lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> tomorrow the highway patrol will shut down a road to pull a possible missing car out of a creek. the star was rough to dive. family members may have helped find the vehicle. >> one of the family members picked up a rock and it at the object in the water and it sounded like a hit a tire. it helped confirm it is a tire. the road will close at 10:00 a.m. and the woman's family will be there when the vehicle is pulled free. >> the oakland city council held a special meeting to declare december 2nd. they are removing they claimed today that the fire that killed 36 people did not start in the

new details from lillian kim live in berkley. lillian. >> reporter: kristen and dan, uc berkley students are still on winter date but getting updates from the university regarding this homicide case since it involves one of their own. >> follow up, has been called. >> reporter: uc berkley students were relieved to learn officers in ber became arrested a fellow student on the run. berkley students say one day before the arrest, pablo gomez jr. stabbed a woman to death on friday after having stabbed another woman who survived the attack, later found on ridge road searching for help. >> not very infrequent, but something of this level, yeah, it is pretty shocking. >> reporter: gomez is a chicano and latino studies at uc berkley and a fellow at the alliance for climate education. police are not releasing a motive but friends and family of the victim, who they identified as emily inman, say gomez was unknown to her. she was 27 years old, a uc santa cruz graduate who worked as a nature program and middle school science instructor. as f

. >> lillian kim is live in felton with the story. >> felton grove is on high alert. we're in front of the sheriff's department. one of the parking lot that residents are encouraged to move their cards too. people all over came to the covered bridge to look a good look at the river. >> in 2008 it got pretty high, but, it hasn't been that high since. usually it's just very, very low. so it's pretty cool to come out and see what's going on. >> we need you to get ready to leave the neighborhood. >> reporter: volunteers with the planning committee went door to door alerting residents about the rising river. they say so far the process has gone smoothly. >> i feel like people are doing pa good job. we give them lots of warnings. the county has also used the reverse-911 system. >> reporter: homeowners have been through this before. many have elevated their homes over the years, but the peterson family did what they would to keep potential floodwart. >> it's not new. we clean up and start toefr. at least it's during somewhat of the daytime, instead of at 2:00. >> i just spok

new details from lillian kim live in berkley. lillian. >> reporter: kristen and dan, uc berkley students are still on winter date but getting updates from the university regarding this homicide case since it involves one of their own. >> follow up, has been called. >> reporter: uc berkley students were relieved to learn officers in ber became arrested a fellow student on the run. berkley students say one day before the arrest, pablo gomez jr. stabbed a woman to death on friday after having stabbed another woman who survived the attack, later found on ridge road searching for help. >> not very infrequent, but something of this level, yeah, it is pretty shocking. >> reporter: gomez is a chicano and latino studies at uc berkley and a fellow at the alliance for climate education. police are not releasing a motive but friends and family of the victim, who they identified as emily inman, say gomez was unknown to her. she was 27 years old, a uc santa cruz graduate who worked as a nature program and middle school science instructor. as f

lillian kim has that story from fremont. >> reporter: our abc7 emeryville camera captured the pursuit friday night. authorities say eddie nute failed to pull over after deputies in richmond recognized him as a car burglary suspect. the pursuit continued on 80 president obama. nute left his car bint and ran away. fremont police say two days prior, he also managed to escape after officers tried to arrest him for an auto burglary at the strip mall. nute is part of a violent open street gang that's been breaking into cars all over the bay area. he's $1 million arrest warrant is related to an investigation involving a gang enhancement. fremont residents we talked to say the area has had its share of car break ins. >> there's cars all over the place and it's a -- everybody just comes over here, so i wouldn't think someone sees what they want, then they're going to get it. >> you can't even go to chipotle. you have to wide hyde your phone or keys or something. >> reporter: law enforcement agencies are working together to find nute and while they're following up on leads, they're seeking tips

lillian kim has more on the first of a series of town halls. >> reporter: have you been to one of the town halls before? >> >> reporter: congresswoman jackie spier call them first-time activists. >> i'm signing every petition that i can and i will be as active as i possibly can. >> reporter: they say much is at stake over the next four years from the environment to immigration. the congresswoman urged everyone to continue with the protests, call and e-mail the white house, and learn and read about rural america, which played a key role in trump's victory. >> i hope that i'm going to instill a sense of empowerment to you, because this -- our country has withstood terrible presidents. and we've survived. >> reporter: rnc committee woman dylan applauds those who become more engaged in the process but has a word of caution, especially to california's elected leaders. >> there's going to be areas of agreement and disagreement but this sort of we're at war is i think is ultimately going to hurt california citizens. >> reporter: at this point, though, it appears to be full steam ahead for th

lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> tomorrow the highway patrol will shut down a road to pull a possible missing car out of a creek. the star was rough to dive. family members may have helped find the vehicle. >> one of the family members picked up a rock and it at the object in the water and it sounded like a hit a tire. it helped confirm it is a tire. the road will close at 10:00 a.m. and the woman's family will be there when the vehicle is pulled free. >> the oakland city council held a special meeting to declare december 2nd. they are removing they claimed today that the fire that killed 36 people did not start in the warehouse. they started a private report that blames wiring in a building next door. the errors wouldn't take questions about the report or identify who is behind it. oakland fire is still determining the cause. the alameda da is conducting a criminal investigation. >> now to the first 100 days of the trump administration. now the country backs out of a trade pack and questions remain about inaugural attendance figures. we have the latest from capitol hill. >> in the late night

lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> tomorrow the highway patrol will shut down a road to pull a possible missing car out of a creek. the star was rough to dive. family members may have helped find the vehicle. >> one of the family members picked up a rock and it at the object in the water and it sounded like a hit a tire. it helped confirm it is a tire. the road will close at 10:00 a.m. and the woman's family will be there when the vehicle is pulled free. >> the oakland city council held a special meeting to declare december 2nd. they are removing they claimed today that the fire that killed 36 people did not start in the warehouse. they started a private report that blames wiring in a building next door. the errors wouldn't take questions about the report or identify who is behind it. oakland fire is still determining the cause. the alameda da is conducting a criminal investigation. >> now to the first 100 days of the trump administration. now the country backs out of a trade pack and questions remain about inaugural attendance figures. we have the latest from capitol hill. >> in the late night

in los altos, lillian kim, abc 7 news. >>> friends and family of an 18-year-old santa rosa woman killed in a suspected dui crash have no set up a go fund me account to help pay for her funeral. she was riding in the front passenger seat of a car that crashed into a tree new year's day. police say the driver, 19-year-old rebecca gill roy was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and placed under arrest for felony dui. bedon't know what the relationship is not victim. you'll find a link to the go fund me page on our website abc 7 news.com >>> president-elect donald trump senior advisory kelleyanne conway spoke about several issues, including north korea. the future president tweeted yesterday that he will not let north korea develop nuclear weapons capable of reaching parts of the u.s. conway said this morning that tweet is some insight into his policies. >> president trump will be very tough on those who are developing nuclear capability. >> there's so few avenues, so few tools to stop them. what is the president-elect suggesting he's going to do? >> he has not stated that publicly a

. >> lillian kim is live in felting with the story. >> we need you to get ready to leave the neighborhood. >> reporter: volunteers went door to door, alerting residence. so far they say the process is going smoothly. >> we give them lots of warnings, the county has also used the reverse 911 system to let people know what's going on. >> reporter: people from all over the santa cruz area came to the covered bridge to look at the river. they haven't seen it this high in a while. >> in 2008 it got pretty high, but it hasn't been that high since. usually just very, very low, so it's pretty cool to come out and see what's going on. >> reporter: homeowners have been through this before. many have elevated their homes over the year, but the peterson family did what they could to keep potential floodwater out of their garage. >> it's nothing new. we stay here, water comes in, goes out, we start over. at least this is somewhat during the daytime. >> reporter: the river appears to have crusted, but officials will be watching it. >>> coming up, why they didn't want to wait around for a tow truck. >>>

. >> lillian kim is live in felting with the story. >> we need you to get ready to leave the neighborhood. >> reporter: volunteers went door to door, alerting residence. so far they say the process is going smoothly. >> we give them lots of warnings, the county has also used the reverse 911 system to let people know what's going on. >> reporter: people from all over the santa cruz area came to the covered bridge to look at the river. they haven't seen it this high in a while. >> in 2008 it got pretty high, but it hasn't been that high since. usually just very, very low, so it's pretty cool to come out and see what's going on. >> reporter: homeowners have been through this before. many have elevated their homes over the year, but the peterson family did what they could to keep potential floodwater out of their garage. >> it's nothing new. we stay here, water comes in, goes out, we start over. at least this is somewhat during the daytime. >> reporter: the river appears to have crusted, but officials will be watching it. >>> coming up, why they didn't want to wait around for a tow truck. >>>

abc7 news reporter lillian kim has the story from uc berkeley. >> he's been caught zblsh uc berkeley students were relieved to learn that officers in burr bank arrested a fellow student who was on the run. berkeley police say one day before the arrest, pablo gomez jr. stabbed a woman to death inside her ashby avenue home on friday, after stabbing another woman who survived the attack, later found on ridge road searching for help. >> petty crimes are not very infrequent but something of this level is pretty shocking. >> reporter: gomez is a chicano/chicana major at uc berkeley. police are not yet releasing a motive but friends and family of the victim who they identify as emily inman says gomez was unknown to her. inman was 27 years old, a uc santa cruz graduate who worked at sienna ranch as a nature program and middle school science instructor. as for the surviving victim, she's at the hospital in stable condition. >> the fact that a student did this, it makes me feel unsafe walking around campus, especially at night by myself and i think that's one thing my friends have talked about

