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KGO ABC7 News 400PM December 1, 2015

New developments tonight in a hitandrun crash involving San Francisco Police Officer christopher kohrs. Were now getting a look at Surveillance Video taken near the scene of the accident sunday morning. More live now with the littest. Melanie. Were here at San Francisco General Hospital where both victims involved in this accident are currently inside. Just a couple of moments ago i spoke with one of the victims close friend. That victims name is victor perez and a close family friend tells me hes covered in bruises. He has a broken leg and also hes just found out his jaw is broken in three places. This accident is not only lifechanging for this victim and one other but likely for officer kohrs as well. Once he returns from medical leave, if hes clear to return for medical leave, hell be placed on suspension and if found guilt on the felony charges, he could lose his job. We hold ourselves to a higher standard as Police Officers, and you dont like to see anything like that happen. Reporter news that one of sfpds own officers is facing two count of felony hit and run spread through the Department Early sunday morning. It was around 2 20 a. M. That the driver of this Dodge Charger hit two men in their 40s. Police quickly identified who was behind the wheel. Christopher kohrs. Reporter parking attendant ball shared the Surveillance Video near broadway from montgomery and shows people react and running towards the scene. Someone else is running opposite. We dont know if hes trying to get help or running from something. Reporter asfpd spokesperson says officer kohrs turned himself in as many as eight hours after the accident. Much later, say around 10 00 in the morning at Police Headquarters building on third street. Reporter timing which would affect any sobriety test given. Thats something thats being taken into account by the investigators. Reporter officer kohrs gained National Attention as the hot cop in an interview with halfkorean. Com. He spoke about his sudden fame saying i drove very carefully and never peeled out and never got overly drunk and said inappropriate things like before this thing came out because everyone was watching. Sfpd says officer kohrs was on medical leave before the accident. Hell be placed on suspension if hes cleared to return. And the family friend that i spoke with said that the other victim in all of this would like to lay low for now. He says that these guys were helping out some friends who just performed a musical set load their gear into a vehicle when officer kohrs hit them. Well have much more from that friend coming up tonight at six. Live in San Francisco, melanie woodruff, abc news 7 news. Thank you. An 18yearold pittsburgh woman died sadly today after her car flipped over. Heres the result. It happened on kirker pass road just before noon. Investigators say her car went off the road, flipped and landed on the roof, as you can see. She was not wearing a seat belt at the time and was ejected from the vehicle. First responders rushed to the hospital but could not save her. Investigators dont know why she lost control of the car. Weve learned today the person kill in a dramatic crash on highway 101 in san rafael yesterday was a 66yearold woman from ukia. Police say pamela burns husband was driving the corolla that cross the five lanes of traffic before hitting a truck and flipping over. He survived, but investigators say hes too seriously injured right now to find out what caused him to lose control. Police are still on the lookout for this man who is considered armed and dangerous. 22yearold Anthony Kirincic is accused of killing his girlfriend on saturday. 34yearold colleen straw died at a local hospital after being stabbed inside a home in san mateo. Police say Domestic Violence had been reported at the womans house in the past. Authorities found kirincics car in the parking garage near san carlos and evacuated a nearby hospital, but there was just no sign of him. Happening now. Crews are on the scene of a twoalarm house fire in mountainview. This is video of the scene from sky 7 hd. Were told two buildings are involved, but crews say they do have the fire under control right now. No one was injured. Well, what might have looked like a routine car breakin in San Francisco recently has turned out to be anything but that. Turns out that the thief got away with a very valuable violin. The south bay College Student who it belongs to says that the 200yearold instrument is like part of the family. Its priceless. Reporter erica is a master atropino and her first love of music is the violin. Reporter not just any violin but this rare instrument which she played at a recital several years ago. Its so precious erica even gave it a name. I named it elizabeth. It has a name. Its like something that i really made my own. Reporter elizabeth the violin was made in london by george krask in the early 1800s and is valued at about 20,000. Erica had loaned it to a family friend who needed it for music school auditions, but on november 20th it was stolen from this safeway parking lot on webster street in San Francisco. Erica is devastated. Its something that i really didnt appreciate having taken from me. Reporter part of the family . Definitely is. Reporter the violin is hard to miss. Inside this bright red shiny case. Ive been kind of stressing like this just big sentimental issue like i really wanted to pass on this violin to my children that my dad passed on to me. Reporter sadly, the violin not insured. It is something really important for us. We would love to we really would like to get it back reporter San Francisco police are working the case but need tips from the public. Erica is studying music at Dartmouth College back east. She hopes to be reunited with elizabeth by the time she returns to school after the holiday break. Were