Is prompting protests at uc berkeley. Hes shown here on his youtube channel. The barricades are also up for the crowds expected ahead of yiannopoulos speech sponsored by the Berkeley College republicans. Were doing this because we feel like we have we want to exercise our free speech. We want to bring someone to campus to help speak on issues that sort of opens the dialogue. Why are you leaving . Why you leaving . Dont you want to talk about numbers . Are you embarrassed . Reporter but there are many others who believe yiannopoulos rhetoric is hateful, even dangerous, and has no place on a Public University campus. The chancellor said the constitution does not allow him to restrict free speech and thats not true. They restrict free speech all the time for educational security reasons. Reporter last month yiannopoulos planned appearance at uc davis was cancelled at the last minute due to security concerns. Were confident that we have the plans and the pieces in place. Reporter uc berkeley officials told us they will bring in outside Police Agencies if necessary to keep the same thing from happening here. The law and press kent is that this event is fully protected by the first amendment. Reporter were back live here on the uc berkeley campus. You can see this demonstration just getting under way here. Lets also show you the scene at the building where yiannopoulos will speak tonight. This is the Student Union building. You can see there are Police Officers. These look like campus Uc Berkeley Police officers lining the front of the building. They have actually locked the doors to this building already ahead of this 8 00 speech. They will start letting folks in around 7 00 were told, and only those that can show their passes. We are live at uc berkeley and well see you again on abc 7 news at 6 00. Thanks very much. A rare shooting in the city of alameda. Who apparently tried to break into his house. A silver car was still surrounded by yellow tape hours afterwards. This happened on buena vista avenue not far from grand street. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is there live for us tonight. Eric. Reporter and as you can see, police are still on the scene six hours after they were first called out here. Detectives going back and forth, crime scene technicians as well gathering evidence all under the watchful eye of neighbors who are shocked by what happened. This is the police department. The place is surrounded. Come out the front door with your hands up. Reporter thats the sound that neighbors heard as Police Officers converged on a buena vista avenue home looking for additional suspects in an apparent breakin. Only one suspect was found. I heard a series of gunshots. And i then there was a pause and then there were more gunshots, some yelling. There was an offduty Law Enforcement officer involved in a shooting. Reporter an offduty contra costa sheriffs deputy was asleep inside the house when the man apparently tried to break in. The deputy woke up, grabbed the gun and fired several shots. Its not clear whether the intruder was shot inside or outside the house, but he ended up collapsing in the driveway. This witness spoke through a translator. Translator there was an africanamerican male that was on the ground. They did first aid on him and they took him away. He wasnt moving at all. Next thing we knew, we seen them taking him away in the ambulance. Reporter Police Officers went door to door this afternoon looking for information as to what happened and why. The dead mans name has not been released, nor has the identity of the deputy. But for the people who live here, its been a trying day. Its kind of unnerving when the s. W. A. T. Was here, you know, and theyre telling us im getting on my cell phone from the alert system, you know, shelter in place. Is this going to change anything about your behavior now . No. No, i aint scared of them. Reporter that shelter in place order was lifted a short time later. No one else was hurt. In alameda, eric thomas, abc 7 news. As we take a look outside right now, its clear that rain is about to arrive. It may stick around for a little while, although it is a gorgeous picture before the sunset there with the clouds lit up in orange. Beautiful. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a rain timeline. Let me show you live doppler 7. Dont be fooled by that pretty sunset shot. We are seeing some moisture up in the clouds, some of it reaching the clouground. Oakland airport, also around the san jose airport, just moved out. On our storm impact scale we have a moderate strength storm for thursday. Wet and windy morning. Were looking at scattered afternoon showers with a slight chance of thunder. So your morning rush tomorrow, you do need to watch out for pockets of moderate rain, hydroplaning, and it is going to be dpugusty as times, especiall for the Early Morning commute. 