security officers at the walnut creek nordstrom saw this man trying to ditch his shirt and cap in a potted plant, and they told him he could not do that and escorted him from the store. what they didn't know he had just tried to problem one of their customers in the parking garage. >> she got near the door and a man came up from behind her and grabbed her, there was a short struggle. >> another customer walked in the garage police say it spooked the man and he ran off without the purse. he want back in nordstroms the cameras got a good shot and police hope someone will recognize hip and give them a call. [ inaudible ] >> her friend was robbed of a purse in the same parking lot and this break in, in december, when someone broke the glass and stole thousands in jewelry but police say they consider robberies at broadway plaza a rare occurrence. >> that area is covered by security cameras. it is well lit. there is a security patrol. it is safe. >> customers found the news unsettling. >> i am surprised because i don't think of walnut creek as an area that is high crime but you do hear the banks

. >> police are looking for the man who tried to hold up a woman leaving nordstroms in walnut creek. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at broadway plaza. >> very scary. can you imagine this open parking lot. we are standing on the sidewalk. you can see inside the parking lot from the street. it is lit. it is popular shopping center and always full of people. that may have been what helped her. she was attacked before 9:00 last night. here the picture police have of the man who did this. get a good look, police are asking anyone who recognizes this man to give them a call in walnut creek. they believe he is 18 and 5' 4" tall, and is hispanic wearing black and white hooded sweatshirt. witnesses and victim say the man grabbed her purse as she walked to the car from the nordstroms and police say she struggled to keep her purse. another woman, another customer walking in the parking lot seemed to speak him. that is when he ran away. the victim did not lose her purse and she is okay. it was scary experience, though. anyone who knows anything of who could have done this, they want to get

. >> walnut creek police are looking for a man who tried to snatch a woman's purse last night. this is surveillance video of the suspect. you can see him running through nordstroms in walnut creek's broadway plaza. the victim managed to fight back and keep her purse. the suspect is described as a hispanic man. about 6-foot-4 - with black hair. >> still ahead on kron4 we are marching that while fire in las angeles. we'll be right back ♪ [ male announcer ] when the a.c. goes out in a heat wave, it's nuccio heating and air conditioning that comes to the rescue. at&t helped nuccio put a complete mobile solution to work. mobile routing to send the closest technician and mobile payments to invoice on the spot. where do you want to take your business? call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you soun

. >> police are looking for the man who tried to hold up a woman leaving nordstroms in walnut creek.reporter amy hollyfield is at broadway plaza. >> very scary. can you imagine this open parking lot. we are standing on the sidewalk. you can see inside the parking lot from the street. it is lit. it is popular shopping center and always full of people. that may have been what helped her. she was attacked before 9:00

and walnut creek police are looking for man of they say attempted to grab a woman last night in the parking garage of the nordstromeek. >> we have some scary moments for a shopper here at broadway plaza and walnut creek. around 850 last night a woman leading nordstrom's was going to her car when someone attacked her from behind. they grabbed her and attempted to grab her purse. the good news is another customer came out and the suspect ran off without harming the victim or getting her purse. there are security cameras all over the place in this parking structure. that is good news because the walnut creek police say they have actually captured a total of the suspect. that is the suspect on your screen involved in this case. a hispanic male about 5 ft. 4 wearing a gray pull over. they are asking for the public's help. if you have seen any thing and formed the walnut creek police. >> the timeout is 9:11 a.m. and another story we're following is the hot spot. the approach to the bay bridge the sunshine and the big warm-up that is coming. the dow was up 66 points and rob black will be up next talking about today's win

a search is underway this morning for this man, caught on surveillance video, near the nordstroms in walnut creekolice say he is wanted for attacking a woman in the garage last night in an attempted robbery. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has a report in a few minutes. caltrain is investigating an accident after a pedestrian was hit by a train overnight. it happened in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood before midnight. the man was taken to the hospital. his condition has not been releases. >> we have new details on the rice in-laced letter sent to michael bloomberg and the director of his gun control group. it was postmarked may 20 in shreveport, and he said he would have to be killed before he would let the government take his guns. agraduates from lowell high school still get to take their trip to italy although the tour operator went out of business. another tour company is helping to pay for part of the trip for 23 students although it will be shorter and they still out money. >> we are starting off with mainly clear and cooler sky this only but this afternoon, the transition to pos

