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vic lee abc7 news. >> well it took nearly 19 hours for crews to put out a fire that forced neighbors to stay indoor was windows closed the fire started at 1:20 yesterday at sims metal management. you can see the huge, thick smoke. a pile of scrap was burning. that sent out that huge toxic cloud of smoke. authorities all issued an health advisory. experts are still assessing what is in the smoke. firefighters got the fire out at 8:00 this morning and shelter in place for communities lifted a short time later. a similar fire was in 2007. >> a couple recalls involving 90 tons of salads and sandwich wraps made by a company in richmond. glass onion indicatoring made the food in southwest richmond. they're shipped to distribution centers in western united states the company recalling 180,000 pounds of the ready to eat products with fully cooked chicken or ham. 26 people in three states have become sick. the company says it's working to determine the cause of the contamination and help customers retrieve products. the items sold under the names delish and trader joe's. products made between

>> vic lee reporting, thank you. vic. today a jury in san jose awarded $290 million in damages to apple in its patent case against samsung. a previous jury ordered samsung to pay apple more than $1 billion but a judge concluded they miscalculateed and they tossed out damages and ordered a retrial. samsung expected to appeal this latest verdict. >> some californians whose health insurance plans will run out will not be getting an extension. that decision made this morning bit board overseeing covered california. forward can so called sub-stan yard plans the president pleaded with states and allowed insurers or trying to make sure the insurers will allow people to keep their ef existing plans. more than a million californians have received policy cancellation notices. >> oakland won a judgment against businesses, suing american legal services also known as als accusing the owners of lying to immigrants by promising u.s. citizenship the city attorney parker says reality is that none was a lawyer and it resulted in several de

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with more on staying safe while shopping. vic? >> reporter: i'm at union square. revellers and crazies are. but this is what you do not want to do. you don't want to look at your iphone. or smart phone. because you're distracted like i am now. you're a potential victim for muggers. that is what they wanted to tell shoppers here today. take a look at the stolen smart phones recovered by police. 'tis the season for more robberies. the holidays frenzied shoppers in union square distracted by bargains and by smart phones. >> everyone is looking down not paying attention and it's easy money for bad guys. >> there would have been opportunities for people to steal my phone. i keep it in the pocket or bag. >> reporter: phone robberies are an epidemic on the streets take a look at this woman being mugged and robbed the muni is a popular spot for robbers. passengers feel safe. riders snatch phones and run. police saturated union square and market street. passing out these leaflets you've been mugged. some told us they are careful now. >> if

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with more on staying safe while shopping. vic? >> reporter: i'm at union square. revellers and crazies are. but this is what you do not want to do. you don't want to look at your iphone. or smart phone. because you're distracted like i am now. you're a potential victim for muggers. that is what they wanted to tell shoppers here today. take a look at the stolen smart phones recovered by police. 'tis the season for more robberies. the holidays frenzied shoppers in union square distracted by bargains and by smart phones. >> everyone is looking down not paying attention and it's easy money for bad guys. >> there would have been opportunities for people to steal my phone. i keep it in the pocket or bag. >> reporter: phone robberies are an epidemic on the streets take a look at this woman being mugged and robbed the muni is a popular spot for robbers. passengers feel safe. riders snatch phones and run. police saturated union square and market street. passing out these leaflets you've been mugged. some told us they are careful now. >> if

abc7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> cross roads of the west gun shows attracted over 400,000 customers. >> reporter: cross roads of the west billed as biggest gun show in the country this, is state property. the state has no problem with shows >> let decision making. >> reporter: this spring, mark leno proposed a bill that would have required both san francisco and san mateo supervisors to approve gun shows at the cow palace. both went on record opposing gun shows. if the bill became law, they would be banned here. the legislature passed the bill but governor brown vetoed it. >> it would have cost taxpayers about a million dollars. >> reporter: this in the wake of the shooting in los angeles. a gunman killing a tsa agent, wounding several others now, the question of banning high-powered weapons. templeton says the sans not about guns. >> under lying issues of mental health we're not going to be able to get a handle on stopping these horrible tragic mass shootings. >> reporter: gun rights advocates issue it boils down to a second amendment issue, loud and clear. >> tho one wan