8 00 tonight well see a few showers around. Around 11 00 p. M. Still light showers beginning to approach, but its really 3 00 a. M. We see pockets of moderate rain. It continues around 5 00 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. As well. Heres a look at your hourbyhour planner. Tomorrow morning rain and wind, scattered showers at noon and 4 00 p. M. As well. Still damp at 7 00 p. M. This is just the beginning of a wet pattern that is unfolding, but its not going to be a complete washout. Ill show you the window that is coming up in the accuweather sevenday forecast. Kristen. Well see you in a few minutes. Late this afternoon, a state panel recommended parole for a former follower of cult leader charles manson. That recommendation came today at bruce davis 31st parole hearing. Davis is serving a life sentence for two 1969 murders. California governors have blocked four previous release recommendations. Governor brown rejected davis release early last year. He now faces the same decision again. The deputies who processed key evidence in the sierra lamar murder case are on the hot seat as the trial enters its third day now. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie is live at Santa Clara County superior court with the story. Reporter dan, you know this is an unusual case because there is no body and there is no crime scene. That means the district attorneys case hinges on convincing the jury that dna evidence will link Garcia Torres to the murder of sierra lamar. That also means that those who collected the evidence and did the dna analysis will be closely scrutinized. The sheriffs volunteer search and rescue team did what they called a tight grid of a field where it was believed sierras cell phone was located. Signals coming from the phone enabled technicians to triangulate its position. The phone was found a day later wet and muddy from the rain. The deputy who logged it into evidence explained how he took it apart and air dried it with an electric fan in an effort to preserve the contents. That was the start of a series of questions by the prosecutor, david boyd, over how deputies used latex gloves and procedures to preserve the integrity of the evidence. The attorney for the defendant accused the deputies and the crime lab of contaminating dna from evidence that prosecutors say will link Garcia Torres to the crime. Legal analyst Stephen Clark says thats influencing the prosecutor to ensure the jury that protocol was followed. Jurors have heard about mistakes that have been made in prosecutions because of mishandling of evidence, particularly dna evidence. If this jury feels that the evidence wasnt handled right, thats going to hurt the prosecution case. Reporter as part of that process, a deputy explained how he would change latex gloves each time he touched contents of a bag that contained sierras sweatshirt, jeans and school books. Its anticipated that a host of experts will take the stand in the weeks ahead to talk about dna and the risks of contamination. A key witness is expected to be sierras mother, marlene, the last person to see the 15yearold. In san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. A Santa Clara County parks employee was hurt after a maintenance vehicle caught fire. The San Jose Fire Department posted this video on twitter. It happened at about 9 45 this morning in all ma den quick silver county park. The cause of the fire is under investigation. In morgan hill, police are investigating more than 20 car burglaries in the past four days. This picture of a smashed window was posted on the departments facebook page. Police dont know why there has been so many recently. They remind drivers to park in welllit areas, lock your doors, roll up your windows and keep anything valuable out of sight. All good ideas. Absolutely. Just the way we have to do now. Well, hanging ten or hanging it up. The financial wipeout for mavericks and what that means for the future of tshi iconic surfing event. Okay, you dont eat fast food expecting a healthy meal, but you also dont expect a health risk. Selfdriving cars navigating our streets. A new report card on how theyre doing out there. And good grief snoopy and the gang are up for sale. Well explain that. Abc 7 news back in just a moment. Surfers are frustrated because the famed mavericks contest is in deep trouble. Organi organizers have filed for bankruptcy. The best surfers from around the world compete in this event near Half Moon Bay this year. Kate larson is in that area live with more on the story. Kate. Reporter lets start with a little good news. The waves are here to stay, so there will likely always be surfers at mavericks, which is right over the bluffs behind us. However, there is a lot of concern about when the mavericks competition will return to this area