sot david quintana mueting his landlord and several neighbors are weighing in with support and quintana-meutingis hearing from out-of-state friends who are surprised to hear a story like this coming out of the bay area. sot david quintana meuting in santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news >> pam:police in pittsburg confiscated 400 marijuana plants from a grow house with a street value of over 375-thousand- dollars. narcotics detectives received tips from concerned citizens in the community about a possible grow house on kingsview drive. during the investigation they served a search warrant which led them to find the large-scale marijuana grow operation. you can see here. photos taken in the house where detectives recovered the evidence. more than 400 plants were found inside the residence according to the police department. no arrests have been made yet in this case. fire investigators have declared monday's grass fire in walnut creek to be suspicious. the blaze was sparked just before 4 p-m near the facebook headquarters and ended up burning more than 13-acres of land. fire officials are describi

let's get to reporter sergio quintana. >> reporter: this was a pretty urgent briefing. the police don't usually talk to us late on a saturday night. but the family is desperately trying to find that 2-year-old little girl. let's show you this picture of ariana. she was reported missing this tuesday along with her mother nicole. according to nicole's sister and a friend here in san francisco, they were last seen last friday night, april 1st, at 9:00 p.m. nicole's friends and family have since posted details of when they last heard from her according to a post on their facebook and also a conversation i had with them. she had last texted from fresno saying she was with a friend named sam. unfortunately, her body was found yesterday. police are not releasing much furter information. ariana was last seen by more than anyone than her mother more than a month ago. the market was last seen april 1st, and they were both reported missing april 5th. on the 8th we located nicole. she was deceased as a victim of a homicide. >> reporter: unfortunately there's a lot of information th

david quintana was headed to work at 7:40 monday morning eager to start his day.t's until he got into his car parked on karen drive and uncovered something that should him to his car. >> it didn't seem real to be honest with you. nothing ever happens in this neighborhood. >> reporter: his windshield containing papers filled with hate speech, handwritten notes stating gays and smokers, get out of the complex. and other messages not appropriate for tv. >> it's hard. to know that people can be that evil. it's hard to know that people can take the time and be so persistent on hurting someone. someone they don't even know. >> reporter: the 36-year-old special needs educator immediately called police, concerning to lieutenant dan marino who can't recall a hate crime in santa clara in the last 10 years. >> i was surprised. usually this is pretty rare for our city. so like i said, we're on it right away. and we're investigating all the leads we can. >> it's awful. this is what makes us feel unsafe. when things like that happen, when it's happening to him, it's happening t

. >> abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana has been following the story closely, joins us live with the latest on the search. sergio? >> reporter: dan, ama, this is a search that is ongoing but because it is also an open homicide investigation, san francisco police investigators have not released or confirmed many details in this case. the search for 2-year-old arianna continues in san francisco. police say they're casting a wide net to find her. she and her mother, nicole, were both reported missing last tuesday april 5th. police say the last time family other than her mother saw the toddler was more than a month ago. >> late february is when someone last saw her independent of the mother. we were not able to interview the mother. of course, now she's deceased. that's information we'll never know. >> reporter: a confidential san francisco police source has confirmed to abc 7 news that a body found in mclaren park friday is 32-year-old nicole fitz. her co-worker, michael, told me by phone the last time he saw her was after she got out of work at the best buy on harrison street in san fr

david quintana - mueting says, someone left several hand- written messages on his car.early monday morning. the messages contained slurs about gay's and smokers. and demanded he move out of the neighborhood. quintana- mueting says, he feels threatened by the various notes, some of which referenced religious scripture. he says there was also a d-v-d, which purported to cure gay people. quintana -mueting believes the messages could have come from a neighbor in his karen drive apartment complex. santa clara police confirm, they are interviewing people in connection with the case. coming up. a man convicted of assaulting seven women -- now homeless in the bay area. what police want you to know about him. then -- controversy at a school in the east bay. the cirriculum that has some parents threatening to keep their kids home. and next: we'll show you where two new cases of the zika virus have turned up in the bay area. we have what you need to know. for your health: here is a look at some of the big medical news this week: the first cases of zika virus have been reported in

