vic? >> reporter: one of martinez's family members just concluded a presser for the reporters who had had staked out the street where the uncle's home is located. basically she said that the family's trying to figure out what went wrong. what happened. she said the family knew of no mental issues to speak of. and she said that martinez loved his baby. they did know he broke up with dr. cruz but said they had a long loving relationship prior to that. >> i'm trying to put the pieces together myself. >> reporter: gina martinez is the suspect's cousin. she and other family members are trying to get answers. >> i'm grieving for him too. i just want to see him and ask him what's going on. >> reporter: here's how her cousin was caught early yesterday morning. after martin martinez was identified as a person of interest modesto police tipped off san jose police he might be driving his red lincoln navigator to his uncle's home. after modesto police made the grisly discovery, san jose police found t

okay, the white crown vic's going to be there. no, it's not.teel door. >> this is one of those moments that i'll never forget because it was just wow. >> what did you see? >> reporter: we saw the white crown vic, the car that we'd been looking for for all those day, and a days and all those man hours and there it was. and we knew finally we had eric williams. >> reporter: but there was so much more. police uniforms and bullet-proof vests. thrn a -- more than a half dozen police badges. thousands of rounds of ammo and enough guns to supply a small army. >> he's got six or seven weapons of the right caliber that could've been the mcclelland murder weapon. we have five or six weapons of the right caliber that could've been the hasse murder weapon. >> did you think that one of those guns had to be the murder weapon? >> i felt like our chances were pretty good because there were just so many in there. >> reporter: the guns and ammo were sent off to the lab for testing. inside this treasure trove of bad intentions, there were also pickle jars filled

vic lee is live with the story. vic?e owners did not enter pleas today they face seven charges in all, the most serious, a trespassing charge carries a term of three years. the allegation is simple. >>> a business who ran out of water in the drought and decided to divert water from neighbors. >> after that nudist camp, then there is more to this 11 can see. a clothing optional nudist camp in the los gatos hills. they're charged with diverting water from the open space district. the group manages 60000 acres the district refused the camp's request to install water lines to one of the creeks to siphon water for this pool in an 87,000 gallon tank. abc7 news toured the camp. two wells on the camp's acres were drying up. >> we're just regular people here and need to water. >> lawns were gone. residents conserved water by 40%. ne began tracking in at great expense. they trucked in 38 hup gallons at a time. it ranges to over $400 per truck load. >> rangers dismantled lines from the creek to the camp. >> if there was no doubt th

vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> the owners did not enter pleas today they face seven charges in all, the most serious, a trespassing charge carries a term of three years. the allegation is simple. >>> a business who ran out of water in the drought and decided to divert water from neighbors. >> after that nudist camp, then there is more to this 11 can see. a clothing optional nudist camp in the los gatos hills. they're charged with diverting water from the open space district. the group manages 60000 acres the district refused the camp's request to install water lines to one of the creeks to siphon water for this pool in an 87,000 gallon tank. abc7 news toured the camp. two wells on the camp's acres were drying up. >> we're just regular people here and need to water. >> lawns were gone. residents conserved water by 40%. ne began tracking in at great expense. >> they trucked in 38 hup gallons at a time. it ranges to over $400 per truck load. >> rangers dismantled lines from the creek to the camp. >> if there was no

vic also just spoke with martinez's cousin.ou'll hear what she has to say in his live report at 5:00. >>> also there's new key discoveries in the chattanooga shooting rampage investigation today. the fbi has found the gunman's diary, giving disturbing details about this young man's background. marcy gonzalez joining us live in new york with the story. marcy? >> reporter: larry, at this point they don't believe he's linked to any terror groups. the fbi did find some alarming searches on his cell phone and they're learning more about his past. today dozens of additional fbi agents are in chattanooga, still piecing together why mohammad youssuf abdulazeez who had no known connection to isis chose military facilities as his targets. investigators focusing today on this walmart where they claim the 24-year-old was joined by two other men as he bought ammunition just days before last week's deadly shooting rampage. many paying tribute to the four marines and one sailor killed. >> you want to serve this country. that's what he did. >>

here is vic lee. >> flowers mark the spot where katherine was fatally shot on wednesday evening.7 news learned divers from the police boat tanned a gun off the waters of the pier. tests are being done, but investigators believe it is the one used by francisco sanchez. he is now charged with the murder. sanchez is on probation in texas. he has a long wrap sheet. sources say he has been arrested not only in texas, but oregon and washington. he has also been deported to mexico five times. in fact ice had him in custody in march, but turned him over to the sheriff's office when they discovered he had an outstanding drug warrant here. the d.a.'s office dropped the case that dated back to the 1990s and the sheriff's office subsequently released sanchez. they requested notification prior to his release so they could take him into custody again. they say the detainer was not honored. the city supervisors two years ago approved policy that would prohibit local local law enforcement that would prohibit local detain neithers unless they were convicted of other crimes besides human trafficki

