vic lee, abc7 news. >>> now you recall just two and half weeks ago an accused child molester escaped from a sheriff's deputy in san jose. sky 7 hd shows the manhunt that went on through the night. still authorities haven't found him. >>> a buy czar end to a search for a 23-year-old woman who went missing yesterday from stinson beach. the woman became separating from two male friends. here is the twist. once the woman realized people were looking for her in marin county she intentionally hid from them because she was wanted for failing to appear on arrest warrant in mendocino county. she reportedly tried to sneak back to her car at 11:00 this morning. however a sheriff's deputy was there waiting for her. she is being held in jail on $2500 bail. >>> a man arrested in a police stand off is going to face charges. someone called police about a suspicious man yesterday afternoon. they tracked him to this home on elsinore drive. you can see armed officers just outside there. a woman in her 90s and her caretaker made it out safely. when the man refused to come out, police sent in a k-9 unit

vic lee, abc7 news. >> all right, vick, thank you. >>> bay bridge commuters are stuck footing the bill for mistakes made by cal trans during construction of the new eastern span of the bridge. caltrans reportedly decided to scrap a drainage feature on the bridge leading to hundreds of rain water leaks that threaten to corrode the structure. the bill totals $1.4 million and counting. the project's chief engineer says plans are now in place to fix that problem. >>> crews were back out today in san francisco's glen neighborhood to repair a pipe that sent thousands of gallons of water onto a city street yesterday. the area is mostly drying now but this is what it looked like yesterday. water came gushing out from the ground and flooded near pie san jose avenue. water got into the muni tracks and shut down the j church line for several hours. >>> by its own research, san jose admits its streets are crumb pelling and among the worst in the bay area. it is the results of years of deferred maintenance due to tight budgets, but now the city is learning the price to repair city streets has doubl

vic lee abc 7 news. >>> vic, thank you so much. the 49ers player bhoz shocking decision to retire was the talk this afternoon. >> chris borland talked to outside the lines about his decision. he started thinking about retiring after playing through what he thought was a concussion during training camp of last year. >> it was kind of the realization, i just started my professional career. am i going to go down this road, commit the prime of my life to something that could ultimately be detrimental to my health. you have to leave on your own terms or play until you can't anymore. a lot of guys do that. i took it upon myself to research more and make a decision myself. >> very thoughtful. borland was expected to be a key defensive player for the niners this coming season. >> while at first his decision seems stunning we talked to some high school coaches and players who say it makes sense and might be part of a growing trend. >> abc 7 news reporter janet owe is live with more on how the game of football could change. >> reporter: cher

vic lee joins us with the story vic? >> reporter: well, the fallout from this was to be expected today. there were lots of responses, mayor ed lee says he wants the four officers fired if the allegations are true and the district attorney said he will look at every case that these four officers were involved in for the past ten years. >> we have said all along that ferguson, the attitudes, that prevail in ferguson are not isolated. >> reporter: the text messages are graphic and offensive. example, do you celebrate kwaun sa at your school? yeah, we burn the cross on the field. federal prosecutors released dozens of racist and homophobic tests when they became public for former officer ian fermenger. they were exchanged between him and four current officers all are veteran cops. lawyer tony brass represents two of the officers. he says they are remorseful and at least one is thinking about quitting the force. >> this is not a real who done it type of case so that they are not optimistic about their future in the department.

abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live in san francisco with that. vic? >> reporter: well a meeting will be held at 6:00 right over there at the laborers union hall at 18th and shot well. it most certainly will be well-attended and fiery. they promise 30% of living units. but not all at the main complex. >> the proposed ten-story housing complex will go up here at 16th and mission. this is what it will look like. 331 units, 41 of them priced for the middle class at $280,000 to $350000. all that money going toward more affordable housing. >> the fund from the sale of the units will be reinvested in the mission district for 49 below market rate affordable apartments. >> the massive project will most likely cast a shadow on the playground of marshall elementary school. but the real estate partners have promised to raise the a playground by 15 feet. the developer is also offering to clean up b.a.r.t. plaza at 16th and mission. this is a rendering of how it will look. none of this appeals to mission district groups fighting against evictions. they call it mons

abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live with a look at what happens next. >> it's not going to be a magical fix or a quick one. that's what ronald davis emphasized today, he is now the director of the justice department's cops program, community oriented policing unit. he met with the police command this morning before briefing reporters, and now he's meeting with selected community members here at this auditorium. he's telling him that hen watts the salinas police department to become a model for all other police departments in the country. >> the truth hurts. we all know that, but selective ignorance is fatal. >> u.s. justice department staffers will be embedded with salinas police for a two-year collaborative program to implement community policing and build trust with an often hostile community. >> the department will receive technical assistance through the analysis of policies, training and tactics. >> there have been large rallies and marches in the wake of the shootings, at least one turned violent. that was after the shooting in may of a gardiner that was captured by cell and secur

abc7 news reporter vic lee right now at san francisco county jail. vick. >> reporter: there is a $5 million escape warrant out for alexander sand yago gonzalez. and that's the jail over there. as you said larry, you know, there are so many questions today over this escape. foremost, how could this have happened? now, the sheriff's office has launched an investigation while they look for the escapee. >> alexander santiago gonzalez was being held in the county jail while his federal guns and drugs case wound its way through federal court. last night at about 8:45 the prisoner was put on trash detail. he was escorted by a sheriff's deputy as he carried garbage from the jailhouse to a dumpster. suddenly, when they got to an unsecured area, he ran from the deputy out to an alley, and then to harrison street. sheriff's deputies launched an allout search for gonzalez but to no avail. easy disappeared into the night. gonzalez was arrested last may by a multiagency task force in santa cruz county. investigators call him a big fish in the drug trade. they conf

. >> let's begin with vic lee. vic? >> reporter: he was one of the first officers to respond to the scene that fateful night. we learned he exchanged gunfire with got dunham. police first said it was a suicide. he was actually killed by an officer who stood his ground under fire and shot dunham in the eye with his rifle. sources tell abc7 news dunham crawled onto the balcony where he died >> he saved lives that day. >> officers on the scene behaved very courageusly amid the shooting. >> the calls continued today. this one again in east san jose resulting in arrest of this man, and recovery of a loaded rifle. police responded to a report of domestic violence and possible burglary in pro gress >> the victim said her ex-boyfriend father of her children had broken poo her house last night >> the woman told the dispatcher her ex-boyfriend had beaten her. what followed was a heavy police response, a bear cat armored vehicle and a dozen patrol cars and a s.w.a.t. team. on everyone's mind the fatal shooting ooch we want to make

. >> let's begin with vic lee. vic? >> reporter: he was one of the first officers to respond to the scene that fateful night. we learned he exchanged gunfire with got dunham. police first said it was a suicide. he was actually killed by an officer who stood his ground under fire and shot dunham in the eye with his rifle. sources tell abc7 news dunham crawled onto the balcony where he died >> he saved lives that day. >> officers on the scene behaved very courageusly amid the shooting. >> the calls continued today. this one again in east san jose resulting in arrest of this man, and recovery of a loaded rifle. police responded to a report of domestic violence and possible burglary in pro gress >> the victim said her ex-boyfriend father of her children had broken poo her house last night >> the woman told the dispatcher her ex-boyfriend had beaten her. what followed was a heavy police response, a bear cat armored vehicle and a dozen patrol cars and a s.w.a.t. team. on everyone's mind the fatal shooting ooch we want to make

