The minute i saw the police, i thought, wow a 22monthold toddler was shot once investigators dont know yet whether it was unprovoked or an exchange of gunfire between two cars. Theyre investigating whether the girls shooting was related to a mans murder yesterday. Were going to look at if there is any connection. This is out of control, theres no reason for this. Babies being killed or shot, thats crazy. It doesnt make no sense. Its killing the community. Innocent people, babies, women, everybodys getting caught up in it, in the crossfire. Police are not releasing any information about a suspect or a vehicle at this time. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Lets continue our Team Coverage with Alyssa Harrington live in oakland where that child was taken. Alyssa . I do have some good news, a Family Member came out and told me the little girl is going to be okay. Shes in stable condition here. The same Family Member wants to thank people for their prayers. Im asking for prayer, just p
This evening it was damp, the commute home slow. You see these light greens on yur screen, stretching from freemont, palo alto. This is the back edge of the moisture, this will get out of here nor the thursday morning commute. The cloud cover departing to our south. A dry day on the way thursday, but the weekend is going to be wet our first storm is at 2, moderate storm starts off with moderate showers. The wents will really pick up 30 to 50 miles per hour. On sunday, this system intensifies to a three. We only had a handful of threes. This is going to cause us some concern for not only flood iing but also some wind damage. Were looking at creek stream and the potential for river flooding, overflowing their banks. Well go hour by hour on future weather, show you when the heaviest rainfalls and look at how much rain you can expect where you live. Communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains got poundp. They have not even started drying out from todays storms and theyre getting ready for the
Light showers, that slowed the commute down, still falling in parts of the region, live doppler 7 on top of it all. Well show you where those light showers are right now, getting on to street level. Just some light mists, light rainfalling at this hour. Into the south bay we go, a similar setup from mountain view, sunnyvale, and santa clara. Watch as we go through the next eight hours, those showers are going to get out of here overnight. First thing tomorrow morning, we are dry. Do not get used to that dry weather pattern. Its a two, a moderate storm moving in for the first half of the weekend. Showers turning into downpours and the winds will strengthening, the storm will strengthen on sunday. We have only had a handful of threes on the storm. Were going to go hour by hour, walk you through the weekend. Show you when the heaviest rain will fall. Show you how much rain can you expect. The concerns we have with this system. Katie is live in scott valley, preparing for the worst ahead o
An east bay family is praying their little girl will be okay, after she was shot sitting in a car with her mother. That girl survived the shooting, but is in the hospital right now. This shooting happened at 66th and outlook in east oakland near mills college. Laura anthony is there live and begins our Team Coverage on this. Laura . Police do not think this little girl was the intended target. But that someone with her may have been. Theyre looking into whether this shooting today may have been related to a murder yesterday. Its horrible. Its awful. Its the most kind of awful you could imagine. The mother of a young son Claire Stanley says the sounds were unmistakable. And way too close to her mills mont neighborhood home in east oakland. There was a pause and probably another four. Right after the last gunshot i heard a car peeling away. Another neighbor heard it too, but didnt want us to show her face. I heard five or six gunshots and they sounded very close, right outside my window,
Its an opportunity. Its all about going forward. Its about going from good to great. Reporter Anne Kirkpatrick is the citys first police chief since june after the chief left following a sex scandal involving jasmine abuslin. Anne kirkpatrick is the reform minded leader the city has been searching for. Reporter months ago, the mayor blasted the toxic environment in the department. Anne kirkpatrick said character traits like competence and accountability are not gender based. I am a leader cloaked as a woman. I am grateful for being a woman, but i will be your leader. Reporter she said she knows that he knees to gain the trust of the community. I need to prove to them that i care about them and that i will be their number one champion. Reporter city officials and the community seem to be giving her a chance. We are optimistic about what the chief will do but we will also hold her accountable. Shes the right prescription that a doctor could provide to a city like oakland. She told me tha