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with the latest on the >> reporter: close to 100 protestors marched to the hall of justice they want the district attorney to convene a grand jury to look into the shooting death of andy lopez. this activist is convinced a grand jury probe will end with an indictment of the deputy, eric gelhaus. >> it will show this murder was senseless, useless, unnecessary. and against basic police practices. >> looking for understanding. we all we find is dark confusion. >> reporter: this morning the board went into special session to discuss this fatal shooting the supervisor represents the district. >> this is not just an issue that is affecting one community. it's affecting our county. >> reporter: some got emotional. >> how sad it is that we, as a community have lost a son. >> supervisors wanted this session to be a heal proing is hes, inviting the public to speak their minds. >> just very, very tragic death of a young man, 13 years old it could have been my child. >> sit your responsibility to look out for this community. do something. >> reporter: a small del

. >> vic lee is live with the story tonight. vic?> reporter: in two and a half hours, pleasant hill's city hall meeting will begin the debate boils down to rightfully or not, that fundamental issue of gun control in the second amendment. the e mails have been pouring into city hall, many, from out of town. for and against the controversial gun store ordinance. in the wake of the shooting at los angeles international airport, emotions may run higher for advocates of gun control. the debate will happen here in the small community of roughly 34,000 people. >> it's a matter of public safety the community for a city to take action before something unfortunate happens. >> reporter: mayor harris authored the ordinance, restricting where new gun stores will be located. >> comes up with sane and reasonable distances from a firearms dealer to schools and residences. parks, playgrounds. large day care centers. >> reporter: gun dealers would have to get a police permit, check employee back grounds and monitor firearm and ammunition sales. >> we

. >> we learned what the witness told investigators now, vic lee with the story you'll see only on abc7. vic? >> reporter: our sources told us the man is a doctor from inda. he's not licensed here but ucsf confirms he's working as a researcher at that hospital. investigators were hoping he can provide important information since he seems to be the only one who saw lynn spalding during her 17 day disappearance. unfortunately that, did not happen. october 4, 2 weeks after lynn spalding disappeared from her hospital bed a nurse heard a mystery man knocking on a locked door of an emergency man the man told the nurse he saw a person in the stairwell. he then left quickly never identifying himself. the nursing supervisor notified a sheriff's dispatcher said deputies would check it out but sheriff mirkarimi admitted they dropped the ball. >> there is no indication anyone was dispatched to that stairwell. >> police distributed this flyer said they're looking for the mystery witness the researcher says he came forward after he saw it on a bulletin board a source says the researcher told them he

for that part of the story let's go to vic lee live at the betty ng community center.er: well, dan, there are a half dozen protestors standing with the heckler behind the president of the. he was speaking and they call themselves dreamers they're supporters of the dream act. that is a bill that was first proposed about a dozen years ago which gives conditional residency to certain immigrants if they fulfilled certain requirements like schooling. >> i ne

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with the latest on the developments. >> reporter: close to 100 protestors marched to the hall of justice they want the district attorney to convene a grand jury to look into the shooting death of andy lopez. this activist is convinced a grand jury probe will end with an indictment of the deputy, eric gelhaus. >> it will show this murder was senseless, useless, unnecessary. and against basic police practices. >> looking for understanding. we all we find is dark confusion. >> reporter: this morning the board went into special session to discuss this fatal shooting the supervisor represents the district. >> this is not just an issue that is affecting one community. it's affecting our county. >> reporter: some got emotional. >> how sad it is that we, as a community have lost a son. >> supervisors wanted this session to be a heal proing is hes, inviting the public to speak their minds. >> just very, very tragic death of a young man, 13 years old it could have been my child. >> sit your responsibility to look out for this community. do something. >> reporter: a s

abc7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> cross roads of the west gun shows attracted over 400,000ds of the west billed as biggest gun show in the country this, is state property. the state has no problem with shows >> let decision making. >> reporter: this spring, mark leno proposed a bill that would have required both san francisco and san mateo supervisors to approve gun shows at the cow palace. both went on record opposing gun shows. if the bill became law, they would be banned here. the legislature passed the bill but governor brown vetoed it. >> it would have cost taxpayers about a million dollars. >> reporter: this in the wake of the shooting in los angeles. a gunman killing a tsa agent, wounding several others now, the question of banning high-powered weapons. templeton says the sans not about guns. >> under lying issues of mental health we're not going to be able to get a handle on stopping these horrible tragic mass shootings. >> reporter: gun rights advocate issue it boils down to a second amendment issue, loud and clear. >> tho one wants to take anyone's gun away from t

