in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura, thank you. the child was taken to children's hospital in oakland where doctors are taking care of her. this is video from sky 7. the child's family there is ena spokesperson is asking for prayers. elissa harrington will bring us a live report from the hospital at 5:00. >>> turning to the weather and the big storm that will be hitting this weekend. live look from our mt. tam camera. this is a beautiful day today, but all of that is about to change. we have team coverage on the storm that's moving into the bay area. >> spencer christian will have the forecast and eric thomas is looking at preparations on the peninsula. we begin with wayne friedman live in the north bay today. wayne? >> reporter: after a big beautiful day like this it's almost embarrassing to stand here under blue skies talking about rain. you know what we've had and what's coming and the dean street bridge in petaluma, yes, they do have concerns. in petaluma along the river this was a good day for looking an inert dean street brid

laura anthony is live in antioch. laura? >> reporter: delivery drivers are on high alert. it's not clear at this point why these suspects chose the same address for two different robberies because the people who live there told us they didn't order any takeout. >> they just surrounded me and started cursing me. >> reporter: he's a pizza driver, the first of two robbed on two consecutive nights at the same address in one antioch neighborhood. >> they took my money and the pizza and tried to get my phone but i didn't give it to them. >> that was monday night. tuesday, it happened again, this time to a driver delivering chinese takeout. several young men jumped out from behind bushes, beat and robbed him. he rang the door bell and asked the unwitting homeowner for help. this woman says her family lives in the house near where both attacks occurred. >> these group of people have violated the sense of security for not only them but for may family in that neighborhood. >> she's a regular customer where one of the victimized delivery drivers works. >> these aren't just people try

. >> laura anthony is there live with more tonight. laura. >> reporter: well, hi dan. i was going to tell you how it hadn't rained all day but it just started raining. it is pouring here. let's show you where i'm standing right now. this is woler road. this road normally would go through all the way to healdsburg, but you can see it is inundated with water. this is the russian river overflowing its banks. it has been this way all day. according to the local supervisor, it's the highest it's been in over eight years. as far as the eye can see, the russian river has overflowed its banks. the once pristine shoreline now awash in a sea of mud and deb s debris. residents many of them living in tents, moved out before the flooding. >> it's spectacular to see the river come back and north nature say you occupy a lot of space here, but i'm in charge. >> reporter: down the road to the west, the river bend rv park is largely under water. fortunately, not before most of the rigs relocated to higher ground. >> i live in santa rosa, but this kind of thing interests me and i like to

. >> laura anthony joins us live from the scene. laura? >> reporter: hi, kristen. well, it is pouring here. it has been pouring all day. i'm just a couple of blocks off the main drag here in guerneville. let's take a look at this. this is the neighborhood that's been watching the water rise all day, probably up about two feet since we have been here. the russian river itself is doing pretty well, it's actually down a little bit from yesterday, but this is from the creek, five creek, causing trouble for folks here all day. despite the pleas of her children, 83-year-old evie martinelli did not want to leave her trailer home until she had to as the floodwaters prompted the russian river fire department to go in and get her. >> i was about to go in, swim in there and get her out. yeah, because i swim and she comes behind me. so i didn't know what i was going to do. >> she wasn't going to leave? >> no. she wanted to stay in there and sit on the counter. i said you're insane. i said you need to come out. >> reporter: as the rain pounded guerneville, the flooding began. i

live at north star, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> all right, laura, thanks so much. >>> snow was also piling up in santa clara county. >> coming up, how folks at the observe store are taking a scientific approach to getting rid of all the flakes in the last 24 hours. >>> storms are taking a holiday but they'll be back. i'm sandhya patel. i leave you with a stunning sunset. i'll be back to let you know how your weekend is shaping up, coming up. >>> and what was a profit-making machine is now feeling the pinch. wells fargo's new struggle in the aftermath of a scandal. >>> i'm michael finney live in the 7 on your side office. we're taking your questions about covered california. you can e maim u >>> the majority voting in the affirmative. the concurrent resolution is agreed to. >> with that, congress took the first step toward undoing president obama's health care law. the republican-led house voted for a full repeal of the affordable care act against the objections of the democrats. obamacare remains in effect as republicans decide on how to replace it. >>> well, today abc 7 news is hel

abc7 news reporter laura anthony filed this story in august. >> it's a program that's proving the value of shared experience -- moms-to-be at oakland's highland hospital undergoing their prenatal care together. it's called centering, and it's credited with reducing preterm deliveries by 33% to 47%. >> when babies are newly born, do they have a lot of head support? >> in centering, you bring it all out in the open. everyone gets to share their experiences and their fears and their hopes, and they learn that they're not alone, that everybody's having similar experiences or, if they're having different experiences, they can determine what's normal, what's of concern. >> besides the usual blood pressure and weight checks, centering includes group sessions in the late stages of pregnancy -- 8 to 12 women with similar due dates. >> they said that the milk is -- for the first six months -- is the best. >> elicia alvarez is expecting her third child but is getting valuable, new information this time. >> i was a lot younger when i had my first son, so now it's just different learning, like, the

