. >> cornell bernard is live tonight in oakland and cornell, just a short time ago, people quath gathered to remember the victims. >> reporter: that's right. and some friends and family are still at the scene of what is left of the ghostship warehouse. just a burned out rubble right now. such a painful anniversary for these people. they say they'll never forget the victims. the tragedy of the fire highlighted the need for affordable, safe spaces for bay area artists. these people want to make sure such a tragedy never happens again. they called it a book box procession. several dozen making their way up international boulevard in memory of friends and family lost in the fire. >> after two years, it just doesn't go away. it's still there. >> reporter: keith and sue are making a painful return to the ghost ship on this two-year anniversary, to remember their daughter, donna kellogg, who died here. >> she had bright red hair and she really liked her and people really liked her. >> reporter: she managed the courage to come back to this spot. >> it felt like it's really important to be here, t

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> that's the price of being popular, cornell. we want you to be part of this conversation. how can we work on building a better bay area and make it easier to get where you want to go. >>> new this morning, just released report finds the muni driver shortage in san francisco is nearly twice as bad as officials were claiming earlier this year. sfmta has just under 1,900 drivers on a given day. that is more than 400 fewer than the 2, 00 needed to deliver service. the figure is more than twice the amount. former transit director claim -- the former transit director claimed during the summer. muni chief told the board of supervisors the shortage is caused by difficulty in recruiting and training employees. but muni drivers say it's low pay and dangerous working conditions that are the real reason. >>> search and rescue operations are under way for two marine corps. aircrafts caught in a mishap during a train exertion off the coast of japan. there were five aboard a refueling tanker. two people on board the f/a-18 at the time of the i

live in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> much appreciated, cornell. thank you. >>> santa con participants are encouraged to bring a toy to donate to children this holiday season. today the san francisco firefighters toy drive was set up near union square, a popular spot during santa con. they say the arrangement works out nicely. >> people that reached out to us over the last five, six years probably as well as the hotel and this is a good gathering point for the people that are enjoying the event. it ends up being one of our biggest donor driven events of the whole season. >> toy drive organizers say they gather about $150,000 toys during the holiday season. >>> a developing story now. president trump announced today chief of staff john kelly will leave his job at the end of the year. trump says he'll announce a replacement for kelly in the next day or two. kelly a retired marine general has been chief of staff since july of 2017. trump said today kelly is "a great guy and he doesn't know if kelly is officially retiring." kelly has not commented on t

. >> but we'll start with cornell barnard in san francisco. cornell? >> reporter: eric, dion, safety officials not pulling any punches, they are warning the public to stay away from san francisco beaches this weekend due to monster waves predicted this weekend. and we are seeing some sizable waves crashing here at fort point tonight. we're trying not to get wet, but make no mistake, big waves are coming. waves were crashing near the pacific pier, the surf drawing a crowd of curious tourists. >> they're big already. >> reporter: neighbors are getting sandbags ready for waves which may break over the pacific seawall. but these waves are not even close to the monster waves officials say are coming to spots like ocean beach in the next 24 hours. >> at this time we're being told that these waives are going to be large enough to reach our see walls at ocean beach. >> if anyone is even stepping foot on the sand these waves could creep up onttheir chest, take them into the pacific ocean. >> reporter: the waves could top 40 feet. san francisco fire and safety o

cornell bernard is live in union square. cornell? >> reporter: hey, guys. definitely a love-hate relationship with this holiday tradition, but ready or not, here comes santa con. ♪ call it the calm before the storm, better known as santa con. santa con, are you ready? >> yes, sir. it's going to be a party tomorrow. >> reporter: dominic augustine works security at the golden gate tap room that's getting ready to welcome thousands of thirsty santas like joel. >> bringing back family traditions where you're coming out with friends, passing out candy, so santa con is a good year to come this year. because we need it right now. >> san francisco's rec and parks denied a permit for the event for union square because the holiday tree and ice rink attracts so many visitors already. despite that, the event is still on. >> it's definitely not worth the hassle. >> reporter: a sign tells them they're not welcome in north beach where santa con got ugly in years past, chasing regulars away. >> it's good for people in the neighborhood to know they have a safe haven and a

cornell bernard, "abc7 news." >> cornell, thank you. >>> a total of eight people are in custody, suspected in the death of corporal singh. investigators say the prime suspect was trying to flee to mexico. seven other suspects were arrested, including his girlfriend, two brothers and co-worker. they are accused of helping him evade capture. two of the other suspects were in the country illegally. singh was shot and killed early wednesday morning. he was a native of fiji and joined the force in july of 2011. >>> a funeral was held today for the 2-year-old yemeni boy whose mother had been prevented to see her dying son because of the travel ban. she said goodbye to her son in lodi. he passed away at children's hospital in oakland. she was granted a waive tore see her dying son last week. she was reunited with him last thursday at the hospital. >>> in developing news, the president took to twitter and blamed the deaths of children in u.s. custody on democrats and immigration policies. all of this while the government shutdown over the president's wall entered a second week. here's an update no