live in gilroy lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> lillian, thank you. >>> in sonoma county the sheriff's department posted pictures of deputies rescuing someone near the russian river. the river was expected to reach flood stage about an hour ago. 3,000 people around monterey and guerneville have been told to evacuate their homes. michael rani showed video from the memorial bridge in heelsburg. the river is expected to overflow its banks sometime tomorrow morning and remain above flood stage till tuesday. >>> the storm hit napa county hard, flooded vineyards, overflowing rivers and overnight road closures are just a few of the problems we're seeing tonight. >> abc 7 news reporter melissa harrington is live from the promenade downtown. this is the worst flooding napa county has seen in years. >> eric, amma, the riverfront promenade is closed tonight. this is why. the criver is so high. the highest we have seen it in more than ten years. causing flooding and other hazardous conditions throughout the county. the napa valley took a beating in sunday's storm. roads flooded. vineyards ended up under wate

abc 7 news reporter lilian kim picks up our team coverage from sfo. lillian? >> reporter: eric, despite the exemption people we talked to said they aren't going to rest easy until they're reunited with their loved ones. >> haven't slept for like two days, and i would just keep hearing contradictory stories. >> reporter: hamid carcaran of walnut creek is anxiously awaiting his wife to arrive at sfo. after visiting family in iran she tried 20 come back friday but was told she couldn't despite her green card status. finally after two days she was allowed to board a u.s.-bound flight. she's due to arrive monday afternoon. >> i went to the airport where i spoke with three officers, border protection, and every single one of them they gave me an entirely different answer. >> reporter: the changing dynamics has many families worried. yale professor amin karbasi is a research fellow at uc berkeley. his wife and daughter are currently in iran on vacation, but he wonders what the future may hold. >> if i cannot see my family, then you know, we have to -- i cannot be sep

lillian? >> we're on oakland avenue where a chunk of the hillside gave way. to neighbors this has been disconcerting none the less. >> this is the latest mudslide along oakland avenue. there have been a handful over the past couple weeks. this one may be larger than what they've typically been seeing. >> you worry about what's going to happen. >> like this is a harbinger or something? >> yeah. it's the start of it. >> this one blocked both lanes at movado boulevard. forcing motorists to find alternate routes. officers closed the northbound 101 offramp because of flooding. for commuters who left their cars in the park and ride lot nearby. getting there took a little longer than usual. >> i didn't expect flooding in this part of the -- it hasn't happened yet. >> this latest round of wet weather has been mild. it's enough to fray their nerves. >> my basement's flooded, my house has been flooded. i'm pretty well done. >> lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> work crews in san francisco have closed busy owe seancy boulevard because of an unstable hillside in glenn canyon par

lillian? >> we're on oakland avenue where a chunk of the hillside gave way. to neighbors this has been disconcerting none the less. >> this is the latest mudslide along oakland avenue. there have been a handful over the past couple weeks. this one may be larger than what they've typically been seeing. >> you worry about what's going to happen. >> like this is a harbinger or something? >> yeah. it's the start of it. >> this one blocked both lanes at movado boulevard. forcing motorists to find alternate routes. officers closed the northbound 101 offramp because of flooding. for commuters who left their cars in the park and ride lot nearby. getting there took a little longer than usual. >> i didn't expect flooding in this part of the -- it hasn't happened yet. >> this latest round of wet weather has been mild. it's enough to fray their nerves. >> my basement's flooded, my house has been flooded. i'm pretty well done. >> lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> work crews in san francisco have closed busy owe seancy boulevard because of an unstable hillside in glenn canyon par

abc 7 news reporter lilian kim is live along highway 17 near the lexington reservoir. lillian? >> reporter: eric, the people who live in the santa cruz mountains have been dealing with mudslides. one is even blocking old santa cruz highway in both direction ppz this well-traveled road is off limits for now. detour signs have been placed on old santa cruz highway because a chunk of the hillside that gave way near edwards road. the mudslide brought down trees, enough to block both lanes. both who live in the santa cruz mountains say mudslides have been par for the course lately. >> i went to home depot today, and there was a mudslide on 17 northbound. it took me an hour and a half just to get back here and i never made it to where i was going. >> reporter: all of this rain has imprsed south bay residents. many went to lexington reservoir to check out the spillway. >> just to see the power of mother nature. my brother-in-law came earlier and he said it was incredible, the force of water is just amazing to come and see. >> reporter: water came over the spillway earlier this month a