let's go to sergio quintana who is live with the breaking details. >> reporter: this is a search that has been going on for a little bit more than an hour or so. we have been keeping a close eye on the command center. it's encircled in crime scene tape because there's a whole bunch of agencies there coordinating amongst each other. the fire department, the police department, and the national park police, and also the coast guard. let's go ahead and take you out to where they're searching on the surf there at ocean beach. there are multiple ships and motorcraft from the agencies. earlier when we got on scene, we did spot three young men, about 17 years old or so, those three men were in a group of five people who were here at the ocean -- at the beach. they got swept into the water. those three young men were able to get out on their own. unfortunately, there are still two young men that are still in the water. i talked very briefly with the woman who saw as firefighters arrived, to help those three men. report. >> i did not see them but i did see them walking up when they came up here

he spoke with sergio quintana, who also talked to a bay area couple who survived the quake. >> seismic expert is on his way to lend his expertise to the effort. >> one of the most important aspects of an event like this is a damage assessment. in many cases the government just can't handle that because it's a widespread earthquake. >> these are pictures from two residents were there when the quake struck. >> it lasted 49 seconds and some people said it was 65 seconds. it didn't end. we were on the streets and it was continuing to roll. vacationing there. then they started helping with the relief efforts. >> this is the supplies that we put together. >> this is video they shot on their phones of community volunteers and other tourists helping put together care packages for residents. >> if felt so good to be able to help. that's one of the things when you are in the middle of such a mass tragedy you want do something. so it really felt good how help. >> i wish we could do more. i wish people could accepted -- send money to them because even if you send $5 it means a lot to them. >> they

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana is live at sfo tonight. sergio? >> reporter: some are delayed. we had a conversation with a copa airlines crew saying everyone supposed to be arriving today will be unfortunately arriving tomorrow. the airports in ecuador are functioning but probably overwhelmed with people trying to get out and crews trying to get in. the concrete buildings have been reduced to rubble. workers continue to search for survivors. this researcher says it's similar to one that hit nepal last year. south san francisco resident genna bradley is trying to get information on one of his friends. >> he's a american living in ecuador and not marked as safe. he's in one of the red zones. 80% of the city is destroyed. >> her friend is part of what she describes as a sizeable ex-patriot community in the country. she's been monitoring the safety check feature but he's the only one of the friends and family that has not checked in yet. >> i skyped two of them last night. my daughter's grandparents. and where they were. >> a vallejo couple told us they made it through the quake o

abc7 news reportser sergio quintana is in the newsroom with a look back. >> that massive tumbler joltedple streamed into the streets in fear, this fremont resident was there. >> people were running down the stairs and it helps you prepare, mentally. so you have a plan of attack. >> he didn't know, but he survived a massive earthquake. >> it shook very large parts of the country. not only the city, but surrounding areas. >> 8,000 people were killed and 21,000 injured. aid groups swooped in to help. but the nepal government struggled to manage the aftermath. there are countless temporary housing. some people are reverting to unsafe building methods because they just want a roof over their heads. >> i did see buildings being rebuilt in the old fashion. brick by brick. >> reporter: almost immediately after the quake, government ministers were asking tourists to return. this frequent traveller hopes to go back soon. >> people should go and support the tourism. >> right now, there are no travel advisories to nepal. for those of you not planning a trip to nepal, there are several local organiz

abc7 news reportser sergio quintana is in the newsroom with a look back. >> that massive tumbler joltedand people streamed into the streets in fear, this fremont resident was there. >> people were running down the stairs and it helps you prepare, mentally. so you have a plan of attack. >> he didn't know, but he survived a massive earthquake. >> it shook very large parts of the country. not only the city, but surrounding areas. >> 8,000 people were killed and 21,000 injured. aid groups swooped in to help. but the nepal government struggled to manage the aftermath. there are countless temporary housing. some people are reverting to unsafe building methods because they just want a roof over their heads. >> i did see buildings being rebuilt in the old fashion. brick by brick. >> reporter: almost immediately after the quake, government ministers were asking tourists to return. this frequent traveller hopes to go back soon. >> people should go and support the tourism. >> right now, there are no travel advisories to nepal. for those of you not planning a trip to nepal, there are several local