laura anthony is live at city hall with the story tonight. laura, hope she stays a while. >> reporter: that's right, dan. it appears at this point the city council here still needs to approve her contract, but it does appear that anne kirkpatrick is set to become this city's next top cop. seven months after she characterized the culture of her police force as a frat house, oakland mayor libby chaaf announced anne kirkpatrick as the city's first female chief. >> we were not looking for a man or a woman, but someone who would deliver leadership, someone who would hold the department accountable for a level and standard of conduct that i know both men and women want. >> i am a leader who is cloaked as a woman. and i'm grateful for being a woman, but i will be your leader. >> reporter: anne kirkpatrick has 34 years of law enforcement experience, a former chief in spokane, she most recently worked in chicago. appointed by the mayor there to lead reform efforts. some hope she'll do the same here. >> she knows what she's getting herself into. she k

laura anthony is live at the solano county jail to explain, laura, how they cracked this case. >> reporter: hi, dan. already in prison for another murder, marvin markle has been moved to this jail in solano county to stand trial for a tragedy that this community has been agonizing over for three decades. it was a murder that rocked an entire community. november, 1982, the body of a 14-year-old, deanna lynn johnson, was found next to train tracks, out in the open, badly beaten just blocks from her vacaville home. >> we miss her very much. >> reporter: now finally her mother and father of the news they have been waiting three decades to hear. the arrest of a long-time suspect, 51-year-old marvin markle. >> and we are encouraged that the truth will prevail and finally justice will be done. >> it's been cruel to this community for way too long. >> reporter: vacaville police chief john carly said deanna's case became very personal to all who worked on it. from the day the ninth grader was reported missing after failing to come home from a neighborhood party. then 17 years old, markle was there

laura anthony is joining us live at raiders headquarters. head coach jack del rio just briefed reporters. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, larry. others may be writing off the oakland raiders in the wake of injuries to both derek carr and matt mcgloin, you won't hear any of that here at team headquarters. in fact head coach jack del rio told us with a void comes an opportunity. >> how are you doing? >> ugly game yesterday, ugly game yesterday. >> reporter: it was a different kind of new year's hangover for oakland raiders fans, the kind that comes with watching yet another quarterback go down. >> what were you thinking when you saw mcgloin go down yesterday? >> oh, lord. that's all i could say. >> reporter: with the injury to backup matt mcgloin, the raiders' chances of winning the afc west went out the door, though third string rookie, connor cook, seemed to hold his own. the raiders and their fans are clearly feeling victimized. >> now we've got to go to houston, so we're not feeling too well. at least raider nation, it's kind of tough. >> th

laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> the rain is not done yet. more showers fell today. you can see umbrellas popping up in san francisco. >> meteorologist sandhya patel has more. >> we are out of the drought in the bay area. something we've been waiting for for years. if you look at the statewide area down to our south, extreme exceptional drought continues so it's not completely done. 35% of california is drought-free, which is encouraging. on live doppler 7, we're tracking showers in the peninsula as we take you down to street level here. burlingame, highway 101 is slick for the evening commute. also, for menlo park to palo alto around stanford, we're seeing the wet roadways. really light showers. it's been mixed precipitation over the hill. the pinks, blues, purples indicating snow over the mt. hamilton area and to our north, highway 101, geyersville. so here's a look at the current stage. it's at 32 feet. flood stage is at 32. we're still there. flood warning remains until 2:48 a.m. i expect the river to continue to recede. solano county, until tomorrow afternoon. w

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live from the 1951 coffee company on channing way. laura? >> reporter: hi, kristen. this cafe has been in the works now for a couple of years. it just happened to open at this time, which is timely, given the orders coming from the new president. a refugee from syria is doing her best to keep her mind on her work as a barista at the newly opened 1951 coffee company in berkeley. the 18-year-old student is keenly aware that president trump's travel ban on people from predominantly muslim countries, including syria, could deeply affect others like her. >> it's really hard to be focused on my homework or studies because i'm thinking all the time like what's going to happen for the other refugees or even for me. >> reporter: opened just last week, the cafe is run by a nonprofit that exclusively hires refugees as employees. >> we have eight employees right now from seven different countries. >> reporter: doug hewitt is one of the founders of 1951 coffee. >> we really hope that people will look and see what we're doing and see the refugees that are

. >> laura anthony is live in oakland with the preparations under way. laura? >> reporter: hi, eric. the big demonstration is not expected here in oakland until friday morning. while we haven't seen any businesses boarding up their windows, at least not yet, we have seen the city and the businesses preparing in other ways. despite the rain, oakland city employees hit the streets to bring downtown business owners up to speed on the protests and demonstrations expected to begin early friday. >> we can anticipate with the inauguration on friday a lot of activity. >> reporter: city officials will activate their emergency operation center and all police days off have been cancelled to both manage the large crowds and handle potentia problems like oakland saw after the election. >> the destruction has damaged the reputation of some of the activists and organizers, and so what we're hearing is that there is a focus more on disruption than destruction. >> we're expecting 10,000 to 20,000. it really depends on the weather. >> reporter: the largest event will bow saturde

