Was killed trying to catch the person who stole his laptop. The 30yearold was dragged by a car in a street in broad daylight. Were in oakland tonight where there is an outpouring of grief from those who knew him. Reporter friends say he was so generous. He would give money to a stranger if he had it. But sitting outside this cafe on wednesday afternoon his laptop was one possession he wouldnt let go. [ music ] this video shows the 40yearold performing his original music. He had honed his work ready to he lease an album. And fans to release an album. And friends wonder if someone went after his laptop because his music was on it. Hes been touring this summer with other musicians on this bus. An interesting mind. A great, great artist, musician, creative. So i miss him. And its been pretty shocking to this small community. Shocking too for those who live on this street where he was dragged. Its one way and narrow with speed bumps. So we heard the car speeding up then we heard some yelling, some screaming. We heard it hit a few things. The suspect side swiped cars, perhaps swerving to shake him off. Witnesses knew when they ran out he was laying in the street understand conscious. Totally motionless. I didnt see any motion at all. We got him a blanket. He was pronounced dead at the hospital from massive trauma. Property can be replaced but life isnt. And we want everybody to be safe. Running up to the thief in his car to get his possessions back was a fatal mistake. He was dragged more than 500 feet. If anyone is a victim of a crime please report it. Allow us to help in that instance. Fans are back at the bus grieving together and determined to gather his songs into an on theology. He was like a profit. Half the time it was just bonkers bananas. But on stage a more serious, soulful side. Dave was a mystic. And he was a spiritual dude and he was really special. Theres just nothing quite like him. He can hit the highest note youve ever heard. [ music ] a Memorial Service is being planned next month in oakland and another one in new york where he split his time. Oakland police are silent right now about how many suspects theyre looking for or what kind of car, but frank they do want to hear from any witnesses who havent come forward yet. He sure had a nice voice. Was he married, or have any kids anything like that . Reporter dont know about that. Although no one offered up any information about a female. Many of these indie musicians they talk about how this is a tough life eking out a living. They are passionate about it and love it and dont want to do anything else. But its tough. They have to defend that lifestyle a lot. So wanting your laptop back when your music is on it feels a little bit like defending your music. Now to new information on a major Law Enforcement bust in San Francisco and san mateo county. What started as a crackdown on car thefts and home burglaries ended with the arrests of at least 75 people. Federal, state, and local Law Enforcement all cooperated on the effort called operation coal day. It began two years ago and culminated this week. In all agents recovered more than 38 stolen cars. More than 100 ounces of narcotics and more than 90 firearms. One firearm in the hands of a gang member or a prohibited person is one firearm too many. It only takes one round from one gun to end a life. Officials say more than 1,000 officers issued warrants on tuesday and wednesday. The bureau of alcohol, quarterback, and firearms said this operation resulted in the greatest number arrests in atf history. Now to Silicon Valley where the ceo of google talked to hundreds of girls tonight at an event to try to inspire young women to learn coding and pursue careers in tech. This came a few hours after he cancelled whereled. Heres more on what they were calling the technovation challenge. Reporter the event happened right across from the google headquarters. The young women were excited to see the ceo here. He did not directly address the controversy. But he told them in a very clear message that Tech Industries need women. Google ceo paused to hear the pitches thursday night. Girls from some 90 countries in Mountain View for a tech event explained apps they had created to help solve problems in their communities. Ironic timing for google in the headlines this week after one of its engineers posted a memo saying genetic differences explain why fewer numbers of women are in tech jobs and leadership roles. He was fired. The ceo told the group of girls google welcomes women. Theres a place for you at google. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. You belong here and we need you. But his word of encouragement follow his cancellation of a google town Hall Thursday to discuss his memo and the gender controversy. In the letter to employees he explained the cancellation saying googlers are writing in concerned about their safety and worried they might be outed publicly for asking a question in the town hall. He claimed google gives special treatment in hiring female and minority candidates. This is definitely a defining moment for google and for our culture. Its something that were working through. Google Vice President of education Maggie Johnson is an engineer and says the larger problem is widening the pipeline of girls who see a future for themselves in a traditionally male dominated field. For a company like google or any of our other High Tech Companies the number that we can actually hire is because the pipeline and all of those factors are causing positions. How do we provide opportunities especially for the girls to have more. [ indiscernible ] to the girls who dream of being an engineer or an entrepreneur and who dream of creating Amazing Things i want you to know that theres a place for you in this industry. And to help those girls achieve their dreams the top team tonight received up to 