we have sergio quintana live on the scene. >> this is a shooting that happened at 5:15 or so. you can see right now that there is quite a few police officers standing right outside of the mission district police department, right down the street therefor, i'm standing on valencia street. there's a series of crime scene tape block off this entire section. so there's -- valencia street between 18th and 17th is shut down. what we understand is this is a shooting that happened right outside of the elbow room, which you really can't see because of all the tree cover but it's across the street from the police department. one witness said there was someone transported to the hospital. we do not have any details on those injuries. this may have been an officer-involved shooting. we are still trying to get more details on that. for now what people should know is this street, this entire area is shut down. right now people are having to make a u-turn on 18th street and on 17th street and the same here on valencia. as soon as we get further details we'll mass those along. reporting live

we have sergio quintana live on the scene. >> this is a shooting that happened at 5:15 or so. you can see right now that there is quite a few police officers standing right outside of the mission district police department, right down the street therefor, i'm standing on valencia street. there's a series of crime scene tape block off this entire section. so there's -- valencia street between 18th and 17th is shut down. what we understand is this is a shooting that happened right outside of the elbow room, which you really can't see because of all the tree cover but it's across the street from the police department. one witness said there was someone transported to the hospital. we do not have any details on those injuries. this may have been an officer-involved shooting. we are still trying to get more details on that. for now what people should know is this street, this entire area is shut down. right now people are having to make a u-turn on 18th street and on 17th street and the same here on valencia. as soon as we get further details we'll mass those along. reporting live

sergio quintana abc 7 news. >>> wells fargo is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to they suspect. union city police released this surveillance photo. the man in the yellow baseball cap is accused of robbing a wells fargo on courthouse drive on december 22nd. police say he handed the teller a note demanded cash, then lifted his shirt to show what appeared to be a gun. the teller noticed the man had a tattoo of a star near his right ear. police say he drove off in a dark colored four-door sedan with tinted rear windows. >>> federal investigators are hoping a young plane crash survivor will help them determine exactly what caused the crash that killed four other family members. officials from the national transportation safety board are now combing through the wreckage of friday's disaster in rugged terrain 30 miles east of paduca kentucky. 7-year-old sailor walked away from the crash that killed her parents, a sister and a cousin. she suffered cuts and a broken arm but managed to walk nearly a mile in near freezing temperatures to get help. officials plan to interview her

sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >>> doctors are calling this the worst flu season in years.he virus is spreading so fast across the country some doctors are telling patients to stay at home. a physician's assistant is treating six people using a webcam. 15 kids have died from the flu. doctors say it's a bad match for this year's flu. it is cold out there, lisa. >>> napa has the coldest temperature and look at the haze out there. we have a spare the air day today. as temperatures begin to rise the haze will become more widespread in the north and central. do we have rain in the seven-day outlook? i'll define that when we return. >> thanks a ott lot, also next, the big winter tourist attraction. the best places to see the sights. are you looking for love in the new year? the best time of the year is a remarkable thing has happened. over a million californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading healt

at sfo sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> the u.s.artment of transportation prohibits lengthy tarmac delays. the maximum allowed for international flights is 4 hours and carriers must make sure carriers provide adequate rules and water. however, those rules only apply to u.s. airports, not to foreign carriers overseas. 1111 rest bay, crews are scrambling to finish relocating eight classrooms destroyed at a high school over the christmas break. a pipe broke back on december 23rd. water up to three feet deep caused millions of dollars in damage. some of the furniture was salvageable, but the cement floors and parts of a wall do have to be replaced. classes will be moved to another building while repairs are underway, likely for the rest of the year. >> we have a great maintenance operation. they came in on the 23rd of december and worked all this last week and all of this week to get classrooms in other locations to start school monday morning. >> no word on what caused the pipe to burst. neighbors reported hearing an explosion, but the

sergio quintana is live in oakland with more. reporter: this is a forum that was supposed to wrap up an hour ago but is still going on. this was planned about a month ago, back in december, at the height of the black lives matter protests here in the bay area. this afternoon forum was questioned by city council president. it included remarks from congresswoman barbara lee. one of the sessions examined studies on prognosis interactions with people of color in oakland. one of the more spirited and controversial moments came when council members called up protesters who chained themselves together during a black lives matter protest on a b.a.r.t. platform in november. their action shut down b.a.r.t. service for two hours. the council member brooks asked b.a.r.t. members to sign a policemen to have the charges against the appropriateses dropped. >> the $70,000 in restitution not be asked for and that no community service or restore -- any sort of justice be sought. >> at this time i cannot make that commitment. reporter: that is b.a.