because of both the bankruptcy and also the surfing conditions this season. In the peak of Half Moon Bays surf season, a bankruptcy case likely wiped out the famed mavericks surf contest. I just cant see any way there will be an event at all. I cant see it happening at all. Why is that . Because the people that are supposed to pay for the event just filed bankruptcy. Reporter Brian Overfeld is one of three Board Members of mavericks invitational. He said the board brought on Los Angeles Based Cartel Management four years ago to handle branding, sponsors, tv and marketing. Late last night cartel filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Overfeld says he and the other Board Members have not heard from Cartel Management since december. We knew absolutely nothing about this at all, so its like a shot in the heart. Its certainly a disappointment. Its hard to really find other words for it. Reporter collin dwyer is one of 24 surfers invited to compete in the mavericks competition this year. He grew up surfing mavericks and says there are usually only one or two days a season with weather and surf appropriate for the big wave contest. He says last thursday was that day. Even surf line published an article about the great conditions called as good as it gets with photos and videos of the enormous swell. But a source close to the competition tells me top management at cartel said they were not going to run the contest thursday because of the conditions. Dwyer says he was in the water for six hours that day. Surfed all day thursday. It was really good. It would have been a fantastic contest for sure. Reporter were you surprised that the contest wasnt called for last thursday . Yeah, i was. I was definitely one of the competitors pushing to run it. Reporter i called Cartel Management, including the ceo, griffin guess, several times today and have not yet heard back. Guess did put out a Statement Today which says in part it is time for a Larger Organization to gain from all of our hard work. Reporting in princeton by the sea, kate larson, abc 7 news. The battle over rent control in richmond is far from over. Abc 7 was in martinez as activists and tenants appeared at the county courthouse ready to defend measure l. It passed with 65 of the vote and took effect in december, but the California Association of landlords asked for a preliminary injunction, claiming parts of the ordinance are unconstitutional. One City Council Member says this is about more than just rent. Weve talked to tenants that had things like sewage backing up into the parking lot, the carpets were destroyed, the roofs were leaking, the balconies were broken. The landlords attorney would not go on camera but claims measure l is a boat with so many the city admitted in court it is not perfect but argued against the injunction. The judge will likely rule next week. Facebook is going to appeal a 500 million verdict in a lawsuit over its oculus vr subsidiary. They found failure to comply with a nondisclosure agreement and other things. Facebook shares were up in afterhours trading. The social network beat expectations when it reported 3. 5 billion in Fourth Quarter earnings. Ad revenue grew 53 . Facebook reported a 17 jump in monthly users. A large part of the company that owns the rights to the peanuts characters could be up for sale. According to reuters, iconics brand group is considering selling its 80 share of peanuts worldwide. They were created by santa rosas charles schultz. He died in 2000. His family owns the remaining 20 of the company. Weve all heard that fast food is not the healthiest thing you can eat, right . Sure. But now an Environmental Group says the fast food wrappers may be even worse. Lets check in with 7 on your sides Michael Finney here. Just what you needed to hear today, one more thing to worry about. We think a lot about the fat and calories, but now the Environmental Working Group in washington found a toxic chemical in many fast food wrappers. The group found onethird of all wrappers tested positive for a chlorine known as pfc, the chemical is like teflon, it stops food from sticking. Pfc is also linked to some types of cancer and thyroid problems. The study found pfc in 38 of sandwiches and burger wrappers and 57 of dessert wrappers. However, take heart, they found none of the chemicals in paper cups. Also some fast food chains had zero pfc. They include carls jr. , dominos and roundtable pizza. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today slapped a 13 million fine on two companies for cutting off customers funds. Mastercard and the prepaid rush card were blamed for a glitz that disabled thousands of accounts. That happened when mastercard began taking over processing for rush card last year. Many customers could not access their own money and Officials Say the company did nothing to help them. Now those affected by mistakes will get compensation up to 250 each. We are not showing our love as much this year as we did last year. At least not at the store. For the first time in years, we will be spending less for valentines day gifts and dining this time around. The National Retail federation says we plan to spend 136 on average to celebrate the day. Last year we spent 10 more, a record high. Retailers call the decline a market correction. Market correction for love. However, they also found fewer folks are celebrating at all. Nearly 10 fewer than a decade ago. What . Im surprised by that. Me too. Come on, we need a little more love in this world. A market correction. Thanks, michael, very much. New dmv numbers appear to show that selfdriving cars are improving at a rapid rate. The data counted the amount of times humans took control of a selfdriving car for safetyrelated reasons. Dpo googles led the way averaging more than 5,000 miles between each human intervention. Bmw and ford cars were also highly rated. Nissans car showed a big improvement. It showed 14 miles per intervention. That number is now up to 246 miles. All right, a rain delay for oaklands first fridays. The approaching wet weather is forcing organizers to cancel the outdoor street festival that was set for this friday. First fridays will return next march on march 3rd and will celebrate International Womens month. Good evening, everyone. Hope you have your umbrellas ready because live doppler 7 is beginning to show signs that the atmosphere is beginning to moisten up. Weve seen a few sprinkles, nothing major. Right now that green on the screen is mostly moisture in the clouds. Oakland, alameda, might be a few sprinkles right now. It is going to change as we head into tomorrow. Right now the winds are beginning to increase out of the south, 25 miles an hour san jose, Half Moon Bay, an indication of whats to come. Wind advisory starts at 10 00 tonight for the coast and hills and runs until 3 00 a. M. Tomorrow. These areas shaded in yellow could see gusts 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour and with the ground saturated we may see trees and power lines knocked down. Ponding on the roadways, trees going down and small streams flooding. But Power Outages and river flooding, were not expecting it to be a major event. From our emeryville camera, look at this gorgeous shot right now. Savor the moment, its changing. Temperatures low to upper 50s from San Francisco to san jose. Half moon bay 55 degrees. An indication that the winds are beginning to whip the waves around from our santa cruz camera. You can see it bouncing around. Temperatures low to mid50s santa rosa and livermore. A lovely picture so ill step aside so you can enjoy it from our east bay hills camera. Clouds are gathering, gusty winds late tonight. Slow for the morning commute and more rain is coming in this weekend. On our storm impact scale for tomorrow we have a moderate strength system, its a 2. Wet and windy for your morning, scattered afternoon showers and theres a slight chance of thunder. Heres a look at the hourbyhour forecast. Toe tonight we get you ready for whats ahead tomorrow. Light rain, 8 00 tonight. Spotty in nature. 11 00 p. M. We see scattered showers. The rain begins to intensify oranges and yellows. 5 00 a. M. The morning commute will be a sloppy one and continues at 7 00 a. M. Because the wind will obviously blow your car around a little bit, especially on the bridges. So account for that. Now, at noon time scattered showers if youre grabbing lunch and keep the umbrellas handy, the showers will continue into the evening commute and it could be a slowgoing one as well. Friday we see another batch of heavy rain coming through. 3 00 a. M. Its right across the heart of the bay. 5 00 a. M. Into the south bay, the saennta cruz mountains and more scattered showers for the rest of your friday. Rainfall totals for wednesday night through friday looking like this. About a third in the san jose area and the rain shadow of the santa cruz mountains, which could pick up up to 2 inches. Over an inch in santa rosa and 0. 6 of an inch in San Francisco. So not a big storm but certainly enough to bring us rain. Sierra nevada will be a big snow maker 10 00 p. M. Wednesday through 4 00 a. M. Saturday, a winter storm warning. 2 to 3 feet expected along the crest, hazardous driving. I wouldnt encourage you to try to go up there. Carry your chains if you have to go. Upper 40s to the mid50s tomorrow morning. Mike nicco will be tracking this storm with live doppler 7. Download the abc 7 news app as well to help you. Tomorrow afternoon mid50s to low 60s. Heres a look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. 2 on our storm impact scale for tomorrow. Slight possibility of thunder, it turns over to showers in the afternoon. 