laura anthony is there live and begins our team coverage for you. laura? >> reporter: hi dan. the police have cleared out now but they did spend several hours here collecting evidence that includes looking for video surveillance footage of this incident. police are also looking into whether this shooting today of the little girl is somehow related to the murder of a man in another part of town yesterday. >> it was about maybe four or five and then there was a pause and then there was another probably four. >> reporter: the shots rang out in an east oakland neighborhood before noon, a quick succession, a pause and several more. >> right after the last gunshot i heard a car peeling abe. it's horrible. it's awful. it's the most kind of awful you could imagine. >> reporter: another neighbor heard it, too, but didn't want us to show her face. >> i just heard five or six gunshots, and they sounded very close, right outside my window almost. oftentimes we hear gunshots around here but you don't see any police action so the minute i saw the police, i thought, wow. >> reporter: oakland

laura anthony is live with the details. >> reporter: these alleged incidents have been investigated by both the school district here and the police department over the past year, and so far no charges have been filed. now with this lawsuit, though, a popular teacher here is under fire. >> he didn't do anything that justifies any treatment of this nature. >> reporter: attorney larry cook says his client, then an 11-year-old student at los perales elementary had duct tape placed over his mouth twice in a one-month period last year. >> the first occasion, duct tape was placed over his mouth and face and in front of his entire class, fifth grade. and on the second occasion, the student was forced to put the duct tape on the student's own mouth. >> reporter: after the boy's parents complained, the school district reported the incidents to police but an initial investigation yielded no charges. >> recently the young man who was involved was made available to us for an interview and so we just conducted an interview with him last week. we will be taking that new information along with the pre

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the story. >> reporter: it's a surveillance video that shows a man walking late at night in a castro valley neighborhood. a man police hope can help solve the murder of andrea sangt john 12 days before christmas. sheriffs are also looking for a car seen in the neighborhood around the same time. a 2011 to 2013 toyota corolla like this one. >> we're not naming this person as a suspect, but we're saying they're a person of interest, maybe either a witness or somebody that we need to alleviate as being involved in this case. >> reporter: a widow, a mother and grandmother, st. john was found dead inside the garage of her home, a house that had been set on fire the night of december 13th. an autopsy revealed that st. john was murdered before the fire. neighbors tell us they haven't been able to rest easy in the weeks since st. john's murder here and they won't until police make an arrest. >> and i'm deathly afraid every day. >> reporter: franny irwin can see st. john's gutted home from her front porch almost directly across the street. >> so it's defin

live near pinole, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> thank goodness indeed. laura, thank you. >>> well, to the south now, where first responders surveyed the damage today. floodwaters swallowed up homes and forced evacuations. >> this area is in hollister, about an hour south of san jose. population about 37,000. >> abc 7 news reporter david louie is there live with what's happening there. >> reporter: you can see that the floodwaters are still very much evident here on lovers lane in hollister. the 50 homes here on the street are so glad that the rain has abated for th time being, but you know they have got a big cleanup job ahead and many of them are saying that they're very concerned that this is all going to happen again. never did so much water rise so fast and flood 50 homes. sky 7 was overhead as the advancing water took overpass tours, vineyards and a ranch style house. between 2 and 3 feet of water soaked his carpeting and left a water mark in the bathroom there will be plenty of work to dry out and repair the damage. >> i'll be removing some drywall

laura anthony was there and joins us live now from city hall with the story. laura. >> reporter: hi, larry. well, she's known as a reformer in other cities, but kirkpatrick could have her hands full taking over this department in oakland. while some may characterize it as a mess, she calls it an opportunity. >> i think it's the greatest opportunity in america policing today. >> reporter: she is oakland's first female police chief, filling a void left open for seven months as the new head of a force that's been rocked by scandal and a succession of leaders. >> i do have the courage, indeed, of holding officers accountable, but that includes myself. but for the men and women of the oakland police department, i also want you to know that in this chief, i have the courage to stand by you. >> reporter: the mayor said community input was the cornerstone of the chief's selection. >> oaklanders wanted a leader with integrity, able to change culture. >> reporter: and kirkpatrick has 34 years of law enforcement experience, a former chief in spokane, she most recently wo

laura anthony with more. >> it's horrible. i mean it's awful. most awful you can imagine. >> reporter: the mother ever a young son, claire stanley says the sounds were unmistakable and way to close to her home in east oakland. >> four or five and then a pause and another four, right after the last gun shot heard a car peeling away. >> reporter: another neighbor heard it too. >> sound close, right outside the window. oftentimes hear them but don't see police action. minute i saw the police, i thought wow. >> reporter: a 22-month-old toddler shot once in a car with mother. investigators don't know yet if unprovoked or exchange of gun tire between two cars and investigating whether the shooting related to murder yesterday on myrtle street. >> that was first first homicide of 2017 and going to look at if there is any connection. >> this is out of control. there's no reason for this. babies being killed or shot? that's crazy. don't make no sense. >> killing the community. innocent people, babies, women. everybody's getting caught up in the cross fire

>> reporter: laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> why weren't we up there? that looks like fun. >>> still ahead, a missing baby found nearly two decades later, how she found out her parents were frauds. >>> plus, young bay area men show their hearts and souls with a random act of kindness. >>> being late is one thing, being a tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift. especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto... a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or