vic lee has the story. >> i'm incredibly frustrated.. >> it was christmas eve. a jolly time for all except kimberly. her apartment was burglarized while she was out of town. >> tv, laptops electronics jewelry, gifts. >> the burglars stole $15,000 worth of her possessions. even this. >> toothpaste. >> toothpaste? >> yeah. >> the burglar climbed five floors on a scaffolding, came through a door on the roof and broke into her apartment. she called police. the investigators were able to get a fingerprint off her front door mirror and they were able to match it to a prolific burglar, wanted for other burglaries but he's still on the loose. >> i feel terrible if others are getting burglarize bid the similar person. >> she found someone was watching her stolen tv set. she has a netflix app with a saved password. >> all of a sudden my tv was back on line and they were watching movies on any netflix account. >> she captured a screen shot to track down where her stolen tv was. she asked her courier to give her that as. the answer, no, because of

vic lee has the story. >> i'm incredibly frustrated. i don't know what to do. >> it was christmas eve. a jolly time for all except kimberly. her apartment was burglarized while she was out of town. >> tv, laptops, electronics, jewelry, gifts. >> the burglars stole $15,000 worth of her possessions. even this. >> toothpaste. >> toothpaste? >> yeah. >> the burglar climbed five floors on a scaffolding, came through a door on the roof and broke into her apartment. she called police. csi investigators were able to get a fingerprint off her front door mirror. they were able to match it to a prolific burglar, wanted for other burglaries but he's still on the loose. >> i feel terrible if others are getting burglarized by the similar person. >> she found someone was watching her stolen tv set. she has a netflix app with a saved password. >> all of a sudden my tv was back on line and they were watching movies on any netflix account. >> she captured a screen shot to track down where her stolen tv was. she asked her carrier, at&t to give her that in

abc 7 news reporter vic lee got a tour. >> there's a lot of history here in this building. >> you bet is. 50 years of history. "dirty harry" was filmed at the hall of justice, starring clint eastwood as inspector callahan. so was "streets of san francisco," the 1970s tv police series. but the hall of justice is a tired old building. >> it's time to go, and i empathize with those that are not getting to go. >> reporter: the sfpd is moving its headquarters to this new state-of-the-art public safety building in mission bay. the sixth-floor, $243 million facility has been built to withstand the big quake. its backup power can last four days. there's an emergency operations center which can be activated within minutes. on friday night the police station will move here from the hall of justice. and there's a brand new 38-bed fire station. rather than rolling doors its doors fold off which are more likely to work after a big quake. to the dismay of many the courts and the district attorney's office will be left behind at the old hall of justice. >> this building is not only compromised in te

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> 8:35 is our time. california's surging economy keeps rolling along.t rate dropped to 6.7%, the lowest rate in california since june of 2008. in all the state has added 1.8 million jobs since the recovery began in 2010. no place reflects that growth better than here in the bay area. we added 23,000 jobs last month dropping the unemployment rate in every county below the figure. san mateo is the lowest at just 3.5% unemployment. governor jerry browne is puck for employment for former convicts. he spoke about the idea in oakland yesterday. nearly 3,000 inmates have been paroled from california prisons since proposition 47 was approved by voters last november. governor brown says offering inmates jobs gives them a second chance at life and reduces crime. >> the role of people in prisons changes and it can change for the better if they're working and earn some respect. so this work i see is about public safety. >> governor brown lauded programs from the california prison industry authority that teach inmates job skills, help them earn degrees and help prov

vic lee is live tonight. vic. >> that top justice department official is former east palo alto police chief ronald davis heading the cops program. community oriented policing. tensions have been high here since those shootings and in fact it was a police chief himself who asked to help them rebuild trust in the community the justice department accepted. >> there have been large rallies and mars. one turned violent. that was after the shooting in may of a gardener, captured by cell and security cameras they showed two officer was guns drawn following carlos mejia as he walks down the street and yells commands. shots or fired and he falls to the sidewalk. in july a 39-year-old was killed after police said he used his cell phone to simulate a gun. inside justice department official said his staff would look deep and hard at the police force. >> the truth hurts. we know that. >> with that said u.s. justice department staffers will be embedded with police for a two-year program to built trust. >> it will receive an