vic will have a live report at 5:00. >>> non-profit bay area organizations are benefiting from a hugeonymous donor gives $34 million to oakland. it was the san francisco foundation. wayne will have details coming upat 5:00. >>> the san jose police department wants to get rid of gang violence. they desing ignated five areas as gang zones. chris wynn joins us. >> reporter: this comes after a recent spike in gang-related violence. downtown san jose is one of those zones with police wanting to be sure their presence is known summertime in san jose brings a spike in violence. they've launched a gang suppression staffing model. police tell us they'll be implementing selective enforcement efforts throughout the city including downtown and east san jose. some officers normally assigned to s.w.a.t. or metro will be assisting with patrols. >> any time you can saturate their area with law enforcement officers to proactively go after these gang members, it's obviously going to have a positive impact on the community. >> reporter: it's also about being flexible. they'll utilize this throughout the

vic lee talked with experts to find out why police waited so long to arrest him for that killing. >> reporter: well, dan, modesto police knew they had no time to waste. they had this unsolved death of a child and then a mass murder, possibly committed by the same person of interest. they obtained an arrest warrant to put him on i.c.e. modesto police detect ofs spent more than an hour at the home where mart on martinez's farth and vrnguncle live. they discovered the five bodies in the modesto home of his former girlfriend, dr. amanda cruz. police captured him not for those murders but because ofs is suspicions he killed cruz's 2-year-old boy in october. a medical expert said it looked like homicide but no arrest warrant was issued until two days later when they made their grisly discovery. they believe they wanted more than just a medical expert's evaluation. >> i don't know if that neurologist has the ability to state a cause of death with certainty. >> reporter: police quickly obtained the arrest warrant. it's an unusual police procedure but was done to see if he'll talk but to get

sheer vic lee live to explain why. vic?reporter: well, dan, that corner lot is where that memorial will be built. the city of hayward donated the land and the construction and material will be donated by the public. they hope to complete this memorial this fall. among the names inscribed on the stone tablets, sadly one more, sargent scott lunger. the memorial is dedicated to the victims of september 11th, and to three hayward police officers and a firefighter who died in the line of duty. but those here at the ground breaking today had heavier hearts. >> we planned this and didn't know we'd sad hi have another name to add to the list. >> hayward police officer lunger. the man behind it veteran marine sargent michael emmer son. this is his seventh mem wril project since september 11th. eight years ago he built this granite tribute to victims of flight 93 crashing in a pennsylvania field. sandra green and her mother lost a loved one, wanda green, on that flight. to them each memorial is as painful as the first. >> you've got

here is vic lee. >> flowers mark the spot where katherine was fatally shot on wednesday evening. abc7 news learned divers from the police boat tanned a gun off the waters of the pier. tests are being done, but investigators believe it is the one used by francisco sanchez. he is now charged with the murder. sanchez is on probation in texas. he has a long wrap sheet. sources say he has been arrested not only in texas, but oregon and washington. he has also been deported to mexico five times. in fact ice had him in custody in march, but turned him over to the sheriff's office when they discovered he had an outstanding drug warrant here. the d.a.'s office dropped the case that dated back to the 1990s and the sheriff's office subsequently released sanchez. they requested notification prior to his release so they could take him into custody again. they say the detainer was not honored. the city supervisors two years ago approved policy that would prohibit local local law enforcement that would prohibit local detain neithers unless they were convicted of other crimes besides human traff

vic lee, abc 7 nuts. >> time now for the forecast and the tiny bit of rain might be coming our way. >at's right. sandhya has what is in store. hi. >> hi there. there's slight possibility of showers and it's sunday so saturday is looking fichbility you look at live doppler 7hd right now we have the fog around in the usual spots coast and around the bay. temperatures are quite mild. most 80's in the 60's we have a few 50's in novato half moon bay. upper 50's and here's live look from the emeryville camera we look across the bay here. we look at overcast conditions. warm inland through the weekend. humidity rises on sunday. first sign of change and showers are possible sunday and monday so get ready. look at the satellite radar high pressure for the time being keeping us in the typical pattern through saturday. night morning fog. giving way to sun. in the case of the coast the fog hanging around well in the afternoon. today high pressure range from the mid 60's to the mid 90's tomorrow will be pretty close to that some micro claim at with us. all eyes right now on hurricane dolores. has

. >> vic lee is live with the story you'll see on abc7 news, vic? >> san francisco police have yet to respond to this story but 24-year-old tony nguyen says he was concerned lease were using excessive force during pride week demonstrations. he says he became the target of an officer's violent actions. saturday, june 27th. protestor and police tangled outside of a club after the pride march. . >> i decided to get fresh air to breathe. >> reporter: this is what nguyen saw. officers on top of a screaming woman, trying to restrain her. nguyen walked closer. a police supervisor was nearby. >> i said you're using excessive force. it's unnecessary. he tried to slam me down to the police car like a bunch of other cops joining, trying to take me down to the ground. i was telling them i am not resisting arrest. you know? >> reporter: officers occurred nguyen and took him to a police car. he said asked one of them -- >> what am i being charged with? >> i was told, i have no rights. >> the video speaks for itself. >> nguyen's turn, kate. he saw a woman being hu