>> laura anthony is looking into that que >> well, the spill way behind me is open for the first time in a long time. while everything looks great, there is more to the story. underground. >> this is what many california reservoirs look like at the height of the drought in the spring of 2015. half empty. this is what many look like today. more than 100% full. so full, the spill way at the san pablo reservoir is wide o n open. >> the amount of water we received is 160% of average. for the month of january, 470% of average so far. >> while federal officials may have declared northern california's drought over fp jerry brown's declaration is still in place, at least for now. >> this may be a sign that the state is coming out of the drought emergency that we've been in for years, and maybe time local control can be returned. >> nen there's the long term outlook. >> we received all of the snow. this is great, is it going to last? >> alex is a professor of earth in maraga. all this is great for surface supplies. what happens beneath the ground is even more important. >> all of this precipit

laura anthony spent the day there to get their perspective. >> it's a coffee shop where all the employees are refugees and all the proceeds go to their community. a newly opened nonprofit called 1951 coffee company. >> we have eight employees right now from seven different countries. >> doug is one of the founders of 1951 coffee. >> we hope that people will look and see what we're doing. it gives them an opportunity to get to know people, to see the positive things we have seen. >> this 18-year-old is a refugee from syria. she's deeply concerned about president trump's travel ban on people from her country. >> they're killing and fighting in the name of islam, they do not represent islam, they do not represent us, they are just terrorists. >> this uc berkeley student sees the cafe's opening especially timely. given the executive orders coming out of washington, d.c.. >> i think it's a really good humanitarian effort, and a good combination of business and morality. >> thank you. >> 1951 not only hires refugees, the proceeds from its coffee sales also go to the refugee community here in th

laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> there's a deadly outbreak of parvo virus. all adoptions are on hold as a result. six dogs had to be euthanized many all other dogs have received vac teens. the shelter is undergoing a deep cleaning and a decontamination. it will reopen once the outbreak has been contained and all animals are safe. par vow is a viral infection that affects a dog's intestinal tract. >>> a well known san francisco political consultant the was to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to child porn charges. in court, a surprise move undid a deal, a plea deal which prosecutors said was too lenient. vick lee is on the story. >> political consultant enrique pierce pleaded guilty to possession of hundreds of images of child porn. including sexually abusive photos of infants, he worked on many political campaigns, including those for mayor ed lee and supervisor jane kim before his arrest in 2015. pierce was to be sentenced today. judge navarro approved a plea deal. >> the defendant plead open court guilty to all the charges, in exchange for six mont

laura anthony, "abc7 news." >>> now at 6:00, opening statements are set to begin in the trial of torres. police arrested garcia torres three months after lamar vanished. lamar was 15 when she disappeared. her body has never been found. >>> part of niles canyon road will close again today while rescue workers search for the missing woman whose car went into alameda creek last week. rescue workers will be searching for 18-year-old jada jenkins. the car crashed into the creek last saturday. that car was pulled from the water on tuesday, but she was not inside. >>> a fresno judge has decided california can force the maker of a widely used weed killer to label the product as a potential carcinogen. the company contends its product is safe. more than a dozen families are suing. here's one family's story. >> reporter: one year ago, 69-year-old jack died from cancer. >> he was just the love of my life, my soul mate. my everything, really. >> reporter: jack was a farmer who had a healthy lifestyle and never smoked. he had no family history of the disease. his widow stood with more than a dozen o

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony looks at how the city is preparing. >> this city employee spent his day going door to door in oakland's downtown business district. providing information to business owners who might be concerned about upcoming zemin stations. >> we can anticipate with the inauguration on friday, a lot of activity. >> city officials will activate their emergency center. >> the destruction has damaged the reputation of some of the activists and organizers, what we're hearing is that there's a focus more on disruption than destruction. >> the largest event will be saturday, with the women's march through downtown. >> we talked with a good amount of businesses that actually said they were going to have a table right outside of their business. and cheering on us. >> iris will be speaking at the women's march. >> we need peaceful results. and we need results that are going to change and include everyone. if someone tears up personal property or businesses, that's not going to be something that i'm interested in. >> this store owner on telegraph avenue received a visit from

laura anthony, "abc7 news." >>> now at 6:00, opening statements are set to begin in the trial of torres. police arrested garcia torres three months after lamar vanished. lamar was 15 when she disappeared. her body has never been found. >>> part of niles canyon road will close again today while rescue workers search for the missing woman whose car went into alameda creek last week. rescue workers will be searching for 18-year-old jada jenkins. the car crashed into the creek last saturday. that car was pulled from the water on tuesday, but she was not inside. >>> a fresno judge has decided california can force the maker of a widely used weed killer to label the product as a potential carcinogen. the company contends its product is safe. more than a dozen families are suing. here's one family's story. >> reporter: one year ago, 69-year-old jack died from cancer. >> he was just the love of my life, my soul mate. my everything, really. >> reporter: jack was a farmer who had a healthy lifestyle and never smoked. he had no family history of the disease. his widow stood with more than a dozen o