also offering a reward of 1,000 with no questions asked if someone would return it to us. Reporter in sunnyvale, cornell barnard, nbc 7 news. Police have made an arrest after a prowler was caught on Surveillance Video at several homes in San Francisco. The video shows a person wearing what appears to be a wig casing homes. Residents in the Castro District and newy valley reported cases. Unclear if anything was stolen and police have not announced what charges this person might face. Back to work after a holiday break and lets turn to the weather now. Light showers fell around the bay area. This video was shot near mountainview and Spencer Christian is here with an accuweather update and a look at whats ahead. Light showers today have tapered off to scatter sprinkles right now, but lots of clouds remain. Live doppler 7 hd. Mostly cloudy skies right now and some little areas of moisture showing up on the radar image. Over in the sierra a bit more than a little moisture. Still some snow falling around south lake had a toe and other parts of the central sierra and back here in the bay area, not much has happened in the past 24 hours. Rainfall totals. 2 of an inch at lakeport and livermore and anywhere no rain at all to only a trace in most other locations. A live view from the east bay hills camera looking at cloudy skies and 53 degrees in San Francisco and low 50s pretty much everywhere else. A view at golen gate bridge with temperatures at 49 and fairfield, concord and livermore temps about 51. Heres the first forecast. Mostly cloudy this evening with sprinkles ending. Partly cloudy and chilly early tomorrow morning and a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow afternoon. Ill give you a look at our next storm which is coming later this week in just a few minutes. All right, spencer, thank you. When you get unusual weather where you live take a photo and share it with us and use the nbc7now and that will help us use your content. All right. Were getting a new look of the man accused of going on the deadly shooting rampage at a colorado planned parenthood. The suspect made his First Court Appearance today as were learning more about the victims. Abc new reporter brandi hitt has the latest. No questions. Okay. Reporter shackled and staring straight into the camera, planned parenthood shooting suspect robert dear appeared before a colorado judge for the first time through video conference. The initial charge against you is murder in the first degree. Reporter 57yearold is accused of unleashing five hours of terror friday. Were getting down. Reporter leaving nine wounded and three dead, including jennifer markovsky, a mother of two seen here on facebook. 29yearold stewart was an iran war veteran and leaves behind two girls. He tried to get back inside and warrant others, you know, to take career, military instinct, you know. Reporter what does that tell you about him . Thats the big brother i know. Reporter and believed officer garrett swasey. The 44yearold father of two was once a champion junior ice skater who trained with u. S. Olympian nancy kerrigan. Always, always, you know, putting someone else first. Reporter as family and friends gathered to remember the victims and vigils in church services, detectives continue searching for answers. An apparent loner dear lived in this shack before recently moving to this colorado mobile home. Some of the victims families say they have already forgiven robert dear. They just want to know why he allegedly did it. Officer swaseys funeral will be held friday. Brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. Still ahead at 4 00, World Governments trying to put a stop to Global Warming. Todays kickoff to the global summit in paris. And a boat stuck on a sea wall. You can see it right there. How did that happen . Details coming up in a Police Officer report. Plus, cyber monday, the steals and deals and some of the big problems facing retailers today. And as always nbc 7s on your side Michael Finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. Stay with us. Cyber sales are storming in with ultra hdtv deals. Ultra hd huh . Ill look good enough to eat. [ gasps ] oh no. Samsung ultra hdtv on sale at target. Com life. You never really know whats coming. Life just. Happens. Just when you think you know where its going sfx ambulance sirens it takes you someplace else. And thats why covered california is here. To help californians who need Health Insurance get it. So youll be ready next time life happens. Because its more than just health care. Its life care. Cyber mondat target. Com with 15 savings sitewide. Expect a 100 chance of me doing no work on monday. Shouldnt have said that on air. Get 15 off target. Com, cyber monday only. It made for an unreal picture. Check this out. A large cabin cruiser stuck on a sea wall in the oakland estuary. The family aboard was rescued by the coast guard on sunday and today was the boats turn. Nbc 7s News Reporter Laura Anthony is live in alameda with the story. Laura . Reporter well, hi, dan. This is the gotcha. Its a lot better off right now than it was earlier today. Its in drydock up on dry land, as you can see. Earlier it was stranded out in the bay, up on that sea wall which was submerged by the unusually high tide. There is quite a bit of damage underneath here, i can tell you that, but the owner tells us this boat will be back out at sea in good time. It looked like a toy, precariously perched on a break wall near the mouth of the oakland estuary. It was a 51foot cabin cruiser, a half Million Dollar yacht named got cha. It was high tide so the sea wall was not visible. Reporter owner raffi lopez told us it happened about noon sunday during an otherwise pleasurable cruise with his family on the bay. Well, of course, your first thought is the boat going to sink . But it didnt, but i called the coast guard. They came immediately. Reporter with the