Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY 20160616 : comp

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY 20160616

Joining us tonight. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Strange this year. Lets get to drew tuma with more on this unusual weather system, drew . Yeah, i feel like i should say where is your umbrella . Its been more than a month since we had wet weather and well be tracking for thursday. Live doppler 7 hd is quiet. Just to the north, showers trying to make their way to the northern coast but the wider picture will show you the storm system that will bring us wet weather tomorrow still off coast. You see the nice circulation to the north. Thats going to dip down to the south in the next 12 hours and thats going to bring us showers. We bring back the storm impact scale. Love to have this in the middle of june. We rank storms all season long from one to five. One is light, five is severe and one coming tomorrow is light. Light showers moving in and a slight chance of thunder but most locations will end up with less than a quarter inch of rain. Hour by hour, overnight tonight the clouds will clicken from west to east and see wet weather begin to move into the north baby 6 00 in the morning but notice the bulk of the active city still offshore. Well time it out and show you when to expect rain where you live in the full accuweather forecast. A wildfire is chasing people from their homes tonight in Santa Barbara county. The fire burned 200 acres in the National Forest north of Santa Barbara. Flames are burning down the canyon towards the ocean. Two beaches are under an evacuation warning. 15 aircraft are battling the flames that broke out after 3 00 this afternoon. A lawn mower is blamed for sparking this fire today. Cal fire provided these pictures. A firefighter suffered an injury but crews reporting progress. Evacuation orders in the area have been lifted. The flames destroyed three buildings and two trailers. The sex scandal that cost a job is continuing to spread. The District Attorneys Office confirms tonight that an inspector in the d. A. s office has been put on administrative leave. The d. A. Would only say that the department will not turn a blind eye to sexual ex plploitation o minor. There is a chief of Oakland Police tonight and the third man to hold the job. The interim chief was removed from the job. The mayor appointed him chief after the sudden resignation of sean went. The news was broke and explains what is going on in the Third Largest city. I own the mistake i made and the important thing is im fixing it. Less than a week after she appointed a new interim police chief, the mayor announce that man is out. Information that i received raised concerns for me about whether he can effectively lead this department at this particular moment in time and during this critical transition. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity. She was from the bart police force and spent many years with o ma opd. Im shocked. My members are seeking some sort of stability and this is the furthest you could come from stability. Just last week former chief sean went resigned amid a growing sex scandal involving 14 oakland officers and inappropriate relationships with the teenager that called. The mayor wouldnt say what information led her to dismiss it, the bart chief confirmed faro told him about a consensus. Everything thats been going on since the story broke has been embarrassing. The question is how much more embarrassing can it get . Shaft named the assistant chief as acting but plans to look for a permanent replacement. Well keep moving forward. Change is what we do every day. This raises real questions about the hiring practices. Civil rights attorneys announced they want increased federal oversight of opds recruitment and hiring practices given the officers involved in the current sex scandal were all hired since 2013. So far they have been confined to departments in the east bay but today learned San Francisco police are conducting a review to see if any of their officers were involved. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Today the San Jose Police department is mourning the lose of an officer in the line of duty. 34yearold michael was on his motorcycle yesterday afternoon when a mini van turned in front of him. He crashed into it and died at the hospital. The officer was a married flat o father of two. Vic lee has more. Officer 3900, the second motorcycle officer in Department History to die on duty. A family man. Loving father. Who cared for his wife and two boys. Friends and colleagues came to the Police Administration building to mourn their falling comrade, so did the families of officers. Their children drew pictures, expressing their sorrow. Her husband is a cop. Her thoughts are also with cathermans wife. As a wife, you often think about it. Its a possibility and you think about how you would deal with that. His motorcycle collided with a mini van. He died later at Regional Medical center. He went to Valley Christian High School in san jose. He loved being a motorcycle cop. He also loved riding dirt bikes with his wife and two young sons. Earlier this year in a sad irony, he rode in the Police Unity Tour to honor fallen officers and raise money for their families. Police Sergeant Troy young is an executive with the unity tour. He obviously took a lot of pride in what he did. Here to pay respect, the widow of brood moody, the richland officer that died in 2008 responding to a call. I remember when my husband was killed, tough time but good to have somebody surrounded and for us to be a family together. Michael catherman age 38, end of watch june 14th, 2016. Vic lee, abc 7 news. First time, we see and hear the gunman in a video thats been discovered. Turns out he was in a documentary showing him in one of his previous jobs