vic lee is live tonight. vic. >> that top justice department official is former east palo alto police chief ronald davis heading the cops program. community oriented policing. tensions have been high here since those shootings and in fact it was a police chief himself who asked to help them rebuild trust in the community the justice department accepted. >> there have been large rallies and mars. one turned violent. that was after the shooting in may of a gardener, captured by cell and security cameras they showed two officer was guns drawn following carlos mejia as he walks down the street and yells commands. shots or fired and he falls to the sidewalk. in july a 39-year-old was killed after police said he used his cell phone to simulate a gun. inside justice department official said his staff would look deep and hard at the police force. >> the truth hurts. we know that. >> with that said u.s. justice department staffers will be embedded with police for a two-year program to built trust. >> it will receive an

vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> the attack happened over there the teenager is christian rasner. his father tells me he's a regular teenager, a honor student, a junior in high school and plans to go to college. doctors placed him in induce sleep they hope there will be no permanent brain damage. the unprovoked attack happened wednesday night next to westfield valley fair mall the 17-year-old was hanging with his friend at about 6:30. two young men approached them. >> notices two males following him. all dressed in black. they tried to ask him what gang they were affiliated with meaning these two other guys. he >> razner says his son answered they were not in a gang then walked to the parking lot. >> they hit him in the head he went down probably unconscious, hit his head on the back of his head. >> razner was in many battles as a marine but nothing has been tougher than this fight to save the life of his teen-aged son, christian, who went through three hours of surgery. >> he's going to have emotional trauma for

vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> the attack happened over there the teenager is christian rasner. his father tells me he's a regular teenager, a honor student, a junior in high school and plans to go to college. doctors placed him in induce sleep they hope there will be no permanent brain damage. the unprovoked attack happened wednesday night next to westfield valley fair mall the 17-year-old was hanging with his friend at about 6:30. two young men approached them. >> notices two males following him. all dressed in black. they tried to ask him what gang they were affiliated with meaning these two other guys. he >> razner says his son answered they were not in a gang then walked to the parking lot. >> they hit him in the head he went down probably unconscious, hit his head on the back of his head. >> razner was in many battles as a marine but nothing has been tougher than this fight to save the life of his teen-aged son, christian, who went through three hours of surgery. >> he's going to haveotional trauma for lif

. >> vic lee is live tonight at police headquarters with the story. vic? >> the police chief did not want to answer reporter questions. he must have been in a hurry. and the command staff met us here and said the fat shooting at the crashed after the incident, not during that incident. he said there is too much information or traffic on an old computer system just couldn't handle that data at once the city council approved the request to spend more money but officers on the field say that can't happen fast enough. officers say lap tops are old and outdated and critical. and have complained about it since last fall. these are the memos and letters. offirs responded to the 911 call at 6:45 tuesday night. police radio traffic was heavy. the volume of traffic was high. then, glitches started. >> the system becomes bogged down slows down. then ceases to a halt. >> the computers enable us to communicate in mass. radio systems can only allow one person to talk at once and when there is hundreds of people on the same radio channel certainly, that is not a possibil

. >> vic lee is live tonight at police headquarters with the story. vic?ief did not want to answer reporter questions. he must have been in a hurry. and the command staff met us here and said the fatal shooting at the crashed after the incident, not during that incident. he said there is too much information or traffic on an old computer system just couldn't handle that data at once the city council approved the request to spend more money but officers on the field say that can't happen fast enough. officers say lap tops are old and outdated and critical. and have complained about it since last fall. these are the memos and letters. officers responded to the 911 call at 6:45 tuesday night. police radio

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> a san jose police officer in the meantime accused of raping a woman while on duty changed his plea again. jeffrey graves reentered a not guilty plea today. the 39-year-old initially pleaded not guilty but changed it to no contest. last week after prosecutors requested to add enhancements that could expose him to a life sentence. graves is accused of raping woman while on duty in 2013 after he drove her to a hotel following a domestic dispute she had with her husband. >>> there are major developments in the case of a woman who claims she was kidnapped and repeatedly raped in santa rosa. prosecutors dismissed charges of one of three charged with a conspiracy to hold her against her will. rape charges against the 34-year-old are now being reviewed. during a hearing today police detectives say the apparent victim told different versions of the ordeal and may have had an affair. >>> two suspects in custody for last week's shooting death. police arrested two men, they are charged with murder in the case of pierce. she was killed trying to protect her children while

