echoed that message as they remembered hana. >> she did not deserve to go like this. no one deserves to go like this. what happened here could have been anyone crossing that sidewalk at that moment. >> letters spelling out the names of both victims have been put up on the store front at the scene. a 45-year-old parolee who was speeding away from a burglary has been charged with their deaths. that man, troy mcallister has pleaded not guilty. >>> the man at the center of oakland's deadly ghostship fire is avoiding a second trial after taking a plea deal. almena pleaded guilty 36 times. one plea for each of those killed in the december 2016 inferno. he previously stood trial in 2019 but the jury deadlocked. he was released from prison last year because of covid and on house arrest in lake county. as part of his plea deal, he wi n fe s. he is scheduled bsentenced marchth.ayet san jose are back open afte

mccalister a parolee with a lengthy record drove a stolen vehicle in the deadly crash that killed elizabeth platt abe. i greeted the family at sfo wednesday morning as their mean landed from japan. at the accident scene, we heard from theo smith, sylvia's bother and uncle who sent a strong message regarding the district attorney for letting his attorney back on the streets after a 2015 armed rob by. >> i don't understand why they released him. i really cannot understand that. >> reporter: sylvia a single mother of two says the system as a whole failed her and her son. >> the probation officer, i called them once. i called in ten, 15 times. i tried to call the crisis center several times. you call and they said they will call you back. they don't. >> reporter: i reached out to the california department of corrections and rehabilitation to try to talk about what happened after sylvia's calls. no one replied today but earlier this week they sent me a statement saying our parole office followed all procedures including conducting investigations and making appropriate referrals. sylvia claims her son'

detectives say that 60 year-old elizabeth platt and 27 they were in the crosswalk when they were hit.callister is currently on parole and now the san francisco police officers association is calling for an independent oversight panel to review the sublue dean's criminal charging decisions our dan thorn is putting this story together right now and we'll have the latest tonight on kron 4 news at 9. >>in worldview supporters of julian assange are celebrating in the uk after a judge rejected a request to extradite the wikileaks founder to the united states. the british judge believes that the move could in fact the 49 year olds health, united states plans to appeal that decision. a decade ago you might remember assange was indicted by us prosecutors on 17 espionage charges for allegedly publishing leaked military and diplomatic documents on his website. he has been held in a london prison for more than a year and a half for jumping bail in connection with a separate case. >>still ahead tonight at 8 o'clock a vacation takes a frightening turn when one couple's trip to colorado. ins in the

offender was out on parole and driving a stolen vehicle when he hit and killed hannah and elizabeth plattis wednesday. sfpd are look into what happened to the memorial. and asking pour the public's help, which is what one merchant is already doing. > everybody going crazy, to see the flowers and then just drop it in flower. when i see the flowers and the flora, i go get it, fix it. because i want to make sure it's good. >> reporter: every person we spoke with agreed. the memorial seems to be a symbol of a much bigger issue in the city. >> some level of mutual respect between human beings which is severely lacking in this city, but needs to be addressed. we all need to be kinder to each other and respectable to people who don't know. >> the issue is even more complicated than what we could imagine. but we need to figure out what to do to improve. >> reporter: meantime, loved ones hope to drum up support for renaming this nearby street hannah abe way, a permanent way for hannah's spirit to live on. >> this is just a starting point. this is a conversation for change in the city. >> reporter:

the other is identified as 60-year-old elizabeth platt.y've arrested him several times since april after he was released from a five-year prison sentence. "the chronicle" reports he stole a car from a woman he had met on a dating site. >>> back to the forecast this monday morning, our storm ranger busy this morning tracking rain across parts of the bay area. a live look outside at sfo and the roads in fremont. slick out there. take it easy. "today in the bay's" kari hall is tracking how long this wet weather will last. nice to see the rain, kari. >>> it is. and we are tracking it with storm ranger. i want to show you where it's raining. not all of us are starting out with wet weather yet but we will see it moving on through in the north bay, parts of marin county moving to solano county. make sure those windshield wipers are working and you have the umbrella because we have a lot more of this rain that will be rolling in as we go into today. we're going to see it moving from north to south along with some gusty winds and those winds are re

