Assemblyman whose district includes San Francisco. But failed to advance a push for rent control in california. Im kristen sze. Eric thomas. Dan and ama are off. Proposal to get rid of the act that governs rent control was struck down by committee today. Single family homes and new construction will continue to be exempt from rent control, guiding how much can raise the rent each year. Lyanne melendez with the story. Those in favor say people in bay area will continue to be displaced. Landlords or Developers Say that had it passed, private investments into rental housing would have come to screeching halt. Proposal to repeal the current rent control law died in housing committee. Supporters who went to sacramento expressed outrage after it was clear there would be no changes to the act. No rent high. Doesnt apply to new construction. Supervisors support making city 100 rent control. If you wanted to rent Single Family home right now its not under rent control. But got rid of kosta hawkins, it would be. Those in favor of the act say had it been repealed would have meant a loss of private investment. Why would a developer build more or homeowner decide to rent out if dont have control over private property . But said getting rid of it would have kept people getting displaced. Would mean a lot more people could live here. Disagrees. New developments, not going to help the landscape for our city. Anything built before 1979 in San Francisco must comply with rent control laws. And both sides are saying we have to continue this conversation and try to find common ground. Newsroom, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. Thank you very much. Tonight tracking those who may by missing in montecito is becoming increasingly desperate exercise and adding names to the list. Were saddened to say consolidated list shows 43 people now may be considered missing. Doesnt mean theyre all actively missing, but 43 people were now taking a look into. 17 people are confirmed dead. Officials released names of the victims this afternoon. Range in age from three to 89. 61yearold rebecca riskin, a prominent realtor and sister of spokesperson for alameda district attorney. Tweeted a photo yesterday, standing in sisters home, thick and deep mud inside the house. Today House Minority leader nancy pelosi addressed the tragedy from washington, d. C. Compounded tragedy for some of the communities affected by the wildfires and of course erosion et cetera contributes to the mud slides. Still searching. Hopefully to save more lives. Marin county sent a search and rescue team. Drove overnight to help Emergency Responders today. Firefighters from novato also part of the task force. First certified regional search and rescue Rapid Response team in state of california. Rescue teams are searching for survivors as families hold out hope. Sister station in los angeles has the story. How far down the wash are you . Reporter nearly 70 hours after mud started flowing, search and rescue team spent thursday looking for survivors. Train every day for this. What were here to do, find people and help people get reunited with family members. Reporter nearly Impossible Task with so much ground and debris to sift through. Some homes completely gone, others standing. But closer look at this home shows power of the mud. Fire alarm still going off. Jessica schneider has lived in montecito for 35 years. Her home survived but lost a close friend from church. Him and wife trying to escape. Heard the storm coming, mud burst through the wall. Killed him. Wife in the hospital with numerous injuries. So its hurting all of us, its very heartbreaking. Reporter gabrielle cant get to her home, road is gone, community unrecognizable. Theres a house right there kids used to play with those kids. Theres no sign of it. Not even there. Reporter Sheriffs Office released name of the 17 dead. Includes a childhood friend. Rebecca riskin. Heart goes out to family. Reporter search and rescue continues. California department of Corrections Team is working to cut down trees looking for survivors nearly 70 hours after the mud slides started. Abc7 news. Bring in weather anchor Spencer Christian with a look at Current Conditions for rescuers. It is improving. Little consolation but weather conditions returning to some sense of normal. Live doppler 7, take you to montecito. Its mainly clear. About 59 degrees, calm wind. We expect over the next three days sunny skies friday, saturday and sunday with increase in offshore flow. Santa ana winds will warm things, be mild over the weekend. Temperatures in 70s. No Weather Threat over the next few days. Thank you. Devastating mud slides are no surprise to experts after the seasons first big storm. David louie talked to geothermal engineer at university about the slides. Reporter number of fatalities and extent of Property Damage far from unexpected. Houses were knocked off foundations, others buried to the roof line. The power of nature cant be underestimated. Geological survey says once a slide starts, mud can reach a velocity of 35 miles per hour. Can send a car racing down the street more like speed boat than 3,500 pound vehicle. Chair of state department of civil and environmental engineering. Describes force in a different way. If i threw a gallon jug of water at you, youre going to feel that impact significantly. Water is relatively heavy. Imagine that