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KGO ABC7 News 800AM May 7, 2016

Between concord and 680. Southern marin county could run into a few spring lgs. Were looking at a broad circulation around the state of california. Showers moving in from the east pushing to the west. Sfo, plenty of cloud cover, numbers are mild, in the 50s right now. This afternoon, 60. Half moon bay, upper 60s around san jose and antioch, well talk about where the rain may fall, how much and a look at mothers day coming up. Chris . Lisa, thank you. We have breaking news out of sacramento. A chp officer is in the hospital with moderate to severe injuries after being hit by a fedex truck. It happened at 4 45 this morning near the 15th street off ramp. Three lanes of that freeway are now closed in that direction and traffic is moving very slowly. The officer was outside of his vehicle while investigating a hitandrun accident when the collision occurred. San jose police are asking for the publics help to find this man. A 91yearold. He was last seen yesterday in east san jose. The 6 foot tall ruiz speaks only spanish, believes hes in mexico and has been diagnosed with alzheimers. He was last seen wearing a gray zipup sweater, blue shirt and white shoes. 25 angry and frustrated protesters part of a huge crowd of demonstrators were arrested and booked after refusing to leave city hall while demanding the resignation of the police chief there. Protesters accuse the department of Police Brutality and unnecessary killing. The crowd actually knocked down a metal detector and used it to prop open one of the doors. Demonstrators chanted outside mayor ed lees office before being forced downstairs. It was in sympathy with the Hunger Strike of the socalled frisco five. All five have been hospitalized but are refusing to be force fed. Protesters plan to stay in city hall all weekend long. But if they cant, theyll take the demonstration back outside to the Mission Police station where the Hunger Strike camp has been cleaned up. More developing news out of San Francisco this morning. A prominent attorney was killed at her own home. Marla zamora worked for San Francisco Public Defenders Office for 29 years. A man found at the crime scene is being questioned. Here is abc 7 news news anchor, dan ashley, with the details. Reporter flowers lie on the sidewalk outside the home of marla zamora. A former long time public defender in San Francisco who was stabbed to death friday morning. Poor marla, i cant believe it. Ive known her since she moved in, since they were built in the 80s. Reporter neighbors watch the investigators walk in and out of the building on arkansas street. Its insane when this kind of thing is across the street. The next door neighbor didnt want to be on camera but said he heard yelling and saw her bloody in her backyard. A man was detained inside her home. Marla had a heart of gold. She was everything that you would want a public defender to be. She fought hard. She had tremendous compassion for her clients. She handled some of the toughest cases. This includes defend edwin ramos sentenced for the triple murder of a man and his sons. He had had mistaken them as rival gang members. Police have not released information about the suspect but if the Public Defenders Office is asked to represent that person. For obvious reasons, our office wouldnt be able to represent anyone charged. Marla zamora was one of us. That was abc 7 news anchor dan ashley reporting. Hillary clinton brought her campaign for president to the bay area on friday and didnt play favorites. She visited both sides of the bay beginning with this campaign ral he in oakland and ending in San Francisco. Heres reporter leslie brinkley. The next president of these united states, Hillary Rodham clinton. Hundreds much supporters and dignitaries, rallied inside this east oakland gym friday afternoon. She also stopped at her Campaign Headquarters before zeroing in on the election. Make sure that the presumptive nominee never gets near the white house. A few were drowned out by the chants of hillary supporters. Dozens scored selfies with her as she walked out. It was really awesome. Shes not going to be helping a certain elite class. Shes here in oakland to support the everyday working class people and their kids. The motorcade then crossed the bay bridge at rush hour to get to a fundraising event at the masonic auditorium on knob hill in San Francisco. Clinton spoke to over 3,000 at this private event. Outside Bernie Sanders protesters stood their ground. Basically, were here to show that Hillary Clinton is not the presumptive nominee for the democratic party. Were in it to win it. Bernie or bust. A swing back through the bay area before the california primary on june 7th. In San Francisco approximate, im leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. Last night in oregon, donald trump attacked hillary and bill clinton. He said bills affairs and hillarys treatment of the women involved goes beyond any comment hes made. He was a disaster. She was an unbelievably nasty, mean enabler and what she did to a lot of those women is disgraceful. Theyre going after me with women. Give me a break, folks. Nobody respects women more than donald trump. Ill tell you. Nobody. Nobody. Next week trump will meet with House Speaker paul ryan and other gop leaders to make a case for their support. Tomorrows donald trump will appear on this week with george stephanopoulos. Youll hear what he says about earning support from the american people. This week airs at 8 00 tomorrow morning here on abc 7. In the east bay, he will tore it owe police are looking for this thief. Shes walking up to a house on richmond street monday carrying an empty decoy box. She rang the doorbell. When no one answered, she switched out the boxes. The resident says the box contained clothes for her daughter. The mother of a 7monthold girl with a rare heart condition decided to keep her on life support at the Childrens Hospital as they look for other options. She was denied a heart transplant by boston Childrens Hospital this week. The transplant was thought to be the last hope for her condition that caused only half of her heart to develop. Doctors in boston and at stanford and ucla denied the transplant because they believe her body would reject a new heart. 