Familys request to not release his name. Postit notes filled with condolences and questions are stuck to the window of this montclair starbucks. Peter tseng cant believe his friend and coworker is gone. On december 31st, he was working on his laptop when someone stole it. One suspect snatched the laptop while another held the door open and drove the getaway car. I didnt think he was the type to do that. His cousin says hes a software engineer. She believes he either wanted to preserve his research or perhaps save the photos he was editing from their recent vacation together. I still cannot believe that this has happened. I do not want him to be remembered as a victim of a robbery because hes so much more than that. Hes a scholar. He constantly reads. Reporter his friend also said he loved hiking and was a talented photographer. Friends found out he died in the most heartwrenching way, arriving at his apartment for the celebration and getting a call from police as they waited outside his closed door. We were extremely shocked and in disbelief i think. Reporter the victims parents are coming from china and his cousin from new york to identify his body. The Oakland PoliceDepartment Said theyve made two arrests, thanks in part to Montclair Village AssociationSurveillance Video that captured the getaway vehicles license plate. Without the cameras that the Montclair Village Association installed, we may not have captured these criminals. Reporter this woman was sitting next to the victim before he ran out. She handed the cell phone to first responders. It was still warm from his hands. He was there one second and the next minute he was really gone. Reporter the woman that set up those postit notes says she lives in the area, doesnt know the victim, but she wanted to do something so people who live in this area could express how theyre feeling. Meantime, the Alameda CountyDistrict Attorneys Office says it has not received the case from the Oakland Police department yet. Live in montclair, melody woodrow, abc 7 news. A man says he shot and killed his exgirlfriend in dublin yesterday calling it an act of selfdefense. Caution tape is still up at the residence on monahan street as Police Continue their investigation. Police say they responded to the home late last night after receiving a call about a home invasion. They found a woman dead and a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The resident of the home told police his exgirlfriend and the man were banging on his door late at night. The man says when he opened it the two add assaulted them so he says he fired his gun. New details. A woman is in the hospital after being rescued from the ocean off half moon bay. The womans dog fell into the ocean. The woman went in after. Officials say the woman was still swimming when she was rescued but she was in serious condition. The ocean was rough. Waves were in double digits in height and the condition of the dog that she went after is unclear. Were getting a look this afternoon at what can happen when a person gets hit by a wave. Fortunately a man is fine following the dangerous moment youre about to see. Slids captured a wave sweeping a man off his feet right there and across the rocks in santa cruz county. It happened december 20th. He swam to bonnie dune beach. We spoke to a lifeguard who says the ordeal could have been much worse. You can easily slip off your feet and basically glide across the rocks or get abrasions across the rocks as youre getting dragged by the water. You could potentially hurt your head, knock yourself unconscious. It looks like he either was really strong or had a swimming background and was able to rescue himself by swimming back to the beach. So fortunate. State park lifeguards tell us the Pacific Ocean is very cold right now and someone swept into the water could suffer from hypothermia which could be fatal. Those dangerous waves are up and down the coast. Sky 7 spotted surfers trying to take advantage of the conditions at mav rigs this afternoon. Hes having a good time. High surf advisory is in effect until 9 00. Julian glover shows us how the waves impacted those who were onshore today in half moon bay. Reporter the sun is barely up and people are already out to take a peek at the big waves crashing in half moon bay. Our coastal areas are actually seeing some of the worst of it right now. The National Weather service extending that High Surf Advisory until 9 00 p. M. Tonight warning of swells up to 14 feet high and powerful rip currents. Today is the worst day weve seen so far. It doesnt bother us. I never turn my back to the ocean. I know better. Reporter paddlers and surfers showed up to take advantage of the big waves. The ocean, mother nature, some time to relax, have some fun, catch a ride. Reporter though he says the waves werent as exciting as he was expecting. Pretty average day at the jetty, nothing that special. Reporter we followed him out as he hit the water and, yeah, he might have been right. Others deciding to stay on land or just taking in natures power and beauty. Ian partridge visiting from the uk is cycling across the world and say this may be his most beautiful path yet. Its great to start my day cycling, knowing im going to go down the coast with that sea on my righthand side. Lift my spirits just looking at it. Reporter