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with how it looks. vic? >> reporter: looks good.state of the art. they'll be moving from the hall of justice on brian street, leaving behind memories. >> there is a lot of history here in this building. >> 50 years. dirty harry was filmed at the hall of justice. but it's a tired old building. >> it's time to go. and i efrp pathize with those not getting to go. >> it's back up power can last four days. there is an operation operations center. friday night, they'll move here from the hall of justice and there is a 38 bed fire station. and to the dismay of many, the courts and district attorney will be left behind at the old hall of justice. >> the building is not only compromised in terms of an earthquake in terms of fire. >> the da points to leaking pipe water from drinking fountains and by the way, an omen perhaps >> we're following breaking news from the mid west tonight. you're hooking at images of a powerful series of tornadoes touching down in the tulsa area. >> twisters fmed about 30 miles west and swept across the region. a de

vic lee abc 7 news. >>> a fourth rabid bat has been found in alameda county, this one on private property last saturday, three other bats already have been found in freemont two of them near nils elementary school. the department says it's rare to have this cluster so early in the year. last year, only two bats tested positive for ray bees. if you find a dead bat two not touch it call animal control services or vector control immediately, let them deal with it. >>> a man is accused of making threats on social media against a sheriff's deputy. he was arrested at his home. he made this comment on facebook facebook, i am so tired of this police harassment. one day i will go 5150 on all these sheriffs. 5150 refers to the police code for a person suspected of having a mental disorder. hmb is half moon bay. he threatened to plant a bomb in a squad car. >>> monica lewinsky is stepping into the public arena again to fight the growing problem of online shaming. she made a rare public appearance at a conference in vancouver today, the video is not public yet but her words are getting a lot of socia

. >>> tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 our reporter vic lee sits down with a police officer at the centera texting scandal. he'll put those messages into context for us and explain why he's not -- >> michael finney follows up on a woman facing a rent increase. officials say if it's not illegal, it should be. >>> we're going back to the spot where the 100 mile an hour police chase ended. for a look at the south bay traffic that resulted in this mess, all coming up at abc 7 news at 6:00. >>> celebrating st. patrick's day in dublin, ireland. abc 7 news viewer lucky enough to be there sent us this video. reportedly the largest parade in dublin with more than 3,000 people taking part. >> how cool is that. >> the white house tweeted this picture out. the caption, president obama is ready for st. patrick's day. cute. >> palo alto police tweeted out this picture saying despite leprechaun traps being set, no reports of injuries. >>> san francisco already had its st. patrick's day parade. >> but the celebration continues in the city. >> a live band was part of the festivities today at the irish ban

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with how it looks. vic? >> reporter: looks good. it's state of the art. they'll be moving from the hall of justice on brian street, leaving behind memories. >> there is a lot of history here in this building. >> 50 years. dirty harry was filmed at the hall of justice. but it's a tired old building. >> it's time to go. and i efrp pathize with those not getting to go. >> it's back up power can last four days. there is an operation operations center. friday night, they'll move here from the hall of justice and there is a 38 bed fire station. and to the dismay of many, the courts and district attorney will be left behind at the old hall of justice. >> the building is not only compromised in terms of an earthquake in terms of fire. >> the da points to leaking pipe water from drinking fountains and by the way, an omen perhaps >> we're following breaking news from the mid west tonight. you're hooking at images of a powerful series of tornadoes touching down in the tulsa area. >> twisters formed about 30 miles west and swept across the regi