everything has to be done for the vic m's right away. you have to notify the family.im cavanaugh was suggesting, the police can come out with laser beams him a figure out the correct. of the rounds. who got hit, how many shots were fired, things like that. the question of why that trigger was pulled and what you just developed in the interview of how the shooter exited the theater and then came back in again. the question is, why? was he looking for more vic m's did he want to commit suicide in an environment where he would be seen? i used to volunteer at a suicide hotline. people were going to commit suicide. the reason they were calling is because they didn't want to die alone. they wanted to have a voice on the other end of the phone before they killed themselves. sometimes in a scenario like this, you may have an individual who commit this horrific act and then somewhere in that challenged psyche of his or hers they have made a decision that they are not going to crawl in the corner and killed themselves themselves, they are going to do it while other people are a

sheer vic lee live to explain why. vic? >> reporter: well, dan, that corner lot is where that memorial will be built. the city of hayward donated the land and the construction and material will be donated by the public. they hope to complete this memorial this fall. among the names inscribed on the stone tablets, sadly one more, sargent scott lunger. the memorial is dedicated to the victims of september 11th, and to three hayward police officers and a firefighter who died in the line of duty. but those here at the ground breaking today had heavier hearts. >> we planned this and didn't know we'd sad hi have another name to add to the list. >> hayward police officer lunger. the man behind it veteran marine sargent michael emmer son. this is his seventh mem wril project since september 11th. eight years ago he built this granite tribute to victims of flight 93 crashing in a pennsylvania field. sandra green and her mother lost a loved one, wanda green, on that flight. to them each memorial is as painful as the first. >> you've

. >> vic lee is live with the story you'll see on abc7 news, vic? >> san francisco police have yet to respond to this story but 24-year-old tony nguyen says he was concerned lease were using excessive force during pride week demonstrations. he says he became the target of an officer's violent actions. saturday june 27th. protestor and police tangled outside of a club after the pride march. . >> i decided to get fresh air to breathe. >> reporter: this is what nguyen saw. officers on top of a screaming woman, trying to restrain her. nguyen walked closer. a police supervisor was nearby. >> i said you're using excessive force. it's unnecessary. he tried to slam me down to the police car like a bunch of other cops joining, trying to take me down to the ground. i was telling them i am not resisting arrest. you know? >> reporter: officers occurred nguyen and took him to a police car. he said asked one of them -- >> what am i being charged with? >> i was told i have no rights. >> the video speaks for itself. >> nguyen's turn, kate. he saw a woman being hurt

vic lee was at the hall of justice. francisco sanchez pleads not goolt to murder. >>> a man who came to the united states when he was 3 years old was convicted of robbery more than 20 years ago and served his time for the krooimcrime. that man is now battling to stay here and not be deported to china. >> reporter: he was arrested last month by i.c.e. agents. he's at a detntion center in southern california awaiting deportation to china. they called his imminent deportation a highly political move one which makes no sense. the chinese government has asked the u.s. for help. >> they want the u.s. to hand over about 100 or so high level chinese government officials who are living in the u.s. but are wanted in china to face prosecution for corruption charges. >> what does resident mayor hayward have to do withis? they claim he and other chinese americans with criminal backgrounds and on deportation lists are pawns of both governments. >> as a trade-off, the u.s. is asking china to accept all of these people with no ties to

here is vic lee. >> flowers mark the spot where katherine was fatally shot on wednesday evening. abc7 news learned divers from the police boat tanned a gun off the waters of the pier. tests are being done,t investigators believe it is the one used by francisco sanchez. he is now charged with the murder. sanchez is on probation in texas. he has a long wrap sheet. sources say he has been arrested not only in texas, but oregon and washington. he has also been deported to mexico five times. in fact ice had him in custody in march, but turned him over to the sheriff's office when they discovered he had an outstanding drug warrant here. the d.a.'s office dropped the case that dated back to the 1990s and the sheriff's office subsequently released sanchez. they requested notification prior to his release so they could take him into custody again. they say the detainer was not honored. the city supervisors two years ago approved policy that would prohibit local local law enforcement that would prohibit local detain neithers unless they were convicted of other crimes besides human traffick

vic lee is live at city hall with the story. >> reporter: you said it. ambulance response times. to give you an idea of how important the civil grand jury believes this issue is last year 76% of all emergency calls were for medical reasons. the report says too often first responders had no paramedics on board. last summer a statue toppled on to a toddler. police and firefighters came immediately but took a fire department ambulance 13 minutes to arrive exceeding the department's goal of a ten-minute response time. 2-year-old cason shelton later died at the hospital. since then fire chief has made improvements. >> in particularly bringing in new ambulances and training new paramedics. i feel like she's working on solutions. >> reporter: the civil grand jury believes ambulances are not responding to emergencies fast enough and often enough. the report adds there is a chronic lack of serviceable ambulances and they are spaced in different parts of the city which the panel's foreperson says effects the response time. >> people who live in the western part of san francisco may have lo