>> laura anthony is looking into that question. >> well, the spill way behind me is open for the first time in a long time. while everything looks great, there is more to the story. underground. >> this is what many california reservoirs look like at the height of the drought in the spring of 2015. half empty. this is what many look like today. more than 100% full. so full, the spill way at the san pablo reservoir is wide o n open. >> the amount of water we received is 160% of average. for the month of january, 470% of average so far. >> while federal officials may have declared northern california's drought over fp jerry brown's declaration is still in place, at least for now. >> this may be a sign that the state is coming out of the drought emergency that we've been in for years, and maybe time local control can be returned. >> nen there's the long term outlook. >> we received all of the snow. this is great, is it going to last? >> alex is a professor of earth in maraga. all this is great for surface supplies. what happens beneath the ground is even more important. >> all of this pre

laura anthony live in oakland with that story. laura? >> reporter: hi, larry. just when you thought things couldn't get worse for the raiders, their backup quarterback is hurt in a key game. while others may be writing off this team, you won't hear any of that here from their fans or their head coach. it's been a tough couple of weeks for the raiders and their nation. from pre-holiday visions of going all the way to the super bowl. >> mcgloin has to lean back. he's getting pressured. >> to the host holiday blues. >> you saw mcgloin went down yesterday. what were you thinking? >> oh, lord. >>he raiders chances of winning the afc west went out the door. though connor cook seemed to hold his own, the raiders and their fans are feeling victimized. >> we've won all year as a team. we lose as a team. it wasn't a good day for us. >> now we got to go to houston. we're not doing too well, raider nation is kind of tough. >> that's not to say that raider nation lost the faith. backs against the wall and all. >> it's a touchdown. >> i hope we can go over and to houston and

laura anthony is live in ant a antioch. laura? >> reporter: here in one antioch neighborhood, police believe teenagers are calling in bogus orders and then lying in wait. >> four guys ordered a pizza and i went to go serve it to them and they just attacked me. >> reporter: mike trevors is a pizza delivery driver. the first of two drivers robbed on two consecutive nights at the same address in one antioch neighborhood. >> they took my money and my -- the pizza and they tried to get my phone but i didn't give it to them. >> reporter: that was monday night. the next night, tuesday, it happened again. this time, to a driver delivering chinese takeout to the same address on swallow way. as they approached the door, several men jumped out of bushes, beat and robbed him. >> some group of people used our home address to order takeout. >> reporter: this woman says her family lives in the house near where both attacks occurred. >> it is very disturbing for the neighborhood because people no longer feel safe in their home. >> reporter: now p

laura anthony live in oakland with that story. laura? >> reporter: hi, larry. just when you thought things couldn't get worse for the raiders, their backup quarterback is hurt in a key game. while others may be writing off this team, you won't hear any of that here from their fans or their head coach. it's been a tough couple of weeks for the raiders and their nation. from pre-holiday visions of going all the way to the super bowl. >> mcgloin has to lean back. he's getting pressured. >> to the host holiday blues. >> you saw mcgloin went down yesterday. what were you thinking? >> oh, lord. >> the raiders chances of winning the afc west went out the door. though connor cook seemed to hold his own, the raiders and their fans are feeling victimized. >> we've won all year as a team. we lose as a team. it wasn't a good day for us. >> now we got to go to houston. we're not doing too well, raider nation is kind of tough. >> that's not to say that raider nation lost the faith. backs against the wall and all. >> it's a touchdown. >> i hope we can go over and to houston a

laura anthony is there live and begins our team coverage on this. laura? >> police do not think this little girl was the intended target. but that someone with her may have been. they're looking into whether this shooting today may have been related to a murder yesterday. >> it's horrible. it's awful. it's the most kind of awful you could imagine. >> the mother of a young son claire stanley says the sounds were unmistakable. and way too close to her mills mont neighborhood home in east oakland. >> there was a pause and probably another four. right after the last gunshot i heard a car peeling away. >> another neighbor heard it too, but didn't want us to show her face. >> i heard five or six gunshots and they sounded very close, right outside my window, almost. >> often times we hear gunshots around here, we don't see any police action. the minute i saw the police, i thought, wow! >> a 22-month-old toddler was shot once investigators don't know yet whether it was unprovoked or an exchange of gunfire between two cars. they're investigating whether the girl's

laura anthony is there live and begins our team coverage on this. laura? >> police do not think this little girl was the intended target. but that someone with her may have been. they're looking into whether this shooting today may have been related to a murder yesterday. >> it's horrible. it's awful. it's the most kind of awful you could imagine. >> the mother of a young son claire stanley says the sounds were unmistakable. and way too close to her mills mont neighborhood home in east oakland. >> there was a pause and probably another four. right after the last gunshot i heard a car peeling away. >> another neighbor heard it too, but didn't want us to show her face. >> i heard five or six gunshots and they sounded very close, right outside my window, almost. >> often times we hear gunshots around here, we don't see any police action. the minute i saw the police, i thought, wow! >> a 22-month-old toddler was shot once investigators don't know yet whether it was unprovoked or an exchange of gunfire between two cars. they're investigating whether the girl's