carrie dan, and cornell belcher. welcome. it seems like for us to say boy, 2019 is going to be wild. 2020, and we're still recovering from the mess that is the post election massacre. what have we learned from that that tells us how crazy 2019 is going to be? >> i think first, 20181 going to continue into 2019. now -- >> there's no stopping? . >> no. now that democrats control the house of representatives, these investigations are only going to expand into the president and so that is also going to be caught up in the presidential election, and the primary. and so i don't think we're going to see a clear division. i think we're going to see more of the same of what we've already seen only it's going to escalate. >> michael steele, previous presidents when they've had a midterm setback acknowledged it. this one did not. how much harder does that make it for congressional republicans to recalibrate? >> i think every previous president has said some humility in accepting a midterm loss. this president knows one mode, forward, at

cornell barnard has more. cornell? >> reporter: trapped under water by monster waves. >> my shoulder's a little sore today, my neck's a little sore. >> reporter: pro surfer is back home in ahh after taking on the monitor waves at mavericks. thrilling but not easy. that's gold in this video catching a 50-foot wave but wiping out five stories up and being slammed down. >> it's like going through a car wash and getting sprayed and getting hit in a car crash at the same time. >> reporter: gold was trapped under water for about 30 seconds and he stayed calm. >> you pray, stay in a happy place and wait. >> jet ski crews finally located him, getting him to safety about 50 seconds after he wiped out. he says thanks? the time they put in, you want to say thank you to them. >> reporter: it's quite a story. he lives off oahu. he said surfing on the waves is amazing, but so is coming home to your family in one place. >> cornell, thanks so much. it's not just sunners taking advantage of these huge waves. the kept guard used them to

cornell bernard is at the hyde street pier in san francisco with more on the local impact. cornell? >> reporter: so much disappointment out here today. lots of tourists hoping to see lands -- landmarks like the hyde street pier, but shut down because of the government shutdown. >> this is what i got -- nothing. >> reporter: ricky avila from las vegas was hoping to see ft. point but got a closed barricade. >> sad, man. no walking, park, sad, man. i'm not coming back. >> a shame, isn't it? i don't understand why it is, why it's happening. >> reporter: blame the partial government shutdown that's forcing the closure of landmarks operated by the national parks service. shuttles to mere woods were running. the park remained open because they received partial funding from another source. daytime tours to alcatraz were also going, but nighttime and ranger-led tours of the rock were canceled. the high street pier maritime museum was locked up y fwa t ei the bigships? >> yeah. >> reporter: the ober family from utah made this the first stop on their vacation. >> another time, i don't know. >>

cornell bernard joins us live in mill valley with more on this story. cornell? >> reporter: we're at the shuttle bus stop from muir woods and alcatraz remain opening thanks to funding by the concession partners but on the coast it is hitting a national treasure pretty hard. >> it is disappointing. >> reporter: this family was ready for a holiday adventure at the point rayes national see shore until they read the posted signs. impacts from the partial government shutdown. >> i liked it. but i am sad that we can't go back. >> reporter: public bathrooms closed and off limits because maintenance workers have been furloughed and they are closed. >> we're hoping to give a little lesson to our son and show the in-laws kind of what we have right in our own back door and i'm a little sad to see that we can't do th >> reporter: hiking trails are open but garbage is piling up in some trash cans. park vaft -- park visitors are urged to plan ahead. >> haul your garbage out with you that you bring in. >> i feel bad for the employees aren't able to work and get paid. >> report

cornell bernard is there for us live. cornell. >> reporter: yeah, guys. streets have just reopened here in the mission following this shooting investigation, which has gone on for many hours here have been shot. their conditions unknown this morning. police say it happened valencia streets. crime scene investigators have been combing the streets looking for evidence, looking for bullet casings, talking to witnesses. police closed a two-block area while they were looking for clues. police say at least one victim has been taken to the hospital. live at the mission district this morning, cornell bernard, a abc 7 news. >>> cornell, thank you. more breaking news out of san francisco. firefighters investigating a string of fires in the marina district. two were in separatef osconer onhut street. a third on bay and octavia streets. it's unclear if the flames caused any significant damage or if anyone was hurt. >> today air force one will carry the cask elt of george h.b. bush to washington, d.c. >> he will lie in state at the capitol until wednesday. natalie bur