sergio quintana was there. >> at the center of the conversation, the difficult relationships betweene oakland communities and the police department. something the police chief acknowledged, but something he says has changed. >> the oakland police department of 2015 is not the oakland police department of the 1960's, department i joined over 20 years ago, and it's not even the police department of occupy oakland. >> oakland city council meetings often have unique moments, and at this one there were two. the first centered around a group called the black friday 14. they chained themselves to a platform after thanksgiving for two hours are and changing charges. one council member tried to coerce one to sign a pledge asking the charges be dropped. >> that the $70,000 in restitution not be asked for and that no community service or sought. >> at this time i cannot make that commitment. >> the second moment came ms. lewis spoke. she was arrested during that black friday protest. she also organized an early morning demonstration outside mayor libby's house this week. >> we weren't able to m

. >> first we go to sergio quintana on lombard street where bridge access is going to be restricted. weekend. this has been something that has been in the works for several weeks now but it all happens tonight. the plan is for construction crews to begin their work to install the new center movable barriers at midnight. but that means all the streets and highways leading up to the golden gate bridge on the marin side of the bay and san francisco side should be shut down by california highway patrol by 11:30. that's so the crews can have at least half an hour to sweep through the area and make sure all drivers are clear of the work zone. signs and ban ierrriers for detours will be staged around 9:30 or 10:00 to make sure they can be put into place promptly. residents say they are ready for the closure. they are just hoping that other people are ready as well. they don't want the presidio to turn into a parking lot for lost drivers who didn't see detour signs. >> it would be easy to miss, i think. if you weren't watching the news every day or didn't have a reason to be paying attention

sergio quintana has details. reporter: this waterline burst last week, and students had already left for the winter break and it's probably good thing because the superintendent tells us it sounds like an explosion when that line burst. he says that is how neighbors described the sound. it has taken several days for maintenance crews to pull out damaged furniture and other items from the classrooms that were flooded because of the break. classroom walls and carpets had to be torn afortunate get rid of water damage. some teacher's winter breaks were cut short because they had to come in and sort through classrooms and salvage materials they need and had to move into other rooms. >> we have some auxiliary classrooms in our event center but it's the process of some of the furniture was destroyed, some of the teacher belongings were ruined, and so then it took two weeks of moving them over to the classrooms. but they'll be displaced for probably most of the second semester. >> some students were here for a basketball

sergio quintana is live in oakland with more. reporter: this is a forum that was supposed to wrap up an hour ago but is still going on. this was planned about a month ago, back in december, at the height of the black lives matter protests here in the bay area. this afternoon forum was questioned by city council president. it included remarks from congresswoman barbara lee. one of the sessions examined studies on prognosis interactions with people of color in oakland. one of the more spirited and controversial moments came when council members called up protesters who chained themselves together during a black lives matter protest on a b.a.r.t. platform in november. their action shut down b.a.r.t. service for two hours. the council member brooks asked b.a.r.t. members to sign a policemen to have the charges against the appropriateses dropped. >> the $70,000 in restitution not be asked for and that no community service or restore -- any sort of justice be sought. >> at this time i cannot make that commitment. reporter: that is b.a.

reporting live in the presidio, sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >> the closure is affecting business in sausalito and in san francisco's marina district. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us from sausalito with more. >> reporter: good evening. a long time ago there was an author, charles dickens who wrote "a tale of two cities" who wrote it was the best of fiems it was the worse of times. it's san francisco and sausalito. what do we have in store? best of times, worst of times. maybe both. today on opposite sides of the bridge, a multitude of fortune tellers. >> i would not miss this. >> reporter: as if anyone can avoid it. ryan dempsey plans to capitalize on it. he sells dog leashes made from old climbing rope right outside what will be an extra busy ferry building this weekend. >> more people, more traffic flow, more dog owners. we'll be down here. >> reporter: assuming they must take a ferry. wouldn't be doing this tomorrow would you? >> i would not. not even close. >> reporter: what is this? are we talking doom? is this the end of the world? >> no. >> reporter: john nizol, gr