by a factor of thousands hitting your home. This is a significant force. Dr. Sullivan green says the soil was dry from lack of rainfall. Storms hit, slides triggered by inability to absorb five inches in a day. And thomas fire destabilized the hills burning away vegetation and trees. Now vulnerable for more slides in futurestorms. Near this area, experienced two sitting landslides in the same area within about ten years of each other. They repeat themselves. Reporter abc7 news. Happening now, Santa Rosa Police involved in standoff with possibly armed suspect. Happening right now at dutton and barham. Entered with possibly a weapon, cant confirm if there are hostages. Well monitor the situation. Welldeserved recognition for men and women fighting Human Trafficking here in the bay area. Nancy omalley honored at City Department of homeland security. Singled out for work supporting victims often forced into prosecution. And investigating and prosecuting the traffickers. San francisco collaborative against Human Trafficking. Police officer in hospital after terrifying crash on 880 in oakland. Chris nguyen live with the latest. Reporter its good to be with you eric. San Francisco Police have come in and out of the building throughout the day. That police officer, taken here to hyland hospital with lifethreatening injuries but tonight remains in stable condition. Tonight San Francisco police are providing support to one of their own, sergeant injured on the way to work just before 6 00 this morning. Important thing to realize here, regardless of your occupation and training, anybody can be a victim of a collision. Reporter california Highway Patrol telling abc7 news he was traveling on personal motorcycle on interstate 880 north of 7th street in oakland, collided into rear of utility truck. Impact ejected him on the roadway. Wearing a helmet, taken to hyland hospital with major injuries. Cause of the collision is under investigation, asking people to step forward if they saw the collision. Reporter told the truck driver remained at scene to cooperate. Road conditions were dry and not hazardous. In oakland, abc7 news. Sea lion bit a swimmer. Latest attack in several weeks. Irene chan bitten on the knee as she swam. Another swimmer heard cries for help after sea lion attack. Started swimming with her, do you want me to pull you back to beach . No, can swim for myself, cant kick because sea lion bit me on the knee. Swam to shore, Good Samaritans and retired paramedic saw to her injuries. Officials are telling swimmers to stay closer to shore and in large groups. Only abc7 news was invited inside active Shooter Training session. What you could learn to save your life. A meeting happening right now could make your commute easier. Get the latest newnytime with upgraded abc7 news app. Enhanced live video, more customization and personalized push alerts sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. 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Reporter john bannon is special agent in charge of the San Francisco fbi. Leading this drill designed for active shooting scenario inside a school library. Turn, be on line with greg. Good rule of thumb, muzzle at or beyond his source of ammunition. Teaching when different departments come together with different weapons and tactics, four together, you have to move to the threat and start engaging. Reporter at columbine a School Resource officer initially confronted two shooters but then retreated to wait for s. W. A. T. Team. Here local police dont wait for s. W. A. T. Or fbi. Go in immediately and if necessary put themselves between the shooter and potential victims. They have to go stop the killing, maybe by themselves. Difference with active shooter, dont have that time. Average last three to seven minutes. Sandy hook every 11. 5 seconds somebody was killed. Reporter local agencies, calistoga, vacaville and napa. Would have never thought doing these things but its the world i have now. I have to people ready for it. Reporter abc7 news. Aeromexico says they will investigate why one of their flights nearly landed on the wrong runway. In statement to us carrier says investigating the events that occurred at San FranciscoInternational Airport and informs that safety of our passengers and operations was not compromised at any time. Faa is investigating why flight 668 lined up to land on the wrong runway at sfo, occupied by Virgin America plane waiting to depart. Controllers ordered pilots to abort the landing. Third reported close call in last months, other two with air canada threats. Last home on pacifica street. Deemed too dangerous to live in. Bought from the family and demolished. Last in block with same fate due to coastal erosion. Devastated about the loss but hopeful the family can move on. This house as much as any of my dearly departed pets ive ever had, and if you have to take them to the vet to end their suffering, thats what you do, i kind of see this that way. Family is saving beams from the old house to be used in new house in pacifica. Fog left, sun came out. Went away again. Weekend is head, Spencer Christian with the forecast. Fog is coming back but will go away for sunny skies tomorrow. Live doppler 7, high clouds and patches of fog. Basically clear and bright. 