8 07 is our time. Our bay area family says they were trying to protect their highly allergic son and find themselves kicked off a flight. Abc 7 News Reporter, Katie Marzullo tells us it was all over peanuts. He has a severe peanut allergy. Doctors said to be cautious. We casually let the Flight Attendant know that our son has an allergy. They asked that peanuts not be served in their area. The Flight Attendant refused their request but they were willing to fly. We were sitting there like normal and said you need to get off the plane. It was an Allegiant Airlines flight. Allegiant released a statement saying in part the Third Party Organization including oncall medical doctors available to provide guidance advise that the family not fly on that specific flight. They took to social media to vent. He was not expecting all the attention his story received and not expecting hate mail. Weve been called overprotective helicopter parents. Called all sorts of names and whiners. He says theyre only trying to bring attention to the allergy issue. Its a bigger issue than we got mistreated and kicked off the plane. Thats not why we want to be in the press but more to help those in the future. We spoke it a passenger whose child also has a severe allergy. She says she understands the airlines decision. But the parents understand the allergy better than anybody else. As long as they understand their surroundings, they can usually manage. They booked the dana family on another airline. Katie marzullo. 8 09 is our time. Lisa, youre tracking more rain on the way . Thats right. Light showers in San Francisco in concord. A live look at the camera where the temperatures are in the 50s this morning. Ranging from 53 los gatos to 58 in oakland. 56 in the city. Yes, were still dealing with the showers. In fact, they might linger a little longer than previously thought. Ill explain, next. Lisa, thanks. Also ahead, a plea for help after a meals on wheels truck was stolen add wrecked. How the organization is making it work. But first the academy played San Francisco for a fool but that is coming to an end. The academy of Art University has been slapped with a lawsuit from the city. Why the school is accused of hurting hundreds of san look, i know youre a cow and all. And you may not know what im talking about, but, uh. The yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. Mmmm, yoplait. Thanks so much for choosing abc 7 news to start your day. Heres a live look from the Golden Gate Bridge camera. No delays as drivers make it over the bridge. As you can see, the gray skies are out there. Lisa returns in a little bit with the accuweather forecast. One of San Franciscos biggest landlords is facing a lawsuit from the city. Academy of Art University owns 40 properties in the city and the City Attorney says its been getting away with numerous code violations. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee has the story. Reporter academy of art quite simply is an egregious land use scofflaw. The City Attorney minces no words. He said the academy of art thumbed its nose at violations for a decade. It set up a web of corporate affiliates to purchase and Lease Properties for the schools use. Properties that could have been used for lowincome housing. 300 residential dwellings we desperately need in the midst of our a forwardable housing crisis. The academy has been the subject of many meetings. The committee has been working with the school to solve problems. The supervisor, a long time critic of the real estate empire. The academy has played San Francisco for a fool. That is coming to an end. The schools Attorney Says the lawsuit was unnecessary. We have made a settlement offer, which is a very important part of this picture. Brosnahan says they offered the city 10 million. The academy would lease a building for afford anl housing and build new Student Housing instead of buying existing buildings. In the meantime, brosnahan will continue working with the planning commission. Herrera is asking for hefty fines as well as a permanent injunction ordering the academy to restore units which the City Attorney says it took illegally from the citys housing stock. Vic lee, abc 7 news. In fremont, Community Members are stepping up to support the meals on Wheels Program after its delivery truck was hijacked thursday. Two people have been booked on multiple charges and now the program is hoping to move forward. It is a bold act that left many people stunned. How awful is this to happen and to all the people that needed that food. In fremont, two people tried to take a car from a woman at walnut plaza but were unsuccessful. Following that, they jumped bo a meals an wheels truck being loaded by volunteers. I was loading a cooler and i hear screaming and chaos. This volunteer was there and couldnt believe it. I thought i was watching a movie. I never