Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20170204 : vimars

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20170204

You only get one, really. A murder mystery in Castro Valley and the victim it her mother. At first police thought it was an accidental death. And quickly determined it was not. Good evening, im dan ashley. And im ama dietz, the police are working to solve the case. Andrea st. John was murdered inside her home, and today her daughter is trying to get help to solve the case that baffles the Law Enforcement. Laura . Reporter investigators, ama, say there is a level of sophistication to this crime to what happened here that indicates the killer may have done Something Like that before. In the meantime, the daughters of andrea st. John are having to cope with unimaginable loss. Everybody needs their mom. It doesnt matter how old you are. Reporter its hard enough to lose a parent any time under any circumstance, but losing your mother like this, murdered in her own home is almost beyond understanding for the family of andrea st. John. When we found out it was not an accident, i think then i stepped out of my body a bit. My mom is the last person you would expect anything like this to happen to. Reporter ashley britain is the oldest daughter of andrea st. John who was found murdered inside her Castro Valley home. A home set on fire after the 59yearold mother and grandmother was killed. There is a level of sophistication that concerns Law Enforcement. Reporter the Alameda County Sheriffs Office are reaching out for a profiler and other police agencies. Are there any other crimes similar to andreas that we can connect this person to . Was this the first time they have done this or have they done it before . Reporter detectives have released details, but showing a Surveillance Video and a person of interest walking near her home the night of september 12. He may have been driving a model like this one, a silver corolla. The two sisters lost both their parents close together. Their father, art, died after a stroke. Now to know you dont have any parents is it doesnt compute. Reporter anyone with information about this person of interest or any information is asked to contact the Alameda County Sheriffs Office. New at 6 00. San Francisco Police just released Surveillance Video of a man who could be connected to a murder. You see him running on sunday morning. Police have not said if he is a suspect. The victim, 58yearold marcos perez was attacked and later died from his injuries. And now to a Major Development on President Trumps order banning muslims from several countries. A court order blocked the ban for now, after confusion at airports including sfo, attorneys in Washington State and minnesota successfully convinced a federal judge in seattle today that President Trumps order is unconstitutional. I tell you where there is confusion, the president s executive order. That is what caused confusion, im sorry, there is no other way to put it. Its keystone cops, that is not just me saying that, that is other republicans. That is what is causing confusion, there is nothing confusing about what the judge ordered and the federal government will be expected to abide by it and they will. Customs and board patrol said immediately they will read the judges decision and start to comply with the court order. So far there is no response from President Trump who is spending the weekend at his club in ma h maralago in florida. And in San Francisco, there was a mosque where people wanted to spread love. David louie has more. Reporter the Group Gathering outside Evergreen Islamic Center said the political rhetoric needed to stop and instead they joined arms to show their solidarity to members of the mosques at a time when washington has been sending out antimuslim sentiment. Regular americans are willing to stand up against hate. I think if people are willing to do that then things will change. Members of the mosques are greeted with cheers and smiles as they arrived for afternoon prayer. She joined the gathering. Immigrant communities attacked or feel threatened in any way. It is significant the rallies are held here in east san jose, because last november the hate letter was sent here. So the members of the mosques were deeply moved at the door step. What transcends one persons bigotry, this love and support transcends all of it. Reporter the imam was handed letters of support and flowers. May god accept and bless us. Thank you very much. Reporter the gathering was part of a natnal day of action organized by Community Group tired of what they consider intolerance and hate. Their gesture touched this woman deeply. I just wanted to say thank you to you all, youre all our brothers and sister. You know, were just very thankful for all of this. Thank you for doing this for us. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. Opponents of President Trumps policies are targeting his daughter, ivanka trumps fashion line. Yesterday, nordstrom announced they would no longer sell the line because it is performing poorly. And Neiman Marcus is pulling her line as well. From october 11th through yesterday, the hash tag had been seen on twitter over 600 million times. From what i have seen throughout this movement, people simply especially women, dont want to see the name trump, while theyre shopping. Macys is still selling the line of shoes, a spokesperson for the brand said nordstrom did purchase their apparel for spring. And tomorrow, more than 9,000 people could gather at San Franciscos civic center in what is called a no ban, no rally. It is to show solidarity for the president s executive orders, scheduled at 3 00. And were taking a live look at our tower cameras in emeryville, and some parts of the bay area didnt see muchf the storm, others had rain and clouds, sky 7 flew over the great highway as cars drove through flooded lanes, the cars were slowed because of flooding, abc 7 news weather explains what to expect from the weather. Right now, ama, as you pointed out, hit or miss showers on live doppler 7. The steadier rain is over the highway terrain. But the storm will have tonight and tomorrow and will continue ranking one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity, bringing scattered showers, it will be breezy at times. Starting 9 00 tonight, notice over the Early Morning hours pockets of light rain and scattered showers, the pockets continuing throughout the day tomorrow into our night. We may get a little bit of a dry break on sunday from oh, about 8 00 a. M. Until about 4 or 5 00 in the afternoon. That will be the driest break we think in the weekend. Heavier rain comes in sunday night carrying over into monday morning. So a small portion of the weekend will be dry, but beyond that its wet weather all the way. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. Neighbors who live in the same Berkeley Building where a couple mysteriously died were supposed to be leaving right now so police could run some tests. And they didnt get much notice to leave and they got even less notice that tonights tests were cancelled. It has been almost two weeks since a man, woman and their two cats were found dead inside the apartment. And we have more on how the people are dealing with the mixed messages. Reporter neighbors say they feel like theyre being kept in the dark, first told to vacate the building, then told they can stay. Theyre not even sure if its safe to be here. We contacted studethe police, ae coroner, still there is no update on what killed that two couple and their two cats. Good informatio and that is what were lacking here. Reporter she is getting frustrated. Nearly two weeks after her neighbors mysterious deaths, there is tape on the door and cards and flowers finance to show up, but answers are nowhere to be found. And about the only explanation that makes sense is Carbon Monoxide. Theyre saying no, we dont know what it is. Reporter the Carbon Monoxide detector is working. In fact, in the hours after the bodies of roger and Valerie Morash were found, police asked for tests and say they found nothing and gave the all clear, but a week later, she says the landlord wanted to test again. They said you dont have to be out of the building but we strongly advise it. No other information. Reporter she booked a hotel room for her and her cat, and then this. You are advised that the future testing scheduled for friday february 3rd at 6 30 p. M. Will not go forward. Reporter postponed indefinitely on less than a days notice. I cant cancel my room without paying the full price of the room. So which is . 214. The neighbors are left confused. Its been cold, while i am inclined not to run it i have to confess i did. And as friends continue to pay respects, she is hoping not to pay for the hotel room. I think i should not have to pay it, they should just take it out of my rent. And an arrest was just the beginning. Now there is a charge against the sheriffs deputy accused of helping a former inmate. Abc 7 news was in court today when the deputy learned despite criminal charges she would be going home tonight. And San Franciscos embarcadero is beautiful but dangerous, the plans to make this popular street safer for everyone. I am now cancerfree, absolutely. This tiny device could help keep her that way. Keep her that way. Because of how it can [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. Almost 12 hours later, they arrived before 8 00 a. M. To find a market on fire at pacific avenue and stockton street. Its not just one business that is affected. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman joins us live with a look at the broader impact, wayne . Reporter and as we join us tonight, this is the cleanup. We still have firemen here gathering around pulling hoses together and get them back in their trucks. You see the damage they pulled out of the building earlier when it was on fire. The good news is as a while ago the fire is finally out but burned much longer than people thought. It was not just a matter of flames, but a matter of smoldering installation underneath the ground and four feet of water. At the corner of stockton and pacific tonight this is the mess that followed the heat, a mess made more difficult by the language barrier. It is chinatown in the middle of this Great American city where this morning a building burned just as hot and dangerously as it would anywhere else. This morning at 8 00 a. M. Reporter cell phone video shot by diane ju who ran from the flames as firemen ran towards the blaze that started in the basement with all sorts of on staitems. Reporter at least 12 lived on the top floor, one climbed down the fire escape, one needed dialysis treatment. Mayor ed lee was driven to the scene. Luckily no one was hurt, but they do damage and