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana is live at sfo tonight. sergio? >> reporter: some are delayed. we had a conversation with a copa airlines crew saying everyone supposed to be arriving today will be unfortunately arriving tomorrow. the airports in ecuador are functioning but probably overwhelmed with people trying to get out and crews trying to get in. the concrete buildings have been reduced to rubble. workers continue to search for survivors. this researcher says it's similar to one that hit nepal last year. south san francisco resident genna bradley is trying to get information on one of his friends. >> he's a american living in ecuador and not marked as safe. he's in one of the red zones. 80% of the city is destroyed. >> her friend is part of what she describes as a sizeable ex-patriot community in the country. she's been monitoring the safety check feature but he's the only one of the friends and family that has not checked in yet. >> i skyped two of them last night. my daughter's grandparents. and where they were. >> a vallejo couple told us they made it through the quake o

. >> sergio quintana has the story. >> reporter: a recent fire was last night. but this building has become a focal point of concerns for many renters in the district carmen and fernando have been living in their car for four months after a fire in mission district building. they have no idea when they'll be able to return home. >> 99% of the time, the residents, the tenants don't know what is going on. the landlord doesn't tell them about what happened. >> this proposed ordinance will require land lords to give updates to residents to and will require smoke detectors in nearly every occupied room. but the building owner in inspecting every month. >> the supervisors expect it to pass. rental rights add ve kits encourage renters to take a bigger role. >> if you see conditions make a complaint, come into my office. >> the san francisco fire commission moved its monthly meetings to the mission tomorrow, to help address fire concerns. >> we have details on our website abc7news.com. >>> an update on the uc berkeley soft ball coach that had to be rushed to the hospita

let's go to sergio quintana who is live with the breaking details. >> reporter: this is a search thatgoing on for a little bit more than an hour or so. we have been keeping a close eye on the command center. it's encircled in crime scene tape because there's a whole bunch of agencies there coordinating amongst each other. the fire department, the police department, and the national park police, and also the coast guard. let's go ahead and take you out to where they're searching on the surf there at ocean beach. there are multiple ships and motorcraft from the agencies. earlier when we got on scene, we did spot three young men, about 17 years old or so, those three men were in a group of five people who were here at the ocean -- at the beach. they got swept into the water. those three young men were able to get out on their own. unfortunately, there are still two young men that are still in the water. i talked very briefly with the woman who saw as firefighters arrived, to help those three men. report. >> i did not see them but i did see them walking up when they came up here with the

. >> sergio quintana has the story. >> reporter: a recent fire was last night. but this building has become a focal point of concerns for many renters in the district carmen and fernando have been living in their car for four months after a fire in mission district building. they have no idea when they'll be able to return home. >> 99% of the time, the residents, the tenants don't know what is going on. the landlord doesn't tell them about what happened. >> this proposed ordinance will require land lords to give updates to residents to and will require smoke detectors in nearly every occupied room. but a lot of tenants don't want the building owner in inspecting every month. >> the supervisors expect it to pass. rental rights add ve kits encourage renters to take a bigger role. >> if you see conditions make a complaint, come into my office. >> the san francisco fire commission moved its monthly meetings to the mission tomorrow, to help address fire concerns. >> we have details on our website abc7news.com. >>> an update on the uc berkeley soft ball coach that had

the man targeted is david quintana-mueting. left the person filled with hate speech and handwritten notes on religious papers stating gays and smokers get out of the complex. there was a book. >> the book said don't forget. when i opened it there were tons of hate speeches and dvds on how to not be gay and how to get scared out of you. it was pretty jarring. >> police were in the neighborhood yesterday interviewing people and trying to gather information. they are investigating this as a misdemeanor hate crime. the person could spend a year in prison if caught. they could be fined $1000. >>> to investigate the team discovered criminal charges against a group of squatters accused ofusing a little-known law to try to take ownership of an abandoned property. prosecutors say activists with the group took over an elderly woman's house from october through january and she kept the place for sentimental reasons even though she no longer lives there. the group filed an affidavit to take possession under the adverse possession law. clai