if youre thinking about coming out to the beach, keep in mind what you heard the woman say in the story, never turn your back to the water. Things look calm now but they can change so quickly. From half moon bay, julian glover, abc 7 news. I love that guys accent. Fantastic. Lets check in with Spencer Christian, but a look at the conditions right now. The accent is on the conditions right now, larry. We still have elevated wave heights, significantly elevated. That High Surf Advisory is in effect until 9 00 tonight. Breakers 16 to 22 feet are possible. Theres also the possibility as we have mentioned of dangerous rip currents and dangerous sneaker waves and beach erosion. The weather conditions look calm. Ill give you a preview of whats coming our way. Even as the waves go down, the weather will become a bit more active tomorrow with rain approaching. A closer look at that, when it will arrive and how wet it will be a little later. Californias water managers revealed the results of the first years snow survey. The snowpack measured 97 of normal for this time of year. The san mateo pack measures about 33 inches near south lake tahoe. Theyll keep measuring by hand with electronic monitoring and by hand until the spring. It provides a forecast of how much Water California will have for the coming year. Buying a cup of coffee will cost you more today in berkeley if you do not bring your own cup. As of the 1st of the new year, customers will be charged 25 cents if they buy coffee or tea and use a disposable cup . Are you for the new law or will you go somewhere else. Go to abc7news. Com vote to weigh in. This move is part of berkeleys effort to get customers to bring their own cups or thermoses to reduce the use of plastics and help the environment. In the long run its worth it. Initially its kind of a pain, but after awhile you get to accept it. Its okay. I think its great. I think people its time to really do a drastic reduction in singleuse plastics. In addition to the new cup fees, berkeley restaurants are no longer allowed to hand out plastic disposable food wear for takeout. Right now 40 of people responding are saying its a good idea. 38 and about 12 to 14 saying they hate it. We had this conversation a while ago, a few weeks ago. You kind of yes she shamed me into having a cup shamed me into making sure i bring a cup. We have a coffee machine upstairs. You make several trips a day . Just one. A couple. Just one. Or two. Its a habit change. Ill change my habit. Well keep the voting going until 7 00. Christmas tree collection officially starts in San Francisco today you have until january 15th to put your tree on the curb. A few reminders. Be sure to remove the stand and all the decorations. If your tree is taller than six feet, you have to cut that puppy in half before placing it on the curb. We apologize. The graphics. Thats Julian Castro who dropped out of the democratic president race today. Well have the consequences of his decision and the growing concerns about diversity in the race. 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The spokesperson for sfo tells us the incident is not affecting flights and the airport is operating normally. United airlines has not commented yet on what happened. The field of democrats running for president got smaller today when Julian Castro suspended his campaign. Castros decision came as he was at about 1 in the polling. The only latino was trailing his rivals in fundraising. His departure raises concerns about diversity. Lee ann mendez has consequences about him stepping down. There should be some concern. Candidate who would push the others to take on issues such as policies about immigration. He was not afraid to talk about race. He said illegal borr crossings should not be criminalized. Yet he failed to gain traction. Perhaps he couldnt quite convince voters that he was a person who could defeat president trump. Julian castro visited the bay area four times. Last may he told abc 7 news as a progressive, he was the person who can beat president trump. I represent a new generation of leadership with a bold, ambitious plan for our United States to be the smartest, healthiest, fairest and most prosperous nation on earth. Reporter during a forum in november we asked how he would deal with the family separation issue regarding undocumented immigrants. But eventually it became apparent to many that he was an unwinnable candidate and couldnt deliver the hispanic vote. Bernie sanders seen here campaigning of Fresno City College two months ago seemed more appealing to latinos. In fact, a poll commissioned by the Latino Community foundation in november found that 31 of latino voters in california supported sanders followed by joe biden and Elizabeth Warren. But only 9 were behind castro. What happened to castro is that hispanic latino voters looked at him and said im not sure you can win, so im going to throw my support behind somebody that i think can win. Im fulfilling the legacy of barack obama and youre not. Reporter many believe his confrontation with biden suggesting he was forgetting things cost castro support. When he went after biden that day, i think everybody sat down and said, well, hes mean. Reporter castro never apologized, instead saying i wouldnt do it differently. Depending on who you ask, it seems Elizabeth Warren and cory booker have the most to gain from his departure. Castro who is 45 years old said hell keep working to make sure everyone in this country counts, everyone gets a good job, health care and a decent place to live. In the news room, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. President trumps Reelection Campaign begins the 2020 Election Year with a huge stash of cash. The president s reelection organization raised 46 million in the final quarter of 2019. The total pushes mr. Trumps cash on hand to 102. 