our vick lee joins us live from the mission where it happened. vick? >> reporter: well, dan, it's very difficult. perhaps impossible to identify the officers ininvolved and the man they took down. the camera angle, as you will see, is from the back. that is a security camera on that building. dan, over here is where the incident took place. but the public defender wants to know. and he wants police to give him some answers. the unidentified man yells for two officers. one of them yells stop. the officer begins hitting the suspected with his fist as the second cop arrives, he pulls out his baton, repeetedly striking him in the head with great force. then, both of them began swinging their batons, hitting the men as he lies on the ground. >> i really thought they were gunshots because they were superloud. >> he rushed to the window. >> we started trying to get up and crawl away while they were beating him. that's when he started sort of screaming, like, stop, help me or something of the sort. >> he's on the ground and they can easily handcuff him. but th

. >> vick lee joins us live now in city hall with the story. vick? >> well, larry, david compost east original bill has been amended to include every gun owner. he says it's become an inyeesing problem and epidemic, if you will. >> it's becoming a familiar, dangerous refrain. guns stolen from cars. sometimes belonging to cops. sometimes ending in tragedy. in july, kate steinle was shot to death by a tranz yent who used the gun stolen from the car of a federal agent. last month, these three drifters were arrested for the murders of a yoga instructor. the gun was stolen from a car at fisherman's wharf. in august, uc berkley's police chief had her gun stolen. another from a kpar parked in s&l francisco. >>. >> measure than 10,000 guns were stolen from the state of california in 2010 alone. >> wref to make it inconvenient for people to carry weapons. >> this is what i'm left with. a mother stand iing over my son shot 30 times with a semi-automatic gun. vick lee, abc 7 news. investigators arrested three people in the nearby city in connection with his dea

vick lee is live at the richmond courthouse with new information on this tonight. vick?ed, is a disturbing story, dan. barry dugar made his official court appearance here. now, he's represented by the public defender who asked the judge to continue the arraignment until monday. and, in the meantime, police are telling us that they're talking to even more children who say they've been victimized by him. >> 50-year-old barry dugar is charged with ten counts of child molestation. he was arrested yesterday. police have named 7 victims but say more are coming forward. investigators say they lived in richmond at his group home which is unlicensed. dugar is a registered sex off d offender who was convicted twice before of molesting children. dugar's group home is near kennedy high school. the police investigation started when they complained to school staff that he was abusing them. >> as a guardian,

vick lee, abc 7 news. >> palo alto's only mobile home park is being sued other their right to take the mobile home park off the rental market. earlier this year, the city determined they could close down if they pay $8 million to help their tenants relow kat. but that payment exceeds reasonable cost. >> a football coach getting ready for a game in san francisco helped rescue an elderly woman from a burning home in northerning. firefighters say afire broke out in the kitchen. a balboa woman saw the smoke. >> we started our way in the back and then where he see her, she poked her head out and then we tried our best to get her out of there. >> brave guy. no one was in the upstairs unit when the fire started. >> wow, still ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00, a bay area man wonders why his water company releases names of whereater wasters. >> up is hard to do. how facebook is being used to ease those relationships. >>> oh, my goodness, that is not a waterfall. et happened near the top of a stairway. that water gushed out 80 steps. >> that water wasted well. >>> well, on the subt of water, an east

vick lee is in san francisco. >> raymond "shrimp boy" chow was indicted for crimes and money launderingosecutors question their star witness, an undercover f.b.i. agent posing as mafioso. he became like a brother to chow meeting him and his associates in expensive restaurants like morton's and in china town. in one exchange, he tells jordan, i'm ready to do business with you. i have mr. chow's blessing. tell me what you want me to co. >> the government maintains chow directed his criminal activities, even though defense attorneys say he had no involvement. >> jordan, his standard response was no, no, no. prosecutor. did he take the money? >> jordan, yes, immediately. >> chow's attorney says his client thought jordan was giving it to him out of respect. >> he did take some money, but he didn't take money for anything illegal. >>> the f.b.i. agent is back on the stand tomorrow. the court is protecting his identity by closing the jury to members of the public. >> chilly weather can mean bringing out the old space heaters. but they can be deadly if they're not used properly. how do you know

. >> vick lee joins us. >> south san francisco police will hold a neighborhood meeting this thursday at city hall to discuss the string of burglaries which extends not only to this city, but to neighboring towns like san bruno, daly city and pacifica. >> two have within home invasions. somebody poked me and said give me your money. i said i don't have any money. i just stayed down and didn't fight. >> they're happening in the afternoon. they pry open a sliding door in the back and steal at their pleasure. the neighbors stumbled upon three burglarers when she came home early. >> when she went to run out, there was another one in her living room that stopped her and took her -- i'm not sure if it's her purse, but dropped her down. >> when confronted with the residents rather than leaving home, they continue to steal from the residence and then leave, regardless of that homeowner still being there. >> everyone we spoke to knew about the rash of burglaries. ana was patrolling the neighborhood, looking for anything suspicious. >> yeah, why not. this is what they do. we're at work and they