. >> cornell bernard joins us with more on this story, cornell? >> reporter: deon and eric e for now now. it's hitting a national treasure hard. >> disappointing. >> reporter: this family was ready for an adventure until they started reading the posted signs, impacts from the partial government shutdown. >> i like it but i so sad that we can't go bathrooms. >> reporter: even more public bathrooms closed and off limits because maintenance workers have been furloughed. the visitor center is also closed. >> it's very disappointing to see the closure. we're hoping to give a lesson to our son and show the in laws what we have right in our own backdoor and i'm a little sad to see that we can't do that. >> reporter: hiking trails are open but garbage is starting to pile up in some trash cans. park visitors are urged to plan ahead. >> practice, leave no trace principles of hauling your garbage out with you. >> i feel bad for the employees not able to work and not able to get paid. >> reporter: the traffic and parking nightmare, access to the trail head an

in the newsroom, cornell bernard, abcnews. >> cornell, thank you. for more on the accusations against pg&e and the san bruno pipeline disaster, go to our website, abc7news.com. >>> all right. the weekend is here, and heavy rain is on its way to the bay area. right now, though, it's pretty dry outside. this is a live look from our abc 7 roof camera. it looks pretty pleasant. earlier, though, it was a different story. the fist of two systems began soaking the bay area and making the evening commute a little messier. spencer christian joins us with live doppler 7. hi, spencer. >> okay, ama, you're right. it's pretty calm out there. a little few scattered sprinkles moving through the north bay. this is the view at the golden gate. our air quality is in decline. tomorrow will be a winter spare the air day with poor air quality expected in the north bay. no wood burning. what's left of our current storm through tomorrow ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. we'll see scattered spotty showers, mainly north bay, under .2 of an inch in most locations. taking us

live in antioch this morning, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> cornell, thank you. we want you to be part of this conversation. how can we work on building a better bay area and make it easier to get where you want to go. use >>> search under way for two marines caught in a mishap off the coast of japan. >> there were five personnel on board a refueling tanker. there was two on board the f/a-18 at the time of the incident. two people have been found by japanese officials. the others are still missing. the first person was in good condition. the second person's condition is unclear. they were taken to a medical facility for evaluation. >> we have learned the man shot and killed by a contra costa sheriff's deputy was a children's book author. abc 7 news was near martinez after they investigated yesterday's deadly confrontation. the sherif's office said the suspect shot at a deputy during a struggle. the suspect's girlfriend disputes that. >> he was just running from them and they shot him. he tackled him to the ground and shot him twice before he even turned around. t

-- cornell, thank you. we want you to be part of this conversation. how can we work on building a better bay area and make it easier to get where you want to go. #back seat better -- #betterbayarea. >>> new this morning, just released report finds the muni driver shortage in san francisco is nearly twice as bad as officials were claiming earlier this year. sfmta has just under 1,900 drivers on a given day. 2,300 are needed to deliver service. the shortage is caused by difficulty in recruiting and training employees. muni drivers say it's because there's low pay and dangerous working conditions. >>> developing news this morning, search and rescue operations are under way right now for two marine corps. aircrafts caught in a mishap off the coast of japan. there were five aboard a refueling tanker. two people on board the f/a-18 at the time of the incident. two people have been found by japanese officials. the first person was in good condition. the second person's condition is unclear. they were taken to a me

cornell? >> reporter: who did it is still a mystery but a truss r frustrating day for police and beyond. dozens of bomb threats demanding ransom in bitcoin. a wave of fake bomb threats prompted scenes like this across the country. dozens of office and schools evacuated. parts of san francisco sfwleen chaos after 20 businesses got similar e-mails thursday morning. >> the types of businesses affected by the bomb threats range from officings, financial institutions, parking garage. >> sky 7 was over california street where police formed around the jewish community center where members were evacuated. >> i had a towel on my head and i ran out. >> the san francisco fire credit union called 911 and evacuated more than 100 employees. >> we received a call from an individual notifying us they had planted an explosive device. >> abc got the same e-mail. the sender demands bit county to guarantee everyone's safety. >> no suspicious devices have been found. >> you want that person arrested for making a t

cornell bernard, "abc7 news." >> that is so nice of them. cornell, thank you. you can access live doppler 7 on your phone any time with the "abc7 news" app. download it and tap the weather button and click on the radar image and you can customize the app to get the forecast right where you live. >> >> certainly a little rain isn't going to keep raiders' fans from seeing their team play tonight. it could be their last game ever at the coliseum. the game will air here on abc 7. coverage starts at 5:00. this is the raiders' final home game of the season and it's not clear where they'll play next year, their final year before leaving for las vegas. we have live team coverage on both of the fans and the players on this big night. let's begin with anthony flores. anthony? >> reporter: well, dan, as you can see by my suit, and this is not a rain suit, it is going to be a very wet and emotional night here in oakland as the raiders take on the broncos in their final game. the raiders have called the oakland coliseum home for 40 seasons, including the last 24 since retur