working security. Also tonight, we knew he called 911 during the rampage pledging allegiance to isis but now we learn of a second call. Here is brian ross. Reporter tonight for the first time, we hear the voice of the killer. Morning. Morning, you have a badge . Omar mateen is a disgruntled Security Guard caught on tape in a documentary called the big fix in the 2010 oil spill. Nobody gives a [ bleep ] here. Everybody wants to get paid. All about the money, right . All about the money. In 2013 mateen was found more than disgruntled as he was removed as a private Security Guard at this courthouse. There was a comment made about his allegiance to the fort hood shooter and those comments brought immediate alarm to my staff and their supervisors at the courthouse. Reporter the sheriff called the fbii one of the two times he was invelst gated and concluded he was not a threat. He was struggling with Sexual Identity and becoming unhinged. And he was ill and needed help and he could not be his true self reporter as the fbi seeks more information on mateens path to the terrorfilled night, officials discovered he was a s active online using at least four separate facebook accounts. On the night of the shooting he wrote now taste the Islamic State vengeance adding in the next few days you will see attacks from the Islamic State in the usa and just before he died in the shootout with police, mateen took the time to call a local tv station. He cut me off and he said im the shooter. Its me, im the shooter. And i didnt know what to say. Then he started saying he did it for the Islamic State. He did it for isis. Reporter now another possible missignal. The owner of a gun shop in jenson beach, florida says mateen came in trying to buy body armor and bulk ammunition but he was suspicious. That was three weeks before the shooting. There has been no immediate comment from police in florida. The shooting in orlando has San Francisco Police Reviewing security measures for the pride parade. The festival in next saturday. Here is leah melendez. Reporter hardys Restaurant Bar is located in the heart of Castro District strategic location makes it a soft target. Were worried about a suicide bomber. Were worried about somebody with an assault rifle. Reporter city hall reached out to harveys other and businesses south of market concerned about their security in the wake of the orlando mass shooting. Today they met to discuss any possible vulnerabilities. This is mostly about making sure that these establishments have all the information they need so they can do what they need to do to keep patrons and staff safe. Reporter some bars will change their security policy. We usually have a doorman but were going to have extra security this year, and yeah, the checking the bags will be a new thing. Reporter the mayor says the city will increase the number of Police Officers during pride week. Encourage everyone to Say Something if you see something. Reporter steve porter says hes especially concerned about Pink Party Held on saturday pride night with no sponsor this year, there will be no controlled street closures. 50,000 people are expected. I wont hesitate to closerly if things just seem like they are getting out of hand on saturday night. Reporter next week there will be a city wide meeting that will include local hospitals and how they will respond to an emergency situation. In San Francisco, leeayanne melend melendez, abc 7 news. The judge who has come under fire in a stanford Sexual Assault case is left on vacation. A spokesman for the court told the Bay Area News Group the judge started his vacation three days ahead of schedule. He sentenced former stanford swimmer brock turner, that young man there to six months in jail for Sexual Assaulting a young woman. The sentencing sparked global outrage and a recall petition. The additional three days of vacation caused a lastminute reassignment of a preliminary hearing. A spokesman for the court declined to say why the judge decided to take the rest of the week off. Much more ahead wednesday night. Up next, the push to capture a man who committed multiple rapes and murders 40 years after the crime spree began. Another ocean landing, what happened this time. And how much rain might we get over the next 24 hours . Meteorologist Oakland Police are looking for the people that opened fire near a vigil killing a 17yearold girl in downtown oakland just two blocks from city hall. Earlier she and dozens of people had been at a Memorial Service at a church on 66th avenue for two young men who drowned last month. The gathering moved downtown for a vigil and while there a car drove up and started shooting. Three others were injured. He was a serial killer and sex offender whose crimes began 40 years ago in sacramento. He was never caught and there is a new effort to find him. Jonathan bloom has more. The victims and their families deserve justice. Reporter the fbi joined the hunt for one of californias most notorious criminals that struck 40 years ago. He came in with a ski mask on and jumped on the bed and had a knife. Reporter Police Called him the east area rapist. He was also a burglar. After it was all over and done with, he went through the stuff in the room, took money out of my purse. Reporter in the months that followed, a slew of Sexual Assaults in thes area of Sacramento County and contra costa. Sock stuffed in my mouth, blind folded, gagged, hands tied, legs tied and pulled me up like this and put me back in bed and said if you move, ill kill you. Reporter that was in the late 1970s but dna evidence confirmed a link between bay area crimes and murders in southern california. The east area rapist was the golden state killer. This serial offender was probably the most prolific in southern california, possibly within the united states. Reporter the fbi created a website and offering a 50,000 