A possible link of a disturbing national trend. Good afternoon. Im tori campbell. Police released new information in the case of an emeryville man gunned down last summer after being involved in a minor fenderbender. Brian flores joins us live with the new description investigators hope will help them solve the case. Good afternoon, brian. Reporter good afternoon. Several family members and friends returned here to Market Street in oakland. Not only to plead for the publics help but give a message to the person or persons responsibility. Please, please try to do the right thing. Im appealing to your sense of fairness. Ask yourself if its just and fair that we will can commit such a senseless crime people can commit such a senseless crime and not be held accountable for it. Reporter that was ayas mother pleading for the killer to come forward. Oakland Police Released this grainy picture of what they believe tosh the suspects car to be the suspects car. They describe it to be a newer silver sedan. He was leaving a pickup game in june when he was in a minor accident off oakland. After that accident, shortly before 11 00 that night with both cars pulled over to the side, aya and another vehicle got into an argument. Police believe one man in the other car shot and killed him and drive off. He was loved by so many people and the family hopes this photo is one piece of evidence leading to an arrest. We know there was a silver car because there was damage between the victims vehicle and there was damage. We believe theres frontend damage on the suspect vehicle. Reporter now, the other new information is that family, friends and anonymous donors, the reward money has increased to 100,000. It was previousably 35,000. The family also says they will release new signs, 25 bus bench ads will be placed aid long with five billboards starting on january 10th. A. C. Transit buses will have signs starting in midfebruary. Police acknowledge the photo is grainy, but they hope this is a start and they say more photos could be released as the investigation continues. Were live in oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. At ali auns academy, the School Community came together to remember a popular 8th grader shot and killed while walking home on new years eve. Tara moriarty was at the moving service and is live. Reporter this is a get wrenching service. The mayor was there and others and then the mother of Lee Weathersbee got up and gave an emotional speech. They are trying to heal after losing one of its own. Reporter lee played the drums in the school band and an empty chair with his drum was set out. The school carved his name into his favorite drumsticks and presented them to his mother. Teachers lined the aisles with tissues for those crying. He was gunned down avleaving the boys and girls club on spwvl boulevard. He was almost ten pounds, she said, when he was born. He was a big boy who was gonna do big things some day but never got the chance. They murdered my baby. They murdered my baby. On his way home. Who would do Something Like this . They did him bad i just want to say that i havent had time to grieve because im surrounded by family and friends and stuff this is hurtful. Lee made reporter lee made good grades. He was an avid 49er fan. Police say he was shot several times at wul nut and 104th street a few walnut and 104th street. A 10,000 reward is being offered for anyone leading to an arrest in this case. Thank you. Pg e is trying to restore power to nearly 10,000 customers in marin county. The outage was reported about 10 15 this morning. Originally 24,000 customers were affected but power has been restored to about half of the customers. Pg e says the cause of the outage is a downed fire. No word on when the rest of the power will be restored. Governor jerry brown could declare a state drought next month. The announcement would clear red tape and anlou california to set up a water bank and help local and allow california to set up a water bank and help local reservoirs. If conditions get bad enough San Francisco could require water rationing. Were looking at different scenarios. Were looking for a multiple year drought. Were looking at ways to make sure our supply lasts. Reporter a drought emergency would divert more water to Southern California but allow reservoirs to release less water to the delta. This concerns environmentalists who are already worried that fisheries are not receiving enough water. Bay Area Health Officials are urging residents who get flu shots. Today, Sacramento County officials confirmd a fourth day. This comes after the first flu related death in contra costa county. The woman was 48 years old. Her name is not being released. This is the third flurelated death in the bay area since last month. In contra costa county, 18 flu victims have ended up in icu because of the flu. It could be that theard theres that theres more people that have been hospitalized. This is what we have so far. Reports of hospitalizations and deaths are fleetly voluntary and patients 65 and older are excluded from the official count. Health Officials Say the flu season is starting later this year. So theres still time to get a shot. Police are looking into whether a violent assault is part of a disturbing National Crime trend. Janine de la vega is live in los gatos where the attack occurred to let us know whats being done to protect others in the area. Good afternoon, janine. Reporter good afternoon, tori. Well, police this happened here in a strip mall where there is a pizza parlor, a hair salon and dance studio. Workers came out here and found the woman on the ground. She just left the dance studio behind me. They say her face was swollen. It was red and she was crying. This police say this was a random attack. It happened on monday afternoon. A woman had just dropped off her daughter at the dance studio on blossom hill and harwood, was walking back to her car when a man approached her and punched her in the face. Sheet fell to the ground and witnesses report the suspect running away towards harwood. Investigators say this sounds similar