. >> cornel barnard is lif lif lif the latest. >> reporter: this inmate somehow walked away from a work detail. police have just shared with us surveillance images of the car jacking which happened on wednesday night possibly involving the escapee from san quentin. the woman driving a silver rav 4. >> surprised that anybody could just walk away. >> reporter: living only yards from the gates of san quentin where authorities say 21-year-old shalom mendoza walked away from the work crew. he was discovered missing after a head count. a suspect matching the same description at mendoza car jacked a woman at 9:00 at 9:00 : >> a hispanic male approached a female. simulated what looked like a weapon or a gun through his t-shirt. demanded the keys from her. threatened to kill her. >> reporter: police say he took off with the woman's silver toyota rav 4 with this license plate number. it is unknown where he was headed. 5'5" with a distinctive tattoo over his right eye. >> i checked my phone and number came through and i was concerned because i didn't know what was happening. >> reporter: laura wan

cornell? >> yeah, in fact the planning board just voted giving the green light to the hotel project despite complaints from neighbors who say they don't want it. >> do something else. >> reporter: strong opinions about the future of nice 5-acre lot on alameda's island where marriott wants to build a five-story 172 room residence inn on waterfront property zoned for commercial use. >> beautiful view. >> yeah, absolute le. and now they're going to put a hotel there. >> reporter: he says the hotel would block his view and bring too much traffic to the area. >> issue a bad idea for family, for kids, for it look of the bay. >> 24/7 it's just not appropriate. >> reporter: some home owners oppose the project. >> cars would be parked there overnight, people from out of town, criminals know this. it's really not about the view. it's about having a 24/7 operation right next to residential property. >> reporter: the hotel says a commuter and extra parking would be built. >> you'll never be able to please

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> we first alerted people in a push alert last night. to get breaking news updates, download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts. >>> believe it or not some people at today's big game didn't even care about the score. >> neutral today. just want a good game. >> coming up, but in my mind i'm still 35. that's why i take osteo bi-flex to keep me moving the way i was made to. it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long-term. osteo bi-flex because i'm made to move. >>> many of the first responders who responded to the camp fire retreated to a seat at berkeley's memorial stadium to catch cal take on stanford. hundreds of free tickets were distributed to firefighters, police, medics and those who helped those impacted by the devastating wildfire. the big game itself was postponed for two weeks because of the choking smoke that made bay area air too unhealthy. many first responders appreciated the gesture, but say their work was just part of the job. >> i'm grateful about being here. i'm here with my son, watching football. but all

you are looking soaked at 5:00, cornell. >> yeah. the rain has tapered off a bit but a stormy mix. rain, wind, a lot of rough surf. check it out. the waves are certainly increased in size since this morning. 20 to 40-foot waves have been predicted and despite the warning to stay off the beach, many people still came out. >> it's just really pretty even though it's windy and hits a high risk. it's really fun. >> reporter: big waves were breaking at ocean beach beg enough to attract these onlookers. >> we know we need to be safe and we choosing to stay away from the break waters. >> reporter: the high surf warning is no joke telling people to stay off the beach and out of the water entirely. than and this warning on friday. >> we have told the waves are large enough to reach the sea wall at ocean beach. >> i think it makes everyone want to go to want beach when they say don't go to the beach. this is as close as i've gotten to the water. >> reporter: the warning didn't stop this soccer game from being played on the sand. in pacifica, the waves were bigger at rock-away beach. >> it's

cornell bernard joins us live with the search for the man who should be behind bars. cornell? >> reporter: that's right, and so far police say absolutely no sign of mendoza, who escaped from san quentin about 20 hours ago. police show the escapee moments before he's suspected of carjacking a woman. >> really surprised that anybody could just walk away. >> reporter: wayne wexler lives only yards from the gates of san quinten, where the man walked away from a work crew wednesday night. he was discovered missing after a head count. >> the prison gave a description that he was in the jump suit, but we have learned that they had found that jump suit. >> reporter: these surveillance images show a suspect matching the description as mendoza, approaching a woman moments before a carjacking. it happened in the home depot parking lot about 9:15 p.m., about a mile from san quentin. >> they reported a hispanic male approached a feoff maimale, sima weapon through his t-shirt, demanded the keys from her, threatened to kill her. >> reporter: police say he took off on the woman's silver toyot