when he ran a red light in the south of market neighborhood hitting and killing 6 year-old elizabeth platt and 27 not hobby who are both in the crosswalk at the time of the crash mcallister was on parole. so the san francisco police officers association is calling for an independent oversight panel to review but dean's criminal charging decisions. meanwhile, san francisco local richie greenberg quiz calling body defiant and deflecting of his responsibilities has launched an online petition for but dean to step down and so far about 6,000 people who agree have signed it. >>he campaigned on a platform of what he called restored and justice which is a very nebulous strange term to many of us. so he is keeping true to his promise in a sense, but i think that this has gone way overboard. that there are destructive. very very negative consequences that are being eyed now borne out over this past year that we see. and it's time for him to go week that the city cannot continue the pass is going right now. >>but dean took to twitter and defense saying that he has met with the family of the victims

manslaughter and other health felonies in the deaths of 27 year old hanako obey and 60 year old elizabeth plattators say macallan mcallister was on parole and was driving a stolen car when he hit and killed the two women and then took off. he's entered a not. guilty play tonight. the fremont unified school district is expected to revote on funding for school police officers back in november, the district voted to take its $838,000 that it contributes to the school resource officer program and reinvest school police officers is for psychiatric holds and the district already has free access to mobile crisis teams at this hour. the meeting is still in progress. police in san mateo say they have arrested a man for peeping 28 year old, higher off one day is accused of peering through a window of an apartment on jefferson court yesterday. police say woman who lives at the home, received a phone notification that someone was outside her window after the motion activated security system was triggered. police say family members to 10th one day in the back. yard before officers arrived. fuente has been c

judy young and a submittal on behalf of president yee for the late elizabeth platte and hanukkah abe. >> president yee: colleagues that bring us to the end of my last meeting. i will say one more time. it's been a real pleasure serving you and all the other supervisors i've been able to serve with in the last eight years. thank you very much. madam clerk, is there any other business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for this evening. congratulations. >> president yee: thank you very much. we are adjourned. [roll call] >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair peskin: madam clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. i will make an announcement on public comment. public comment will be available on each item on this agenda by calling 415-655-0001, and when prompted, enter absaid code 146-501-3359. press pound, and pound again, and when your item is called, press star, three to speak. your line will be muted, and it will be unmuted when it is your turn to speak. best practices is to speak slowly, clearly, and turn down the volume of any television or computer. >> chair peskin: th

2018 on new year's eve, the 27 year old's life and it's suddenly hana and another woman, elizabeth platt, were crossing the street when a driver in a stolen vehicle hit them and tried to run from the scene. he was on parole for robbery. how could i see school? her death could be a turning point for san francisco, the city hanako loved to be gone a safe and beautiful one again. friends. tommy hana was like the sun ray. radiating warmth and happiness. embracing life with sussed. she is very curious parson. so she tries like everything like running or, like, one friend tells me on new year's eve, she went to harness apartment to bring her soba noodles, a symbol of long life to celebrate the new year, and hana was going to give her cheesecake. she made an exchange that never happened, hana. didn't make it home hungry and then said, but you know if i have the. angry miss, she it's never gonna come back. friends say they have plans to travel with hana. and that they'll miss all the girl talk about dating and dreams about what their future will hold. if you could say something to her. what woul

the other is identified as 60-year-old elizabeth platt.der police arrested several times since april when he was released from a five-year prison sentence. and despite recent criticism district attorney chesa boudin tells us everything was done to send him back into custody. >> all of us did what we could. we tried to intervene and prevent the criminal conduct that so tragically cost two lives on new year's eve. what we did was not enough. >> "the chronicle" reports mcalister stole the car from a woman he had recently met on a dating site and was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. >>> it's 6:37. how about some nice news, a fully recovered fox is headed back to the wild. back in september this little fox was badly burned in the north complex fire in butte county. you can see all four paws were burned and bandaged up. the wildlife rescue says after six weeks he's fully recovered and he is ready to go home. >>> coming up next, president trump's call to georgia election officials that was heard around the world. >> and i won this electio