abc 7 news reporter vic lee was on the sidelines. >> reporter: the game was never in doubt. at one point during the second quarter, san jose high was down 31-0. but they kept the score respectable. it was like david and goliath. san jose high is the smallest school in the district. lincoln is double that number. four years ago, star player matt ballet needed life saving brain surgery after fracturing his skull during the big bone game. and another player suffered a spinal contusion in the big game. in february, another player, anthony santa cruz was stabbed to death near the campus. his mother came to the game today. >> oh, my god, i have to go home and set the table. he's not going to be there. >> reporter: anthony's teammates wore his initials on their helmets. >> we wanted to tell everybody that the death has affected us a lot. >> reporter: the coach imposed strict standards, demanding good behavior and good grades. >> i told them without the structure we're not going to win. >> reporter: during the year, 18 mayors left the team. but he had the support of the principal. >

reporter vic lee has the story. >> both mayor mosconi and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killedhris mosconi was only 16 when a police officer told them his dad was killed. >> i said what's going on? and he said son, you don't know. your father has expired. those are the words he said. i never really heard it someone say that. >> november 27, 1978, dan white, a former firefighter who was elected to the board of supervisors shot and killed the two men at city hall. he had resigned from the board earlier that month but now wanted his seat back. white was angry. then mosconi refused to reappoint him. he packed his gun and went to city hall. instead of going through the metal detectors, he slipped in through a door in the basement. willie brown was then a state assembly man meeting with mosconi in the mayor's office. he left just 45 seconds before white entered. >> we were having coffee and george as usual, sam, how do i just tell this guy it's over, et cetera, but i got to do it. i walked out, dan white walked in. >> brown would learn later he was also on white's death list. after h

abc 7 news reporter vic lee was on the sidelines. >> reporter: the game was never in doubt.ring the second quarter, san jose high was down 31-0. but they kept the score respectable. it was like david and goliath. san jose high is the smallest school in the district. lincoln is double that number. four years ago, star player matt ballet needed life saving brain surgery after fracturing his skull during the big bone game. and another player suffered a spinal contusion in the big game. in february, another player, anthony santa cruz was stabbed to death near the campus. his mother came to the game today. >> oh, my god, i have to go home and set the table. he's not going to be there. >> reporter: anthony's teammates wore his initials on their helmets. >> we wanted to tell everybody that the death has affected us a lot. >> reporter: the coach imposed strict standards, demanding good behavior and good grades. >> i told them without the structure we're not going to win. >> reporter: during the year, 18 mayors left the team. but he had the support of the principal. >> where they get

vic lee, abc7 news. >>> emergency efforts are underway around the clock to get water and other please to people in the philippines. survivors are at risk for disease and are hung. more than 3*6 hundred people are estimated to have died. 600,000 are dismissed. as families search for loved once, officials are focusing on getting help to survivors. >> we are done with the rescue and retrieval. now we have to clear the major thoroughfares and make passage more possible. >> after days of delay the pace of the operation is picking up with more food, water, medical aid reaching the disaster zone. >>> happening today, there will be a typhoon haiyen it will be on south gate avenue west of interstate 280. minnesota there will be a fundraiser as. we you can make donations to the red cross relief fund through a live hotline from 11:00 a.m. through 11:30 p.m. right here on a -- obc7. >>> larkspur will now have a two-dollar fee for parking. it will not be collected on weekends or holidays and almost there will be a monthly pass available for $20. get ready for fresh crab. take a look at the first d

vic lee in the newsroom with more for us. vick? >> reporter: abc7 news has learned that andy lopez's family has filed claim against sonoma county and the sheriff's office. here it s it was just filed today. now, the county has six months to either accept it or reject it. if that happens, the family would most likely file a lawsuit. the claimant is andy lopez mother. the claim says the 13-year-old was killed unjustifiably and charges that the sheriff's office failed to develop adequate training policies for the use of lethal force. it does not specify an amount for damages. deputy goalhouse has been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation. >> we feel for the loss of this young man's life. he feels for the loss for the family, for the community. >> reporter: but deputy eric goalhouse's lawyer, terry leone, says it doesn't minimize the threat her client faced that day. >> an ak-47 with no markings that it was a replica gun, that was pointed in his direction, those weapons, they pierce body armor, they pierce -- th