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in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >> be careful out there tomorrow if you are going to enjoy the warm weather. meteorologist drew tuma has more on a beach hazard that's just been issued. >> thanks to a storm well out in the pacific, it's creating an active ocean current that's moving along our coastline at this hour. a beach hazard statement in effect through sunday evening 9:00. and that risk is there of being swept into the ocean thanks to the large sneaker waves we've seen today that will continue tomorrow. the beach can be a popular place. respect that ocean current. it is strong. in the 70s along the coast. much hotter inland. we'll look at those numbers in the full accuweather forecast coming up. >> thanks, drew. >>> developing news in ecuador where the strongest earthquake to hit latin america has killed at least 28 people. you can see the vilent shaking inside a department store all caught on cell phone video. the shaking continued for nearly one minute. the earthquake measured a 7.8 in magnitude. the deaths are in three cities on the city's central coast. here's a lo

in the mission, jason quintana. >> and we have also listed some other areas for information. >>> eight children were on the tracks when the cross bar landed in one of the kid's lap, and they had to use a rotary arm to strategically remove it. >> and now, we are learning that prince died without a will. there could be an estate worth well over $300 million. we have the details from minnesota. ♪ >> reporter: new details about the e emergency landing in m moline, illinois, after prince was carried off of the plane to get medical attention, and his name was blacked out for privacy. and today, a sister asked a judge to appoint her for handling her brothers' estate. >> thank you for loving him. >> and she stated in court documents i dot no know of the existence of a will, and that would mean according to minnesota law that the estate is split equally between the sister and five siblings, and they won't get the full value, but pay more than half, more than $146 million in estate taxes, but they stand to make a significant profit as the music skyrockets up the charts again, and there is that v

ears abc7 news reporter sergio quintana with the story. >> the week's old bart car plowed into something called a sandbox. >> none of the train cars ever came off the running rail so it was easy to pull it back and it was right back where it needed to be. >> since it did not jump the track, there was no damage to the wheels. we were told there wasn't had damage to the rest of the car either. >> like your automobile, which goes through extensive testing before you are able to buy it, we buy them and then do our testing. and that's exactly what this test track is for. >> at nearly $2 million each, this is the first of ten new bart cars that will be tested and eventually added to the aging fleet. right now bart is trying to figure out if this was operator error or some other problem. >> if this is a technical malfunction, this is a good thing. this will allow us to delve into the cause of it and get it corrected. and corrected before we begin passenger service with the fleet of the future. >> over the next few months they expect to receive nine more test cars. if they check out they are exp

abc news reporter sergio quintana has more. >> they searched for more than four hours, but at dark the search was suspended. >> if they were big, strong guys with wet suits, you know, we would -- maybe there's some hope there, but this is a difficult case. >> the young men are from vallejo. when their families arrived at the command center, they were told the chances for survival were not good. a total of five young men were swept into the water. three managed to get out alive. >> we were very distressed and in shock. it was very hard to see them in that state. >> according to the fire department, the five young men were in the water up to their knees and had interlocked their arms to stay together, but the currents were still too strong. the three who survived got out several yards from where they first went in. one woman watched as the young men were checked out by paramedics. she said neighbors know to be careful at this beach. >> when the waves are like this, it looks harmless but as the a tide comes in wave after wave, it has a bad undertow. stretched over six miles and included a

he spoke with sergio quintana, who also talked with the bay area couple who survived the earthquake. >> seismic expert is on his way to lend his expertise to the effort. >> one of the most important aspects of an event like this is a damage assessment. it's a widespread earthquake. >> these are two who were in the town of san clemente when the quake struck. >> it lasted 49 seconds and some people said it was 65 seconds. it didn't end. we were on the streets and it was continuing to roll. >> they were vacationing there, and then they started helping with the relief effort. >> this is the supplies that we put together. >> this is video they shot on their phones of community volunteers and other tourists helping put together scare pack always for residents. >> if felt so good to be able to help. that's one of the things when you are in the middle of such a mass tragedy you want do something. so it really felt good how help. >> i wish we could do more. i wish people could accepted money to them because even if you send $5 it means a lot to them. >> they returned home friday night. they s