year's eve hit-and-run crash in the soma district. 27-year-old hanako abe and 60-year-old elizabeth platt were in the crosswalk when police say troy mcalister hit them with a stolen car. he's a repeat criminal offender out on parole. yesterday he pled not guilty in their deaths. both families of the women, including abe's mom who traveled from japan will append the vigil today at 3:30. >>> a san francisco woman is sharing a chilling story. she says she was assaulted at gun point and had her puppy stolen while she was on a walk in russian hill. sarah vorhaus says she was walking with her two dogs, chloe and colton at hyde and broadway when a man came up behind her and said give me your dog. she turned and claims the armed man punched her in the face. the man then took her 5-month-old bulldog chloe and sped off in a car with two other men. she says she would give anything to get chloe back. >> we will pay truly anything. i don't care what happens to this guy. i just want to get chloe back. >> chloe is not microchiped. she was supposed to be next month when she got spade. she has blue/gray e

year's eve hit-and-run crash in the soma district. 27-year-old hanako abe and 60-year-old elizabeth platt were in the crosswalk when police say troy mcalister hit them with a stolen car. he's a repeat criminal offender out on parole. yesterday he pled not guilty in their deaths. both families of the women, including abe's mom who attend the vigil tonight at mission and 2nd starting at 3:30. >>> a san francisco woman is sharing a chilling story. she says she was assaulted at gun point and had her puppy stolen while she was on a walk in russian hill. sarah vorhaus says she was walking with her two dogs, chloe and colton at hyde and broadway when a man came up behind her and said give me your dog. she turned and claims the armed man punched her in the face. the man then took her sped off in a car with two other men. she says she would give anything to have her dog back. >> she will pay truly anything. i don't care what happens to this guy. i just want to get chloe back. >> chloe is not microchiped. she was supposed to be next month when she got spade. she has blue/gray eyes, a small white sp

. >> reporter: that's when han sxachlt a woman named elizabeth platt were hit and killed. police say the suspect troy mcallister, a repeat offender, was on parole at the time and used a stolen car. >> there was this turmoil in my heart that i just couldn't let it settle. >> reporter: that turmoil began much earlier in december of 2019 during her first visit to the u.s. and to san francisco where behind the smiles of sightseeing a dire warning from her daughter. >> she said the san francisco we all dreamed of isn't the kind of city you might expect, so please don't be disappointed. i stayed at the hotel and she warned me, even if i went outside to take a walk, there were blocks we can't walk, so please be careful. >> reporter: many have criticized san francisco district attorney chessa budine for his lenient handling of repeat offenders. after a live interview with me shortly after the tragedy 'nounsed he had reached out and spoken at length to mrs. abe. >> can you tell me about your conversation with the district attorn attorney? >> translator: i didn't know the whole pict

. >> the 27-year-old was killed last thursday along with elizabeth platt. they were walking in a crosswalk when they were hit. police say mcalister tried to run away from this scene after hitting the women. he is expected to be arraigned today. the district attorney says he now plans to review this case to try and see what could be changed to prevent future tragedies like this from happening. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. >>> there may be more than one reason that troy mcalister was not in jail. abc7 news contributor phil matier explains how covid-19 could be a factor. >> the other part right now there is not room in the jails for mcalister. a move to keep them out of the jails. jails and prisons are afraid of becoming hot spots so they don't want nonviolent offenders in the there. >>> the united kingdom will implement another national lockdown in direct response to surging covid-19 cases. case counts are soaring and so are hospitalizations. jobina is at the live desk with the stringent measures set to become measures