. >> cornell bernard joins us with more on this story, cornell? >> reporter: deon and eric e for now now. it's hitting a national treasure hard. >> disappointing. >> reporter: this family was ready for an adventure until they started reading the posted signs, impacts from the partial go

live in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> cornell, thank you. on the peninsula, the man accused of being passed out while his tesla was driving down highway 101 is expected in court this morning. chp arrested 45-year-old alexander samek on dui charges. "abc 7 mornings" brought it to you here as breaking news. they believe the tesla model s was on autopilot. a patrol car got in front and forced it to come to a stop. officers took him and the tesla off the freeway in palo alto and then made the arrest. he is chairman of the los altos planning commission. >>> in the east bay, a woman in a wheelchair is in the hospital with critical injuries after a hit and run accident happened early yesterday morning at a strip mall near clear brook road in antioch. a 65-year-old woman was crossing a 65-year-old woman was crossing the street when she was hit. eastcountytoday.net provided us with these pictures. >>> remembering a local legend. long time bay area radio host ray taliaferro's body was found. >>> what they are sending into space is getting all the atte

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is in san francisco with details on that warning. >> reporter: >> kind of exciting. mother nature is awesome. >> reporter: vanessa is watching and waiting for big waves. from the pacific waves were crashing near the pacifica pier, the surf drawing a crowd of curious tourists from orrville. >> this is cool, awesome. big already. >> reporter: some neighbors are getting sandbags ready for waves that may break over the pacific sea wall but these waves not even lose to the monster waves are coming to spots like ocean beach in the next 24 hours. >> if anyone is stepping foot on the sand, the waves could creep up on their chest and take them into the pafs ocean. >> believe it or not, that rough surf could cover most of ocean beach, from where i'm standing, all the way to the sea wall. the waves could top 40 feet. san francisco fire and safety officials warning people to stay off ocean beach. the warning now posted at this firehouse on geary. the national weather service tweeting this dire message. stay well back from the ocean. or risk certain death. joy a

that's where you find cornell bernard. >> reporter: we are still gathering details here. san francisco police have been on scene at this location for hours now. they are wrapping up their investigation, we are told. police just confirmed two people have been shot. it happened here at 16th and valencia street. police say shots were fired around 1:30 this morning on the street. police say it happened not far from a bar on 16th street. crime scene investigators, when we arrived, were combing the street up and down looking for evidence which included bullet casings. the street, a two-ockheasn csed. thoseow traffic. one victim has been taken to the hospital for treatment. we are still gathering information. the very latest coming up this ssn, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> firefighters are investigating a string of fires in the marina district. two were in separate areas of the moscone recreation center on chestnut street. it's unclear if the flames caused any significant damage or if anyone was hurt. >>> it is 4:30. a quick update on weather and traffic. >>> it is going to

cornell bernard is live in san francisco with details. cornell? >> reporter: kristen, it's been a wild day of watching the waves here at ocean beach. the surf is much rougher than it was over the weekend. the waves much taller. several hundred feet of the beach has pretty much vanished. despite a safety warning, many came out, as you can see, any way. >> pretty rough and wild. >> big waves for breaking, the rough surf crashing into a sea of rock. >> angry looking. >> reporter: further south, more drama at ocean beach. a crowd of onhookers was not disappointed. >> it's amazing. the biggest waves i've seen in 40 years of living in the bay area. >> reporter: the surf warning forced the closure of the great highway. the dire warning on these electronic signs was hard to miss, urging people to stay off the beach. the water was getting close to the sea wall. >> our rescue swimmers they not be able to go into the water. >> reporter: many took their chances any way. >> it's beautiful, yeah. i'm not afraid of it. i do have any back to the waves right now a

i don't remember. >> cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> thank you, cornell report. >> and a train that was honored for president bush was given in 1995, and if you want to read more about the train's honor you can find out if in abc 7.com. >>> last night, all of the lanes on the eastbound freeway were forced to close because of a bus on fire. >> reporter: intense flames climb and black smoke billowed from the greyhound bus on interstate 980. motorists shot individuvideo, a cameras show how far the fire could be seen in the darkness. chp shutdown all eastbound lanes of 580 as oakland firefighters tried to extinguish the flames. we caught one some of the passengers who are still inside filling out paperwork. alex combs rode the bus that left shortly after 5:00. >> it was a loud bang and four people hit the roof of the bus and were like, whoa, what just happened? >> reporter: chp is investigating but says that the cause is likely mechanical. alex thinks a popped tire or broken axel. >> we sprung in the air and then landed on the side of the freeway in enough time for us to e v evacuate the bu

our interests are not respected although of a delegate understand i can see cornell here wants to get in on that go ahead. so you know i think yes obviously i'm in between the two ended in between the two views of we had obviously you know obviously the big producers have more of a say but the smaller producers are consulted and i would say one of the big achievements that we have seen in opec was really this opec plus having opec and the other producers work together and you know it's not it's not as easy as saying oh it's just political it's about balancing the markets and when you look at it in twenty sixteen we had an overhang of inventor of of o.e.c.d. average of three hundred forty million barrels a buff that average you couldn't get the price to move then taking that one point eight million barrels out of the system again lift up the price which was good also for consumers in the end because if you all price doesn't have the certain level companies don't invest the national oil companies in the middle east yes they will invest but you know we also need the shells and exxon's an

