He dont deserve that. My mother was not there. Reporter she was ready to take the stand friday afternoon in oakland, in defense of her younger brother, 22yearold byron o. J. Reed. Prosecutors claim reed was the getaway driver in the new years eve laptop theft that claimed the life of an engineer that tried to get his laptop back. He had nothing to do with any of this. Reporter Oakland Police say reed was the getaway driver for javon lee. Police say he burst into the starbucks monday morning and snatched the laptop. Witnesses say he tried to get to the car and was dragged on his 31st birthday. This is not a mistake my brother would not make. Reporter Court Documents show that both men are convicted robbers, stemming from two cases in San Francisco. Whats more, prosecutors say reed served prison time for a robbery in 2017 and was out on parole. I dont understand how my brother got wrapped up in this. Reporter everywhere you turn here in montclair, people are talking about public safety.
Welcome back. At 7 10, on your saturday morning, the first weekend of 2020, we are taking a live look outside at oakland from emeryville, dark, ominous skies out there. We are seeing some beautiful purples and pinks ahead of the sunrise, but rain as we wake up on this first weekend. Meteorologist rob mayeda is in with the forecast in just a bit. Speaking of 2020, as we enter a gnaw decade, Big Questions from buyers and sellers. Will the house market soften, hold or spike . One prediction is getting a lot of attention, a drop in housing prices by 50 could it be . Today in the bay scott budman checks it out. Reporter all of the housing predictions in the new year, this one stirred things up jeff lazarson who runs a web site called mortgage grader. Com, says he thinks our Housing Market will not just fall, but fall big. Thanks, he says, to a frothy market that people are going to leave behind. And then the balloon is going to pop. And prices are going to drop 25 to 50 . Reporter now, that
Shooting. The gunfire was reported shortly after 7 30. There is no word on the extent of the injuries. The shooting was on durant, not from from telegraph avenue. Oakland police are searching for a gunman when wounded four people at a holiday party. Officers say the gunfire erupted shortly before 6 00 last night at a home on 34th avenue near foothill boulevard. The victims are between the ages of 15 and 29. We had four victims who suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Now of those four victim, three are males and one are females. All are transmitted to separate hospitals. All four victims are in stable condition. The suspect attended the party and this was not a random shooting. About is no word on a motive. A sixyearold enjoy listed in stable condition following a tragic shooting on vallejo on Christmas Eve. The little boy was celebrating the holiday with his family when he was sit in the stomach by a stray bullet. As many as 20 shots were fired with the bullets straining flooeft two home
In terms of rainfall, up to 5 inches of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Some of the valleys, all of this powered up by this atmospheric any time these are made, you can double and triple your rainfall rates per hour. How long this will stick around in the sevenday forecast coming up in 12 minutes. See you then. Thank you, rob. Buckets of rain are headed to the bay area. That has some in the east bay making moves to get their homes ready for it. Melissa colorado joins us from oakland. Its going to hit hard. Do yourself a favor. Do you see a storm drain near your home . Clear it out, take a couple of minutes. I have a feeling this will be a troublesome spot. Once it starts raining, all of that water will come cascading down and collect right here and it will be a probable for drivers. Theres a lot to be done to up to 3 inches we have to do our part. To keep the drains clean. Its not just leaves that end up clogging the storm drains. He finds a hazardous combo of trash that could never
Higher elevations above 1,000 feet. Partly cloudy skies for the rest of us. Well warm up through the afternoon. It will be very dry, low relative humidity values through the day due to the northerly to north easterly winds. Another verse of strong winds for the mountains this evening which is why were still talking about very high fire danger. Check out our highs for today. Mid60s in San Francisco. Good morning. Traffic starting to fill in. A bit busy there, especially in the cash lanes. No metering lights just yet, but slow from the 880 overpass to the toll lanes there. There could be a minor fen ger bender. Right now traffic stacked up here. Once you pass this point, no delays into San Francisco. Live look at the Richmond San Rafael bridge, quiet. It is pretty good on 580 the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Busy through the Altamont Pass into livermore and the livermore valley. We have new video from san jose where there was a fatal hitandrun crash and the search is on for that driver. C