15,000 in scholarship money. As for google the ceo says he plans to continue this conversation in some other forums in the coming days and try to tackle some of the issues of gender in the tech industry. Did the ceo take any questions or talk to any of those girls . He did, frank. He spent probably about 20 minutes or so talking to some of the women as they presented the apps that they had coded themselves and then he sat down with another Smaller Group of women before getting up to give his speech. There was this 1 to 1 contact, he was listening to them and trying to show that he was engaged. Certainly for many of them it was an exciting chance to talk to one of the top ceos in Silicon Valley. I can imagine. Thank you. Ktvu. Com weve posted googles full statement on todays cancellation. Youll find the story on our front page. President trump issued a harsh new ultimatum to north korea as he received a security briefing at his golf club in new jersey. This comes as north korea is having missile tests to have a missile land in the u. S. Territory of guam. For those who thought the administration was trying to moderate president trumps fire and fury comments towards north korea the commander in chief removed all doubts. He does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before what will happen in north korea. When you say that what do you mean . Youll see. And hell see. Is that a dare . Is that a dare . Its a statement. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson returning from asia offered a more measured assessment yesterday that americans should sleep well as there is no imminent threat. Frankly the people threatening that statement was it too tough, maybe it wasnt tough enough. Despite the divergence in tone the Administration Spent the past day claiming the president , secretary of state and administration are offering a unified message. This comes as north korea broadcasted a grand demonstration. A typical show from the kim jongun regime in response to international condemnation. The Korean Peoples Army has responded directly to president trumps comment of fire and fury. Calling it a load of nonsense, claiming the president is bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him. North korea also says its seriously planning for four missiles to launch to the island of guam. China is essential to the campaign, it accounts for 90 of north koreas trade. When asked whether china is doing enough to pressure its ally, north korea the state Department Says chinas efforts sometimes lose momentum. Though it has made some progress and the u. S. Would like to see it make some more. At the state department, rich edson, fox news. Defense secretary james mattis is in Silicon Valley tonight and says the United States is ready with military options for needed. He stresses diplomacy. Right now secretary tillerson, ambassador haley, you can see the american effort is diplomatically led. It has diplomatic traction, it is gaining diplomatic results. And i want to stay right there right now. The tragedy of war is well enough known. It doesnt need another characterization beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic. General mattis took a harsher tone just yesterday telling north korea to cease any action that would quote lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. General mattis spoke today on a visit to Mountain View. His bay area visit continues tomorrow. Wall street reacted to the uncertainty of north korea the nasdaq down 135. The nasdaq down 205. Some traders are also taking profits after this years big run up in stock prices. A touching reunion. At 10 30 a bay area man meets a firefighter who came to the rescue when he was having a heart attack. See how a procedure anyone can learn can help save a life. And well get a nice break from the heat this week. Your friday forecast and some bigger changes as we head into the weekend. And a san mateo teacher arrested for taking inappropriate photos of his students. Now parents of one of those students is speaking out. Why she says the school failed to keep her child safe. Disturbing details involving a san mateo preschool teacher accused of taking lewd photos of his students. With we first told you about the arrest in april. And now for the first time were hearing from a parent of the victims. Live at st. Matthews Episcopal Day School where that teacher was employed. Reporter the parent says her child has stomach aches every time she hears that teachers name. And the parent wanted to come forward saying the school failed to protect her child. This parent who asked we conceal her identity sounded odd when her 8yearold asked to buy her tights because her teacher wanted her to wear them. One night she told me what had happened. And that it made her feel weird and she didnt know what to do. Prosecutors allege he did this to five students as young as 5years old Holding Private photo sessions at st. Matthews posing girls in a provocative way snapping photos on his cell phone. According to this parent authorities ceased thousands of pictures of students, some from a hidden camera, part of a bondage fetish. Its very painful and disturbing on many levels. The parents, the school, have no idea the gravity of what has happened. The parent says the 33yearold teacher had unfettered access to the children. The school failing to implement policies regarding staff supervision and policy. Unfortunately child sex abuse at schools is not uncommon. Attorney Joseph George represents two of of the children in the criminal complaint. For that to be the case at a prestigious private school that charges 30 thousand dollars tuition for the students is mind boggling. The school would not address our specific questions but sent a statement that said in part st. Matthews stays committed to providing a safe, committed community. This is a difficult time