vic lee is live at the san jose police department where he has gotten a look at the new cameras. >> they are very light and actually smaller than your iphone. you also have live view capabilities. of course, new technology has made all of this possible. there is still old fashioned questions over the protocols for the use of these cameras. after years of pilot programs the body cams were deemed too expensive and too unwieldy. now san jose police say they will roll them out and are ready to begin field testi cameras made by two companies. the more common model worn at chest level and one like this. this is what is called a pov camera mounted on a pair of eye glasses. you are looking at a live view from an iphone. 15 officers will wear these cameras. the field tests will last for 12 weeks. each officer will complete surveys, the information evaluated before cameras are bought. >> we will be moving forward comparing and contrasting the number of citizen complaints in comparison to prior statistics. >> mayor promised to fund body cams and the city already has protocols for officers to follow

vic lee is live tonight from city hall and taking a lot of heat on this one. >> reporter: it is a damming report on the state of the fire department. it says the department has no strategic planning and that technology is simply absent or outdated and the firehouses but the most serious criticism is directed at the ambulances. supervisor says she asked chief for some answers. >> unfortunately, i still have not gotten information that indicates that there are any major changes that are going to happen to the department. >> reporter: last summer a statue toppled on to a toddler. police and firefighters came immediately but it took a fire department ambulance 13 minutes to arrive exceeding the department's goal of a ten minute response time. 2-year-old cason shelton later died at the hospital. since then fire chief has made improvements. >> in particularly bringing in new ambulances and training new paramedics so i feel like she's working on solutions. >> reporter: the grand jury believes ambulances are not responding to emergencies fast enough and often enough. the report adds there is a ch

vic lee, abc 7 nuts. >> time now for the forecast and the tiny bit of rain might be coming our way. >'s right. sandhya has what is in store. hi. >> hi there. there's slight possibility of showers and it's sunday so saturday is looking fichbility you look at live doppler 7hd right now we have the fog around in the usual spots coast and around the bay. temperatures are quite mild. most 80's in the 60's we have a few 50's in novato half moon bay. upper 50's and here's live look from the emeryville camera we look across the bay here. we look at overcast conditions. warm inland through the weekend. humidity rises on sunday. first sign of change and showers are possible sunday and monday so get ready. look at the satellite radar high pressure for the time being keeping us in the typical pattern through saturday. night morning fog. giving way to sun. in the case of the coast the fog hanging around well in the afternoon. today high pressure range from the mid 60's to the mid 90's tomorrow will be pretty close to that some micro claim at with us. all eyes right now on hurricane dolores. has be

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> thank you. story so disturbing and frustrating as we continue to learn more about the situation. kate steinly's family tries to deal with the shock and sorrow. >> abc 7 news talked with her parents. her mother and father describe her as a kind beautiful, spiritual person with a deep deep soul. her father told us the suspect's criminal history is not important to them at this time. >> our faith is strong. i don't know that i can forgive him right now. it's really not important to us. justice will prevail. the blame thing, hopefully maybe a legacy for kate that because of this it won't happen to somebody else's daughter. >> coming up we talk about how they are trying to focus on the good in the middle of the tragedy. >>> in other news a 64-year-old high school track coach is facing charges he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student. melanie woodrow is at the school with the story. >> reporter: he bonded out of jail one day after his arrest which we learned today was quite a sur

. >> vic lee said investigators don't believe much of what he is saying. >> he joins us live with the story. >> prosecutors from the san francisco d.a.s office are deciding at this very moment how to charge francisco sanchez. he said to abc 7 news in the jailhouse interview and to police investigators the shooting was accidental and that he took sleeping pills before the shooting. police homicide inspectors turned the case over to the d.a. this afternoon. police made one last visit to pier 14 last night after abc 7 news aired the jailhouse interview with the suspect. investigators zeroed in on benches on the pedestrian pier, looking for evidence that would support his story that he found the gun at a bench. >> where did you get the gun? >> went over there on the bench. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: sanchez claims a gun was wrapped in that t-shirt and it went off when he picked it up. >> boom boom, three times. >> reporter: sources with knowledge of the investigation tell us investigators don't believe his story. sanchez said after he was arrested thursday near pier 14 that he was shootin

does something in their behalf. >>> i apologise in advance for mispronouncing your name but miloso vicd many of those charged with war crimes are awaiting trial, is it justice served or denied if 20 years after the crime there's not a verdict? >> i must admit that the trials are slow. but the srebrenica people are grateful that the trials are happening. we have 14 war criminals that have been convicted. the trials are ongoing. there are many family members - there are many families who lost tens - hundreds of people from their families justice - for example, i lost 50 family members centring the srebrenica genocide. 255 from my village were lost during july 1995. a small village, not many people. it's a huge chunk of people missing. justice this that - in this - in an enormous crime is difficult to put the number of years that would be adequate to punish those who are responsible for these crimes. but at least through the trial, a record can be established. history can be written properly so we do want the trials to proceed, we do want the people who are responsible to face their trial