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updates on story as we get them. >> from contra costa county, walnut creek police are searching for the man who attacked a woman out of the a nordstromre. amy hollyfield? >> can you imagine how squarey, being in the parking lot, walking to her car at the popular shopping center, with lights and very accessible. very popular, lots of people. that my have been what helps her. it happened just before 9:00 last night, right before closing time, and police is a picture of who they think did it, take a look at this image, captured from a store camera decided as a possible 18 year old and possibly hispanic who is 5' 4" and they saw him wearing a black and white hooded sweatshirt. they want you to call walnut creek police if you know this man. the woman says that he grabbed her purse and she struggled to keep it and that is when another woman walked in to the parking garage. that seemed to speak him. he took off running. he didn't get her purse. the woman is okay. it was just a scary situation. the police are asking thin who knows anything to give them a call. they want to arrest the man before he tries to do this again. it is now 6:34. calt

. >>> walnut creek police released this video of a man who tried to rob a woman add a nordstrom parking garage. she entered the second story of the garage at broadway plaza when the man came up from behind her and grabbed her. police say he grabbed her purse but was scared off when another woman came by. the woman was not hurt. >>> santa clara police need your help catching a package thief. officers say he took a package from the front steps of a home on hillenbrandt place almost two weeks ago. it shows him approaching the moment on a blue mountain bike. he's caring a dark-colored nike duffel bag. >>> santa clara county health department is sounding the alarm over an increase of tuberculosis cases in the south bay. the south bay has some of the high test t.b. rates in the entire country. one of the reasons is diversity. many people from the bay area travel to and from countries where there are high t.b. rates. tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria and is spread through the air when a person coughs. >>> a red cross volunteer from san francisco is headed to oklahoma city today to help with

. >> walnut creek police are looking for a man they say tried to grab a woman's purse yesterday in the garage parking lot of nordstrom at broadway plaza. the man apparently sneaked up and tried to grab her bag. they believe he got spooked and ran off when he saw another shopper. the man tried to get rid of a cap and shirt inside nordstrom. >> this is why police officers do their jobs a cop has been hail aid hero for saving a baby's live. a day care center called 911 to report a 5-month-old was not breathing. officer was on the scene immediately began cpr. the babeo was revived and taken to children's hospital. no word on what caused the baby to lose consciousness but authorities say it does the z not appear to be negligence but the he saved the life. >>> a touching reunion two. people who met under unusual circumstances 62 years ago are back together. one a baby girl abandoned on a concord street. the other, the woman who found her. >> my neighbor came over to have coffee with me. she said jan you've got a cat mewing in the car. >> now, 83, jan remembers well that night in april, 1951. a neighbor said there was stran

. >>> walnut creek is searching for a suspect who tried to rob a shopper near nordstrom's downtown looking for this man here. they say he tried to steal a woman's purse in a parking garage on broadway plaza. the suspect ran off without the purse after another shopper interrupted the theft. the woman wasn't injured. >>> court set for today for the suspect in a san francisco murder. ben tie luke is accused of killing five people in a home in march of last year. investigators have released few details about the crime referring to the weapon only as a blunt instrument. a date for a preliminary hearing is expected to be set during today's court session. >>> and today the san jose police department will hold a ceremony to honor officers killed in the line of duty. the memorial and flag ceremony is an annual event starting at 10 a.m. in front of the police admin building. mayor chuck reed will be on hand along with fallen relatives of fallen san jose police officers. >>> time now 5:10. coming up, can you spell bummer? >> yeah. a bay area gets knocked out of the national spelling bee even though s

