Standoff. It took place live on abc 7 news at 4 00. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Police had been negotiating with the kidnapper all day long. That man is the girls father. The father now arrested . Reporter thats right. The standoff came to an end about an hour ago. Santa cruz police had been out here on Second Street since about 5 30 this morning. I want you to take a look at this video. We were on the air live during this incredible moment as the child was carried out by her maternal grandmother. You can see the two of them escorted by the police. The grandmother played a huge role in helping with the negotiations. Police say this started when the suspect kidnapped his daughter from his estranged girlfriend at a nearby motel. Family members say there had been some sort of altercation between the two adults. The suspectlee d defrnds which led to hours of negotiations. Family members and police glad to see this end in a safe manner. I just yelled and screamed for joy that sh
It is very quiet. In traffic, we dont often use the q word. Bay bridge toll plaza is very light here. No meter, lights on this morning. Tracy to dublin, 25 minutes. Dublin to mission boulevard, 15 minutes. Highway 1 01 to cupertino, 15 minutes. Crews are mopping up and making repairs after a water main break in menlo park. This is at pearce road. Police say repairs could take a while. About 24 hours. Developing news, were learning more about the man killed after getting lhis lapto stolen at an oak laland starbuc. A group of montclair neighbors are conducting a vigil. Julian glover has more. Reporter this morning two of the suspects have been arrested thanks in part to surveillance video. They could be appearing in court today. Witnesses tell us the person snatched the laptop from the 34yearold victim, another held the door open and the other drove that getaway car that dragged and killed the victim. At means a third suspect is still out there. Outside of this starbucks, wither it all h
Now, news to build a better bay area. From abc 7. Everything the patience just means everything. Still surreal, you know. I just i cant believe that im in this position right now. The 49ers have done it. Theyre headed to super bowl liv in miami after a legendary title game victory. Good evening, im eric thomas. 49ers fans across the bay area are celebrating tonight. Lit up in red and gold. The 9ers beat the packers 3720. Lets get to abc 7 sports director larry beil live from levi stadium where you saw the domination. Reporter for the second straight playoff game, youre absolutely right, and the 49ers are heading to the super bowl for the First Time Since the 2012 season bound for miami, which the faithful will remember it was the scene of their last super bowl win. That was 25 years ago, and today the story the nfc championship game, the star was not jimmy g. It wasnt george kittle. It wasnt necessarily richard sherman. It was raheem mostard. Hes such a great story. He began the year a
Against her. This is a picture 63yearold brian martin sent us from his hospital room today to let customers and friends know hes on the mend. But this is how he looked yesterday after paramedics pulled him out of the shattered glass of a neighboring store, flung there after being hit by a car allegedly driven by a woman whose son just had a haircut. Martin says she came back and showed him a scratch on her sons neck and began cursing. Martin says he apologized but her son had been squirming in the chair. He talked with us by phone in his hospital bed. She goes outside and starts kicking my door. She watched them climb into her car. Shes flipping me off screaming f you and she put that thing in drive and floored it. Another barber heard the commotion and ran outside. He had a compound fracture. My shin was going in the wrong direction. Police are still looking for the woman. Meantime martin posted this on facebook. It says in part, pray for the lady who hit me. She has two young boys wi
This evening ahead of the cold front. The winds will also increase this afternood this evening but the tual cold front, the strong front moves in tonight with heavy rain and the strongest wins as the front pushes across the bay area. Daytime high is a mile. Low to mid 60s for many locations. We have a Flash Flood Watch for the kincade fire burn area. Flash flooding is possible, rockslides, debris flows and watching that area closely. We could see two to four inches of rain in a wind advisory for the entire bay area. That is in effect at 10 am today until 7 am saturday. We will time and all out for you. Arraigned on the wind and what you can expect for the weekend coming up now lets check in on the ultimate math no accidents right now but as mary mentioned they are dealing with limited visibility so be careful if you plan on taking 580 this morning request seeing delays extending past 11 street and you are slow at grant mind but after that speech pick up pretty nicely. Your drive time r