vic lee in the newsroom with more for us. vick? >> reporter: abc7 news has learned that andy lopez's family has filed claim against sonoma county and the sheriff's office. here it s it was just filed today. now, the county has six months to either accept it or reject it. if that happens, the family would most likely file a lawsuit. the claimant is andy lopez mother. the claim says the 13-year-old was killed unjustifiably and charges that the sheriff's office failed to develop adequate training policies for the use of lethal force. it does not specify an amount for damages. deputy goalhouse has been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation. >> we feel for the loss of this young man's life. he feels for the loss for the family, for the community. >> reporter: but deputy eric goalhouse's lawyer, terry leone, says it doesn't minimize the threat her client faced that day. >> an ak-47 with no markings that it was a replica gun, that was pointed in his direction, those weapons, they pierce body armor, they pierce -- th

for that part of the story let's go to vic lee live at the betty ng community center. quite a moment. >> reporter: well, dan, there are a half dozen protestors standing with the heckler behind the president of the. he was speaking and they call themselves dreamers they're supporters of the dream act. that is a bill that was first proposed about a dozen years ago which gives conditional residency to certain immigrants if they fulfilled certain requirements like schooling. >> i need your help. >> the heckler is a student at san francisco state and an undocumented immigrant from south korea. he became disappointed when the president failed to mention anything about the plight of illegal immigrants. >> 1.8 million undocument immigrant family members are, have deported and 1,000 are facing deportation every day. >> he feels it's an urgent issue. and the president can stop the deportation by executive power. >> he can do it but he doesn't have sympathy towards undocumented workers. if he does, he'll stop deportation right now. >> he was a student at uc berkeley. he's an acti

tonight vic lee on what the man is telling investigators. also, get ready for black friday with seven on your side michael finney shows where we can track the best deals. and mark skoukerberg and the event he's hosting to raise awareness about the controversial issue. it's coming up in a half hour. >> thank you. >> and now to an honor guard in the ukraine. now, video. >> oops. you can see the guard knocked his own hat off during his announcement of the president of azerbejian. >> his reflexes saved the day. >> there are no harm, no foul. >> thanks for joining us. we aappreciate your time >>> welcome to "world news." tonight coming to america, exclusive fbi video, armed terrorists living and plotting in a kentucky town. how did affiliates of al qaeda sneak into the heartland. abc's brian ross investigates. >>> tourist taken. why was an 85-year-old american veteran traveling on a tour taken captive in north korea. >>> critical condition tonight, "world news" tackles your hospital bills out of control. >> it was shocking. >> why should you pay

vic lee with the story. >> crossroads of the west is billed as the biggest gun show in the country.e has no problems with the show. >> >> -- in the spring it required both san francisco and san mateo supervisors to approve gun shows at the cal wallace. both boards went on record opposing the shows. if the bill became law they would be banned here. the legislature passed the bill, but governor brown vetoed it. they say the bill was not good for the state. >> it would cost the taxpayers a million dollars to replace the revenue the gun show generates for the state jie. it comes in the wake of the shooting at the airport in los angeles. the gup man fired an ar-15 rifle killing a tsa agent and wounding self-others. now the question of banning high powered weapons. templeton says the answer is not about guns. >> unless and until we can address the issues, the underling issues of mental health, we are not going to be able to get a handle on stoping these horrible, tragic mass shootings. >> gun advocates say it boils down to a second amendment issue. jackie spear has sponsored several gun b

vic lee, abc7 news. >> breaking news now a gunman shot nine people in a barber shop in detroit >> three victims have died. police have closed off a stretch of road where that shooting happened. officers say all victims are men. >> police are now looking for two chevolet impalas. the police chief says the barber shop is known for gambling but motive is unclear. >> menlo park police are asking for help in finding a witness to a deadly traffic accident. police claim a woman was drunk when the couple was out walking their dog. witnesses believe a man driving a white ford ex-plower witnessed the event. >>> an out pouring of support for a high school student who suffered severe burns after being set on nier a bus. lush sasha fleeshman was asleep on the bus when someone lit his skirlt-like attire on fire. family and friends started a campaign for his hospital care. tonight you can see that it has exceeded the goal of raising $20,000. the family suspend that had fund-raiser. police are investigating this as a hate crime in part of the gender identity. his parents say he does not identify as mal