abc 7 news reporter vic lee joins us with the details. >> three others changed their pleas to guilty in the same court hearing. they face from four to ten years in prison. he was among dozens arrested in march of last year following a long sting. the cases against the others are proceeding separately. the most prominent of those arrested the so-called big fish. >> former state senator left the courthouse immediately after entering his plea. he did not respond to reporters' questions as he entered a waiting car. he was set to go to trial next month on political corruption, money laundering. instead he agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors guilty to one count of racketeering of taking part in a criminal enterprise, to use his political position to accept bribes. three other defendants pleaded guilty. former san francisco school president keith jackson pleaded guilty to the same racketeering charge. his attorney blasted the fbi for ensnaring his client. >> is this government doing what we want them to do? do we really want people sitting back there doing this? and my answer is

vic lee is there live. a fitting tribute. >> reporter: that memorial to 9/11 victims and to hayward first responders will be built over there right by that sign on this corner lot. the land was donated by the city. and all of the construction and the materials will be donated by citizens. and among the names on those stone tablets, sadly, there will now be another. >> the memorial is dedicated to the victims of 9/11. and to three hayward police officers and firefighter who died in the line of duty. but those here at the groundbreaking today had heavier hearts. >> when we plan this we didn't know that sadly this week we were going to have another name to add to that list. >> reporter: the name of hayward police sergeant scott lunger who was killed wednesday during a traffic stop. his name will be among those inscribed on these four ten foot tall black granite monoliths representing the four planes that went down that tragic september day. the man behind it, veteran marine sergeant michael emerson this is his

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> the frat party that is angering a lot of people. this is the picture of a twitter frat house event. the san francisco based company apologized saying this event was in poor taste. only 10% of the employees are women. the company is also in the midst of a gender discrimination lawsuit arguing that men receive more promotions. >>> soccer fever is gripping the bay area. this was the scene last night as european superpower manchester united took on the san jose earthquakes. they play barcelona saturday. abc 7 news reporter is live with more on the soccer excitement. hi. >> reporter: you know manchester united probably garnering a few new fans here the other night. some of the fans got to meet some of the players at a small closed event today at the hotel where they are staying. one of the new soccer enthusiast enthusiasts with my manchester united jersey and something else. whether you call it soccer or football enthusiasm for the game is growing. >> women's soccer is getting a lot better right now. >> reporter: for the next few days al

vic? >> well, dan, here is the letter sent to sheriff mirkarimi. here is the most serious charge, listen. >> you had a woman who needlessly died because of the policy. >> it in response to two orders barring deputies from contacting federal immigration agents. saying mirkarimi's refusal compromises the safety of sworn personnel, and those who come to visit san francisco. the reference to kate steinle's murder. the accused murderer is an illegal immigrant deported five times before. >> you can't silence us on a criminal issue. >> the deputy's leadership wants the sheriff to rescind directors immediately. >> how many people are we going to put at risk for being hurt or killed because this policy ties our hands. that is crazy. >> sheriff mirkarimi characterizes characterizes >> i'm not surprised. >> the sheriff says this letter is not a legitimate grievance because it won't change working agreements. but deputies say orders will revent them from doing their jobs. >> a bust in a marijuana grow shut down a park. it was a scary scene. children at a scien

vic? >> the sheriff believes the suspect may be responsible for other attacks. >> in 35 years this is about as bizarre that i've been involved with. >> the sheriff commended his deputies on cracking the bizarre case and proving the home invasion and kidnapping was not a hoax. >> this ranks at the top of the scale. >> he says it's one of the most bizarre stories he's covered the work of a sheriff's investigation into another home invasion that led authorities to matthew muller, the former lawyer who is charged in that kidnapping of denise huskins. and that probably saved them from being victimized. >> he began receiving e mails from someone claiming to be the kidnapper, containing details of the attack. the four e mails said there were several kidnappers involved calling themselves a group of professional thieves more than two, fewer than eight, holding bachelor's degrees. the e mail sender says the group ran a car theft operation and burglarized several homes. >> like an ocean's 11 type gr

. >> we're going to start with vic lee with the latest on the murder investigation. vic? >> reporter: that is where catherine steinly was shot last night. police told us at a briefing here today, that the man they detained last night the person of interest francisco sanchez was charged with her murder today. this video was taken by a person who lived nearby. you can see bystanders trying to help catherine steinly, who was mortally wounded. police say the suspect never exchanged words before he shot her. >> the victim said something to the family members to the extent she didn't feel well and realized something had just taken place and fell to the ground. >>> a police boat cruised around the pier this morning looking for the gun used in the shooting. divers put something in a box. police would not say if that was the gun. police believe the suspect tossed the weapon into the water after shooting canalling lynn -- catherine steinly. she was fatally shot after strolling down the pier with her father. >> there does not appear to be a connect between the victim and suspect. it

vic? >> the sheriff believes the suspect may be responsible for other attacks. >> in 35 years this is about as bizarre that i've been involved with. >> the sheriff commended his deputies on cracking the bizarre case and proving the home invasion and kidnapping was not a hoax. >> this ranks at the top of the scale. >> he says it's one of the most bizarre stories he's covered the work of a sheriff's investigation into another home invasion that led authorities to matthew muller, the former lawyer who is charged in that kidnapping of denise huskins. and that probably saved them from being victimized. >> he began receiving e mails from someone claiming to be the kidnapper, containing details of the attack. the four e mails said there were several kidnappers involved calling themselves a group of professional thieves more than two, fewer than eight, holding bachelor's degrees. the e mail sender says the group ran a car theft operation and burglarized several homes. >> like an ocean's 11 type gr

