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KGO ABC7 News 400PM February 1, 2017

Declining to participate in some immigration laws she believes betray community trust. In order to have community policing, you have to have the confidence of the community. Reporter the sheriff says that the city will continue to honor valid criminal warrants and court orders but not voluntary requests. Live in San Francisco outside city hall, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. Carolyn, you mentioned that there are hundreds of other sanctuary cities around the nation. Any word whether theyll join this lawsuit . Reporter well, Dennis Herrera was asked that this morning and so far though there are other cities like new york that have vowed to take a stand, this is the first lawsuit. Carolyn, thank you so much for that report. We have breaking news to tell you. This is out of West Sacramento where police are responding to a bomb threat. That car you see there is the suspects vehicle. Officers have shut down the nearby tower bridge as well as surrounding streets. A witness shared these photos with abc 7 news and says he saw her put wires into her gas tank. Police say a woman, who was in the car, is claiming to have a bomb. We will have any developments for you as they happen here on abc 7 news at 4 00 and on the abc 7 news app. Enable push alerts for instant notifications. The search is still on for a prisoner who was being taken to sfo when he suddenly jumped out of the car on 880 in hayward. He was still handcuffed when he made his dash for freedom. The 27yearold was being returned to kentucky to face fraud and Identity Theft charges. He was seen running southbound on the freeway wearing a blue plaid shirt, blue jeans and boots. Stanford University Police issued a Community Alert after they say they arrested a man on campus for possession of weapons and peeping with binoculars. And now theyre investigating whether the same man may be connected to another incident. The man Police Arrested spoke exclusively with abc 7 News Reporter melanie woodrow. Reporter Stanford University department of Public Safety found replica guns, stun gun, knives, ammunition, metal knuckles, handcuffs and binoculars in this sprinter van on saturday. Someone notified dps about an individual behaving suspiciously. I was walking with my friend waiting on me. A police car came. Reporter deputies arrested the man on possession of weapons and peeping charges. Its not true. Im absolutely not guilty. Reporter a spokesperson said the man consented to having his vehicle searched. They did not ask any permission to search my car. Reporter deputies confiscated most of his gear, but he showed us these. This is u. S. Army binocular. Reporter he said he was using them to read Street Parking restriction signs, not to peep on students. I didn pay attention. Reporter the side of the vehicle has a sticker that says protected by firearms and theres a shooting range target in the windshield. He said his vehicle has been broken into before and both are to deter robbers. Stanford university notified students with a Community Alert. I think part of me is comforted that an email went out in the first place to let people know, but obviously maybe someone doesnt always notice people like that. For me personally, ive never felt unsafe. Reporter deputies are now investigating whether theres a connection between this incident and a report a week prior of a man with a possible gun in a van on another area of campus. On Stanford Universitys campus, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. A Memorial Service was held for a Redwood City Police officer who died while on duty. Law enforcement officers, Community Members and the family of officer silva filled the fox theater in redwood city this morning. He died a week and a half ago after fellow officers found him unconscious and not breathing inside the police station. The 57yearold had been a Redwood City Police officer for 18 years. He leaves behind a wife, two daughters and two grandchildren. President donald trump is offering his condolences to the family of a navy s. E. A. L. Who was killed during a raid in yemen. 36yearold William Ryan Owens is the First Casualty since mr. Trump took office. He died saturday from wounds suffered during a weekend raid on an al qaeda base. Owens was a huge San Francisco giants fan. Buster posey shared this picture of owens on social media. He visited the giants locker room back in 2012. Posey called owens a hero gone way too soon. You may have noticed clouds are thickening over the bay area right now. This is the view on live doppler 7 and rain is not far away. Lets move along and see whats coming our way. You can see here the massive clouds and moisture moving in our directions being generated by the storm thats farther out to sea. Now, the arriving storm tomorrow evening ranks one on the storm impact scale. It will produce light showers and be breezy tomorrow evening. But the storm will intensify overnight into thursday. It will be ranked 2 on the storm impact scale thursday morning. Showers, downpours, 40 to 50mileperhour wind gusts and some thunder accompanying this storm. Theres high concern fop ponding on roads and downed trees. Moderate concern for small creek flooding and Power Outages and low concern for river flooding, although it hasnt been long since our