vic lee and carolyn tyler. vic, tell us about the man who int interinterruptinte interinterruptinte interrupted the president's speech today. >> reporter: this is a day when betty ng's family members met the president but also a day when a young undocumented student made his point to the president of the united states. betty ng's niece sang the national anthem she told us she was nervous but had an angel.. >> i thought of my aunt betty. that helped me hold it together. >> the speech focused on immigration, importance of a reform package. a heckler interrupted the speech. >> i need your help. >> that is what we're talking about here. that is why we're here. >> reporter: mr. obama shot back with a electric you're on democracy. >> so easy way out is yell and pretend i can do something by violating our laws. and what i'm proposing is a harder path. which is to use our democratic processes. >> reporter: the heckler is a student at san francisco state and an undocumented immigrant from south korea. he said he came to

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live where his mother lives. vic? >> reporter: that is right.n the last hour, here at the sunnyvale police department z by the way the mother has been told that arrangements are being made for her to be reunited with the baby. let me show you where this went down today. now, mexican authorities this afternoon stopped the suspect in a check point just across the border from lukeville, arizona, about 300 miles from san diego. police say the two-week old is safe and are apparently unharmed. police say he threatened to harm himself and the baby, if the mother told police, well, when she did report it, police issued an amber alert last night. the search today was actually in san diego, where there are sightings of the suv around that city. as well as a cell phone ping in the suburbs there. >> they stopped him in a border check point within mexico. based on interview was him, they called the u.s. border patrol at

vic lee in the newsroom with more for us. vick?: abc7 news has learned that andy lopez's family has filed claim against sonoma county and the sheriff's office. here it s it was just filed today. now, the county has six months to either accept it or reject it. if that happens, the family would most likely file a lawsuit. the claimant is andy lopez mother. the claim says the 13-year-old was killed unjustifiably and charges that the sheriff's office failed to develop adequate training policies for the use of lethal force. it does not specify an amount for damages. deputy goalhouse has been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation. >> we feel for the loss of this young man's life. he

vic lee and carolyn tyler. vic, tell us about the man who int interinterruptinte interinterruptinte interrupted the president's speech today. >> reporter: this is a day when betty ng's family members met the president but also a day when a young undocumented student made his point to the president of the united states. betty ng's niece sang the national anthem she told us she was nervous but had an angel.. >> i thought of my aunt betty. that helped me hold it together. >> the speech focused on immigration, importance of a reform package. a heckler interrupted the speech. >> i need your help. >> that is what we're talking about here. that is why we're here. >> reporter: mr. obama shot back with a electric you're on democracy. >> so easy way out is yell and pretend i can do something by violating our laws. and what i'm proposing is a harder path. which is to use our democratic processes. >> reporter: the heckler is a student at san francisco state and an undocumented immigrant from south korea. he said he came to

vic lee is there live tonight. this day, we relive san francisco's darkest day. >> reporter: we do.olding the march and rally like they did 35 years ago. this is where they will all converge tonight for one big rally. so, let me take you back to that terrible shocking day 35 years ago. >> both mayor moscon sxichlt supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> chris mosconi was only 16 when a police officer told him his dad was killed.. >> i said what is going on? he said son, you don't know? your father has expired. those are the words he said. i never heard someone say that. >> november 27, 1978. dan white, a former firefighter elected to the board of supervisors shot and killed the two men. he had resigned from the board this month, but now, wanted his seat back. white was angry

vic lee is in the newsroom now. that is the stunning part. no one followed up. >> you're right. many other other questions remain unanswered now, maybe, there will be more answers. abc7 news learned the witness police are looking for is a doctor. >> a nurse heard a man knocking on the door of an emergency stairwell on the 5th floor of a building. he was trying to get out on to the hospital floor. >> and she let him in. and he said wrong stairwell. thank you for letting me in. and then said looks like there is someone further down maybe asleep or not sure. but looks like there is someone down there. >> the man then left quickly. the person he referred to presumably lynn spalding was laying on the stairs the nursing supervisor notify aid sheriff's dispatcher. he said he would check it out the sheriff said his deputies never check that had stairwell. spalding's body found four days later in that location. investigators began looking for him, hoping he can provide answers. abc # news learned the mystery man is a visiting doctor from india now working at ucsf in san francisco general

