we're told a verdict is expected to be reached before christmas in san jose stephanie sierra abc 7 news. san francisco's tallest building could be getting a slightly smaller sibling the chronicle reports the development firm that conceived salesforce tower is proposing a residential high-rise three blocks away at 50 main street. this guy scraper would be 1,066 feet tall. just three feet shorter than salesforce tower the tower would include 164 apartments and replace two-level parking garage. and maybe that's where spencer christian will be giving us the weather forecast a beautiful panoramic view. well, we we have that today if you're a high enough up because we've got bright blue skies so you can see forever if you're high enough. here's a look at what's going on right now. we've got dry conditions as you can see on live doppler 7, and it's a bit cooler at this hour than at this time yesterday about two to three degrees cooler in most locations. i'm not sure about this 13 degrees cooler palo alto up to if that's a technical mistake, here's the view from sutro tower looking out over san

stephanie sierra spoke with oakland's police chief about what is next. >> nearly a month after the murder of a tv news security guard while on assignment in oakland, the police chief says the department has two suspects in custody and are closing in on a third. >> we have identified a third suspect that we are seeking right now with the help of law enforcement partners. >> chief armstrong confirmed one of the suspects is the owner of the 2000 five white acura recovered last week, believed to be used in the crime. the chief would not identify either suspect but did confirm they were arrested on unrelated charges. >> the arrests they made were for offenses already committed. warrants from other departments as well. the homicide charge is forthcoming. >> the chief says help from the community was credible -- critical. the da will determine who will receive the roughly $32,000 reward. >> in the coming days, i feel confident the district attorney will charge this case and we will be able to come will pour the public -- come before the public and say these three individuals were responsible for

abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra spoke to experts about what we can expect going forward. reporter: health officials stress there are no immediate plans to impose additional restrictions at this point. we simply don't know enough about omicron yet. the other experts say per the memory data from south africa -- for the merry data from south africa suggests it could only be a matter of time. with growing fear, the omicron variant is not only here in the bay area, but could be more infectious than delta. we're left wondering, should we change our behavior? usf says not yet, but words be careful. >> there is no evidence yet that it would be causing serious disease. that might change. reporter: dr. john moore is a professor of immunology and microbiology at cornell. he's been following the latest reports on omicron coming out of south africa. >> they're seeing evidence that it is more capable of inflections -- infections are people who have recovered from earlier infections. reporter: unlike delta, infected patients in south africa are not having symptoms of loss of smell and t

in san jose, stephanie sierra. dan: there is a podcast about the case hosted by our chief business, economics and technology correspondence. it is called the dropout. there are new episodes every tuesday. listen wherever you stream your podcasts. kristen: san leandro is mourning the death of the school board district president. flags were flown at half staff today in honor of cristian rodriguez. the district says he died after being hit by a car while walking with his wife in oakland last week. rodriguez was first elected to the board in 2018 and was just elected president last week. he leaves behind his wife and three children. dan: san jose has matched a 20 year high in traffic fatalities, a grim milestone. a pedestrian was killed this morning in a two-car crash on eastbound key road near interstate 680. both of the drivers stayed at the scene. the crash marks san jose's 60th trafficked at this year according to police. that ties a two decade peak reached in 2015. kristen: and has been very gray across the bay ar

sierra is live here now with the detail staff. yes kristen in contrast with other waves of covid our first look at the patient's hospitalized with omicron in south africa show. some promising signs cases are milder. they're not in the icu and most aren't requiring oxygen but experts warn that may not necessarily be the case here in the us. there's a lot of fear surrounding the newest highly transmissible omicron variant health experts expect the bay area will start seeing the beginning stages of a search within two weeks in the bay area. i would expect that people will get omer quran and if they do get it, it'll be very mild or many people wouldn't even know they have it ucsf's dr. peter chin. hung says preliminary data out of south africa shows the majority of hospitalized patients are unvaccinated and younger. with 80% under the age of 50 cases are reported to be milder than delta meaning patients aren't in the icu and most aren't on oxygen the fact that they're not requiring oxygen in the hospital is a good sign. it mainly show