especially during the new years. Reporter before he left, the mayor sent help to the citys Small Business relief funds. Lost the money and the business. Reporter she has already filled out the paperwork. We designed this program pretty fast so we know that when a fire occurs in a Small Business in particular they dont have time to sit around and wait for forms and insurance to come in. We designed this program at the mayors request to address that exact issue. And maybe as a result it will bring fewer issues on this corner of chinatown that for tonight is filled with them. In San Francisco, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. And San Francisco transportation officials consider a new idea to protect bicyclists on the embarcadero, this is an area seeing a huge jump in the number of people riding the bikes. Well, dan, San Francisco and embarcadero, popular with the tourists and locals, maybe too popular. In the past five years, over 100 people were injured here walking or bicycling. They reported that is why San Franciscos Municipal Agency is drawing up plans for a safer embarcadero includes better protection than just the painted green lanes. Now this is an agency rendering of the plan, they want to separate the vehicle traffic and bicyclists, maybe even in both directions there. The buffer could be anything, planters, trees, or any option that is on the table. I think the main thing is, somebody will pull in quickly without noticing their blind spot, and to open a door even to get out of the car. Today, it is on the high network, 12 of city streets make up 70 of the collisions. You can find protected bike lanes in a few areas in oakland, the bay area in this case is parked cars separating bike and vehicles. The mta wants you to know the embarcadero project is in the early design stages. There will be plenty of opportunity for public input. Dan and ama. Thank you, and on todays bay Area Business watch apple is facing a Class Action Lawsuit that deliberately doesnt let face time work on older devices, they say its a trick to get them to update to newer devices. Apple says they had to pay large sums in user fees. Damages being sought not revealed tonight. And the city of oakland is putting together a spending plan that the port says will increase facilities and the containers coming in and out. Nearly half of the money would go towards separating Major Railroad tracks to major port roadways. The stock market had a good day to end the trading week, dow ending above 12,000, the nasdaq, up, and the s p moved up by 16 points. Now, the accuweather forecast with spencer christian. Light rain and showers around the bay area, as you can see on live doppler 7. Most of the moisture that is being picked up on the radar screen is over the higher terrain, over the Mount Hamilton area, and up in the north bay here. Most locations down at bay level are not receiving any significant rainfall at the moment. This is the view from our roof top camera looking out over close over the bay. 59 degrees in San Francisco, midtoupper 50s at oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy and half moon bay. This is the view from emeryville, looking along the bay bridge along San Francisco, 55 degrees along santa rosa, and mid50s at napa, concord and livermore. Not a wide range of temperatures, the Golden Gate Bridge showing it dry, scattered showers passing throughhe area and will continue to fall tonight and through the area. A smaller storm coming in sunday night and the rainy pattern will continue right on through next week. The storm were having tonight and tomorrow ranks one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity, producing scattered showers tomorrow, probably under half an inch of rainfall, breezy at times, here is the forecast at 7 00 this evening, this pattern of scattered showers mainly light rainfall with a few pockets of hearer downpours will continue through tomorrow afternoon, into the evening hours overnight sunny, sunday a break, around 7 or 8 00 well see dry conditions for most of the area, continuing into the Late Afternoon or early evening, but by 6 00 sunday evening, a wave of steadier rain coming in. Heavy rain by 10 00 sunday night, continuing through the Early Morning hours on monday, the morning commute on monday probably to be a wet one. As will most of the week ahead be wet. This Current System will not produce a lot of rainfall, the rainfall totals we project by 5 00 tomorrow afternoon generally under a quarter of an inch for most of the bay area, overnight, look for a low temperature mainly in the low 50s, exactly where they have been in the last few mornings, mild overnight, tomorrow in the daytime, highs reaching about 60 degrees, give or take a degree. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast, seven days of unsettled and wet weather, looking like our best break for dry weather for a period of several hours will be on sunday when we get dry conditions for most of the day, but then rainy and windy sunday night, monday, rain in the morning giving way to showers and partial clearing later in the day, another wet day on tuesday, rainy, showery day on wednesday, maybe a little sun coming through on thursday or friday. Every single day in the forecast period were going to get the sum of rainfall. The seven all added up. That is true, one, two, three. 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