vic? >> well, dan, here is the letter sent to sheriff mirkarimi. here is the most serious charge, listen. >> you had a woman who needlessly died because of the policy. >> it in response to two orders barring deputies from contacting federal immigration agents. saying mirkarimi's refusal compromises the safety of sworn personnel, and those who come to visit san francisco. the reference to kate steinle's murder. the accused murderer is an illegal immigrant deported five times before. >> you can't silence us on a criminal issue. >> the deputy's leadership wants the sheriff to rescind directors immediately. >> how many people are we going to put at risk for being hurt or killed because this policy ties our hands. that is crazy. >> sheriff mirkarimi characterizes characterizes >> i'm not surprised. >> the sheriff says this letter is not a legitimate grievance because it won't change working agreements. but deputies say orders will revent them from doing their jobs. >> a bust in a marijuana grow shut down a park. it was a scary scene. children at a scien

vic lee, abc 7 nuts. >> time now for the forecast and the tiny bit of rain might be coming our way. >what is in store. hi. >> hi there. there's slight possibility of showers and it's sunday so saturday is looking fichbility you look at live doppler 7hd right now we have the fog around in the usual spots coast and around the bay. temperatures are quite mild. most 80's in the 60's we have a few 50's in novato half moon bay. upper 50's and here's live look from the emeryville camera we look across the bay here. we look at overcast conditions. warm inland through the weekend. humidity rises on sunday. first sign of change and showers are possible sunday and monday so get ready. look at the satellite radar high pressure for the time being keeping us in the typical pattern through saturday. night morning fog. giving way to sun. in the case of the coast the fog hanging around well in the afternoon. today high pressure range from the mid 60's to the mid 90's tomorrow will be pretty close to that some micro claim at with us. all eyes right now on hurricane dolores. has been kick up the surf al

. >> vic lee is live at the santa clara hall of justice with this story.ell, there are seven charges against the husband/wife owners. they did not enter a plea today here at the courthouse. the most serious charge carries a maximum three-year prison term, trespassing for the purpose of injuring property rights. here's how the prosecutor put it. >> a business who ran out of water last year in the middle of our drought and decided to divert water from their neighbors. >> reporter: the allegation is simple. add to that nudist camp. then there's more to this than one can see with the naked eye. glen and lori run a clothing optional nudist camp in the los gatos hills. the stouts are charged with diverting water from a creek managed by the open stays district, a group that manages 60,000 acres of open space preserves. the district repeatedly refused the camp's request to install water lines to one of its creeks to siphon water for the swimming pool in an 87,000 gallon tank. abc 7 news toured the camp last september. the two wells on the camp's 110 acres were dry

we have team coverage tonight beginning in the newsroom with abc7 news reporter vic lee. vic? >> police handed the case over to the da this afternoon. a source tells us they've amassed a lot of evidence. police saw our jail house interview and tries to resolve the story. police made a visit last night after airing the interview. investigators zeroed in on benches on the pedestrian pier. looking meticulously for evidence that would support the story he found the gun at a bench. >> where did you get the gun? >> i see over there something like that. >> sanchez the gun was wrapped in a tee shirt and it went off when he picked it up. sources tell us investigators don't believe his story. sanchez told him after he was arrested here at pier 40 that he was shooting at sea lions when the gun discharged. police don't believe he found the gun at a bench or there were three shots, as sanchez said.say they only heard one shot. sanchez did admit in the interview he shot steinly. he claims he kicked the gun into the bay immediately afterwards and walked off. there may be security video showi

we have team coverage tonight beginning in the newsroom with abc7 news reporter vic lee. vic?anded the case over to the da this afternoon. a source tells us they've amassed a lot of evidence. police saw our jail house interview and tries to resolve the story. police made a visit last night after airing the interview. investigators zeroed in on benches on the pedestrian pier. looking meticulously for evidence that would support the story he found the gun at a bench. >> where did you get the gun? >> i see over there something like that. >> sanchez the gun was wrapped in a tee shirt and it went off when he

we're going to begin with vic lee with live with developments in the investigation. >> reporter: the gun that police believe was used in the investigation. the gun, they believe belongs to federal agents. one source tells us the gun may have been stolen from the agent's car. investigators are trying to solve this mystery the other development is the arraignment. >> i am not guilty. >> francisco lopez sanchez pleaded not guilty in spanish. the charge? murder with a gun enhancement. outside of the courtroom, public defender said the bail was set too high. >> mr. sanchez is only in san francisco for a very short period of time. he has no convictions in the state of california. >> assistant district attorney spoke to reporters. >> today is about faith, an incredible family that has shown strength in this difficult it's about bringing justice to that family. >> francisco sanchez admitted during a jail house interview he shot kate steinly. >> did you shoot kate steinly? the lady on pier 14? >> yes. >> you did shoot her? >> sanchez says he found the gun in a tee shirt in a bench wednesday,