reward. The killer could be in his 60s or 70s and may be keeping mementos stolen during crimes. He would remove jewelry items, identification, he tended to remove coins, kind of older coins, things of that nature. Its quite possible he still has a number of these items. Reporter his dna profile is in a National Database so when investigators do find him, they will know for sure. The answer is out there. We need a name. When we match the name to the profile, that journey for justice will come to an end. Reporter and here in the bay area the killer is linked to a number of Sexual Assaults in contra costa county. You may see billboards with the fbi tip line and composite sketch of his face when he was in his 20s. A man found himself stuck on the side of a cliff this afternoon. Sky 7 hd was over the scene at San Franciscos. Rescuers had to repel down to the man after a ladder truck couldnt reach him from below. Great highway was closed for a time for emergency vehicles. All right. Here we are mid june and theres a good chance well get a little rain here tomorrow. Drew tuma is here with the accuweather forecast. Drew . Thats right. Showers in june, but its not going to be a lot of rain. Well take anything we can get. Live doppler 7 hd showing a rather quiet picture this evening. The clouds will thicken and rain will arrive after midnight. A cool day today in terms of june numbers and feels slightly chilly. Current numbers 57 in San Francisco. 60 in oakland and 59 hayward and 61 san jose and 61 as well in brent wood. Outside, live look from the camera. We see a fair amount of clear skies. The clouds are slowly building right now. Most spots are reporting mainly clear skies. So the forecast will call for the scattered showers light in nature for your thursday morning commu commute. Then well track a dry and mild pattern and temperatures will take off over the holiday. Well heat up on fathers day sunday. Overnight tonight the clouds will thicken in the next couple hours. Temperatures will hold in the 50s. Well see a few isolated showers in the north bay after midnight. Most locations will wait until daybreak to see wet weather. On a storm impact scale, radar storms from one to five and the one coming is a slight storm. Great to see this in the middle of june. Showers, less than a quarter of an inch. Time for hour by hour. Watch thursday morning by about 5 00, 6 00 in the morning, light showers in the north bay and not until 10 00, 11 00 the activity pi picks up in coverage. As you get into midday, shower activity starts to break down in places. The south bay well see very few showers, mainly in the north bay where the wet weather really holds on the longest and that chance of shower even continues into later afternoon and early evening hours. Total rainfall you do notice very, very light in nature, future weather on the highest amounts in the north bay where the rain is typically around the longest and some locations that do not see any measurable rain. Most spots will pick up less than a quarter of an inch. We also are talking about a little bit of snow. Winter weather advisory into effect at 11 00 tonight. Above 6,000 feet, 1 to 2 inches above 7,000 feet. Two to five inches of snow possible. What a sight to see in the middle of june. Highs for thursday, limited sunshine. On and off spotty showers will keep temperatures on the cool side. High of 67 in San Francisco. 72 san jose and 68 oakland and layers are necessary tomorrow. Concord and livermore up to 73. Well take you into livermore for the week ahead or rather cold the next couple days and second half of the weekend into early next week its going to turn hot and going back to the 90s, wouldnt be sup priceed to get a few triple digit readings. Tomorrow, one on the storm impact scale. Scattered showers, drier and brighter on friday and begin to warm up saturday. Temperatures kick off for dad on sunday. Summer officially begins monday and hot for tuesday and wednesday. Light scattered showers will greet you on your thursday and then out of here by tomorrow morning. All right, thanks very much, drew, appreciate it. Steph curry received supreme attention today. Yeah, next find out who mentioned steph as a way to inspire a future generation, stay with us. Warriors star steph curry got a pension todmentioned to. He spoke to a fifth grade graduation in washington d. C. Where hes volunteered for years as a tutor. When you have steph curry, across the finish to look easy but every step will resolve hours and hours of discipline and determination. Garland urged the children to work as hard as steph. A special warriors pregame edition of the news at 5 00 p. M. And coverage of game six begins on abc 7 with the warriors and cavs in cleveland. Tip off is at 6 00 and if youre not heading to ohio, abc is the only place to see game six. After that join larry beil and mike shumann after the game for analysis. All of that over on channel seseven. Tay here another half hour of abc 7 news at 9 00 is next. Coming up. The family was distraught but also i believe somewhat relieved that we were able to find their son. The heartbreaking end to the story of a toddler snatched by an alligator while on vacation with his family. Also, donald trump wants a meeting with the nra about whether people on a terror list should be able to buy guns. Youll hear Hillary Clintons response. A take down at a seattle college. How a student stopped a gu today search crews recovered the body of a toddler who was snatched by an alligator. We received this photo of lane graves. The 2yearold and his family were visiting florida from omaha, nebraska. Marcy gonzalez is at lake by that vista. Reporter dive teams making the heart wrenching discovery, the body of 2yearold lane graves found 6 feet under water not far from where he was dragged away tuesday night by an

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