our interests are not respected although the delegate understand i can see cornell here wants to get in on that go ahead. well you know i think yes obviously i'm in between the two ended in between the two views of we had obviously you know obviously the big producers have more of a say but the smaller producers are consulted and i would say one of the big achievements that we exceed in opec was really this opec plus having opec and the other producers work together and you know it's not it's not as easy as saying oh it's just political it's about balancing the markets and when you look at it in twenty sixteen we had an overhang of inventor of of o.e.c.d. average of three hundred forty million barrels a buff that average you couldn't get the price to move then taking that one point eight million barrels out of the system again lift up the price which was good also for consumers in the end because if you all price doesn't have the certain level companies don't invest the national oil companies in the middle east yes they will invest but you know we also need the shells and exxon's and

it ended up with me going to study hospitality at cornell. emily: what did you learn about the customer from that experience? often when you are getting the call someone is not happy. john: i learned to put myself in the shoes of the customer, be genuinely empathetic. to understand where they are coming from. this person paid a lot of money to have this relaxing time with their family, so people for the most part are reasonable and rational, so when you show and demonstrate you are listening and do something about it, you can make a meaningful difference. emily: you are majoring in hospitality at cornell and offering rides home to your friends. john: yes, even freshman year, in my college dorm. it was so ridiculous to me that there was not an easy way to find everyone else going to new york or connecticut to go home, so i would talk to people and try to fill the seats. emily: for money? john: sometimes. mostly one person would drive sometimes and the other person would drive the other. eventually when we first turn the product into a business

cornell. >> reporter: that's right. pro surfer aaron gull telling a scary storyder water by monster >> my shoulder is a little sore today, you know. my neck is a little sore. >> reporter: aaron gold is recover back home in hawaii, fresh from taking on monster kseasy. mic neravot >> it landed right on me and gave me a really good beating. >> reporter: fellow surfers say that's gold in this you will see it only on "abc 7 news". catching a 50-foot wave, but wiping out five stories up and being slammed down by the wave. >> the wave landed right on me and it was pretty much like taking -- you know, going through a car wash, getting sprayed and hit by a car in a car crash at the same time. >> reporter: fellow pro surfer lucas gianca was worried watching the drama. >> i talked to him after the wipeout, he was like, oh, that was heavy, but i just took my time under the water, just relaxed. >> reporter: a timer longold may saveowws been tra h under water, but somehow he stayed calm. >> you either pray, go to your happy place or

vid: you went to cornell and majored in chemical engineering. you graduate from cornell and first job is at goodyear. >> yes. >> you went to air products and chemicals. >> i develop a line of products. and extended the shelf line of food and went into foods and i had process development. and for me, my whole life, i was all about how do you create ideas that no one else had come up with. david: how did you go from work ng from the engineering field? robert: i had done very well. top student. to come back and get this award and went through my background his own named who ran investment bank. there is a bunch of former investment bankers and i said i don't like them. i'm an engineer. we do know everything that bothers us. and he didn't take offense to my joke. i don't understand what investment bankers do, i was a a scientist and i thought about the world through that lens and someone extended themselves through me and i copted to pay that forward. he said come to my office and talk about it. stan s up and calls 'neal and -- all prominent african

abc news reporter cornell bernard sorts it out for us. >> reporter: well fargo bank confirms to abc 7 news it stopped offering mortgages for homes adjacent to the naval shipyard where cold war era toxic contamination is still being cleaned up. chase has also stepped lending to the-air due to concerns about safety. >> if there's going to be a problem with environmental cleanup then it's a big issue for me. >> reporter: leo has lived in hunters point for eight years. >> i don't think the issue is as severe as people tend to perceive it. >> reporter: the pause in bank lending could complicate efforts by the city and developers to transform 500 acres of waterfront property. david knows it could impact owners like him. >> everyone knows in san francisco the living costs are higher. >> reporter: his shipyard made headlines after -- >> it's also about the lack of concern about people of color who live un october the lawsuit against him has no merit and will ultimately so neibo a not sure w tothink. >> it's hard to filter i guess the hype from the facts. but my understanding is that, you know