. >> vic lee joins us live now from the castro district. vic? >> to mark this anniversary, community combrupz are gathering together today. they will converge here but fishgs let's take a look at what's happening there. a large group gathered there to memorialize the two men. george mosconi was a popular mayor who defined modern day progressive is what happened 35 years ago today. >> both mayor moscon sxichlt supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed >> november 27, 1978. dan white a former firefighter elected to the board of supervisors shot and killed the two men at city hall. he resigned from the board, but wanted his seat back. white was angry that mosconi refused to reappoint him he packed his gun and went to city hall. white slipped in through a door in the basement. willie brown was an assemblyman meeting with mosconi in the mayor's office he left just 45 seconds before white entered. >> we were having coffee george said, you know, how do i just tell this guy it's over? etc.? but i've got to do it. i walked out, dan white walked in

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live where his mother lives. vic? >> reporter: that is right. good news within the last hour, here at the sunnyvale police department z by the way the mother has been told that arrangements are being made for her to be reunited with the baby. let me show you where this went down today. now, mexican authorities this afternoon stopped the suspect in a check point just across the border from lukeville, arizona, about 300 miles from san diego. police say the two-week old is safe and are apparently unharmed. police say he threatened to harm himself and the baby, if the mother told police, well, when she did report it, police issued an amber alert last night. the search today was actually in san diego, where there are sightings of the suv around that city. as well as a cell phone ping in the suburbs there. >> they stopped him in a border check point within mexico. based on interview was him, they called the u.s. border patrol at lukeville. gave them the name. he ran the name and discovered there is a warrant for arrest for the child abduction. >> well

abc7 news reporter vic lee joins us live now with that occurred. vic? >> well, larry, unfortunately, still no sign of the father and baby. abc7 news is learning more tonight about the relationship he had with the mother of the baby. it appeared to be a contentious one. the final straw may have come when the mother refused to move to new york with him. >> she's crying and crying. because she doesn't know where is he. >> stephanie ortiz and andrew roomed with the mother until recently near an apartment in helen street. she told us at 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the baby's father, a 22-year-old twoent get his paycheck in a palo alto hotel where he works as a barista. he took the baby, then, ortiz says he zoned the mother. he called her and said i'm sorry. that is it. >> he disappeared with the baby. police say he sent her a text. >> he indicated if police were involved he would cause harm to himself and the child. >> the former roommates say the couple argue gued often and he threatened her constantly. >> basically, i'll take the baby and leave. i don't need

vic lee is live with the story. >> reporter: there are about 100 parents at the meeting. some of them even talked about their own children being the victims of bullying. others wanted the district to develop better communications when these occur and still, others want more programs to deal with this problem but all of them expressed concerns over what happened today. parents were shocked at the news. this one did not want to be to be identified said her son has also been the target of bullies. >> yaechlt he didn't want to do anything he says boys are bigger than him. >> it happened just after 8:00 this morning at the start of school. parents were dropping off kids, police say the fifth grader entered faculty lounge and grabbed a knife. >> then walked into the hallway witness he wasn't brandishing just walking witness. >> reporter: this parent was startled when he saw the 10-year-old boy holding a knife.. >> i kind of walked towards the kid he turned and looked at me. another dad knocked him down the third guy, dad, just picked up the knife and that is it. >> reporter: th

vic lee is there live tonight. this day, we relive san francisco's darkest day. >> reporter: we do. community groups are holding the march and rally like they did 35 years ago. this is where they will all converge tonight for one big rally. so, let me take you back to that terrible shocking day 35 years ago. >> both mayor moscon sxichlt supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> chris mosconi was only 16 when a police officer told him his dad was killed.. >> i said what is going on? he said son, you don't know? your father has expired. those are the words he said. i never heard someone say that. >> november 27, 1978. dan white, a former firefighter elected to the board of supervisors shot and killed the two men. he had resigned from the board this month, but now, wanted his seat back. white was angry mosconi refused to reappoint him. instead of going through metal detectors white slipped in through a door in the basement, willie brown was then a state assemblyman meeting with mosconi in the mayor's office, he left 45 seconds before white entered >> we're having coffee and