. >> we're going to start with vic lee with the latest on the murder investigation. vic? police told us at a briefing here today, that the man they detained last night the person of interest francisco sanchez was charged with her murder today. this video was taken by a person who lived nearby. you can see bystanders trying to help catherine steinly, who was mortally wounded. police say the suspect never exchanged words before he shot her. >> the victim said something to the family members to the extent she didn't feel well and realized something had just taken place and fell to the ground. >>> a police boat cruised around the pier this morning looking for the gun used in the shooting. divers put something in a box. police would not say if that was the gun. police believe the suspect tossed the weapon into the water

vic lee, abc7 news. >>> governor brown has until midnight to approve or deny parole for one of threevicted in the chowchilla bus kidnapping. fred woods convicted ever kidnapping 26 children and their bus driver nearly 40 years ago. woods could have a parole hearing this fall. >>> this weekend there is a major service disruption on bart you need to know about. there will be no bart service between san francisco and the east bay. lyanne melendez is live to tell us about the closure. >> reporter: there will be more shuttle buses and ferries out here weekend, but there will be back ups like this one that you see here at the toll plaza. now, one advise that transit agencies are giving people is to either carpool or stay home. >> there will be some pain. >> reporter: transit officials know the consequences of closing the transbay tube this weekend in order to rebuild some tracks. had will make for a faster and smoother ride on bart. >> i'm off so i'll be home. >> reporter: bart paired with several agencies to transfer people between 19th avenue and west oakland station. there will be ferri

vic lee, abc7 news. >>> governor brown has until midnight to approve or deny parole for one of three men convicted in the chowchilla bus kidnapping. fred woods convicted ever kidnapping 26 children and their bus driver nearly 40 years ago. woods could have a parole hearing this fall. >>> this weekend there is a major service disruption on bart you need to know about. there will be no bart service between san francisco and the east bay. lyanne melendez is live to tell us about the closure. >> reporter: there will be more shuttle buses and ferries out here weekend, but there will be back ups like this one that you see here at the toll plaza. now, one advise that transit agencies are giving people is to either carpool or stay home. >> there will be some pain. >> reporter: transit officials know the consequences of closing the transbay tube this weekend in order to rebuild some tracks. had will make for a faster and smoother ride on bart. >> i'm off so i'll be home. >> reporter: bart paired with several agencies to transfer people between 19th avenue and west oakland station. there will

vic lee tells us they believe sanchez should be deported. contact with ice. we'll have a full report at 5:00. >>> a new project at uc berkeley to help with the wildfires. there is a satellite drone system to detect and locate wildfires in california. we'll have more on that at 5:00 as well. >>> this woman is in jail for beating her neighbor to death with a baseball bat. police say martinez -- before investigators knew it was committed. abc 7 news reporter, melanie. >> reporter: she was shocked to learn of her neighbors death, but she was not surprised at who confessed. >> i just told my landlady i was nervous about her. when she's on your bad side, oh my god. >> reporter: the 47-year-old turned herself in saturday night. >> she came to the front here and called us to the dispatch center and said i need to speak to an officer. i want to report a homicide and i did it. >> reporter: she did not report an argument. she didn't like the conversation she was having with her friend and neighbor. she had a bat so grabbed it and hit the victim with it

abc 7 news reporter vic lee joins us live at pier 14. reporter: the defense for his actions is that he is simply following city policy but reiterated his opposition to ice detainers. he said that they were illegal and that he cited two federal court decisions saying that they violated the fourth amendment. embattled sheriff spoke to reporters about his refusal to honor ice's request to hand over illegal immigrant francisco sanchez who is accused of murdering kate steinle. >> had ice sought the requested legal order or warrants the san francisco sheriff's department naturally and will always comply and would have complied. >> reporter: that's not what he said during a debate in march. listen. >> what i have the honor of saying, i'm the first sheriff in this city and one of the first in the united states to say no ice transfers. >> reporter: he now says he is following the city's refugee due process ordinance passed two years ago. mayor lee says the sheriff could have simply called ice. perhaps just as controversial it was the sheriff's de

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 google's stock surge. the record setting increase. >>> and the trip to the vatican san jose's mayor is getting ready to take and the one thing to visit. >>> and let's take you live to southern california. grass fire has spread very quickly in the last 35 minutes or so to 500 acres along i-15. they are rushing to try to get a handle on this fr ♪music♪ forever young (version) they won't stay young forever. ♪ forever young ♪ but for 60 years there's been a place where we can stay forever young together. don't miss the disneyland resort diamond celebration. ♪ forever young ♪ with an all-new electrical parade, fireworks spectacular and more. ♪ may you stay ♪ come see it all dazzle like never before. come feel forever young ♪ forever young ♪ t >>> we continue to follow breaking news in southern california the cajon pass. >> they have been fighting it from the air and the ground but a drone flying around made it tricky for fire crews to attack this from the air. six, maybe seven cars are burning as a result of it