. >>> walnut creek police are searching for a suspect who tried to rob a shopper near nordstrom's. they are looking for this man. they say he tried to steal a woman's purse in a parking garage on broadway plaza yesterday. the suspect ran off with the purse without -- without the purse after another shopper interrupted the burglary. the woman was not injured. >>> police shot and killed a sucks respect in east oakland after a car chase that started yesterday near 90th and police department and ended at 77th and bancroft. police say the three suspects got out and ran in different directions. a block away an officer found one. them who was armed and shot him several times killing him. police found a stolen gun at the scene. the two other men were arrested. >>> a promise of improvements after meeting with residents over a crime emergency in east palo alto. police have made 27 arrests. they say at least 10 of them are known norteno gang members. chief ron davis says the emergency declaration has put more officers on the street but at a community meeting last night several shooting victim

. >>> new this morning at 5:01, walnut creek police released a photo of a man they say tried to rob a woman at nordstrom's just before 9:00 last night. the woman entered the second story of the garage at broadway plaza. the man came up from behind and grabbed her. police say he grabbed her purse but was scared off when another woman came by. the woman was not hurt. >>> an emotional crowd in east palo alto as the city deals with an increase in crime and gang violence. more than 150 people confronted police chief ron davis last night, angry about eight shootings in eight days earlier this month including one death. the chief has declared a crime emergency, but some say there's not enough being done. >> to be present here, to be present there. we don't just want to know oh they're at starbucks. how about asking for help in mountain view, how about asking for help where they don't have nothing to do obviously. >> i think they're trying. what i'm hearing is it's not good enough so we'll keep trying and try to get better. >> police arrested 27 people since declaring the crime emergency. chief says the result is

. >>> new this morning, walnut creek police released a photo of a man they say tried to rob a woman as she tried to enter a nordstrom'se 9:00 last night. the man came up from behind and grabbed her. police say he grabbed her purse but was scared off when another woman came by. the woman was not hurt. >>> this morning bay area investigatorsing looing for more victims of a former high school football coach accused of sex crimes against children. "today in the bay's" rob redell has more details on the investigation and how they hope more victims won't be afraid to come forward. >> reporter: good morning. the county sheriff's office is putting the word out because they believe the man who used to coach football at kennedy high in richmond might have sexually assaulted other children. they'd like anyone with any information about barron edwards to come forward. deputies arested this 51-year-old man last week, charged with three counts of rape and other counts of lewd and lascivious acts on children 15 years of age and under. edwards coached varsity football at kennedy high between 2004 and 2005. the sheriff's office hasn't

walnut creek. police released a surveillance photo of an attempted robbery suspect. before 9:00 last night a woman left nordstrom entered the second story parking garage. a man believed to be around 18 years old came behind and grabbed her purse. the two people then struggled. the suspect then ran away when another woman walked by. the victim was not hurt and her purse was not stolen. >>> police now arrested a san jose man who nearly died after exchanging gun fire with police during a standoff in newark earlier this month. that arrest came while 50-year- old kevin rose continues his recovery in the hospital. yesterday police served an arrest warrant for several charges tied to the may 17th shootout. the suspect booked into jail once released from the hoital. >>> a new development this morning from the jerry sandusky scandal. the family of late penn state football coach joe paterno will sue the ncaa today over landmark sanctions against the university. penn state was fined $60 million, it lost scholarships and banned from playing in bowl games for four years due to its inability to address child sex abuse allegat

walnut creek police are looking for a man who they said to be to rob a woman last night. this is 8 surveillance photo of the suspect. just before 9:00 p.m. a woman left the nordstromnd entered the second store parking garages. off the suspect came from behind and grabbed the woman and her purse. another one went to help and then scared the suspect away. the victims purse was not stolen and she was not injured. the suspect was seen fleeing south through the parking garages and down a stairwell. one accrete are asking for your help in identifying who this person is. >> alameda police captain paul rolleri will serve as interim chief of the city's police the part is starting this weekend, just as chief michael noonan retires. he served on a force for 27 years, with the last three as chief. he will act as a consultant to the city in the next six months is leadership transitions roll in. >> the san mattel district attorney's office is expected to announce the formal charges and is a daily see man who walked away from a fatal car crash earlier this week. 25 year- old paul michael and d has is being held on suspicion of been hit killer manslaughter and felony hit and run