Was killed after trying to stop a man from stealing the palettes. The latest now on this investigation. Reporter Police Officers are calling the circumstances gutwrenching. They say the victim was a longtime san leandro resident who worked hard and was trying to do the right thing when he was killed. This is the man police say was senselessly killed while trying to stop a crime at his workplace. 54yearold Takeshi Watanabe of san leandro. He worked at True World Foods on Williams Street for 23 years and died while confronting a man stealing palettes from the employee parking lot. Witnesses told police watanabe banged his fists on the hood of the truck to stop the driver when the suspect hit the gas instead. 27yearold Kadeem Edwards of richmond was arrested on suspicion of murder. The witness statements as well as the Surveillance Video show that Kadeem Edwards intentionally drove over mr. Takeshi and fled the scene without stopping, without looking back. Reporter police say palette theft is common in Industrial Areas with some recycle yards paying up to 5 for just one. Oakland Police Spotted edwards by one of the recycle centers in east oakland. He ran, and they found him hiding under a car. I went by watanabes apartment, but his wife did not want to talk. Coworkers placed flowers in the parking lot where he lost his life. He stood up for what was right, and he stood up to protect True World Foods, even though it was wooden palettes, he did what he thought was right and in doing so tragically lost his life yesterday. Truly a senseless act. Reporter friends rather watanabe as a father and scout leader. His church started a crowdfunding site to raise money for his family. Edwards is being held at the santa rita jail on no bail and is expected it in court on thursday. Elissa harrington, abc 7 news. So sad. An investigation is under way into a horrific crash in marin county to the. Three young people are dead after their car slammed into a troe and it split that vehicle in half. This happened on sir Francis Drake before. The victims identified as 18yearold chance mauer, 18yearold lancelot argall and his brother 20yearold chancellor. Abc 7 News ReporterAmy Hollyfield shows us what happened here reporter scene even shocked chp officers, a Toyota Corolla torn apart with three dead men inside. One of the nastier ones. We dont see this a lot out here but it does happen from time to time reporter car was discovered on a rural twolane section of sir Francis Drake boulevard in western marin county. The call came in around midnight, but no one knows how long it had been there. No one had seen it happen. A passerby just happened upon it and called 911. Reporter officers say there were no obvious signs the driver had been drinking, no bottles of alcohol in the car and they will do toxicology tests to see if drugs or alcohol were in his system. Investigators say it looks like the car hit a pole and some trees at a high rate of speed. It appears that speed may be factor, so that is definitely something were looking into. If thats the case, it could just be an instant of taking the turn too fast, but, again, this is all preliminary. Its a tragic situation. Its something that we never want to have to respond to. No Emergency Personnel fwoont ha want to respond to Something Like this reporter victims had on their seat belt but it wasnt enough to save them. It appears the car was traveling westbound and crossed over the estbound lane and then off the road. Again, they dont know why. Amy hollyfield, abc newscente7 reporter two pedestrians suffered serious injury when they tried to cross the highway and caused. A person was injured when fire swept through a residential building in san jose this morning. Sky 7 was at east julian and seventh streets as firefighters fought the blaze from the roof. It took about 45 minutes to bring it under control. Firefighters searched the building for possible victims who may have been trapped inside. The red cross is helping residents who have been displaced by that fire. The college of san mateo Football Player is going to be spending weekends in jail for failing to comply with terms of his probatio. Keenan smith had pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend last year. The case has brought new attention to the judge aaron persky who had sentenced stanford swimmer brock turner to six months in jail for rape. David louie with more reporter critics of judge persky say this is an example of a lenient sentence given to someone who pleaded guilty to Domestic Violence and assault, and in an exchange for a longer jail term, he was given the opportunity to do Community Service on the weekend, but he failed to appear twice. 20yearold keenan smith, seen here on the right as he arrived at the courthouse, was accused of violating probation for failing to appear twice for Community Work duties part of a plea deal for assaulting his girlfriend last year. He was ordered to spend eight weekends in jail as punishment, starting in december and then to complete a years worth of Domestic Violence classes. It will let mr. Smith get the time done in a timely fashion. It will make it easier for him and then to start the Domestic Violence classes for the rehabilitation part of his sentence reporter case is in the spotlight because of law professor michelle dawber who blames judge aaron persky for approving a plea deal that allows smith to continue playing football at the college of san mateo. Dawner is leading a recall campaign to unseat the judge. Judge persky clearly sent a message that football was more important than violence against women. Reporter however, attorneys representing keenan smith say dawber