cornell. >> reporter: hey, dan. not everybody taking that warning seriously tonight, especially when you got a sign like this one basically screaming for your attention to stay off the beach, warning about high waves and dangerous surf. >> pretty angry looking. >> reporter: big waves were up, creating their own breaking news. near lands end, the rough surf crashing head on into seal rock, almost swallowing it up. >> pretty rough and wild i would say. >> reporter: further south, more drama at ocean beach where the show was just getting started. a crowd of onlookers was not disappointed. >> it is amazing. it is the biggest waves i have seen in 40 years i've been living in the bay area. >> reporter: really? >> yeah, it is pretty awesome. >> reporter: the dangerous surf warning forced the closure of great highway south bay between lincoln and slope. the warning was hard to miss, urging people to stay off the beach where the water was getting close to the sea wall. the national weather service cut to the chase with its w

cornell, what do you think of jemel's thesis? >> you know, i love the piece because i love the conversation that it's sparking. i can quibble with some of the data because i think, you know, the racial image of barack obama really did impact sort of voters' view of him. we started tracking this back in the spring of 2008, sort of how voters in battle ground states viewed him. so i don't think it was completely that inokinawa lags there. but i do think there is something said about the candidate who best, quite frankly, can reach that, sort of that minority vote there which was so important for barack obama. it's probably going to be the nominee, like i said before, i think i've said on your show, tell me the candidate who is going to win south carolina or at least compete one or two in south carolina. i'm going to tell you who is probably going to be the democratic nominee. >> victoria, the argument there is twofold which i find interesting. mobilizing voters of color, we saw how important that is in the midterms and successful o

brian: cornell west, you say you are a huge fan of cornell west. tell the story about meeting him and reading the 22 books and red bull. zachary: cornell west, captivating figure. master communicator. i find out he's going to be speaking in d.c. at washington university and i want to see him speak. but i did not want to just see him speak, i wanted to see him speak and be prepared if there was any way to have an opportunity to have two minutes to talk to him. i said, i have read a lot of his books, i had already read a lot of his books. there were a few he had co-edited and other books i have not read yet. i said, i'm going to read it all over again so i know which questions i want to ask him the most. so i embark on this crazy endeavor of trying to read 20-plus books in six days. i can't -- you know, i read pretty quickly and i love reading, but that is too much with schoolwork and ap courses. i'm not getting any sleep at all. i said to myself, i can push through it, i need to find a way to kick back this reflects, this natural reflex to fall asle

cornell bernard was there and tells us there are no simple solutions. ♪ >> reporter: a song to remember victims of gun violence. those who know the pain of losing a loved one came to this vigil. >> when i put them on i always put them on so people can read them. >> reporter: richard martinez wears wrist bands in memory of victims of gun violence including his own 20-year-old son shot and killed at uc santa barbara four years ago. >> we were trying to call to find out if he was okay and he was dead. >> reporter: joining forces with groups like moms demand action, calling for what they consider gun sense in america. this vigil comes near the six-year anniversary of the sandy hook school massacre where 26 people were killed, mostly small children. peninsula congresswoman jackie spears survived after being shot five times in jones town in 1978. >> stunning to me that we can take romaine lettuce off the shelves because 55 people get sick, but 30,000 people can die each year and we can't do anything about it. >> reporter: how minority leader nancy pelosi vows to make gun safety a new priority

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cornell thank you, university professor. time for the exclusive new year may be coming up. the former fed president doesn't think tensions will go away anytime soon. he spoke with kathleen hays to discuss what you think of the biggest risks for 2019. >> the biggest risk would be part trade policy. we don't know what will happen with the u.s. and china in terms of trade policy. you could have a benign outcome. we see them buying more goods, better access to the market. intellectual property rights, they agree, life goes on. going to press china on its industrial policy? if the u.s. expects china to give on that, they will be disappointed. if the u.s. can get something from china buying more u.s. stuff, they have agreed already. if the u.s. can get more access to the chinese market -- if the u.s. wants china to change its economic policy, that is where china will balk. how much is the u.s. going to push for? -- where how concerned is the chinese economy heading? we have seen the pboc doing more targeted lending facilities, getting active lending money into the economy without

our bernard cornell has a look at what is naughty and nice when it comes to the annual tradition. >> merry christmas. >> happy holidays. >> reporter: a sea of red invading union scare. >> we are l.a. jersey. here to have a good time. >> it is the holiday season and everybody has a great time, everybody should come out to santacon. >> this is a place to hold a lot of people. it is filling up. >> reporter: and check out the golden gate tap room which stretcheddhe was busy checking i.d.s and checking bags. >> have a good night and be safe. >> reporter: and the city's recs and parks department denied santacon with a permit for union square, but the santas showed up. >> this is going to happen no matter what, and you will have 17,000 santas down here whether the city likes it or not. >> reporter: some totally dread santacon saturday and this north beach cafe posted a sign to tell the santas to stay away because of too many problems in the past. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: extra police officers on duty to keep the santas off of the street, but keeping the streets safe is no easy t