here's sergio quintana with the story. >> this week's old bart car plowed into something called a sandbox. it didn't derail, instead it came to the stop at the end of a test track used to train operators and test systems. >> none of the train cars ever came off the running rail so it was easy to pull it back and it was right back where it needed to be. >> since it did not jump the track, there was no damage to the wheels. we were told there wasn't had damage to the rest of the car either. >> like your automobile, which goes through extensive testing before you are able to buy it, we buy them and then do our testing. and that's exactly what this test track is for. >> at nearly $2 million each, this is the first of ten new bart cars that will be tested and eventually added to the aging fleet. right now bart is trying to figure out if this was operator error or some other problem. >> if this is a technical malfunction, this is a good thing. this will allow us to delve into the cause of it and get it corrected. >> over the next few months they expect to receive nine more test cars. if they ch

he spoke with sergio quintana, who also talked with the bay area couple who survived the earthquake. >> seismic expert is on his way to lend his expertise to the effort. >> one of the most important aspects of an event like this is a damage assessment. in many cases the government just can't handle that because it's a widespread earthquake. >> these are pictures from two residents were there when the quake struck. >> it lasted 49 seconds and some people said it was 65 seconds. it didn't end. we were on the streets and it was continuing to roll. >> alice and bill were vacationing there. then they started helping with the relief efforts. >> this is the supplies that we put together. >> this is video they shot on their phones of community volunteers and other tourists helping put together care packages for residents. >> if felt so good to be able to help. that's one of the things when you are in the middle of such a mass tragedy you want do something. so it really felt good how help. >> i wish we could do more. i wish people could accepted -- send money to them because even if you send

abc news reporter sergio quintana has more. >> they searched for more than four hours but at dark the search was suspended. >> if they were big, strong guys with wet suits, you know, we would -- maybe there's some hope there, but this is a difficult case. >> the young men are from vallejo. when their families arrived at the command center, they were told the chances for survival were not good. a total of five young men were swept into the water. three managed to get out alive. >> we were very stressed and in shock. it was very hard to see them in that state. >> according to the fire department, the five young men were in the water up to their knees and had interlocked their arms to stay together, but the currents were still too strong. the three that survived got out several yards from where they first went in. one woman watched as they did -- were checked out by paramedics. she said neighbors know to be careful at this beach. >> when the waves are like this, it looks harmless but as the a tide comes in wave after wave, it has a bad undertow it. stretched over six miles and included a

here we go out of the bullpen into the starting line-up, bassett against quintana a lefty.n the sun sets it cools down rapidly so dress in layers at the ballgame. have a great day. >>> for anybody who has a bay area home to sell, waiting just a couple of weeks could be very lucrative. we have learned putting your house on the market in march and april can still mean big money, but waiting until may or june makes a huge difference. in santa clara county, sellers saw a 1.7% boost in the average listing during the first two weeks of june last year. realtor gary shapiro broke down what that can mean dollar-wise. >> an average home in sunnyvale is now 1.4 million so it's a $14,000 difference for the timing of when you shell. >> he -- when you sell. >> he says mosebyers are family looking for homes before the school year starts. >> with demand that high, prices soar to meet it. >>> coming up, the buzzer beating shot that sent villanova home with the ncaa tournament title. >> what's cool about your school? email your nomination to us at coolschools@kpix.com. we may come and featur

he is now a starter for the a's going against quintana for the white sox.et, it cools off so bring a jacket. last night 35,000. i want to see each and every one of you every, single game this year, too! let's fill up that coliseum. >> okay. sounds good. >> thank you. >>> 5:19. tesla getting a big response from customers for its new model 3. preorders topped 276,000 in just three days. but sometimes the automaker has trouble meeting its own delivery deadlines. tesla hopes to deliver 16,000 earlier models of electric cars during the first three months of this year -- hoped to deliver them, but it fell short of the goal. all that cars mean a big job boom in the fremont factory. >>> a mysterious message of hate spread throughout southern california. investigators say they know who responsible but he may not have broken laws. that's next. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, what the newest giant did that had his teammates in awe and why the a's ace couldn't pitch the home opener and would this be the shot heard 'round the world or a brick that would make a maso