7. Campaign officials credit the impeachment trial for what they say is their best fundraising quarter yet. Bernie sanders raised 34. 5 million, Pete Buttigieg netted 24. 7 million, massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warrens campaign raised 17 million. A unique program is helping families of newborn children being treat ed, focusing on the journey of recovery. Kristen sze explains. Itslmost lunchtime. Reporter for the past month amanda bates has watched as her son asher steadily gains strength at the nicu in San Francisco. His home since being born six weeks premature. When i started, it was definitely a scary experience because i had just given births. She said each feeding, each exam, each nap is like a mile marker on their journey home. Shes been tracking them as part of a unique program started at the hospital creating a living roadmap with beads. For each bead that has a figure represents an achievement of that day. Reporter the program is called tiny victories of life. Child life specialist shannon says its a way for parents to focus on the progress theyre making and gather strength from each hurdle. If the baby had to be rushed to surgery, theyll have a surgery bead. The black beads are the babys ivs. As the beads get longer and the baby gets closer to discharge, they can see how far their baby las come. Reporter she said hundreds of families created the beaded strings since the program started. Some families frame them. Others find different uses. Each strand ends with the most important charm. Which is our butterfly charm, and that symbols the discharge bead for when our babies get to fly out of here and go home. Reporter for amanda and asher, it will be a lifelong symbol of their first weeks together and their journey home. Look back after i leave the ni nicu and remember the victories he had along the way. Reporter kristen sze abc 7 ne news. Turning to the forecast now, Spencer Christian joins us. Were in a dry pattern. Statewide were out of the drought zone. Water levels near average for this time of the year. So these little dry patterns and the rainy season unusual, but we dont want it to last too long. A look at live doppler 7. Weave got bright skies right now, thin high clouds. Well call it mostly sunny. This is sutro tower camera over San Francisco, currently 61 degrees. 59 in oakland. Low 60s at redwood city, 55 am half moon bay. From emery view looking toward the golden gate, you see the high clouds. Once again, the sky is bright across the region. It is really mild in the north bay and inland east bay right now. 69 at fairfield. Mid 60s at concord and livermore. Here is the view from mt. Tam looking down into the bay. Once again bright sky there, you can see that the high clouds are quite visible all around the region. These are our forecast features. Well see patchy low clouds developing overnight. North bay showers will fall friday night into early saturday. It looks like the weekend will be mainly dry after that. A cooler pattern will settle in next week. Lets revisit the High Surf Advisory in effect until 9 00 tonight. Wave heights from 10 to 14 feet. Theres a possibility of breakers reaching 20 to 25 feet heights. Of course, the risk of rip currents and sneaker waves. Bear that in mind. Stay away from the u waters edge. Forecast animation starting at 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Notice after what will be a dry day and fairly bright day tomorrow, well see clouds thicken in the evening and well see rain sweeping through mainly during the overnight hours. Late tomorrow night into Early Saturday Morning and by, oh, about 8 00, 9 00 a. M. Saturday, most of the rain will be out of here. The clouds giving way to a mostly sunny start to the weekend. Overnight tonight, though, again well see mainly clear skies, thin high clouds, but patches of fog could form in the inland valleys. Right around the bay shoreline and the coast well see low to mid 40s. Tomorrow looking for highs ranging from upper 50s at the coast to mainly low 60s inland as we look ahead to saturday. Notice a little bit of a cooling along the bay shoreline and the coast, with highs only in the 50s saturday, sunday an monday. Sevenday forecast, a little shower activities mainly north bay, overnight friday night into saturday. After that the dry spell continues. So about midweek next week well see our next chance of some rain. That could be the start of a rainier pattern. At the moment, it looks mainly dry into next week. Looks like a nice weekend. Very nice weekend coming up. Its already a great new year for some waitresses. How some big tip pers are helping ring in the new year. Im 7 on your sides Michael Finney. First come the and mine super soft . Yes with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and