cornell barnard, nbc 7 news. >>> santacon is a worldwide phenomen phenomenon. it is supposed to capture the holiday spirit. participants are urged to donate toys usually at a central location. some cities have an official list of participating. >>> abc 7 news has obtained video of a dispute involving reuben foster. it happened a month before the team released him. matt keller explains what prompted the response from police. >> reporter: police were called to the apartment complex on october 12th. >> i'm hearing loud, you know, someone being banged to the wall or something. >> reporter: officers were met at the door by then 49ers linebacker reuben foster, his girlfriend at the time came to the door crying and police say she initially stated that she was not okay. police attempted to interview them separately. and he was put in handcuffs. foster was detained in the back of a patrol car while ennis was interviewed. both said nothing physical happened. police took photos of both of them to show what they say was a lack of injuries. foster was released from custody

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard with a look at what's been closed because of the shutdown. >> this is what i've got. nothing. >> reporter: ricky avila from las vegas was hoping to see fort point up close, but what he got was a closed barricade. >> it's sad, man. it's a long walk, no park. this is sad, man. i'm not coming back. >> it's a shame, isn't it? yeah. i don't understand why ps and why it's happening. >> reporter: blame the partial government shutdown that's forcing the closure of landmarks operated by the national park service. shuttles to muir woods were running. the park remained open because they received partial funding from another source. daytime tours to alcatraz were also going but nighttime and ranger-led tours of the rock were canceled. but the high street pier maritime museum was locked up tight. no ship tours today. >> were you looking forward to seeing the big ships? >> yeah. >> the oeber family from utah made in the first stop on their vacation. >> it's very exciting to see the ships. we've got little boys. i guess we'll have to try again another time. i don't

i don't remember. >> cornell bernard abc 7 news. >>> the love story of the longest married couple in presidential history is continuing on in a heartfelt illustration reuniting the couple after seven months apart. take a look, mississippi clarion ledger cartoonist created a moving image of george h.w. bush and first lady barbara bush in heaven with their 3-year-old daughter robin who died of l leukemia. >>> if you want to see more of the tributes pouring in for president bush, we've compiled them on our website. >>> now to a story you'll see only on abc 7. a woman today reunited with a treasured possession her father and grandmother's ashes. >> they were stolen from her san lee and row storage unit. police got those ashes returned. >> abc 7 reporter joins us. >> joyce robertson says san leandro police told her the odds weren't good and most likely those ashes were dumped somewhere, so she couldn't believe what a hayward detective told her on the phone. >> leonard made an odd discovery under a small tree in his front yard last week. >> like a box in a plastic bag. >> there was a plast

. >>> abc 7's cornell barnard spoke to a woman who saw the arrest. >> i went to sit at a table and i noticed a gentleman who had a tattoo just above his eye bra. >> reporter: she thought the man looked strangely familiar. she had no clue how close she was sitting to a nearby prison escape pee. she says minutes later police came in and arrested 21-year-old san quentin escape pee shalom men mendoza. the california department of corrections says its officers searched mendoza and found no weapons. he was wearing a black shirt and sweat pants which police say he bought at this dollar general store in nearby san miguel. shortly after ditching the silver toyota rav4 he was suspected of driving. >> we were able to confirm he is also our carjacking suspect in the incident that occurred at home depot in san rafael. >> reporter: police say this was mendoza driving through the toll plaza just 15 minutes after carjacki carjacking this woman. >> i'm going to kill you now. >> reporter: san quentin officials say mendoza walked away from the soupsized work detail on december 26th. he was serving a fi

. >> cornell, november 20, 2006, the buzz name was obama. it was like will he do it? he is clearly the new guy. beto is in that position. >> also remember that barack obama and i was part of that kpa campaign, he was also running behind hillary 20 points everywhere. >> beto is 20 points behind biden. >> i'm a pollster. the polls now are meaningless. >> o' rourke jumping into double digits in iowa poll is meaningless. >> that's kind of a big deal. >> i'm always curious who is popping in the middle. >> he energizes something in an obama way. you have a lot of insiders running for president now. i like the chances of the outside candidate. >> if you look at this top tier and it's three long time washington senators and i realize beto is a congressman but he's not thought of as a washington insider and he's a generation younger than the rest of that top tier, that's a good place to be. >> beto is young. go to bernie sanders. a i've been trying to figure out can bernie replicate what he did in 2016? i don't know if he can. >> he never really stopped running. he has a lot m

. >> but we'll start with cornell barnard in san francisco. cornell? >> reporter: eric, dion, safety officials not pulling any punches, they are warning the public to stay away from san francisco beaches this weekend due to monster waves predicted this weeke