in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> i will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday with live reports on president-elect trump's in august wags, hope you can join us for that. >> in oakland many people carried anti-donald trump signs to a march honoring dr. martin luther king jr. sky 7 above when one group took over a park. organizers said they were reclaiming it for the community. marchers are nervous about the country's future. >> i have been active since 1968, and the height of the vietnam war, i never felt as frightened about democracy and our country and the world than i am right now with the demagogue that is going to be president of the united states. >> hundred celebrated the message of dr. king and the peaceful methods he used in pushing for change and the progress that he made. >> today also a day to celebrate king's legacy and that's what riders on board the celebration train from san jose to san francisco focused on. abc 7 news reporter live from where it all cam together. hi, lyanne. >> last year the mayor of san francisco, ed lee was

in forestville, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much, laura. >>> a mudslide covered half of highway 17. you can see it. if you look closely, you can see an abc 7 news van was caught in the slide. one of our colleagues, our photographer was injured and taken to the hospital. good news. we're glad to say he's going to be okay. the van was crushed. the mud and rocks blocked the northbound lanes of highway 17 near scots valley. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live with a look at the cleanup efforts. david? >> reporter: dan, you can see it's dark here now. cal trans has set up lighting. they're going to continue to work with front loaders and excavators to clear up these two northbound lanes of highway 17. the job is major. a lot of any time you see a rock and debris and trees come down. there's no question in our mind what damage it can do to a passing vehicle. this is what happens when you get caught in a landslide. the abc 7 news van was crushed as rocks, boulders and trees landed on the two northbound lanes of highway 17. video shot by a chp officer emphasized how lucky ou

in walnut creek, laura anthony. >> again, four days away from the inincome ration. crews are getting d.c. set up for the event laying down barriers for the parade expected to last just 80 to 90 minutes compared to four hours for president obama. there are inaugural platforms, viewing stands and seats. organizers say don't worry about the lawn. >> the tiles allows light through so the grass can photo synthesize while covered. >> movers took movers into barack and michelle's home. they will live here until their daughter finishes high school. it's less than two blocks from the home ivanka trump and jared kusnyer will live there in d.c. >>> well, we have just one more day of clear weather before the rain returns. >> coming back. now here is a live look from an east bay hills camera. this is one of the few, clear dry dres we'ays we'll see this >> tomorrow, winter spare the air alert is issued. they do not apply to traffic. wood burning is banned to reduce pollution. >> drew tuma is here with live doppler 7. a lot to track. >> dan and alma tracking three storms in the ne

laura anthony is in oakland with a look at the preparations, laura? >> reporter: hi, ama. oakland saw it's share of protests with the inauguration upon us, they are hoping to avoid a repeat performance. this city employee spent his day going door to door in oakland's downtown business district doing out reach, providing information to business owners that might be concerned about upcoming demonstrations. >> we can anticipate with the inauguration on friday, a lot of activity. >> reporter: city officials will activate the emergency operation center and old police days off are cancelled to manage large crowds and handle problems like oakland saw after the election. >> the destruction has damaged the reputation of some of the activists and organizers and so what we're hearing is there is a focus more on disruption than destruction. >> reporter: the largest event will be saturday with the women's march through downtown. >> we talked with a good amount of businesses that actually said they were going to have a table right outside of their business, and cheering us on. >> report

laura anthony spent the day there to get some perspective and joins us live, laura. >> reporter: well hi, dan, huge coffee chain, starbucks, announcing that they will hire 10,000 freenls over the next five years. it's something that coffee store is already doing. along with donating the proceeds to the refugee community. it's a coffee shop where all the employees are refugees. and all the proceeds go to their community. a newly opened, nonprofit called 1951 coffee company. >> we have eight employees right now from seven different countries. >> doug hewitt is one of the founders of 1951 coffee. >> we really hope that people will see the refugees who are working here, gives an opportunity to get to know people, see the positive things that we have seen. >> reporter: this 18-year-old is a refugee from syria. she is deeply concerned about president trump's travel ban on people from her country and six others. >> the people who are killing and fighting and in the name of islam, they do not respect islam. they don't not represent us. they are just terrorists. >> i think this is like one of

laura anthony spent the day there to get some perspective and joins us live, laura. >> reporter: well hi, dan, huge coffee chain, starbucks, announcing that they will hire 10,000 freenls over the next five years. it's something that coffee store is already doing. along with donating the proceeds to the refugee community. it's a coffee shop where all the employees are refugees. and all the proceeds go to their community. a newly opened, nonprofit called 1951 coffee company. >> we have eight employees right now from seven different countries. >> doug hewitt is one of the founders of 1951 coffee. >> we really hope that people will see the refugees who are working here, gives an opportunity to get to know people, see the positive things that we have seen. >> reporter: this 18-year-old is a refugee from syria. she is deeply concerned about president trump's travel ban on people from her country and six others. >> the people who are killing and fighting and in the name of islam, they do not respect islam. they don't not represent us. they are just terrorists. >> i think this is like one of

laura anthony is in oakland with a look at the preparations, laura? >> reporter: hi, ama. oakland saw it's share of protests with the inauguration upon us, they are hoping to avoid a repeat performance. this city employee spent his day going door to door in oakland's downtown business district doing out reach, providing information to business owners that might be concerned about upcoming demonstrations. >> we can anticipate with the inauguration on friday, a lot of activity. >> reporter: city officials will activate the emergency operation center and old police days off are cancelled to manage large crowds and handle problems like oakland saw after the election. >> the destruction has damaged the reputation of some of the activists and organizers and so what we're hearing is there is a focus more on disruption than destruction. >> reporter: the largest event will be saturday with the women's march through downtown. >> we talked with a good amount of businesses that actually said they were going to have a table right outside of their business, and cheering us on. >> report