gotcha stuck, lopez and his family had to be rescued by the coast guard. This morning at low tide he returned with vessel assist to retrieve the gotcha, but it was no simple task. It was very stuck so we hired a crane and hired vortex construction and brought a barge with a big crane and lift it had off because we couldnt move it with our boats. Reporter once off the wall, the boat made it to swensons boat works under its own power. Im going to get it fixed up and get it back out in the water as soon as possible. Reporter that may take a while. The damage to the hull expected to be in the 40,000 to 70,000 and should put the gotcha in drydock for at least a couple of months. In alameda, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. While bigger means better at port of oakland. Officials announced today they will rhett fit four existing cranes to make them taller in order to handle the new larger and more modern mega cargo ships out there. The plan calls for crews to cut away legs of existing cranes and the replace them them with new ones that are 26 feet taller. They will be installed next spring at a cost of 16 million. It is cyber monday when retailers roll out all the big deals, expected to be the Biggest Online shopping day ever. The National Retail federation estimates 121 million shoppers will hunt for internet bargains today. Analyst estimate stores will get more than 3 billion in sales, this despite all the early deals rolled out before thanksgiving. Almost every door buster has been Available Online as well, and that really benefits shoppers. Cyber monday is a great day tore toy shopping. We see even higher rate of best of the year prices than we do on thanksgiving or black friday. Black fridays instore sales were down 1. 2 billion from last year because shoppers are choosing to avoid the crazy crowds and buy online. This year marks a decade since the first cyber monday. But it wasnt all good news for online sales. Target had so much business they had to meter traffic online to make sure all its customers were able to use the website. Paypal also reported problems with people logging in or making transactions this morning. Most say their websites have been restored. Cyber monday means long hours for workers at amazon. Abc 7 news was at the shipping facility in tracy today. The Company Expects to process more than 43 million products this year, surpassing its previous record set just last year. Courtney expects to put in a 12hour day but says it gives her an advantage when it is her turn to do shopping. A lot of items and giving me a lot of good ideas for my son to get him for christmas. Almost too much. This is the first Holiday Season for amazon to use robots at all 13 of its u. S. Facilities. The robots move five feet per second and can carry 750 pounds. Executives say that spooed speeds up the process of getting orders into the hands of employees and out to waiting customers. Cyber monday is also primetime for cyber criminals. If youre leading online to shop experts say use only secure websites. Be aware of fake email campaigns that bring to you a compromised website that asks you for personal information. Dont make purchases on public wifi hot spots. Now is the great time to get deals on gas but not here in california. The National Average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is 2. 04, down more than 25 from just a year ago. Michigan hats lowest statewide average with a gallon going at 1. 81, under 2 bucks but six states including california dont have a single station selling gas below 2 a gallon. The average price here statewide is 2. 67, which is not bad relatively speaking compared to where it was just a couple of years ago. Right. Probably using your windshield wipers just a little bit today. Yeah, absolutely and your coat and scarf. Spencer christian is outside with the forecast. Im using my coat right now, thats for sure and did use the wipers earlier today. The showers we had have tapered off to scattered sprinkles. Clouds are lingering over the bay area, as you can see and areas of moisture in the atmosphere. Not much hitting the ground right now. Here in the bay area, looking down over the bay and over the coastline. These are the forecast features. Not quite so cold overnight as it was last night, but still pretty chilly in our inland valleys. Partly cloudy tomorrow and the next day, and we expect wet and windy weather on thursday. Heres our satellite radar composite image. You can see the main body of the system that brought us todays shower and has pretty much fizzled. Scattered sprinkles right now but theres a stronger storm coming later this week and that one will bring us a heavier dose of rainfall and perhaps some gusty winds as well. Thursday morning beginning our forecast an paying at 7 00 a. M. At that point clouds around and by 10 00 a. M. Or so rain will push into areas like cloverdale, the northern most part of our viewing area, and by 1 p. M. Notice how quickly that storm will have swept through the bay area. Still raining though especially down in the east bay and south bay and lingering in the north bay. Then by 4 00 p. M. Well see the storm beginning to break up into areas of rain but still well have some wet weather into the afternoon and evening commute on thursday. So by 10 00 thursday night, heres what we can expect from that storm as it moves through. It will move in and out quickly. Locally gusty winds will be will be associated with this storm, and most of the rain or should i say the greater rainfall totals will occur in the north bay so we project by 10 00 thursday night rainfall totals of. 1 inch to a quarter inch and santa rosa will have. 6 so it will be a wetter storm for the north bay. Overnight chilly in the inland valleys, upper 30s and low 40s elsewhere and tomorrow partly cloudy to mainly cloudy skies and high tem

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