is wrong to point the finger at judge persky for the plea deal. When the defense and prosecution have an agreement, its very rare that a judge will step in and what we call bust the plea because that would cause Court Congestion so he did not bust the plea. Reporter professor dawber it was judge persky who had the ultimate responsibility to ensure that the sentence was fair and primpt pleat deal, she said did, not take into account the violence against smiths victims. Police say smith knocked his girlfriend to the ground at this parking lot and punched a bystander unconscious who tried to intervene. In palo alto, david louie, abc 7 news. San Francisco May cut ties with wells fargo. Abc 7 news was at city hall and Supervisor John Avalos entered legislation to end all dealings with the bank. The resolution would urge the District Attorney to open a criminal investigation into former ceo john stumpf and rename wells fargo plaza at sf general. A wells fargo spokesperson says the bank, quote, is committed to fix what went wrong and restore the public trust. All right. Well start with live doppler 7 showing clear skies all across the bay area as we move into a midweek warmup. Heres a look at our 24hour temperature exchange. There hasnt been a lot of change near the coast and bay. Maybe one or two degrees warmer than this hour yesterday, but look at the inland locations as you go part north and east. Can you see its three to seven. Lets check out Current Conditions as we look out over the bay from our rooftop camera here at abc 7. Its 65 in San Francisco and 69 right now in oakland. San jose is 71 and 72 at gilroy and 63 at half moon bay. Golden gate, currently 75 degrees in napa and all the other locations here, santa rosa, nevada and fairfield, concord and livermore either at 72 or 73 degrees. Im showing you this hanmation to show you the almost complete absence of low clouds and nothing during the overnight hours. Well have a cooldown overnight and a warmup tomorrow, and can you follow the changing temperatures, the downward trend tonight and upward trend tomorrow with the abc 7 news app. Ill have the sevenday forecast for new just a few minutes. Larry and ama . See you then. The cole enkaepernick National Anthem protest has now found an artistic outlet in San Francisco. Abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with video of a new mural in the mission district. You know the controversiy sa francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick sitting and then feeling before the National Anthem protesting Police Brutality but have you seen this on the side of a building at 15th and mission at San Francisco, a neighborhood known for its murals. Kaepernick is kneeling with frisco and the bay behind him as backdrop. You can see someone paint it had over an existing mural showing trees. That one was actually commissioned by the buildings new tenant and today she says she likes the unauthorized kaepernick image though not everyone does. I appreciate peaceful protest. And i think i think art is a fantastic way for people to express themselves. I dont go for that. Im a vietnam vet. I think he should respect the flag and respect your country. Another mural supporting kaepernick went up in oakland about three weeks ago at 22nd and telegraph. Its message. We got your back. As for the new one in the mission, we all know about the artist. We know that hes got the signature dino. How long the mural will stay, well, that mart is a question mark. Larry and ama . Thank you. The city of vallejo is asking some residents to boil their water until further notice. City officials want neighbors in the green valley region to boil their tap water for drinking, for preparing food as well as brushing their teeth. Either that or they say use bottled water. Yesterday crews newnoticed a split in the distribution pipeline leaving the green valley pipeline. That type has been repaired and they are awaiting results from Water Quality testing. Coming up at 4 00, donald trump is taking aim at a new target today. He maybe wants to run in four years or maybe he doesnt know how to win. Trumps growing battle with speaker of the house paul ryan. And the bayyear connection to president obamas final state dinner tonight at the white house. Plus, putting the final touches on this 455foot statue in san leandro and why its so controversial. Election day is three weeks from today and there are very different strategies on the campaign trail. Donald trump is still talking about fraud at the polls while Hillary Clinton is facing new accusations about emails. Heres the latest. Reporter three weeks until election day, and donald trump continues to stir up doubts about integrity at the polls. More than 1. 8 million deceased individuals right now are listed as voters. Oh, thats wonderful. Reporter president obama in the rose garden today blasting trump for his constant talk of a rigged election saying its not based on facts and it calls into question trumps toughness to be president. I would advise mr. Trump to stop whining and go try to make his case to get votes. Reporter in an interview with abc, trump went after House Speaker paul ryan who he says could be more supportive. You think he wants you to win . Well, maybe not because maybe he wants to run in four years or maybe he doesnt know how to win. Reporter Hillary Clinton is spending another day prepping for tomorrows debate. Her campaign is dealing with what republicans are calling a bombshell. In newly released notes from fbi interviews about clintons private server an fbi staffer accuses a Top State Department official of pressuring the bureau to declassify an email found on that