experienced anything like that. Jose feliciano showed up to deliver meals on wheels and didnt know what happened. Its unbelievable. The two suspects led officers on a pursuit from fremont to Castro Valley which not only ended in their arrest but major damage to the truck, which is only a year and a half old. Program Officials Say it will likely be a total loss and are now relying on a backup truck built in the 1980s. We have 380 people to serve every day. They count on our meals. We have to be here. No matter what. The Fire Department will house the damaged truck until it can be assessed by the insurance adjuster. Roared less of the total amount, meals on wheels needs to raise thousands of dollars, meal recipients are grateful the program will press on despite the unexpected expense. I still have a good people. So we need a lot of good people. To learn more about how to donate, we have a link on our website, abc 7 news. Com. Happening today, a chance for your fourth grader to learn about our National Parks and even to become a junior ranger. Its all part of the junior ranger jamboree in San Francisco which is a part of the Golden Gate National recreation area. The jamboree is celebrating the 100th birthday of the National Park service. As part of the celebration, young people are encouraged to learn about National Parks and even be sworn in as junior rangers. The fun begins at noon. Always a good time for the kids. They might need a jacket for it. Thats right. Temperatures in the low 60s downtown San Francisco for the afternoon high and we still have showers not only today. It looks like more could sneak in overnight tonight. Well show it to you hour by hour in just a moment. Remember this, our storm impact scale that we have used all winter long and throughout the springtime where we rank our storms from 1 to 5. 1 the lightest, the 5 the most severe. Lingering through tomorrow with a 1, a light system with showers on and off perhaps. Very scattered anywhere from a couple hundredths to. 2. And the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm. As we look at doppler 7hd. There are a few showers in the north bay. Up through middletown. Westward around bodega bay, wet weather. Central marin, National Guard novato, southern marin towards tiburon into the east bay, concord has some showers. Also around 580 and pulling in from lafayette, oakland could see more activity, as well as hayward. Its raining in the Sierra Nevada and well be looking at more shower activity all the way down the spine of the sierra today as this moisture moves in from lake tahoe and moves across the bay area, the San Joaquin Valley where theres a flash flood watch. Anywhere from a quarter of an inch to a third of an inch in the San Joaquin Valley. The Sacramento Valley kind of soggy today. All in all across the state, well be looking at the showers, even in and around los angeles. Upper 60s in fresno with monterrey in the low 60s. Unsettled once again as this weather pattern really encompasses much of the state. As we look outside, heres a look from santa cruz where it should be 64 today. Showers, a few yesterday. 56 in San Francisco. In the mid50s from morgan hill. Half moon bay. San jose, here it is. The gray skies, 54 for you in santa rosa with 55 novato, livermore and the delta 57. 55minute delays at sfo due to the low cloud cover. You can see all of that here. If youre headed out this morning for a bike ride or a run, be careful. The visibility as you go up in elevation getting reduced. Chance of a thunderstorm, could see that down by mt. Hamilton this afternoon and partly cloudy skies tomorrow for mothers day. By 1 00, youll see light activity around the edge of perhaps sonoma coin into our east bay and also mt. Hamilton. The rest of the afternoon, 3 00, cloudy skies and as we get into 10 00, check it out. In the north bay, marin, sonoma looking at heavier downpours and this takes us right into midnight with more showers and then youre waking up mothers day to more cloud cover and eventually breaks in the clouds. So amounts, once again on the light side. Anywhere from nothing to about a tenth of an inch there. Maybe the north bay. Couple hundred dreds elsewhere. Highs today ranging from 64 in richmond and in santa cruz, 66 in oakland. 68 palo alto. The accuweather sevenday forecast, mothers day, partly cloudy. A few peeks of sun by the afternoon. And then much sunnier and warmer as High Pressure builds in the rest of the workweek with highs in the mid80s by the middle of the week and slightly cooler the end of the week. So weve had a lot of cloud cover all week long. That continues today. Wish we would get more rain later in the week imt lisa, thank you. Maybe buying substandard on the internet without knowing it. The storm impact scale. Todays storm is level 1. That means light rain. So keep an umbrella happy and drive safely. Dont you just love it when youre shopping online, you can definitely find deals. A lot of websites offer things at a lower price than dealers. Is it a good idea to buy . Michael finney tells us about the new warnings. The deals can be irresistible. 20 iphones on ebay. 60 off watches on amazon. Designer shoes, computers, handbags all at a discount. Were talking about large amounts of money that are going through the gray market. Attorney Richard Nelson of the alliance for gray market abatement says the items are authentic, even legal. Also risky for you, the buyer. You have no guarantees that what youre getting is going to work. You dont have a guarantee that the manufacturer i

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