in forestville, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much, laura. >>> a mudslide covered half of highway 17. you can see it. if you look closely, you can see an abc 7 news van was caught in the slide. one of our colleagues, our photographer was injured and taken to the hospital. good news. we're glad to say he's going to be okay. the van was crushed. the mud and rocks blocked the northbound lanes of highway 17 near scots valley. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live with a look at the cleanup efforts. david? >> reporter: dan, you can see it's dark here now. cal trans has set up lighting. they're going to continue to work with front loaders and excavators to clear up these two northbound lanes of highway 17. the job is major. of course, any time you see a landslide, you know a lot of rock and debris and trees come down. there's no question in our mind what damage it can do to a passing vehicle. this is what happens when you get caught in a landslide. the abc 7 news van was crushed as rocks, boulders and trees landed on the two northbound lanes of highway 17. video shot by a chp

"abc 7 news" reporter laura anthony explains why help has taken so long. >> if it is too much for them, if it is well beyond their experience, then it should have been passed off to somebody else to handle. >> reporter: carmen breeto survived the fire, escaping her first floor studio but losing everything she owns. two months later she tells us the organization that collected the most money for ghost ship relief, an arts foundation called gray area, has yet to offer her any of the nearly 900,000 dollars they collected. >> i got an e-mail saying that we have verified you are a resident. okay, cool. you know, i'm pretty sure the rest of the world knew that two days after the fire. >> we didn't have anyway to vet them. >> reporter: the first round of distributions from gray area will finally begin this week. the foundation reseechd more than 400 online claims for ghost ship relief. many of out to be fraudulent. >> it is really important for us to outline a diligence process and go through that leg work and have the data that we needed in order for us to do the job correctly. >> reporter:

abc 7's laura anthony is live in brentwood with the story. >> reporter: hi, dan. this is one of the many pens that is flooded here at this ranch. it's rescue ranch for farm animals. the goats here are trying to find higher ground or just a dry patch of dirt, after the weekend rains left this place in a shambles. pigs don't really like slop. or at least a sloppy mess. that is the mess left behind by the weekend storms at the spirited sanctuary, a ranch for abused and abandoned farm animals in brentwood. >> it was horrible. the winds were 50-plus miles an hour, rain coming out sideways. >> reporter: as if the lives of these horses, pigs, and chickens haven't been hard enough, their new home was nearly destroyed by a deluge of water and downed trees overt weeke the weekend. >> see the little green house? the tree came down, there was not one spot in this pen that didn't have ueucalyptus tree. >> we need to it the standing with regard to pumped out and develop a ran to either raise the ground level or build new fencing to relocate the horses somewhere else on the prop

in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> i will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday to cover the events on president-elect trump's inauguration. hope you can join us. >>> more than a dozen bay area mayors are in washington this week, but it's not for the inauguration. they're attending the conference of mayors. the mayors include ed lee of san francisco, and a dozen others, including the mayors of alameda, cupertino, san leandro and richmond. all together, 300 u.s. mayors will be in the capital to meet with officials, congress members and business leaders. >>> the warriors moving to san jose? putting the dubs in the south bay before they make their long-awaited move to san francisco. >>> and a porn company says good b bye to its studio. >>> here's a look at what's tomorr coming up on jimmy kimmel live. with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any sc

in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> i will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday with live reports on president-elect trump's in august wags, hope you can join us for that. >> in oakland many people carried anti-donald trump signs to a march honoring dr. martin luther king jr. sky 7 above when one group took over a park. organizers said they were reclaiming it for the community. marchers are nervous about the country's future. >> i have been active since 1968, and the height of the vietnam war, i never felt as frightened about democracy and our country and the world than i am right now with the demagogue that is going to be president of the united states. >> hundred celebrated the message of dr. king and the peaceful methods he used in pushing for change and the progress that he made. >> today also a day to celebrate king's legacy and that's what riders on board the celebration train from san jose to san francisco focused on. abc 7 news reporter live from where it all cam together. hi, lyanne. >> last year the mayor of san francisco, ed lee was

abc 7's laura anthony is live in brentwood with the story. >> reporter: hi, dan. this is one of the many pens that is flooded here at this ranch. it's rescue ranch for farm animals. the goats here are trying to find higher ground or just a dry patch of dirt, after the weekend rains left this place in a shambles. pigs don't really like slop. or at least a sloppy mess. that is the mess left behind by the weekend storms at the spirited sanctuary, a ranch for abused and abandoned farm animals in brentwood. >> it was horrible. the winds were 50-plus miles an hour, rain coming out sideways. >> reporter: as if the lives of these horses, pigs, and chickens haven't been hard enough, their new home was nearly destroyed by a deluge of water and downed trees overt weeke the weekend. >> see the little green house? the tree came down, there was not one spot in this pen that didn't have ueucalyptus tree. >> we need to it the standing with regard to pumped out and develop a ran to either raise the ground level or build new fencing to relocate the horses somewhere else on the prop