server. The fbi staffer telling investigators the request amounted to a, quote, quid pro quo, adding in exchange for marking the email unclassified, state would reciprocate by allowing the fbi to place more agents in countries where they are presently forbidden. The fbi and state department say the deal never happened. There was no quid pro quo, and the email in question remained classified. Still, there is a dispute about who said what. The fbi notes show it was one of their officials who first raised the idea of about more agents in iraq. Karen travers, abc news, washington. And the third and final president ial debate airs tomorrow night here on abc 7. It will be live from the university of nevada las vegas. You can watch complete coverage at 6 00 here on abc 7. And we have a valuable tool at abc7news. Com politics to help you prepare for election day. All you have to do is click on the your voice, your vote voters edge election guide icon. Enter your address. Youll get a comprehensive resource showing you all the candidates and measures on your local ballot. You can even create a list with your choices to help you keep track of your own personal ballot. Now, you just knew this was bound to happen. Weeks after a naked donald trump statue popped up, now a naked Hillary Clinton statue has emerged. The statue appeared outside a subway station today in lower manhattan. The artist replaced clintons legs with hooves. Theres also a man peering out from behind. Not immediately clear who created this statue but it certainly caused quite a stir. To see more images of the statue go to abc7news. Com and heres the trump statue we talked about. This one appeared in San Franciscos Castro District back on august the 18th and was taken down the next day. Remains in possession of the city. Similar ones went up in new york, seattle and cleveland. The president and first lady are getting ready for their 13th and final state dinner. The guest of honor sitlys Prime Minister. This morning Prime Minister mateo renzi arrived for the grand ceremony on the white house lawn. Celebrity chef Mario Balotelli is in charge of tonights dinner. Michelle obama personally approved all three courses. So whats on the menu . Well, the main course includes beef braciole pinwheel with horseradish gremolata. For dessert green apple crostata with thyme, caramel and buttermilk gelato. They will use fresh fruits and veggies from the white house garden. Bay area rockers journey and two pack shakur have been nominated for this years rock n roll hall of name. This is journeys first nomination, if you can believe it despite selling 90 million records worldwide and having 18 top 40 singles, a lot of names on the nomination list would you recognize from queen of folk joan baze to Janet Jackson and pearl jam should have been in there long ago. One would think. Time for our weather hall of famer. Yeah. They should have a weather hall of fame, dont you think . I think they should. Im waiting for my statue and posing for it right now. Hey, great weather coming our way. A nice midweek warmup will feel almost like summer for a few days and then maybe some rain early next week. Live doppler 7 across the bay area. Our skies will remain clear all night. Theres not a hint of any low cloudiness or fog coming our way tonight. Heres a view from mt. Tam of blue sky over the bay with just a few light scattered clouds around, and these are our forecast features. Well see sunny and warmer day through friday and turning cool they are weekend as a few more clouds come into the bay area and the showers are possible by sunday. In fact, well have a period of unsettled weather going into early next week which could produce showers two or three days in a row. Overnight no showers tonight with clear skies and Cool Temperatures and low temperatures in the low to upper 40s in the inland valleys and lows in the 40s and low to mid50s near the bay, and then tomorrow sunny skies once again with highs ranging from mid to upper 60s at the coast to low and mid70s right around the bay and supper 70s to near 80 in our warmest inland locations tomorrow. Our temperature our High Temperature trend over the next couple of days will be an up ward trend. On thursday highs in the inland areas in the low to mid80s. Well see near 80 degrees around the bay and near 70 on the coast. That warmth will hold on through friday, maybe a degree or two warmer and a degree or two cooler and thats when the unsettled pattern begins and could generate showers monday or tuesday. Skip ahead to tuesday next week. Well see clouds thickening and hints of rain trying to push into the north bay by tuesday night and then the rain will arrive in a more widespread fashion by wednesday and continue through the day on wednesday. At least thats what the models are showing right now. If this forecast holds up, this outlook holds up, we can have a pretty wet day next wednesday. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Look for highs near 80 inland tomorrow and temperatures will peak on thursday and dropoff just a couple of degrees on friday and friday is going to be a mild to warm day as well. Little cooler on saturday as clouds begin to increase. We will see even cloudier skies on sunday as the slight chance of rain on monday. Mainly the north bay and then an unsettled pattern becomes more unsettled just as i am right now on tuesday with a chance of showers tuesday into wednesday. All right. Thank you, spencer. Got in to get settled here. All right. Coming up, san leandros controversial art installation. Why so many people are upset. And a bay area farm helps to celebrate 350 years of Charlie BrownsPopular Halloween