Officers encountered the dog, nicknamed psycho, living inside a vacant unit with his owner. Psycho charged an officer. The officer retreats as best he could, and have nothingy else to go, fired one round and killed the dog. Police were doing a vacant unit check and found the dog and owner squatting inside. The man has been arrested here before. Police want to know if the dog was trained to attack. Whether there was any intention of him actually intentionally releasing the dog towards the officer. Nobody like to see the dog die like that. She was upset the dog it shot but admits many peer people feared the large dog. He always has on a leash . Yes, always, because it was sarah says psycho almost bit her on he leg once. Sometimes he was overaggressive. Were you afraid of the dog . Um, if he wasnt on the leash, yes. Officials at San Francisco animal care and control say the dog was impounded twice in the last two years. Not for being vicious but because his owner was squatting inside vacant apartments. The Police Investigation continues in San Francisco. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. San Francisco Police are trying to figure out the details surrounding a dead body found inside a car. The police were called to an intersection today. Inside a black suv with utah plates they found a body in the back seat. Investigators will not say how or where the victim died. A shooting at a busy suburban mall in maryland left three people dead. The gunman killed, man and woman and then apparently hot and killed himself. Police are trying to determine who he is and why he did it. Heres the latest. Reporter just before lunchtime at this mall, a half hours drive from washington, dc. There were a lot of people at the mall saturday morning, 11 15. This was a very scary incident. Gunshots rang out. Boom, and then followed by four or five more. Boom, boom, boom. People were screaming, running, and scrambling for cover. My manager yelled, everyone in the back. S. W. A. T. Teams responded within two minutes of the 911 call and safely directed people into a parking lot. Some in tears, as they returned to their cars or boarded buses. People were running straight down the mall or running into stores. I didnt know how safe to keep running in the open. Police found three people dead on the upper level, identified as brianna deloolo and tyler johnson, both of maryland. The third body is believed to be that of the shooter. When officers approached, he was obviously deceased but also still had a large amount of ammunition still on and about him. Because of concerns about weapons and the possibility of explosives, police proceeded with caution. Authorities are still working to verify the suspects identity, and his motive for killing the two skateboard shop employees. After athyrea rove search, authorities gave the mall an allclear but remained closed the rest of the day. Abc news, new york. Two homes in antioch will need major away after an outof control smashed into them. The driver went over the Center Divider into traffic and smashed on electrical transformer. The car werent through a garage before landing on its roof in the yard of the house next door. Most neighbors were rattled by the crash but not one mans mom whose bedroom was damaged. I saw if she was okay, and she said yeah, and went right back to sleep. The crash caused a brief loss of power to nearby residents. An update on the story we brought you last night. A boogie boarder pulled from the ocean in santa cruz yesterday has died of his injuries the man was smashed against the rocks by huge waves. He was unconscious when rescued. The rescuers had to struggle to reach the victim. Excited high tied has caltrans closing part of the lot in sausolito. The manzanita parking lot floods yearly. About 75 of the more than 300 spaces are being shut down until february as well as some spaces along highway 1. Today is the 30th spare the air of the season. We also saw some record temperatures in the bay area. Frances dinglasen is in for leigh glaser and has a live look at live doppler 7hd. Live doppler 7hd picking up Clear Conditions around the bay tonight, and were going to see some chilly overnight temperatures. Speaking of records, we broke three of them today around the bay area. 70 in san rafael, actually a tie, as well as a tie in san jose. We broke records at the oakland human, 73, record 72 from 2011, and this is the 13th 13th consecutive day at the oakland museum. So almost two weeks straight of record highs. 72, moffet field. A record broken as well, 77 in gilroy, breaking the record of 71 sent in 2007. Temperatures are cooling down very quickly right now. Were already in the 40s. Napa, 43. 50s and 60s around the bay. Ill have your forecast coming up which may have a chance of rain. Heres an example how hot and dry it has been. This is a nasa photo of mt. Shasta from november and now this month. Normally the giant vocal cane know is covered in snow but its not. Theres only snow on the northern side. December, january, and february are usually the areas rainiest months. Mosquitoes have been a nuisae in parts of north california, expert says the weather is to blame. Mosquitoes usually stay dormant during winter but have come out early with an appetite. They think perhaps its spring, i should be coming out so theyre coming out of their resting state, hungry and desperate. If theyre is a bright side. Mosquitoes need stagnant water to lay their legs legs and becaf the drops there are fewer places to reproduce. Still ahead, well hear from residents of a San Francisco neighborhood who say theyre being forced out of their homes. Why a popular retail chain believes customer dat may have been stolen. Been stolen. And for over 60,000 california foster children, been stolen. And nights can feel long and lonely. I miss my sister. I miss my old school. I miss my room. I dont want special treatment. I just wanna feel normal. To help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. Bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a Foster Childs night a little cozier. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. Soon, californians from to salinas to san diego will have equal access to Quality Health insurance. Those who need Financial Assistance will get it. And nobody will be denied because of a preexisting condition. Welcome to a new state of health. Welcome to covered california. We are your Health Insurance marketplace. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Residents who believe theyre facing eviction in the western edition neighborhood met today to discuss their future. Some 300 residents of midtown Park Apartments have been notified by the city the Lease Agreement that governs the low and moderate Income Housing community is being terminated at the end of the month. They received the notice on christmas eve, soon after a proposal from the city to raise rents to pay for years of neglect. Im home as far as we know it, and we dont want to leave. And we dont want to be displaced. And we dont want to be victims of gentrification, and we see that everywhere in the city and thats very threatening. The city maintains the rent increases are necessary to force residents to fund a basic maintenance upgrade. Arts and crafts retailers michaels is investigating a possible data breach. It has joined federal authorities to determine if customer debit and credit card information was stolen. It is not yet been confirmed if the information was compromised. Michaels ceo asks customers to reel view their accounts as a precaution. There are three Michael Stores in the bay area. Up next at 9 00, the new Service Apple may soon bring you that could earn the company a big return in profit. Could rain be in the forecast . Frances dinglasen is up next with the forecast. Looking for their sixth [ superfan ] were hitting the road to help america discover the new helper. Youve got to try this sweet sour chicken helper. I didnt know they made chicken. Crunchy taco or four cheese lasagna . Can i get another one of those actually . [ superfan ] hey, america, were here to help. I just served my motherinlaw your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much. I told her it was homemade. Everyone tells a little white lie now and then. But now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] shes right behind me isnt she . [ male announcer ] progresso. You gotta taste this soup. [ man ] yo buzz drop that beat remix hey must be the honey you got that medley crunch go go buzz go go go buzz hey must be the honey clusters, flakes that medley crunch, crunch clusters, flakes that medley crunch, crunch go hey must be the honey hey you got that medley crunch hey must be the honey a new report suggests apple is expanding into the mobile payment market. The wall street journal reports apple is working on a service to allow you to use your seven apple account to pay for physical goods. You can already buy music and games on itunes. You can use the phone at best buy, possibly using the fingerprint scanner for identification. Earlier this month apple filed for a pat ten for payment for goods through a phone signal. Americans spent 13 billions in mobile payments and analysts believe that will jump to 90 billion in 2017. Google is expanding into the taxi business. Its a new patent that uses location data to find taxis for passengers. You want dinner so you open up the app and hit the food page. Suggestions based on location and Search History will pop up. You pick one, and a free google taxi will come pick you up to take you there. The suggestions will not be random. They are paid for by the restaurants, casinos, and other businesses. Heres a fun twist. Down the road google plans to use selfdriving cars for the free taxi service. Time to get a check on the weather. Leigh is off, frances is in. Good evening. Another gorgeous day. The trend stays with us for a couple more days. Live doppler 7hd picking up Clear Conditions around the bay so this means temperatures will be cooling down a little bit more. And check out this view from sutro, towards San Francisco. A beautiful evening out. Its currently 60 in San Francisco. 50 in oakland. Half moon bay, 40s. 48 for you there. As we look from mt. Tam, south towards San Francisco, you can see the bay bridge there more clear skies overhead, bringing temperatures done to 43 degrees in napa. Concord, 50. Livermore, 51. Looking towards the bay, you seal the east bay there and the bay and San Francisco in the distance. This is what you can expect. Chilly inland overnight, and it will be sunny and mild again tomorrow. We could see some more records broken or tied, and then the chance of rain that we are all hoping for, late next week. So well keep an eye on that and update you. Heres a look at the pacific satellite image. Shows this area of high pressure, very stubborn ridge has brought is this persistent dry and mild and warm weather, which will stay the same for the next few days. Overall night lows will be cooler in the north bay. Mid30s in. Look for low 40s in san travel, oakland, 42. San jose, 41. San francisco, 47. And highs tomorrow will also be about ten Degrees Higher than average. 67 in San Francisco. 