55 degrees in San Francisco, oakland and mountain view. 52 at half moon bay. South beach, downtown San Francisco along the bay bridge, 53 at santa rosa, survive at napa and novato. Sutro tower, clear view of the city. Areas of dense fog overnight. Widespread. Sunnier and milder tomorrow afternoon through the weekend, then wet weather returning early next week and perhaps continuing several days. For tonight, this is what we can expect. Running the animation, a few areas of spotty sprinkles in the north bay, maybe even to santa rosa overnight. And coastline as well. Doesnt look like will move far southward as well. Morning commute, reduced visibility because of the fog but sprinkles just about over. Tomorrow expect to be dry and mostly sunny day. Overnight lows during this period of foggy conditions and north bay sprinkles, mainly upper 40s. Chillier in north bay. Starts with areas of dense fog Early Morning but noon, mostly sunny. Sunny and mild by midafternoon. 63 at livermore, san jose, 62. Most bay locations around 60, maybe 61 or 62. Getting milder. Looking to next week, forecast animation starting monday evening, wet pattern returns. Rain tuesday, taper off late afternoon, early evening. Another wave wednesday evening, probably pretty wet through the day into evening and producing snow likely in sierra. Heres our accuweather sevenday forecast. Sunshine tomorrow. Two bright days, saturday and sunday, mild conditions. High temperatures reaching into the upper 60s to near 70 inland on sunday. Monday, Martin Luther king jr. Day, holiday, partly cloudy, slight chance of light showers late, great chance tuesday, storms of light intensity coming in but will be wet. Coming sky7, breaking news in vuny veil. Cal train hit the car not far from the station. Northbound train 277 involved. Delayed as result. Tow truck is there now. Made good time. Car smashed up was not occupied. All right. Recordsetting year for port of oakland leads bay Area Business watch. 2017 the busiest in the ports 90year history. Handled almost 2 1 2 million containers. Contributes the rally to Strong Economy and increasing demand. Walmart is abruptly closing 63 sams club locations. Locally, concord and vacaville. Same day walmart is boosting minimum wage and giving employees a onetime bonus and expanding maternity and parental leave benefits. Says its because of the tax benefits. Tonight, special on Tonya Harding, comes as movie i, tonya comments on her life. Spoke with amy robach. Im always the bad person. Is it a challenge from the lord to see how far i can be pushed until i break and become nothing . You cant push me that far anymore. Because ive been nothing. And ive been nothing several times. The two hour special, truth and lies the Tonya Harding story here at 9 00 p. M. , followed by abc7 news. Owner of the car went surfing. Also. What they say about a man who represents himself . Yes i do. Two men in cou okay folks lets team up to get the lady of the house back on her feet. And help her feel more strength and energy in just two weeks yaaay the complete balanced nutrition of great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. Ensure. Always be you. At least 17 people have been killed, hundreds of homes in Southern California damaged or destroyed in this weeks deadly mud slides. Ranging in age from 3 to 89 years old. Damage from mud flow at chappell at casa de maria in montecito. Nearly 70 hours after mud began to flow, search and rescue from county started looking for survivors. Were still in rescue mode, conducting primary and secondary searches and victim removal. Its almost Impossible Task to cover so much ground. Some homes gone, some standing. Meantime the Sheriffs Office has released names of the 17 known victims. Crews with the California AirNational Guards 129th rescue wing on the way back to moffett field. Saved three people in Santa Barbara county. Toyota hydroplaning. Almost need a different word for what happened there. Man who was driving that prius is counting his blessings. Story of survival. Reporter man behind the wheel has a name, deion franklin, he and girlfriend trying to escape from the water and debris. Wall of water hit from behind, coming from rearview mirror, hit from behind and car just took on speed of its own. Hit the corner out of sight of the video we hydroplaned all the way down, almost in the creek basin at bottom of the hill. Reporter less than a minute but scary seconds at that. Shes screaming top of her lungs, go faster, go, go, pulling my shirt. Im going, no control of the brakes or steering or anything at that point. Reporter trying to keep it together. Wanted to survive, not end up a statistic. Thinking about my kids and my family and whatnot. Hey, this could be it for me right here. Got down the hill, there were cars that looked like wads of paper. It was surreal. To see what was going on. Reporter today hes grateful and thinking of everyone affected by destruction and loss caused by the heavy rainfall. Survival story. Could have been worse. Stories are a lot worse than mine. Reporter also praising the car he recently got as way to make extra cash driving for uber. I didnt realize this little prius was going to save my life basically. I dont know what to say. Got the car to do ride share, leased it through uber. Worked as maintenance engineer on tv reality shows but still getting used to being in the spotlight after the video went viral. Burbank, abc7 news. We continue to keep an eye on the breaking news in sunnyvale. Sky7 is over the station. Northbound train 277 hit an empty car almost an hour ago. Tow truck arrived to tow it away. On the flat bed, tied down. Crews checking for debris. Trains delayed up to 40 minutes and holding as result of the crash. Will be delays because of this. And nobody was in the car. New at 6 00, a petaluma man under arrest for attempted murder and assisted suicide. 