instead of asking for help in a san pablo neighborhood. the woman huddled in the backseat of the squad car turned herself in this morning. she abandoned her one and a half year old little boy leaving him all alone in a san pablo neighborhood. police arrested her after she arrived at police headquarters declaring what she did. >> she saw the media reports this morning and saw that we were looking for her and she contacted us and came to the police department. so far we've learn she told us she felt she was an unfit mother and somebody else could care for her child better than her. >> reporter: she now faces child endangerment and desertion charged. she left her son in front of an apartment complex a block from san pablo avenue yesterday morning. a neighbor found the boy. >> he's a fine little black soul across the street over there. he was happy to see me. he was about that big. if he'd stepped out in front of a car, car would have killed him. i walked over and asked him could i pick him up. i gave him a little kiss. >> reporter: today in th

san pablo was one of the neighborhoods were several arrests were made here's what president had to say. >> there's a lot of kids around here, throughout the whole day different kids of kids out here. if it's crazy because we have the center right around here so there's a lot of kids who go to the park and a lot of adults go there to use the computers. it's that the here and kind of worried. all my brothers and sisters road here by themselves. >> when the crackdown started 960 broke sex offenders statewide had lost contact with their parole agents and were considered and fugitives. >> 7 suspects are charged in the case the nurse who performed the sexual assault examination told the court room what the teenagers said when asked if she was forced to drink alcohol that night. kate thompson will have more at 5:00 on the testimony when the defense wants the team statement excluded from the case. >> we have wintry weather headed for the bay area this weekend cloudy skies and pleas for today light rain and drizzle around the bay area and the first chance of rain from storm number one coming up

this is the little boy she left behind and abandoned in a semi secluded neighborhood yesterday morning here in san pablo. he's only about a year and a half old. the young mother abandoned the toddler near contra costa college. a neighbor found the boy in front of his home. police tell us this morning that the mother tried to explain why she did what she did. >> reporter: well, she saw the media reports this morning. and saw that we were looking for her and she contacted us and came to the police department. so far, we learned that she told us she felt she was an unfit mother. and that somebody else could care for her child better than her. >> authorities say that the boy is healthy and is with child protective services right now. police have given us the mother's name. the the woman has been arrested. her name is sandra samuel. she is 41 years old, and from richmond. she does have other children. police have not told us what child protective services are doing with those children or where they may be. we just know that sandra, samuel, 40 years old, from richmond, turned herself in this morning and said