laura anthony has the story. >> reporter: it's a parade for the warriors. not the highly paid professional basketball players but rather the high school football team from west oakland. that won the city's first ever state championship. >> yes, yes. >> feel like you're an inspiration to the city? >> yeah, of course. >> you get up every day with power, with love, with focus. >> last month, mckleiman's upset la jolla country day, 20-17 in the 5a championship. >> it's amazing. this phenomenal. we ain't never been here before. this is the first time for us. we're all excited and pumped about it. >> the fact that our school probably doesn't even have 400 students and they made it all the way to state and they won, this is a school of champions. i'm telling you. >> reporter: mccliman's you have made oakland's star shine even brighter. >> reporter: after a rally, the players rode a bus through downtown into the west oakland community that doesn't always have great reason to celebrate. >> one of the most dangerous places to be, you can seeding and making it to a st

laura anthony has the story. >> reporter: they are loud and proud with every right to be. >> warriors! >> reporter: the warriors celebrating with their family and the larger community, oakland's first ever public high school state football championship. >> whose house? >> our house! >> that is how we do it. >> reporter: last month they upset heavily favored la jolla country day 20-17 in the 5-a championship. >> it's amazing. it's phenomenal. this is a first time for us. we're all excited. we're pumped about it. >> one thing i'll never do again, i know that, but it's real fun out here. >> the fact that our school probably doesn't even have 400 students and they made it all the way to state and they won, this is a school of champions, i'm telling you. >> mcclimans, you have made oakland's star shine even brighter. >> reporter: after a city hall rally, the players road a bus and trolley downtown and into the west oakland community that doesn't always have great reason to celebrate. >> one of the dangerous places to be, succeeding and making it to a state championship, first in history to

laura anthony is live in brentwood with the story. >> reporter: hi, larry. these goats behind me have moved to higher ground. as you can see their pen is still flooded. many others here at the spirited sanctuary are still flooded. as the cleanup continues, so too does the mission. it's been a wild and wet few days at the spirited sanctuary and animal rescue in brentwood, founded specifically for abandoned and abused farm anmals. >> it was horrible. the winds were 50 plus mile an hour, rain coming out sideways. >> reporter: as if the lives of these horses, pigs and chickens haven't been hard enough, their new home, their safe haven, was nearly destroyed by a deluge of water and downed trees over the weekend. >> see the little greenhouse with mr. wilson in it? had his house been anywhere else, he would have been crushed. the tree came down. there was not one spot that did not have a eucalyptus tree. >> reporter: two huge trees fell destroying a number of shelters and fences on the property. what wasn't damaged, flooded. >> the standing water is really bad. it'

from north star, laura anthony abc 7 news. >>> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> good morning to you. looks gorgeous there. we'll have tahoe outlook in just a few minutes. live top ler 7, looking at visibility as an issue out there. really, it's the flood warning i want to pass on to you first out by the delta. high tide headed our way by about noontime. the areas where the delta drains around discovery bay, antioch, northeastern alameda county, as well as northeastern contra costa county could see flooding here, lasting until 11:30. mount tam, it is sunny. but boy, that fog has been stubborn. 45 in san francisco. going to take some time to warm up. from emoryville, yeah, you certainly have the fog there as well. 33, that's where you've been sitting in santa rosa. novato 37. as well as concord. with 35 in livermore. santa cruz, dropped down to 35 degrees. 58 later today. so cold this morning. with some frost and fog. weak weather system will parallel the coast tonight. that could bring a chance of some light showers from the san mateo coast, into san francisco, marin,

in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> i will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday to cover the events on president-elect trump's inauguration. hope you can join us. >>> more than a dozen bay area mayors are in washington this week, but it's not for the inauguration. they're attending the conference of mayors. the mayors include ed lee of san francisco, and a dozen others, including the mayors of alameda, cupertino, san leandro and richmond. all together, 300 u.s. mayors will be in the capital to meet with officials, congress members and business leaders. >>> the warriors moving to san jose? putting the dubs in the south bay before they make their long-awaited move to san francisco. >>> and a porn company says good b bye to its studio. >>> here's a look at what's tomorr coming up on jimmy kimmel live. shining, shimmering, splendid tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide a whole new world welcome to aulani it's hawaii with a touch of disney magic. for special offers visit disneyaulani.com or call your travel agent the fastes

. >>> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is in contra costa county and spoke with one business owner who said he hasn't seen it like this in more than a decade. >>> and in the south bay, an overflowing dam and a rushing creek in los gatos became an instant attraction for residents. abc 7 news reporter vic lee live in los gatos with the story. vic? >> reporter: larry, this is los gatos creek. people here tell us it's normally calm and gentle. but as you can see, this is the epitome of what you call a raging river, thanks to the lexington reservoir. the lexington reservoir peaked at midnight at 104% of capacity. in layperson's terms, that's about a foot and a half above the spillway. so where did all that excess water go? here, to los gatos creek, where it turned into a fast-moving, rising waterway. >> usually it's like a really easy slow bubbling creek and it looks like a class 3 rapid now. >> reporter: from the creek, the water swirled and heaved violently, lapping some 2 feet over. >> it's just amazing. it's something to take in. >> reporter: the sight of the overflow drew long-time los