59yearold David Clement helped wife with three suicide attempts that failed and one that succeeded. Hanged herself yesterday from a tree. Not terminally ill but had stopped taking opioid med kagts nnd and in chronic pain. Inmate at elmwood was found dead in cell this morning. Believed he killed himself. Had been in jail since monday facing ten counts of sexual intercourse with a minor. Name and cause of death have not been released. Happening now, a meeting to help improve your commute. San mateo county is considering new fast lanes both ways on 101. Whiple avenue and san bruno. Paying lanes allow to access in addition to carpools. Added to interstate 80 in contra costa county. Expected to add express lane in Alameda County too. Fewer people are riding b. A. R. T. Want to find out why. 2. 4 lower this quarter. Downturn mostly short trips. Take a look at some of the impact of uber and lyft and other Ride Sharing Services on our short trips. Are people taking those raid sharing instead of using b. A. R. T. For short trips . Downturn is hitting budget. Saw passenger revenue fall by 1 million. Overall is good, sales tax revenue higher than projected. In the north bay, fire victims faced all kinds of challenges, finding new places to live, dealing with insurance companies, you name it. Heres a new one, legal case in which the defendant says hes fighting the system on behalf of he every burned out homeowner who just wanted to see his or her property. Wayne freedman with the story from sonoma county. If you have any objections to any of them, let me know okay . Reporter hes outsider, interloper in the legal system. Evan neuman, rare defendant with the gall to act as own attorney. You know what they say about man who defendants himself . Yes i do. Reporter are you . Remains to be seen. Reporter while trying to protect the property a few days after the firestorm, evan and brother mark entered evacuation area. Walked by the guards. Reporter they stopped you . Victims have a right to see the devastation. Reporter insist just like a lot of residents, but difference is they got arrested, went to jail, had to bay 1,000 bail each and charged. In court he pleaded guilty only because hes sole support for family. Three years probation and 180 hours of community service. Meantime i heard serial drunk drivers got less. Reporter evan is risking six months in jail for misdemeanor charge not leaving evacuation zone. Plea. Not guilty. They have to give you direct order to leave after you enter. Its clear on that. Reporter they didnt . They did not. Reporter larger principle . Duty as american. If dont take advantage of our rights, we lose them. Reporter office didnt take our calls today. Jury selection begins next week. North bay wildfire survivor turns to 7 on your sides Michael Finney for help. And he was able to come through for her. 98yearold w w w who are these people . The Energy Conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. The granddaughterers of 98yearold rosie the riveter are fighting her eviction. Katie utehs with the story. Feels like this fight is about a unit, not my grandmothers life. Reporter in her 20s, served the country as a rosie the riveter. Now granddaughters are fighting for her. Deserves to live out day way she wants to. Reporter but received eviction notice. Couldnt believe it. Shocked. Reporter lived in the unit for 45 units. Beds and bedroom on the second floor, Marin Housing Authority says its safety concern, been trying to move here into a one story unit. We havent let her know shes had a 30day notice. Havent told her. Would just crush her. Reporter contacted attorney who addressed the housing commission. Said previous leadership promised elderly and frail tenants they would never be forced to move. We believe they should honor that protection, backing off and rescinding the 30day notice. Reporter executive director received several letters expressing health and safety concerns relating to the stairs. Does say the agency is committed to working with the family to keep her in her home. Beyond having a job, its being morally right about a situation. Reporter small family, Housing Authority and attorneys are scheduled to talk in person next tuesday. Marin city, abc7 news. Just into our newsroom, breaking development on this story. Familys attorney confirmed that Marin Housing Authority has rescinded the eviction notice as result of our story. So annie small will be able to stay in her unit. Good news for her. Sun was shining for a while but more rain in the dealing with lifes problems can be stressful. Doubly so for those who lost their homes in north bay wildfires. Plea for help got a boost from 7 on your side. May seem minor to a lot of us, but just lost home of 30 years, every bit helps. Laid down these pebbles in garden just hours before the fire broke out. About the only thing that survived devastation of three months ago. Through it all, she finds a glimmer of home. Looked like a graveyard, starting to not look like it because