vick lee, abc 7 news. >> new developments tonight in this summer's collapse of a balcony. six students died, seven more were injured. iteam reporter says a dozen lauts were filed late this afternoon. many involve issues of water damage and dry rot. so bad that mushrooms were growing in the rotted wood. dan will have his in-depth story for you coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> police are looking for help following a rare home invasion following that community this morning. the man wearing masks confronted the homeowner outside the home of via grenada at 7:00 this morning. they forced the homeowner back into the house where they stole cash, jewelry and firearms. >> this is not something we see in miraga. this is an extremely safe community. we're looking for anybody that has any kind of information that they can share with us and definitely any homeowners who have surveillance footage. >> the suspects got away. >> residents were also targets of a home invasion, but they fought the thieves off with samurai swords. the w078 grabbed the sword and scared away the spruders. the

vick lee visited them today. here's the story. >> reporter: 8 >> reporter: 80-year-old ramona, this small toe held room is her only saving space. she is crippled with severe article triets. lo used to work fwr the city of san francisco. they live on her modest pension and social security disability, not enough to find an apartment on the peninsula. >> i think it's because of the booming economy, you have to have three times the rent just to get in any commercial housing. >> now they're two weeks behind in their motel rent. they reached out for help with little success. their church, they say, is their savior. >> every time we go to bible study on wednesday, somebody put something in my hand and says buy food. >> that's how they can eat. their food mostly donated, just like their thanksgiving last night. the stobard family learned about their plight and brought dinner to them. >> we're very fortunate. we're blessed to all be together and i decided that i wanted to try to do something for this family. >> i worked h

." >> abc 7 news reporter vick lee is in san francisco federal court for the murder and racketeering trial of raymond "shrimp boy" chow. what he had to say ahead in a live report on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> a high speed chase ended in a deadly crash. abc 7 news reporter matt keller has the story. >> this wrecked, white honda accord doesn't tell the whole story of this high speed chase. before it ended here with a crash at 3:57 a.m., the driver of the car led chp officers on a wild ride when they spotted the vehicle speeding on 101 and gilroy. the car may have gone as fast as 125 miles per hour during a 28 minute ordeal over several freeways. the driver tried to exit southbound 280 of winchester boulevard but was going too fast. >> i was unable to negotiate the turn due to speed. he went airborne and landed on the shoulder rolling one time before coming to rest. >> the female passenger had minor injuries. the male driver was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later. the chp vehicle was also damaged at the end of the pursuit. a father and son team had minor injuries after

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reporter vick lee tweeted a picture of presidential candidate chris christie at sfo. his flight on united was grounded for hours because of a suspicious passenger. the attack in mali comes one week after the islamic state killed 130 people in paris. france has teamed up with the government in mali to help fight islamic militants. despite the danger, some americans are compelled to help the impoverished nation's most vulnerable people. that includes a bay area doctor. abc 7 news reporter alyssa harington talked to him today. >> reporter: mali has declared a ten-day state of emergency following this deadly attack. meanwhile the rest of the world is being urged to increase efforts in the fight against terrorism. malian security forces escort frightened guests out of the radisson blu in mali's capital. gunmen stormed the building taking hostages, including several americans. according to the united nations at least 27 people were killed. in that same african city of bamako, san francisco doctor ari johnson runs a nonprofit. he's there now. i spoke with him on the phone. >

vic le lee, abc 7 news. >>> now as vick reported travel from the bay area to europe has been disrupted by the terrorist attack in paris. if headed to the airport and concerned about the safety of your flight what are your rights at this pony. michael finney has some answer answers. >>reporter: airport are packed with nervous travelers. some visiting here and heading back home to europe. others are locals traveling to europe for vacations. david and lily lou from discovery bay. must be concerning isn't it. >> yes. we are concerned about our safety. >>reporter: david and lily lou heading out for river cruise through 5 european nation. france isn't one of them but they were still offered the opportunity to cancel their trip. >> we didn't buy insurance they say okay we can give you leak you can cancel it and you can take the cruise later or whatever. >>reporter: she says airlines have been generous in allowing cancellations and rescheduling. >> airlines are doing great things to give people the option to do vounl tear change changes. pretty long lasting at this point. spanning into next we

vic lee tweeted out this picture of kristen outside the courtroom following her arraignment. here's vick's report. >>reporter: she walked into court. charged with a dui causingger and 3 other relatedmÑ felony counts. stemming from last wednesday accident. district attorney spokesman[y alex bags.bastion2m >> item horribleg to thinkbp hitiz in thisy!tárrjjipìc@&h&hc% >>reporter: the 30-year-oleq ue morning with ad, bloodme&cohol level above thehw legal limit when shr[ struck the boys$# as they crossedd> bayiiáu)eet near marina middle7b school where thy were students. she stopped and cooperated with police after paramedic rushed the victims both 12 years old to emergency. the the woman was in court with her parents today. she is a former]2a; debutante and workd as school teacher. her lawyer had this to say after she pleaded not guilty. >> she and her family are obviously heart broken over the boys. this has been an exceptionally emotional experience for cir sten. >>reporter: both boys treated for head trauma, fractured hips and other injuries. one is expected to be relessed today. the other i