last rain and now boowe have more on the way. After an incredibly wet january, Southern California is dealing with landslides. Kenneth moten has a closer look. Reporter a close call in the Hollywood Hills. It would have been scary to hear that. It sounds like an earthquake. Reporter the large backyard of this hilltop home gave way, more than 20 tons of earth rushed down, taking out power lines in this neighborhood filled with multimillion dollar homes. In the light, incredible images. But monday night as this Los Angeles City councilman was giving an update oh . Reporter Major Concerns in the darkness as the ground continued to fall. Debris took out a road but stopped short of entering homes in the path of the dangerous mudslide. Several homes were evacuated. For the most part we didnt need any specialized equipment. We just wanted to get them out of there in case the earth continued to move. Reporter in the past month, record rain and a record dry california has caused a muddy mess. All eyes on the hills. Near los angeles, streets covered. Near San Francisco, property and vehicles damaged. In the Hollywood Hills tuesday, residents surveyed the damage. Many of them on edge. I was just walking with the dogs 15 minutes before it happened. Its a nasty fall. Reporter officials here in Southern California are preparing for more rain later this week as they continue to monitor the mudslide threat, kenneth moton, nbc los angeles. Abc 7 news was in the Oakland Hills today. The city tells us sandbags are in extremely limited supply. Oakland gave out 15,000 sandbags and got 475 calls for help during the storms this month. Westover drive is still closed because of a mudslide. It hasnt rained in days but theres still water coming off the hillside. A shelterwood drive is still down to one lane. B. A. R. T. Is about to pay a steep price to settle an environmental controversy. The Transit Agency agreed to pay nearly 1. 3 billion to settle a civil suit that was filed by contra costa, alameda and san mateo counties. They claim b. A. R. T. Failed to implement Hazardous Materials Business Plans at those facilities in those counties. They accuse the agency of violating storage tank and Hazardous Waste laws. A former uc santa cruz student has just settled a sexual abuse lawsuit filed against the school and one of its professors. Uc regents agreed to pay more than a Million Dollars in one of the largest title ix settlements ever. A former student claims he assaulted her in 2015. Uc santa cruz also faced accusations of knowing for several years that he was a sexual predator. The school hasnt commented on this settlement. The fbi hopes that a 20,000 reward will help capture a bank robber who struck at least nine times in northern california. Take a look at Surveillance Video images. The man even rocked the same bank in napa twice since 2013. Fbi agents say he appears to be in his 20s or 30s, is about 58. They consider him to be armed and dangerous. Well, what happens in vegas may stay in vegas. That might not include the raiders anymore. Their gamble on moving has hit a very big snag. Plus reporter President Trump is set to announce his highly anticipated Supreme Court nominee tonight. Im Stephanie Ramos at the Supreme Court. Details on the top two contenders coming up. Yes, i can go back yes the excitement from a young boy all over the end of a lawsuit and a big change for the boy scouts. At 4 10, a live look at the afternoon commute and it doesnt appear like there is one at the bay bridge toll plaza. This is a breeze coming into s President Trump is set to announce his pick for the Supreme Court in less than an hour from the east room of the white house. The frontrunners are judge neil gorsuch and judge Thomas Hardiman. Abc News Reporter Stephanie Ramos with a look ahead to tonights announcement. Reporter tonight in a primetime presentation, well hear who President Trump has chosen to take a seat on the Supreme Court bench. Well see you in a little while. Well be announcing a Supreme Court justice, who i think everybody is going to be very, very impressed with, so well see you at about 8 00. Reporter the high court has been operating with only eight justices since antonin scalias death last february. During the campaign, trump promised that his nominee would be someone similar to scalia. The justices that im going to appoint will be pro life, they will have a conservative bent, they will be protecting the second amendment. Reporter here are the top two contenders for the spot. Solid conservatives, judges neil gorsuch and judge Thomas Hardiman. Hardiman is 51 years old, serves on the Third Circuit court of appeals with President Trumps sister, maryanne trump barry, who sources say highly recommended him to her brother. Gorsuch is 49 years old, serves on the tenth Circuit Court of appeals. He attended harvard law and has a ph. D. From oxford where he was a marshall scholar. Hes considered an originalist like scalia. Both were appointed by president george w. Bush, and according to a Senior Administration official, trump personally interviewed both men before his inauguration. I think that the person that i pick will be a big, big i think people are going to love it. I think evangelicals, christians will love my pick. Reporter whoever it is, expect that person to be grilled by democrats and republicans during confirmation hearings on