. >>> for a generation van amburg was the face and voice of abc 7 news.e're sad to report he passed away last week. we look back at his work here at kgo. >> the bay area's most wanted television news team. the channel 7 news gang. van the kid amberg. >> he started at kgo tv in the early 1970s. he went on by his last name van amberg for most of his career. he was an institution leading each newscast with his trademark opening. he was who people turned to when news broke. he reported on some of the bay area's most notable news events. >> patricia hearst will not go free tonight. days later he broke the news of the san francisco mayor and supervisor harvey milk. >> it's been seven hours since that.38 caliber pistol went off nine times. i traveled to china with van amberg. we were among the first western journalist to report from inside the communityist country when relations were fiejly normalized. van amberg left abc 7 in 1986. >> i'm expected to say good-bye but i'm not going to say good-bye. i won't be saying hello to you from here anymore. he was 86 y >>