things are getting cleared. Through entire ordeal, dealing with another problem. Shortly after the fire received delinquency notice from time share company, rci. Getting bill again saying i was late. What . I thought i paid. At that moment realized her mistake. Mistakenly applied payment for timeshare in sedona to extending unused points every year. Video from the chamber of commerce. Membership fees left unpaid. Asked to apply to membership instead. Said the Customer Service rep resisted, asking for documentation, unfortunately it was reduced to ashes. I said im sorry, made an error, on my part, trying to correct it to maintain membership. Three phone calls later, unresolved. So contacted 7 on your side. Whole reason why i wasnt willing to pay for membership on top of the points was i didnt have money left over. We reached out to rci, promptly came through. They took the points and converted it into the membership. And think i even ended up getting points as well. A nice bonus at time she could really use one. Thank you very much. It was a great help. We asked rci multiple times for comments for the story. It did not get back to us. Want to hear from you. 7 on your side hotline, 415 9548151. You can also reach me on facebook and through abc7news. Com. Lucky you were there. Thanks a lot. Bay area is a beautiful place. Abc7 news viewers prove it every day. Jacob captured Transamerica Pyramid escaping into the fog this morning. Had the abc7now so we can find it and show it on tv. Spencer is back. Live doppler 7, thin high clouds and developing fog around the bay area. Will become more prevalent overnight, gets dense and reduces visibility. Overnight lows mid to upper 40s. Tomorrow mainly sunny. Midday, 60 at coast to mid60s mildest inland locations. Chances of rain . Weekend looks dry but early next week, slim chances, midweek, greater chances. Accuweather sevenday forecast, sunny and warm over the weekend and Martin Luther king jr. Day as well. Partly cloudy then into tuesday and wednesday. Storms ranking one, light intensity. Keep the ones coming. I wish could keep the wins coming. Cant win all of them. Best record in the lead. But dont have to lose by that much. Crushed by clippers. Lot of people wondering about steph currys ankle. May have good evening. Steph curry sat out last nights loss to the clippers, but full go at practice at milwaukee. Ankle looked fine. Officially listed as questionable. Steph as leapfrogged kevin durant in the allvoting. For first time not just east versus west. Leading vote getters pick teams like on the playground. But nba womenped out. Wont televise the draft because dont want to hurt anybodys feelings. Durant is picking up accolades right and left. Milestones, last night becoming second youngest player to score 20,000 points. Youngest, loibz, also at oracle arena. Went for 40 in the game. K. D. Surprised by standing ovation more than anything else. You know, for the fans to recognize me for doing that, scoring that many points, it was cool. It was weird. I dont like when people everybody just standing up clapping for me. Its team game, so many players on the court it was weird but most part its been fun getting to this point in my career. Looking forward to keeping pushing. Nfl is investigating the raiders for possibly violating the rooney rule, seems like in place before interviewing minority applicants. Playing seahawks in Tottenham Hotspurs new stadium, soccer team. Playing in england for three straight weeks as they continue to build the audience in europe. Jon gruden is coaching raiders, who will replace him . Said wont be him. Doesnt want to travel although he goes to monday night games. Not sure how much time would be saving. Hall of famer added if could do from backyard, would do that. Marshawn lynch, honorary harlem globetrotter today. Alleyooping on the playground. Patented spin the ball on the nose trick he displayed live here the other night. Did a Facebook Live with him. Beat them in game of horse. Globies are in town. Utahs rodney hood was ejected from last nights game. Fan using phone to document hood walking past him. Hood just swiped it right out of his hands. Aint taking my picture. Not fined yet, should be about 25,000, would buy a lot of cell phones. Maybe two iphones. Player, not paying customer. Dont touch the playing customers. Cant talk about it now, holding my breath for steph to return. Okay. Okay. Right now. Let us know when you get enough. Join us later, be nice to lobsters. Why a country just outlawed boiling live crustaceans at 9 00. Helped rescue victims of the mud slides. 129th rescue wing returns to bay area. Coming up at 8 00 Child Support then truth and lies the Tonya Harding story and news at 11 00. Then jimmy kimmel live, Annette Benning and paul thomas anderson. Still going. Steph, come back. Thats it for this edition of abc7 news. Look for breaking news on twitter. Im eric thomas. Im kristen sze. For Spencer Christian and larry beil and entire news team i think larry is happiest of all. There can only be one. See you later. Last man standing is recorded in front of a live studio audience. Boy, Mother Nature sure took a dump on us last night. Yeah, i love the first snow of the season. Mike right on schedule. Its like natures giving al gore the finger. Morning. Hey, where are you going in such a hurry . To get my snow shovel. The sky dropped a ton of white gold,