to a phenomenon happening across the country where assailants are doing this purely for amusement. Sometimes its videotaped. The police are looking to see if this fits some of the motive. But current we dont have a motive for this. This was an unprovoked attack as far as we can tell so far. Reporter police say no words were exchanged between the victim or the suspect. They searched the area for Surveillance Video but couldnt find any. Theyve increased a controls and admit patrols and admit this attack is unusual for los gatos because this is a safe community. Its scary. Were women. Were injured women, actually. Were going through this therapy and to find something out like that makes you not want to cross the street or come to this side because you dont know whats gonna happen. Reporter Police Describe the suspect as an African American man in his early to mid20s, 59 to 6 feet tall with a slender build. He has short hair and whats wearing a white tshirt, blue jeans and a white baseball cap backwards. Police say they will be reinterviewing the victim. They are not sure if shell be able to give enough information so that they can make a suspect sketch. Again, right now they are asking to see if anyone might have any video or if they have any information to give them a call reporting live from los gatos, janine de la vega. A teenager was arrested at mineta after allegedly carrying a gallon of liquid methamphetamine in list luggage. U. S. Customs took the boy into custody on new year e new years eve. They say the meth was in one liter tequila bottles. San francisco sli leaders are looking at ways to improve Pedestrian Safety after a series of deadly accidents recently. The latest crash happened at 6 00 on van ness avenue near grove street. Police say a 38yearold man darted into traffic mid block and was struck and killed by arca by a car. The driver is cooperating with investigators and does not appear to be at fault. This was the third pedestrian death since new years eve. Im hoping that with the increase in the number of pedestrians being injured or killed that we will see even more pressure to get those improvements done because its been harder than it should be to make these improvements. This is a matter of life and death. During 2013, San Francisco saw a spike in the accidents with 20 people hit and killed by cars last year. Next week, the board of supervisors will hold a joint hearing with the Police Commission to tackle the issue of Pedestrian Safety. Vallejo police calling crime in this city unacceptable. Well tell you about a new program just started and the results of Police Department says its already seeing. Its dried out but it was a damp start to the day. Ktvus mark tamayo is tracking a chance of the showers when wree could see much when we could see muchneeded wet weather in the forecast. Covered california is howt californians can take advantage of the Affordable Care act. We can help you get Quality Health insurance right now. To sign up, call 8007879159 or go to coveredca. Com. You can also use our website to find local, inperson help. One of the biggest questions we get here is, does covered california offer Financial Assistance . Yes. Covered california is the only place that gives you financial help with your coverage. Millions of californians will qualify. Find out if you do. All plans include free preventive care. Now, you might have a question about what that means. It means free mammograms, immunizations, cancer screenings, and more. Its a big list, and its all free. So dont wait. Without insurance, even a small medical issue can cost you big. Call 8007879159, or go to coveredca. Com, and get covered. Two people are hospitalized and a family of seven has been displaced by a house fire in the south bay this morning. San jose fire crews arrived at the home on palmira way around 10 30 a. M. You can see the heavy smoke billowing from the garage. Firefighters say it appears that is where the fire started. There was also some damage to the kitchen. One of the people hospitalized suffered smoke inhalation, the other experienced chest pain. Vallejo police say Violent Crime in the city is surging but they have a new plan to try to stop it. Ktvus Claudine Wong has more on Operation Safe net and why Police Believe its already having an impact. Reporter jim cox was at the doors of the vallejo Police Department before dawn to report his struck stolen. Got up this morning to go to work and my pickup was gone. Reporter broken glass or gone. Reporter cox says he thinks the problem is getting worse and Vallejo Police agree. We as an organization decided that the surge in crime in the city was at an unacceptable level and we decided to put together a plan to try to reduce the crime. Reporter that plan is called Operation Safe net. The Vallejo Department is short staffed and hiring has been slow. So the money already set aside for fulltime officers is now being used for overtime. Officers are being asked to work before shift, after shifts and on their days off. They are part of teams that saturate neighborhoods and it looks like its working. In the span of 18 hours, the ten officers working netted 32 arrests, about 99 citations, and dozens and dozens of contacts. Reporter among those arrested, 12 people accused of breaking into holen Junior High School school. Police say when the officers surrounded the campus, officers on patrol had in problem getting those suspects into custody. The chief says he hopes this will make the city saferrer, saying safer, saying citizens have a right to feel and be safe. Cox says he thinks it will get worse before it gets better. Weve had so many vehicle breakins and thefts. We live in the nice part of town. Its everywhere its everywhere. Reporter its unclear how long Operation Safe net will be in place. Police say at some point the money will run out and the operations will come to an end. Claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. A warning out in daly city that someone is burning off calories at the gym with a bolt cutter. Police say this man seen in the Surveillance Video broke into several