1 on our storm impact scale friday. Saturday morning a few showers, sunday night into monday we have another system coming in, so well have more rain and then tuesday some scattered showers. So your window, youre looking for that window. How about saturday afternoon through sunday afternoon. Great opportunity to stock up for super bowl sunday. Right, dan and kristen . Thanks, sandia. Were all going to danze. What happens when a drone releases a Paper Airplane . It could b weyour most extraordinarybut withmoments happenses when you feel small. When youre completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. So what if you dared to explore this great big beautiful pond. What if you dared to feel small. Celebrate our princess anniversary sale with Award Winning itineraries. 7 day fares from 799. Visit your travel agent or princess. Com. Princess cruises. Come back new. Grwow means you savehome of wo50 or more on thousands of name brands. Wow. Youre gettin it there are three stages of wow denial. Is this price right . Acceptance. And boooyah. Wait for it. Boooyah has three os. Grocery outlet bargain market back now with a funny moment today inside the british parliament. Look closely at the sign next to the speaker. Within the European Form of lawmakering, it is the commission that has the sole right to propose legislation. As you just saw, London Labor Party member held a sign next to the brexit leader saying hes lying to you with an arrow point right towards him. He was eventually asked to stop. He told the guardian he acted out of frustration after having a, quote, screw it moment, his words. I thought the british were prim and proper. Well, theres tiny, theres precise, and then theres this. Scientists at uc berkeley used a powerful microscope to map the exact location and identity of all 23,000 atoms in a nanopart cal. It is composed of iron and platinum. The 3d reconstruction could lead to new ways to improve the next generation hard drives. The San Francisco based other lab made a disposable drone that is designed to fly out on missions and never return. The Company Released new video of what could be the worlds most advanced Paper Airplane. Disposable gliders will ferry medical supplies to places where delivery people cant go. This would be especially useful in an outbreak, if vaccines are urgently needed or in areas that are just tough to get to. Okay, youre looking at the most Popular Store today at San Franciscos embarcadero center. Yeah, you can see why. The spca set up this popup adoption site. Visitors lined up to pet esleeping puppies. Theres a cuddle room for an even warmer experience. The popup will stay open monday through friday during all of february. Other weeks they will have kittens and bunnies. How sweet is that. Exploring new worlds. Set your course for all things star trek. An exhibit i afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Coming up at 6 00, well have one of the first looks at a new project from those behind the bay bridge lights. And putting tesla to the test. The safety issue found involving one models seat belt. They did it in a way that fooled me. 7 on your sides Michael Finney helps untangle a mess that left a bay area couple with two Home Security systems. All coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6 00. Well, the final frontier has arrived at oaklands space and science center. Abc 7 news was there today to preview the exhibit star trek 50 artists, 50 years. The original tv series launched in 1966 and the exhibit has been on tour since last year. It features the creations of artists from around the world, the Starship Enterprise and its many crews have been able to capture the imaginations of trekkies for generations. It isnt dated in any political time or any particular point in american history, which a lot of pop culture is. Mr. Spark has a piece on display. Leonard nimoy contributed this montage of vulcan hand signs before he passed away. The exhibit opens this friday. Now more reason to go. World news tonight is next. For tonight, go nuclear. Those words from President Trump after his pick for the supreme court. Telling Republican Leaders to go nuclear if thats what it takes to get him through. Also the warning late today from the Trump White House to iran. Saying we are officially putting iran on notice. Martha raddatz is standing by. Also that moment late today. President trump taking his daughter, ivanka, to pay respects to the navy s. E. A. L. From illinois killed during the raid in yemen. The hostage situation unfolding at this hour. An american prison lockdown. Several workers being held captive inside. Injuries reported. The denver area officer shot and killed. The suspect coming up from behind, killing him execution style. Tonight what we are learning. And america strong tonight
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