Now from abc 7, live breaking news. You hear sirens, you think whats going on . Is there something going non right away, panic at great mall tonight. Police say robbers hit a Jewelry Store, but the chaos led some shoppers to think there had been a shooting. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. First, lets tell you that police say nobody was hurt in this incident tonight. Heres a look at the layout of the great mall. The mall was supposed to close at 8 00 tonight, though dave and busters closes later. The mall has a few Jewelry Stores. Reports first came in around 7 30 of the robbery. Our reporter is live for us at great mall. Talk about a scary night for shoppers and employees there. Reporter extremely scary. What we know so far there is no evidence of an active shooter and nobody hurt. Police continue to escort shoppers and workers outside of the mall, and this can take several hours. Were just trying to clear the intersection. People were yelling at the mall, officers, for the safety
We we had a shaved ice today special things for the kids. Not only is that a new experience seeing his daughter start school, but it will be their first year in the Oakland Unified School district. It has been daunting, but there has been a lot of communication. Last sc oakland teachers going on strike. The union and the district were able to reach an agreement but students were out of the classroom for nearly two weeks. Gonzalez is hoping this year runs without interruption. Informed so we are not so rise and the kids are not so rise. And schools holdings. When you interrupt instruction and the pace of scheduling in the instruction in the interaction, kids struggle, teacher struggle. To plan to maximize instructional days to make up for lost time. This is about getting people back into the grind, if you w , the cycle of learning and growing. Parents are hopeful this year can be one that supports their children. Hopefully everything will go smoothly tomorrow. J. R. coverage tomorrow mo
Building a better bay area, moving forwarders finding solutions. This is abc7 news. Thank you for joining us, im j. R. Stone. Four people have been taken to hospitals after a water rescue in alameda. Its still unclear what went wrong. But fire Officials Say all four victims were together in one water craft which sank during the rescue. One person suffered car yak arrest. That victims condition is not known right now. The three others were take on the a hospital for observation. But theyre expected to be ok. None of the victims have been identified. Hundreds of marchers from across the bay area are braving the warm weather and Long Distance this is weekend all in the name of Immigration Reform. Undocumented residents and tir allies are taking part in two marches logging a combined 90 miles over three days. One walk is from petaluma to San Francisco. The other from san jose up to the peninsula. Colonel bernard tells us advocates are demanding congressional action on a pathway to permanen
Lets do it. This this is the day weve been bracing for. Steves going to bring it to you. Yeah. Hes talking about your forecast. Whats coming . I am indeed. I hope you got out yesterday. Enjoyed that. Nice weather because it is long gone. It is not sunny in palo alto. I have to fix everything but 40s. 50s on the temps here. A lot of low clouds. Drizzle is already begun. Our system has moved in or even light rain. Well to the north. But this is more coming in this afternoon. This evening, and its the start of a Long Duration event and just incredible amounts of snow. It will rain morning, overcast, drizzle or light rain for some, especially the north. Cloudy, cooler rain develops in the wind will pick up as well. Get used to cooler temps. Much cooler as we go into the weekend. All right, sal is here. Good. Bad. Whats going on . Well, you know, right now we have a mostly dry commute, steve, and thats what i like. Dry commutes, but its not going to stay that way for long. At the bay bridge
Tonight. Storm clouds are moving in over lake tahoe and the region is preparing for treacherous conditions, not seen in years travel warnings are being issued, but still, people from the bay area are making that trek to the mountains. Were going to pack a bunch of games and flashlights and stuff just in case. But yeah, fingers crossed that we can at least hit the slopes 1 or 2 days. Skiers are hoping to make it up to the sierra before the conditions deteriorate. Good evening. Im Claudine Wong and im mike mibach. A blizzard warning is set to go in effect in just about six hours. We do have Live Team Coverage tonight of the storm on the way. Ktvu joey horton is standing by after talking to bay area residents who are ignoring travel warnings in the sierra. But first, lets go right to chief meteorologist bill martin. Bill, this is a major snow event here. Yeah, its a major snow event. Its a big storm for sure, but in the bay area its going to be light to moderate rain over the next three d