lockers ast the 24hour at the 24hour fitness mall. They say he bought a oneday pass on december 18th and took cash and jewelry from the locker room. The mayor fold us he does told us he does not usually bring much with him for that reason. When you go to the gym, make sure your belongings are safe, whether its having a lock on your locker or keeping them at home. To those who sort of commit these crimes of opportunity, i say shame on you. The suspect appears to be a Pacific Islander or latino. Hes about 62 with a muscular build and tattoos. Investigators say he may be responsible for thefts at other gyms in the area as well. Google is now shuttling people to work from San Francisco by ferry. The Mountain View company may be hoping to ease tension between googlers who live in the city and people protests a rise in housing prices. Google shuttle buses have been the target of some of those demonstrations. The Ferry Service started on monday on a trial basis from San Francisco to the south bay. Google said in a statement that it does not want to cause any inconvenience to San Francisco residents. No now now to the weather alert. Even as temperatures are warming up slightly today, the nationwide death toll continues to rise. So far, 21 people have died. Hospital Emergency Rooms are seeing many cases of frostbite and hypothermia. An indiana teenager suffered hypothermia after receiving his hands exposed for just 15 minutes. He decided to walk home without his gloves. Also in indiana, a woman in her 90s was found dead in her backyard. Authorities think she had gone out to clear snow from the back door. So her dogs could get in and out. And today, a few clouds in fact quite a few, even a few light showers or sprinkles out there. Finally a change. As you can see with the rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, santa rosa. 01. Woodacre,. 02. These numbers are barely mesh usualable but still a little bit to report from this morning. Right now on live stormtracker2, you can pick out higher clouds approaching the region. Not much in the way of green to reflect the rainfall. That could be changing a little bit by the weekend. Current temperatures are in the 50s and Still Holding onto some upper 40s. Fog up here right now 48. San francisco, 58. San jose, 56 degrees. For today, we to have this partly to mostly cloudy skies. Theres our live camera showing you this. All of the cloud cover out there. In san jose, throughout the day on track to reach the lower 60s and then back down into the 50s as we head into the evening hours. The weekend definitely more clouds on saturday and temperatures do begin to rebound. At least for today, we do have this this cold front approaching northern california. So with that scattered clouds. Some breaks in some of the overcast. Tomorrow another system moves just like this one. It will be a include producer, first thing in the morning at most. Our next hope of maybe a few light showers. That will be on saturday. As the activity starts to slide to the south. Highest chance will be in the north bay with diminishing chances as you work south. As far as the major rain producer, its not showing you yet. Still a few clouds and a few scattered showers. Heres our forecast models showing you the clouds and sprinkles. And then partly cloudy skies for your friday and then into the weekend, look what happened. Some activity drifts in from the north. We could be tracking increasing rain chancing, especially saturday afternoon, santa rosa, cloverdale, ukiah is the best bet. Thats on saturday. Temperatures this afternoon, in the 50s out there. Warmest locations right around 60, out towards san jose, morgan hill and gilroy. More clouds for your thursday. Another system just bafg fizzled apart basically fizzled apart. Friday, fair skies and a few scattered light showers and thats not a high chance but something as we head into saturday primarily up in the north bay. The major rainfall we needed. Were talking about the drops. Not showing up. Hopefully theres a change after ten days or so. Keep an eye on that. Thank you, mark. A plan to revitalize the area around Candlestick Park has cleared a major hurdle. The commission on Community Investment has approved plans for lenar to rebuild the Alice Griffith Public Housing project and in a connected move has given could be september ual approval to a 1. 1million square foot commercial development on the land where the stadium sits now. 9er wants to want to visit Candlestick Park are paying for a tour of the stadium. It gives chance a look behind the chance and a chance to walk on the behind the field and a chance to walk on the field. If the 9ers beat the panthers this week and the new orleans win in seattle, a game could be played there. To see the game this sunday, tune in here. 8 30 a. M. Is the pregame followed by fox Sports Coverage and then the game ticks off at 10 00 followed by the point after. Three new players elected to the Baseball Hall of fame, including a former member of the oakland as. Stocks mixed as investors adjust the minutes of the federal reserves december policy meeting just released. U. S. Businesses added the most jobs in a year in december and shares rose after allen malally said he would not leave to run microsoft. The dow is down 111. The nasdaq is flatte and the s p is down 5. Frank thomas is headed to the Baseball Hall of fame. Indukeees were announced today inductees were announced. The other two are greg maddox and tom glavine. The ceremony is july 27th. Coming up at 5 00, the concern is mounting as wrl levels water levels get dangerously low. Thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. Well see you the next time news breaks. Were always here for you at ktvu. Com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. Have a great day. Animal emergencies and is suitable for family viewing. Coming next, a rushing river traps a dog and its owner. Can rescuers reach the pair in time . And helping save a baby otter. This is animal rescue. [captioning made possible by telco productions, inc. ]
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