everything from executive powers to trumps latest immigration order. At the Supreme Court, Stephanie Ramos, abc news. Abc news will air a special report on President Trumps choice for Supreme Court nominee. We will carry that live right around 5 00 this afternoon. You can also watch the announcement live on our abc 7 news app and streaming on abc7news. Com. President trump plans to continue one executive order signed by his predecessors. He will main tim kaitain one pr employees from lgbtq discrimination. The white house says the president is determined to protect the rights of all americans, including the lgbtq community. San francisco could be the first city in the United States to have an official cultural district created for the transgender community. The comptons Historic District would make up six blocks of southeastern tenderloin and two more blocks of sixth street. Supervisor jane kim announced the legislation today on the steps of city hall. She also announced 300,000 to go toward a Community Center with retail space. Organizers hope it will be a hub of activity and services. The tenderloin has long been a refuge for some of our residents that have often been the least welcome in all of our communities. We are bringing these venues from the underground up to the forefront into the ground floor spaces. The district will be named after compton cafeteria, home to the first recorded transgender antipolice riot in u. S. History. Employees at the hall of justice in San Francisco are demanding a cleaner, safer work environment. Abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the letter that the union sent to the city today. This is the letter the union sent to the mayor. It says the hall of justice, quote, suffers from asbestos, lead paint, pests, rodents, sewage leaks, Power Outages, flooding, constantly broken elevators and more. The letter comes three weeks after the latest problem at the 1950s building on bryant street. Employees had to evacuate when sewage flooded the district attorneys offices, then dripped down to the Domestic Violence unit. Now here you see a picture of what employees say was human waste on the floor. And here you see employees walking with plastic bags on their feet to protect their shoes. They also say this building is a seismic hazard. The studies that San Francisco has conducted say they will not be safe. In fact the studies show that up to 25 fatalities will occur and over 100 nonfatal injuries as well. Two years ago the Police Department moved out of the hall of justice into this new building in mission bay, but Union Leaders say its taking too long to find a new home for the courts, the jail and the d. A. s office. In this letter today, they demand that the city leases a temporary new place immediately. The Mayors Office tells abc 7 news hes working with a group put together by the supervisors to find a solution and move everyone out of the hall of justice for good before he leaves office in about three years. Larry and ama. Kristen, thank you. Wages in San Francisco and across the country are going up. According to mill valley based glass door, the Median Base Pay in San Francisco is now more than 66,000. Thats up 3. 8 in the past year. Physical therapists saw the biggest jump in pay. Theyre making more than 99,000, up 9. 1 from last year. Store managers saw an 8. 3 jump in pay while restaurant cooks are getting paid 8 more this year. Lets turn back to the forecast. Spencer christian is with us. We had a few days to dry out and the sun was out. It was nice. And were about to get into another rainy pattern. We are, get the umbrellas ready, we may need them beginning tomorrow. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Clouds are increasing right now although skies are still relatively bright outside. You can sort of tell something is coming our way. This is the view from our east bay hills camera looking at increasing clouds over the bay, actually over the entire bay area. Rain arrives late tomorrow and primarily in the evening hours. It will be wet and windy on thursday. Showers will continue possibly into saturday. Current temperature readings are mainly in the upper 50s to right around 60, although a little milder down in the south bay were at 63 in san jose and 64 right now in morgan hill. Lets take a look at overnight lows under increasing clouds. It wont be quite so chilly as it has been the last few nights so look for Early Morning lows in the low 40s. Mid to upper 40s near the bay and the coast line. Tomorrow under mostly cloudy skies, highs will be right around or just below 60 degrees in most locations. Once again a little milder in the south bay. Well see 62 at san jose, 61 in morgan hill. Lets talk about the approaching storm arriving tomorrow evening. It will rank 1 on the storm impact scale. Heres the forecast animation starting at noon tomorrow. Notice how as we get into the early evening hours well see the rain suddenly push onshore and move across the bay by 7 00 p. M. Later tomorrow night around midnight or so well see widespread areas of moderate to heavy rain and the storm will intensify and earn itself a ranking of number two on the impact scale by early thursday morning. Accompanied by showers, scattered downpours and 40 to 50mileperhour wind gusts along with the possibility of isolated thund

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