sergio quintana has details. burst last week, and students had already left for the winter break and it's probably good thing because the superintendent tells us it sounds like an explosion when that line burst. he says that is how neighbors described the sound. it has taken several days for maintenance crews to pull out damaged furniture and other items from the classrooms that were flooded because of the break. classroom walls and carpets had to be torn afortunate get rid of water damage. some teacher's winter breaks were cut short because they had to come in and sort through classrooms and salvage materials they need and had to move into other rooms. >> we have some auxiliary classrooms in our event center but it's the process of some of the furniture was destroyed, some of the teacher belongings were ruined, and so then it took two weeks of moving them over to the classrooms. but they'll be displaced for probably most of the second semester. >> some students were here for a basketball game this afternoon. we

sergio quintana was there. >> at the center of the conversation the difficult relationships between some oakland communities and the police department. something the police chief acknowledged but something he says has changed. >> the oakland police department of the 2015 is not the oakland police department of the 1960, it's not the oakland police department i joined over 20 years ago, and it's not even the police department of occupy oakland. >> there were two discussions. the first centered around the black friday the 14th. some chained themselves to a platform after thanksgiving for two hours are and changing charges. one tried to get a pledge signed asking the charges be dropped. >> that the $06,000 in restitution not be asked for and no community service or restorative justice be found. >> at this time i cannot make that commitment. >> the second moment came ascarissa lewis spoke. she was arrested during that black friday protest. she also organized an early morning demonstration outside mayor libby's house this week. >> we weren't able to meet with they are that friday so we chose

abc news 7's sergio quintana has the story. >> reporter: the graffiti has been painted over at the mormon church. the campus has been tagged before so they dealt with it quickly. >> got graffitied and we cleaned it up and that was the end of it each time. >> reporter: the livermore police department is taking the situation very seriously even devoting special patrols because the mormon church and the next door lutheran church have been spray painted several times in the last few days. >> some of the tags was derogatory, comments about the church, about heaven, about god. >> reporter: the most offensive symbols swastikas and pentagrams were quickly painted over. the vandalism is being investigated as a potential hate crime, a felony. >> we did notice i think on the night that it occurred the motion detector going on and off over there. so i'm not sure if it happened then or what. >> reporter: another neighbor tells us it took hours to clean up some of the paint. >> they're out there painting the sidewalks and scrubbing the walls. >>> two people are in serious condition including a child af

sergio quintana has details from san francisco. >> it's one. san francisco's newest apartment communities. >> i know the apartment is about $3,500 a month. >> she moved here from rio de janeiro. she said she wouldn't be able to live here if her company wasn't able to pay for half of it for her six month assignment. >> i knew i was moving to one of the most expensive city in the u.s. but the tech thing is here so people can afford it. >> they said rent jumped last year because of the tech boom. they are expected to jump this year. for people just getting here many learned compromise may be testified. >> i said how about getting a roommate. and he this are like, a roommate? i'm 35, 40 years old. i haven't had a roommate since college. well, this is san francisco. >> the real estate consultant said rents now are the highest she's ever seen. she's able to place clients but it's not easy and always pricey. >> what's your biggest concern for the coming year? >> rentals being available. the rents, i suspect they are going to go up. >> for people who a

sergio quintana was there. >> at the center of the conversation, the difficult relationships between some oakland communities and the police department. something the police chief acknowledged, but something he says has changed. >> the oakland police department of 2015 is not the oakland police department of the 1960, it's not the oakland police department i joined over 20 years ago, and it's not even the police department of occupy oakland. >> oakland city council meetings often have unique moments and here there were two. the first centered around a group called the black friday 14. some chained themselves to a platform after thanksgiving for two hours are and changing charges. one council member tried to coerce one to sign a pledge asking the charges be dropped. >> that the $70,000 in restitution not be asked for and no community service or restorative justice be found. >> at this time i cannot make that commitment. >> the second moment came ms. lewis spoke. she was arrested during that black friday protest. she also organized an early morning demonstration outside mayor libby's h