vick lee live in san jose with the latest. vic? >> it turns out as you said that other officers standing close to him shot and killed scott dunham. here's the mayor. >> the officers who were there on the scene behaved very courageously, amid the shooting, and the actions of at least one officer may have saved several more lives. >> the mayor deferred to the police department to release details but our sources tell abc 7 news the officer who shot scott dunham is a veteran of the department and he stood his ground during the exchange of gunfire shooting scott dunham in the eye. this morning another 911 call in east san jose resulting in the arrest of one person. police responded to a report of domestic violence and possible burglary in progress. >> the victim of the rp who called said that her ex-boyfriend, the father of her children had broken into her house last night. >> a confrontation ensued. the woman told the dispatcher her ex-boyfriend had beaten her. what afollowed was a heavy police response. a bear cat and more than a doze

vic lee abc 7 news. >> tv high speed chase stretched for about 100 miles throughout the bay area this afternoon ending in a spectacular crash. sky 7 hd kept pace with it through self city after it left fairfield then went down 6 80 in the twice san jose then up 280 to los altos. this guy just wouldn't stop. screaming along at more than 80 miles an hour even after police blew out one of the tires. sky 7 hd tracked the purchase saw it down 6 80 through the east bay down to san jose then up the peninsula showing the driver speeding the entire time. at one point the speeding path finder lost a couple tears. but the man kept driving at hay speed too. just on bare rims and then watch this just north of foothill expressway in los altos hill he hit the center median crashed and flipped the car. debris everywhere. took a few seconds maybe about 30 before the driver emerge from the vehicle clearly stunned by the crash. he looked up at sky 7 hd overhead and he rubbed his arm which clearly was hurt in the crash. highway patrol officers approached with guns and taser as you can see and put him on

here's vic lee. >>reporter: district attorney george says his task force will look into allegations by inmates in the county jail accusing sheriff's deputy of forcing them to fight other prisoners. the probe extends to the police department embroiled in the own scandal. grace text message that cops were exchanging with former officer who was convicted of public corruption. >> i find it repull as i have in my entire 30 year plus career in law enforcement. >> some of the worst alleges i have seen. >> now a third investigation in the beleaguered san francisco police department crime lab. criminal list has been charged with altering dna evidence 2 years ago. which led to conviction in a criminal trial. >> she would testify about the results and later on in the trial we learn that there was another interpretation of that test that was done and that interpretation excluded our client. >> 2010 drug testing at the crime lab was shut down when criminalist deborah mad ep admitted she stole cocaine evidence for

attack happened in a parking lot next to valley fair. 7 news reporter vic lee has the story. unprovoked attack happened wed nature here at the bank of america parking lot. next to the west field valley fair mall the west field valley fair mall. the 17-year-old was hanging out with mall with his friend at 6:30 when 2 young men approached them. >> noticed 2 male following them dressed in black. about they try to ask them what gang they were affiliated, the 2 other guy. >> he said his son answered repeatedly he was not in a gang. then he and his friend walked out to the parking lot. assailant followed. >> they hit them in the head a couple times. he wept down as a result probably unconscious. hit his head severely on the become of his head. >> he was in many battle over sea as marine but nothing has been tougher than this fight. >> the fight to save the life of his teenager son christian who went through 3 hours of surgery for serious head jersey. >> he will have emotional trauma the rest of his life. i can't as a father immanuel what he's about if i could get on the bed and tak

after 4 officer involved shootings hispanic men last year process actually started today and here's vic lee. >> large rally march in the wake of the shoot little. at least one turned violent. that was after the shooting in may of gardener. captured by cell and security camera. they show 2 officers with guns drawn. following 44-year-old carlos as she walk this backpack and garden sheer. taser mall fuvrjts one officer moves to the side. multiple shots are fired. he falls to the sidewalk. most recent shooting happened last july. when 39-year-old frank killed after police said he used cell phone to simulate a gun. the father was amok protestors who showed up today outside the meeting. >> we have killer on the police department. killers got to goyshtion inside the auditorium justice department officials ronald davis said his staff would look deep and hard at the salinas police force. >> the truth hurts. we all know that but selective ignorance is fatal. >> with that said u.s. justice department staff embedded with is a lean as police for two year collaborative program to implement community poli