for the families effected by his actions and we are very sorry for the pain this has caused them. The school could not comment further due to privacy concerns. This parent says her daughter will not be returning to st. Matthews. He has pleaded not guilty. His preliminary hearing is scheduled on wednesday. His bail has been set for 2000000. And the attorney tells me that once the criminal process is over they plan to pursue a civil lawsuit against the school. The Court Hearing was held in sacramento today for a teacher from berkeley facing Assault Charges in connection with a violent protest at the State Capitol last summer. A small group rallied in support of a berkeley teacher and two others today. They were among the counter protesters arrested a of a fight with neonazi demonstrators last year. She was spotted in a video that appears to show her attacking a man. Today she defended her actions saying she was acting in selfdefense. And her attorney is blaming police. Now in order to cover up their inaction which is what this is really about and their failure to protect Peaceful Protesters who came out that day theyre going after evett tte and somee evette and some of the other protesters. The body of a 20yearold marine from tracy arrived at sfo today and was transported to his hometown. The navy army guard led a procession for the marine lance corporal. He died july 31st in his barracks in washington, d. C. After being found unconscious for some unexplained reason. Today the body of the young marine was greeted as a hero. His father said the Community Support was an honor. It was a heart felt absolute thank you salute to my son. Which is what this is all about. It comes down to this is america. This is what we do, this is what we believe, this is freedom in action. And this is what it should be. He was born in mexico and earned his citizenship while in the marine base. He was recently named marine of the year for his outstanding service. The family is awaiting the results of an autopsy. A mild earthquake hit the san andreas falls tonight. It happened right at 8 00 this evening. The quake was about 6 miles offshore. People said they could feel it in San Francisco. We have again a break from the major heat all week long. Take a look at the highs from your afternoon this thursday. Showing just upper 50s near the coast here. Lots of 50s and sevenths around the bay. 90s out towards antioch. On the satellite we see the fog hugging our coastline. We also have the thunderstorms that popped up to the north of clear lake this afternoon. Those storms moved out. But we still have the fog. Overcast being reported out towards sfo, oakland and san jose as well. Well check in on some of the current numbers out there. We have some 50s and 60s aboard here. San francisco 56. Livermore 60. And heres our live camera for the bay bridge. Get the idea of the top of the tower, the low clouds already moving back into the bay. First thing tomorrow morning areas of fog with some patchy drizzle. Probably the same tomorrow morning. Temperatures by 12 00 patchy fog, 64 in San Francisco. Highs tomorrow just a touch warmer in a few spots compared to today. These are some minor changes. Well talk about your weekend outlook in a few minutes. Its becoming one of the makes thes Favorite Music festivals. Coming up how locals are gearing up for the crowd. Once more trouble for uber. The accusations of fraud by one of ubers big financial backers. Fans turn out big for the raiders last open practice before their first preseason game this weekend. Mark has that story later in sports. And you can watch the raiders and cardinals right here on ktvu. Kickoff is saturday night at 7 00. Well be right back. Award winning interface. Award winning design. Award winning engine. The volvo xc90. The most awarded luxury suv of the century. This august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to 4,500. Crews worked to clean up an accident involving a garage truck tonight. The truck was headed north at about 5 30 when it hit the Center Divide and fell into the southbound lanes. No one was hurt but the accident caused lane closures on both sides of 280 and a complete closure of the southbound lanes for about 30 minutes. We can report now that all lanes are back open. Uber is tangled in a new corporate tussle but one of the companys major investors. Today benchmark capital sued them for fraud. They claim hes trying to stack the board with allies as a way to get his ceo position back. He cofounded uber but was forced to resign recently after an investigation into employee harassment and other behavioral issues at the company. The outside lands Music Festival begins tomorrow in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park. The threeday concert featuring food, wine and music is in its 10th year and has become one of the bay areas most popular events. But its not always popular with some neighbors. Work crews are putting the finishing touches on the main stage in Golden Gate Park this afternoon. This is the centerpiece of the seven stages that featured dozens of musical acts over the threeday festival. From lorde to metallica to the who. We have music for everybody of all different ages. Whats been the biggest difference is were the worlds first gourmet food, Music Festival. There will also be wineries and breweries in their own special sections of the park. The cost is 375 for a threeday ticket. 150 for one day. More than 200,000 people are expected over the three days. Thats about the population of modesto. Police will be here on foot and horseback. Ticket scalping, merchandise vending, food vending, as well as the trespassers who try to jump the perimeter fencing. Those are the majority of issues we have to deal with. But not everyone is looking forward to the festival. Those who live near Golden Gate Park complained about traffic, rowdiness