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> former president h.w. bush has fallen at home in kennebunkport, maine, and broken a bone in his neck. bush is hospitalized in stable condition. he will need to wear a neck brace. he was hospitalized in houston in december for treatment of breath. >>> caltrans says they now believe discarded road flares started acond fire on the bay bridge today as well as the first one monday night. you may remember yesterday they blamed a lit cigarette. today's smokey fire broke out in an expansion joint on the new eastern span around noon forcing the closure of two eastd lanes for about an hour. it's the same joint that caught fire monday night. caltrans says somehow flares left on the pavement by a road crew ignited and caught the joint on fire. >> this is a highly unusual set of circumstances. it covers the joint, and it's a rubber-like material that protects the joint from any sort of debris. >> the fire was put out within minutes after charring about three feet of material. caltrans isn't saying yet who exactly left

here's abc7 news reporter vic lee with more. >> flowers mark the spot with katheryn steinle was shot friday evening. tests are being donn a gun found, but they say it's the one used by sanchez, the man caught later that night not far from the shooting. sanchez is on probation in texas. he has a long wrap sheet and has a long rap sheet mostly drug charges. he has been deported to mexico five times. in fact ice had him in custody in march but turn him over to the sheriff's office when it was found he had an outstanding warrant here. but the d. a. dropped the case dating back to the 1990 the and the sheriff's office subsequently released sanchez. in a a written statement they lodged an immigration detainer at the time, requesting notification prior to his release so they could take him into custody again. ice said the warrant was not honored. >> he was in custody again on a similar offense. sheriff carved out on even stricter policy, which in almost all cases would require i. c. e. to go to court? >> a court order or judicial order for review were issued, of course, we would honor that

vic lee abc 7 news kidnapping. vic lee abc 7 news. >> nasa confirmed da naitd new horizon spacecraft successfully made the close fly by of pluto unscathed. >>reporter: we have healthy spacecraft. we have recorded the data of the pluto system and we are outbound for pluto. the. >>reporter: nasa scientist were exhuberant as the spacecraft began sending new data about the far away world. now that it resumed contact the probe will transmit the huge cache of data back to earth.so where is it now? >> spacecraft on track. out bound from pluto. and it's going to be turning around and taking more images and specter as it looks back towards the planet. u.s. the first nation to reach pluto and mission completes a survey of the solar system. the president tweeted tonight pluto just had the first visitor. thanks nasa. great day for discovery and american leadership. this is the photo new horizon sent back this morning. it sends back at least one close-up image tomorrow but the rest take months to down load. >> freeway sign put

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> targeted yet again. less than a day after replacing a smashed glass door a san jose market is once again cleaning up broken glass. this is the seventh time someone has broken into the market at north park in the past two months. this time vandalizing a glass refrigerator door. and abc 7 news viewer sent us this surveillance video. the store's owner says thieves steal about $1,000 in cigarettes each time. he says he's frustrated that police aren't doing more to stop it. so far no comment from police. >>> to southern california now where the coast guard tonight determined a large oil slick that mysteriously appeared at a popular beach came from a natural seep. it happened today about 1,000 yards off the santa barbara coast city of goleta. initially officials were stumped about the source of the oil but discovered the cause during a coast guard flyover. a marine safety team is now trying to determine the exact source including whether it was from a well-known natural seepage in the santa barbara channel. >>

vic lee abc 7 news. >> california drought has gotten so bad.te authorities have begun evacuate authorities have begun evacuating fish from folsom like. crew side phone out nearly 68,000 rainbow trout. put them into a temperature controlled tank on a truck and will distribute them to cooler water. right now folsom like hatchery is 71 degrees warming quickly ashe like levels fall quickly as the like levels fall. they will die at 75 degree so there's not much time. fish will be released into donner like it hassle vegas of 7000' should stay cool enough to keep the fish alive. >> santa cruz county asking people to stay out of the water at cowl beach because of unsafe level of e.coli. affected area level of e.coli. affected areas the small strip of beach to the west of the santa cruz wharf. county health department warn about the unsafe bacteria levels there on scenes. rest of the beaches in the county are reunderstand considered safe. >>> looks fantastic we hit the weekend like today mild to warm let me show you the doppler and when it starts to coo

here's abc7 news reporter vic lee with more. >> flowers mark the spot with katheryn steinle was shot friday evening. divers found a gun off the pier. tests are being done but tests show they say it's the one used by sanchez, the man caught later that night not far from the shooting. sanchez is on probation in texas. he has a long wrap sheet and has a long rap sheet, mostly drug charges. he has been deported to mexico five times. in fact, ice had him in custody in march but turn him over to the sheriff's office when it was found he had an outstanding drug warrant here. but the d.a. dropped a case dating back to the 1990 the and the sheriff's office subsequently released sanchez. in a a written statement they lodged an immigration detainer at the time, requesting notification prior to his release so they could take him into custody again. ice said the detainer was not honored. >> there was a law earlier that would prohibit the sheriffs from preventing the detainers unless they were convicted of a felony. >> he was in custody again on a similar offense. the sheriff carved out on even st