. >> reporter: that's when hana and a woman named elizabeth platt were hit and killed.olice say the suspect troy mcallister, a repeat offender, was on parole at the time and used a stolen car. >> translator: there was this turmoil in my heart that i just couldn't let it settle. >> reporter: that turmoil began much earlier, in december of 2019, during her first visit to the u.s. and to san francisco. where behind the smiles of sightseeing a dire warning from her daughter. >> translator: she said the san francisco we all dreamed of isn't the kind of city you might expect, so please don't be disappointed. i stayed at the hotel and she warned me, even if i went outside to take a walk there were blocks we can't walk, so please be careful. >> reporter: many have criticized san francisco district attorney chasea boudin for his lenient handling of repeat offenders. after a live interview with me shortly after the tragedy he announced he had reached out and spoken at length to mrs. abe. can you tell me about your conversation with the district attorney? >> i didn't know the whol

when he ran a red light in the south of market neighborhood hitting and killing 6 year-old elizabeth platt and 27 not hobby who are both in the crosswalk at the time of the crash mcallister was on parole. so the san francisco police officers association is calling for an independent oversight panel to review but dean's criminal charging decisions. meanwhile, san francisco local richie greenberg quiz calling body defiant and deflecting of his responsibilities has launched an online petition for but dean to step down and so far about 6,000 people who agree have signed it. >>he campaigned on a platform of what he called restored and justice which is a very nebulous strange term to many of us. so he is keeping true to his promise in a sense, but i think that this has gone way overboard. that there are destructive. very very negative consequences that are being eyed now borne out over this past year that we see. and it's time for him to go week that the city cannot continue the pass is going right now. >>but dean took to twitter and defense saying that he has met with the family of the victims

nearly 25 million coronavirus cases have now been reported nationwide, hospitalizations have started platt toeing across the country in almost every state is reporting a decline in new infections. but public health officials warn new covid-19 streams could delay progress. on saturday, the university of michigan paul's all athletic activities after several positive tests for a very in first discovered in the uk werner race. against these variants. the virus is going to change and it's up to us to adapt it to make sure that we're staying ahead. public health officials maintain available vaccine should be effective against the uk variant, but the rollout continues to face obstacles. thousands of appointments across the country have been canceledue to a shortage of doses, some state and local officials are calling on the federal government to release vaccines being held in reserve at 250,000 doses a week. this is going to take us for 15 16 17 weeks, but the country's new cdc director says there aren't enough doses available right now to speed up the rule out. we don't have as many doses as we

other things much much better in in the future and i think this is going to be create an enormous platt form for change not it's not as much as saying was here and others might want. but certainly in terms of being able to grass all all the reins of power with regard to addressing the pandemic this is great. this is good news for california. it's good news for the bay area because of the ability to get the money and the relief needed. for state local governments for frontline workers for teachers and for of course for all the people who are suffering from the lack of jobs as result the shutdown so this is this is good news for for them, it's good news for the country but it was still a lot we lot of weight lot further to go. but the fact that he's got a democratic senate now it's going make it a lot easier for him to move forward. >>merrick garland who didn't get on to the supreme court just makes me wonder who's left you know for the democrats to be able to put on the supreme court. president trump put so many. hi justices, you know you had such an opportunity and now here we what what

judy young and a submittal on behalf of president yee for the late elizabeth platte and hanukkah abe. >> president yee: colleagues that bring us to the end of my last meeting. i will say one more time. it's been a real pleasure serving you and all the other supervisors i've been able to serve with in the last eight years. thank you very much. madam clerk, is there any other business? >> clerk: that concludes our business for this evening. congratulations. >> president yee: thank you very much. we are adjourned.

elizabeth platte and hanukkah abe should be alive today and the system failed them. five days later, neither i nor the public has a clear view of what exactly went wrong in this case and we all deserve to know. unfortunately, this tragedy is not an isolated incident. last summer, a 19-year-old city college student was shot and killed during an attempted robbery. one of the sa assailants in that case was arrested on more than 10 firearms charges before being released. on december 20th, the san francisco police department reported arresting an individual for felony, motor vehicle theft. on december 29th, the department reported arresting another individual for burglary who was wearing a deactivated ankle bracelet during the incident. there has been far too many of these stories and far too few clear answers. about exactly what policies are in place or who's responsible when incidents like this occur. i think it is unacceptable for any of our departments to be pointing fingers rather than taking responsibility and that's especially true for our departments responsible f