vic lee is in the newsroom now. that is the stunning part. no one followed up. >> you're right. many other other questions remain unanswered now, maybe, there will be more answers. abc7 news learned the witness police are looking for is a doctor. >> a nurse heard a man knocking on the door of an emergency stairwell on the 5th floor of a building. he was trying to get out on to the hospital floor. >> and she let him in. and he said wrong stairwell. thank you for letting me in. and then said looks like there is someone further down maybe asleep or not sure. but looks like there is someone down there. >> the man then left quickly. the person he referred to presumably lynn spalding was laying on the stairs the nursing supervisor notify aid sheriff's dispatcher. he said he would check it out the sheriff said his deputies never check that had stairwell. spalding's body found four days later in that location. investigators began looking for him, hoping he can provide answers. abc # news learned the mystery man is a visiting doctor from india now working at ucsf in san francisco general

. >> vic lee follows up on a mystery witness who spotted a missing patient what. he's fell teling investigators. >> here is the bay bridge. a picture taken by abc7 news meteorologist mike neeko. e mail your photos. we'd love to >>> officials with san francisco airport released findings of an independent review of how the airport responded to asiana crash 214. that report found emergency personnel acted quickly but found area that's needed to be improved the airport emergency alert system didn't work and the web site crashed because it was overwhelmed by traffic. the report recommends aligning triage procedures and better resources for stranded passengers. sfo eshed highest marks when it came to reopening the runway. >> moving that wreckage, remediating spilled jet fuel, repainting was inintegration of many different asian agencies >> three passengers died after the boeing 777 crashed on landing the report did not mention of death of a passenger run over as we now know by a fire truck in moments after the crash. >> the search is on for a man wanted for killing a wo

vic lee is live at the hospital tonight with the story. >> reporter: what we've learned about this shakep here att( s francisco general hospital, we're told it does not involve anyone getting disciplined or getting fired. that this is just the beginning of that shake up. >> it maygs look good on paper. >> reporter: hank harris, the lawyer for the family is not appeased by the shake up the a.reassignments come on the heels of a news conference when he apologized for his department's slow, shabby search for the 57-year-old woman. spalding's body found october 8th in a locked stairwell, 17 days after she disappeared from her room. wednesday, mirkarimi promised to make a preview of security. >> this assessment includes a review of resources needed to provide 24-7 law enforcement services. >> reporter: we learned four people have been transferred out of the hospital security unit the unit will be under command of a captain who reports to mirkarimi two. additional lieutenants, two arj sargeants still there. and two new senior deputies the hospital security unit comprised of 28 deputies and ins

. >> vic lee follows up on a mystery witness who spotted a missing patient what. he's fell teling investigators. >> here is the bay bridge. a picture taken by abc7 news meteorologist mike neeko. e mail >>> officials with san francisco airport released findings of an independent review of how the airport responded to asiana crash 214. that report found emergency personnel acted quickly but found area that's needed to be improved the airport emergency alert system didn't work and the web site crashed because it was overwhelmed by traffic. the report recommends aligning triage procedures and better resources for stranded passengers. sfo eshed highest marks when it came to reopening the runway. >> moving that wreckage, remediating spilled jet fuel, repainting was inintegration of many different asian agencies >> three passengers died after the boeing 777 crashed on landing the report did not mention of death of a passenger run over as we now know by a fire truck in moments after the crash. >> the search is on for a man wanted for killing a woman and wounding another a

vic lee is live at the college with more. >> reporter: the sheriff department is investigating this case the building behind me is where it happened. the media learning center the sheriff and police are not commenting on what our sources are telling us. our sources are reliable, the victim may have been attacked because she identifies as a pan sexual person, a person may be attracted to people of all gender representations and sexual orientations. >> she has been sexual assaulted this past monday, november 4th >> student andrea jiminez read the e mail sent to students and staff. jiminez uses the rest room where the sexual assaults happened. >> now the rape happened i just don't know where to use rest room. you know? >> reporter: the rape happened here on the first floor of the media learning center. the victim reported at tack yesterday. stewudents couldn't believe this happen on a school day. >> hundreds of students running in and out every day. >> reporter: abc7 news spoke with a friend of the victim who says the 19-year-old believes she was tacked because of her gender orientation as