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana caught up with some of the passengers after their very long flight. >> reporter: for the passengers frustration was brewing for hours. >> they said we would leave 15 minutes from now, 20 minutes from now, 30 minutes from now for twelve hours. >> because of the bad weather at the gate, it was like all the flights were cancelled and they didn't have space to accommodate us and take us out. >> there was fog in abu dhabi that kept them grounded for so long. hundreds had to make the 16 hour flight to san francisco for a grand total of 28 hours on the the same plane. >> everybody was fighting with >> everybody was fighting with each other and the flight attendants were fighting with us and we were fighting with the flight attendants. >> passengers did calm down in flight. for his parents it was a nerve-racking wait. all he could do is send his dad a text from another passenger's phone. >> there was a website but there was no information on the website. you called the number, it just put you in a loop. >> among the last to leave the flight, 77-year-old lela

sergio quintana has the latest from the hall of justice. >> the man, wearing a sheet over his head, was walked out of the public housing building. a resident tells us he has seen him there several times there recently visiting another resident of the building. he calls him the leprechaun because he was short and didn't speak much. another man who works nearby said he recognized the man as the person of interest. >> i recognize the person. i know he shaved his hair. i've seen him on tv. and all of a us you guys come and bringing this person out. >> in surveillance video from a business near where the suitcase with the torso was found, the man in the picture looked to be dragging the suitcase. right now police tell us he is simply detained. >> a homicide has to figure out whether or not this person is, in fact, involved in the crime aspect. obviously he is a person of interest in this case. however, he has not been charged yet with that crime. >> a second man was also detained, but the police didn't release any details on him. police tell us their person of interest is cooperating. police

abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana has details from san francisco. >> it's one. san francisco's newest apartment communities. >> i know the apartment is about $3,500 a month. >> she moved here from rio de janeiro. she said she wouldn't be able to live in iv one-bedroom apartment if her company wasn't paying for half of it for her six-month assignment. >> i knew i was moving to one of the most expensive city in the u.s., but the tech thing is here so people can afford it. >> zillo said rent jumped last year because of the tech boom. they are expected to jump this year. for people just getting here many learned compromise may be testified. >> i said how about getting a roommate. and they are like, a roommate? i'm 35, 40 years old. i haven't had a roommate since college. well, this is san francisco. >> she's a relocation consultant. she said rents right now are the highest she's ever seen. she's able to place clients but it's not easy and always pricey. >> what's your biggest concern for the coming year? >> rentals being available. the rents, i suspect they are goin

abc7 sergio quintana has the story. >> the graffiti has been painted over at the mormon church. one of the leaders said the campus has been tagged before so they dealt with it pretty quickly. >> we cleaned it up and that was the end of it each time. >> the livermore police department is taking the situation very seriously, even devoting special patrols. that's because the mormon search and the next door lutheran church have been spraypainted several times in the last few days. >> some of it was derogatory and comments about the church. and also about god. >> the most offensive symbols were quickly painted over, but vandalising is investigated as a potential hate crime, which is a felony. one neighbor said he keeps an eye on the church across the street. >> we did notice i think on the night that it occurred the motion detector going on and off over there so i'm not sure if it happened then or not. >> another neighbor said it took hours to clean up some of the paint. >> they were scrubbing sidewalks and painting the walls. >> leaders at the mormon church just installed new lights

sergio quintana has the latest from the hall of justice. >> the man wearing a sheet over his head was walked out of the public housing building. a resident tells us he has seen him several times there recently visiting another resident of the building. he calls him the leprechaun because he was short and didn't speak much. >> i recognize the person i know he shaved his air. i've seen him on tv. and all of a sudden he brings equipment out. >> in surveillance video from a business near where the suitcase with the torso was found, the man in the picture looked to be dragging the suitcase. right now police tell us he is simply detained. >> a homicide has to figure out whether or not this person is, in fact, involved in the crime aspect. he is a person of interest in this case. however, he has not been charged yet with that crime. >> a second man was many detained but police department release any details on him. police tell us their person of interest is cooperating. police got an anonymous trip someone who directed them to the exact apartment in the public housing in the tenderloin. abc7