70 in oakland, and look for low 70s through concord and livermore. Might tie 0 break a record in oakland and santa rosa. So heres a look at when that rainfall might come into the bay area. So the tenday forecast, looking out towards january 30th, might get a little drizzle thursday night, into friday. A chance of rain even into north bay. We might get up to anywhere from a fourth to half an inch. However, its not going to make a huge dent in the rainfall deficit. So, in santa rosa, we need almost 18 inches to catch up. Just to where wed be normally this time of year. And in parts of the south bay, we need almost six inches to catch up. So, its not going to make a huge dent but at least its a change in the right direction. Heres the sevenday forecast. Lots of sunshine. Temperature in the 70s, and then this is when the change comes in. Thursday, a chance of drizzle late thursday, into friday, and drizzle, unfortunately, kind of looking like measly amounts another this point. Chance of showers on friday, into saturday, where well be closer to normal temperatures. Well take what we can get. Even a chance. Wishful thinking. Shu is here with sports. En door and outdoor hockey . Well starten door. The many in teal on a tear, winning five straight coming into tonights game against minnesota at the tank. Captain joe thornton and pat tritrick marlowe signed three year extensions yesterday, and both had to watch at matt cook skates by the defense. Beats ant anti enemy antienemy my on the breakaway, and then the shot block to marlowe. His 22nd of the year. A 22 game now. The second intermission, compete high lights 11. Ducks and kings outside at dodger stadium. The opening by gene simmons and kiss, and both opening for Wayne Gretzky who made hockey famous in california. Great perry puts it in, 28th 28th of the year. You can see the ice sweating in the heat. Right now 20 ducks in the third period. Highlights at 11. St. Marys hosting lmu. Waldo had a doubledouble, leading the gaels with 27 points. Ten boards. St. Marys shot 50 . Carter had 15 points, and the foul. Gales win 8961. I feel good about this one. I thought we had a good effort for 40 minutes, and think its hard to separate in this league. We were table do it against a good team because were able to do a good job defensively on their best players. Santa clara and usf. Tough layin there. Dickerson counted for 28. Usf wins 7566. Lets serve them up at the Australian Open where li na finely broke through. Facing cibulkova. Na breezes through the second set. Winner right there. Then match point. Cibulkovas return guess along. Li na, first at the aussie open, and afterwards kind of thanked her husband. Thanks for give up everything to travel with me to be my hitting partner, and director. So he do a lot of jobs. Also, your so lucky, family. Agent, make me reach. Thanks a lot. Got to love her sense of humor. Super bowl xlviii in new york. While we wait lets look at the future star inside the nfl. Senior bowl, san jose quarterback david fales enhanced his nfl stock. He played for the south team. Murphy rolls out, hits alabama wide receiver kevin norwood. He made one mistake in the second half. Under pressure, throws behind his receiver, picked off. But dont worry. Finished the game 67. 104yards. Nice little 30yard pass to matthew. South wins 2010. David fales will be a steal for someone in the draft. The beautiful torrey pines, Farmers Insurance open. Tiger woods, approach, finds the water, shot a 79, 7over, highest round ever in the states, misses the cut. Shot of the day, david lamb. One bounce and an eagle. Even par on the tournament. Everyone is chasing gary woodland, shot a 2under for the tournament. Nice bird putt on 16. Leads by one stroke. The lpga starting their season at the bahamas. Up and down day for paula creamer, shot a 2under today. And this hole out and a triple bogey on 13, puts her in three place. Paula looking for her first win since the 2010 u. S. Open. Final super bowl hype before the broncos and seahawks leave town for new york. See you at 11 00. Next at 9 00, an amazing toddler skater becomes an internet [son] she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right . [son]hi [mom screams] bulldog you know, not all heroes wear capes. Bulldog you know, some wear fur. And mattress discounters good deed dogs is here to help them. Meet yara. She helps veterans like marv stay independent. This is caspin. He helps wallace with things she cant do on her own. And goldie helps children with developmental disabilities, while suzie works with people in the hospital. You can be a hero, too. Give it mattressdiscountersdogs. Com, or any mattress discounters. Mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people. Coming up at 11 00, over an channel 7. Efforts to hold another americas cup here in San Francisco may have set sail. Where the competition is considering now and why San Francisco isnt a top pick. A bieber ban. Some radio stations are now refusing to play the pop stars music. Tonight at 11 00 over on channel 7. Un, but what abouted to walk skating before you walk . A pint psi daredevil in australia is just too years old, but already a celebrity skate boarder. His family posted this video on youtube. It shows the toddler gliding down the street, popping up on two wheels. He started skating at just six months old. The youngest of seven children, all of whom take part in skateboarding competitions. An incredible bond has formed between a lamb and a German Shepherd in missouri. The family says the lamb was rejected by its mother so they took it in. To their surprise their threeyearold gemman sheperd cookie is treating the lamb like one of her puppies. Cookie always makes sure the lamb is taken care of. The family plans to raise him as a pet. Join us at 11 00 on channel 7. This is the show with all kinds of people doing all kinds of stuff. Some call it crazy. Some call it normal. But everyone calls it bloopers. So stop what youre doing and what youre doing is watching bloopers. Lets go. [applause] hi. Im dean cain and youre watching bloopers. Congratulations. Now these days pretty much everything you do is being recorded on closed Circuit Television or