vic lee is live at the hospital tonight with the story. >> reporter: what we've learned about this shakep here att( s francisco general hospital, we're told it does not involve anyone getting disciplined or getting fired. that this is just the beginning of that shake up. >> it maygs look good on paper. >> reporter: hank harris, the lawyer for the family is not appeased by the shake up the a.reassignments come on the heels of a news conference when he apologized for his department's slow, shabby search for the 57-year-old woman. spalding's body found october 8th in a locked stairwell, 17 days after she disappeared from her room. wednesday, mirkarimi promised to make a preview of security. >> this assessment includes a review of resources needed to provide 24-7 law enforcement services. >> reporter: we learned four people have been transferred out of the hospital security unit the unit will be under command of a captain who reports to mirkarimi two. additional lieutenants, two arjstill there deputies the hospital security unit comprised of 28 deputies and institutional officers will have a

. >> vic lee is live at the school with the story. lee? >> reporter: the boy holding an eight-inch knife. my note bad pad is eight inches long. police say the boy is undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. the school invited parents to a meeting to discuss the incident. it happened just after 8:00 in the morning, parents dropping kids off, police say the 5th grader entered faculty lounge and grabbed a kitchen knife. he walked out into the hallway with it. >> i walked towards the kid a little bit. he turned and another dad knocked him down the third guy, dad, just picked up the knife and that is it. >> the boy reportedly told staff he was tired of being bullied. wallace's 9-year-old daughter says she and her friends try to avoid that student who has been accused of being the bully. >> that is the girl bullying the kid she just, like didn't, she's out of control. she can't control herself. and it's just me, my friends just stay away from her. >> one parent suffered a minor cut on his hand as he disarmed the boy. no one else was injured. >> brea

vic lee, abc7 news. >> there will be a memorial today for a san jose teenager who was shot and killedral civil rights lawsuit will be filed monday in san francisco. andy was shot october 22nd while holding a toy gun that looked like an ak-47 assault rifle. his older brother, anthony, said the family is doing its best to cope, considering all things. >> they are hanging in there. it's really hard on everyone. the house isn't even the same anymore. >> how so? >> it's quiet. feels like there's a void in the house. >> today's gathering for andy will be held on the field at moreland avenue at 3:00. >> new this morning, president obama said budget negotiations in congress are about choices and priorities. in his weekly address he urges congress to pass a budget that includes spending on education, infrastructure and research. he said there's an obsession for cutting spending just for the sake of cutting. he said it's not helping grow the economy. >> remember, our deficits are getting smaller, not bigger. on my watch they are falling at the fastest pace in 60 years so that gives us room to f

vic lee, abc7 news. >>> a san jose teenager was shot and killed by an officer and he will be rememberedin san francisco. andy was shot october 22nd while holding a tye gunn that looked like an ak-47 assault rifle. his older brother, anthony, said the family is doing its best to cope, considering all things. >> they are manning in there. it's really hard on everyone. the house isn't even the same anymore. >> how so? >> it's quiet. feels like there's a void in the house. >> today's gathering for andy will be held on the field at moreland avenue at 3:00. >> knew this morning, president obama said budget negotiations in congress are about choices and priorities. in his weekly address he urges congress to pass a budget that includes spending on education, infrastructure and research. he said cutting for the sake of cutting is not helping grow the economy and deficits are falling fast on his watch. >> remember our deficits are getting smaller, not bigger. on my watch they are falling at the fastest pace in 60 years so that gives us room to fix our long-term debt problems without sticking stic

vic for mary excess and i'll read two of the things from the implication. whereas the mexican museum is the repetition to exhibit the mexican chicano and mexican-american people and whereas edwin m lee and the members of the board of supervisors honored mexican day on 3407bd by celebrating the new home of the mexican museum at the jessie polarizing mrooz in downtown san francisco about it resolved that today is hereby declared mexican-american day in san francisco (clapping) >> and let me give this to also to victor marquis. i want to say that we have mayor ed lee in hanging this banner on the wall behind us. (clapping) >> the future home of the mexican museum. (clapping) i want to take a moment to thank all the volunteers and all the people that came to all the hearings. there was 2 hundred and 64 people altogether that attended numerous hearings to let's please give them a hand and committee members please stand up and put our hands up and thank you very much for coming to all the hearings throughout all those most. i want to thank former commissioner of the redevelopment, commissioner sing. i also want to thank the latino club for their support, latino the historic chamber of com