an inmate escapes from san quentin ... now the search is on to find him.im live from the prison with the latest. ( will ) ( darya ) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the course of the day with winds gusting as highs at 20-30 miles per hour through the day and into the evening. expect cooler than average daytime highs not just today but to take us through the next few days with evening lows dropping to freezing if not below for some inland areas. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya )(ááá2 shotááá) breaking overnight ... an inmate escaped from san quentin ... and now authorities are out in full force looking for him. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest.sara? our top story this morning

a home depot near san quentin. they think the carjacker was shalom mendoza who walked away from a prison a work group on wednesday night. he was reported with missing 3 1/2 hours later following a headcount of the inmates >> something that is very concerning, it is very uncommon that san rafael has a carjacking. if it is not related to the prison, it is something that we take extremely seriously. >> reporter: last year in los angeles, shalom mendoza stole a car and knifepoint and then led police on a chase. he has been in the prison system for a year and then was transferred to san quentin in april and assigned to a job outside of the secure perimeter of the prison. >>> new photos released of the suspect who killed a police officer during a traffic stop in the central valley city of newman his name has not been released but sheriff's y he was in this country illegally. investigators say there will be a news conference today at noon announcing significant developments. we will bring that to you live. yesterday, pres

san quentin ... now the search is on to find him.im live from the prison with the latest. ( darya ) the search continues for a suspected cop killer in stanislaus county. we have the latest on the investigation this morning. and another hack ... this time affecting bay area based bevmo. details on the information stolen from thousands of customers. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. ( will ) and i'm will tran in for james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... temp

information that san quentin prison had an escapee. our officers interviewed the victim and obtained a description and that description was very similar to the description of the escapee">the carjacked vehicle is described as a silver toyota rav4 with california license plate number 6-s-t-z-5-0-2shalom mendoza was received by the california department of corrections and rehablitation in december 2017. he is serving a five year prison sentence for use of a deadly weapon during a carjacking in los angeles county. sgt. graham says the carjacking suspect in this case also appears to have been armedsot the department of corrections has issued a statewide be- on-the-lookout for shalom mendoza, whom police consider armed and dangerous and ask if any sees him or that silver toyota rav4, license plate 6-s-t

he's been here in san quentin since april. if you see mendoza,ing contact authorities as soon as possible. we'll have updates throughout the show. live outside san quentin state prison, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. >>> you may have gotten that push alert we sent out right as this happened. you probably got it and it woke you up this morning. make sure you download our nbc bay area app. this way you can get all of the breaking news stories as we send them out to your smartphone. >>> another manhunt is under way. this one in the central valley where authorities are desperately looking for that suspect who shot and killed a police officer. they say that officer was a husband and a new father. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in newman. we're hoping to get some more answers in just a few hours, bob. do we have any idea who this person is? >> reporter: yes, later this morning at a news conference at newman police department where you can see people have been memb memorializing officer singh. law e

an inmate escaped from san quentin last night ... and now authorities are out in full force looking for him. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest.sara? the 24 year old inmate was reported missing during an institutional count last night around 9:30 and he's been missing ever since. mendoza walked away from the out grounds support facility last night. a search of the surrounding area confirmed that mendoza had escaped. the inmate has activated an emergency operations escape pursuit plan. mendoza is believed to have carjacked a silver toyota rav four after escaping at a home depot just one mile from the prison. here is the license plate number on your screen 6stz502. san rafael police believe it could have been mendoza because the description from the victim was extremely similar to the missing inmate.the suspect said he demanded the keys and threatened to kill them. mendoza is a hispanic man with short brown hair and brown eyes, he is 5-5 and weighs about 177 pounds. mendoza was inca

the san quentin task force as well as the san rafael police department. but they are looking at the escape and the carjacking as two separate incidents for the time being. neither one of them could give me a timeline on when they expect to actually track down and arrest mendoza. we will continue to call both for updates. reporting live this evening from san quentin, sam brock, nbc bay area news. >> thanks for those late breaking details, sam. >>> a mountain view man is accused of trafficking immigrants out of his apartment. police believe carlos garza helped bring illegal immigrants including children from guatemala to mountain view by promising them a better life. but once they arrived, the immigrants say they were abused and sexually assaulted. a dozen people were found living in garza's apartment on latham street near castro park. detectives say his sister helped the victims cross the border and used threats to prevent them from talking to authorities. police are asking any additional victims to come forward. >>> a morgan hill farm is in hot water over

a convicted carjackers escapes san quentin prison. now he's suspected of carjacks again. >>> plus east of the bay area, that other manhunt continues. this time the man accused of gunning down a police officer who just became a father. more on this tragic story and the manhunt coming up in a live report from the central valley. >>> we are waiting for that opening bell on wall street as we've had some really difficult weeks. futures already pointing to a decline in stocks after a record-breaking day for the dow on wednesday. we'll track and see how it's going. it does look a little red out there on the floor. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for laura. >> i'm marcus washington. right now at 6:30, let's take a look at the weather. meteorologist kari hall has been standing by and monitoring it all. that wind taught there is going to cause an issue. >> in about 30 minutes a wind advisory will go into effect. this is mostly for bay area hills where our gusts may reach over 50 miles per hour today. that could bring down some trees

san quentin and that parking lot. police are also combing through video from the bridges to see if he's left the area in dang's silver rav4. >> makes me suspicious that maybe he has hunkered down in a location. >> reporter: mendoza was serving a five-year sentence here for a carjacking charge as well as an evading police officer charge and police say just be sure that if you're on the lookout for him or you're keeping an eye out for him, be sure to call police and consider him armed and dangerous. >> the woman raises a good question. look behind you. san quentin, the walls, the razor wire. do we know exactly how this guy was able to walk away? >> reporter: that is a great question. so far all we know is that at 5:55 p.m. wednesday night was the last time he was officially accounted for when they had an official count at 9:35 p.m., he wasn't there and that carjacking happened about 15 minutes prior to that. we have been waiting on some sort of comment from the warden or the spokesperson of san quentin, but at this poin

, she worked at the san quentin news, and we went into san quentin. and the first thing the pronerers showed u u as we walked in the prison, they pointed and said, "this is where george jackson was gunned down." the first thing they showewed us. thisis was agonizing for you. angela: yeah. august 2 21, 1971. george was killed by san quentin guards. and it was during that period, there was so much going on that it was -- we could hardly find the time to mourn and to grieve, because something else would happen. jonathan had been killed almost exactly a year before that. that period was so compressed in so many ways and i'll never forget what my attorney howard moore and margaret burnham came to visit me. at that particular time i was back in solitary confinement because i had been extradited to california. amy: and you chose to have black attorneys, which is a very important statement. angela: well yeah. the thing is, there were so many political prisoners during that period. there were really good attorneys. kuntzler was amazing, right? but ththere were

the home depot is less than a half mile from san quentin. he's described at 5 feet 6, 17 pounds and they took a silver toyota rav with the license plate you can see the number on your screen. it's unclear if -- it's unknown that this was the suspect, he may have ditched the ditched it a mercedes, and that is what he was convicted for and searching time in san quentin. >>> and a gunman searched and police central valley city of newman. the sheriff's department released new photos of the alleged killer. they haven't released his name but he's in the coming up i am legally. about president trump referred to manhunt as a reason to build a border wall with mexico. the sheriff's department said the main focus is to find the man who killed police corporal singh. >> remember we don't need to politicize the death of officer singh. he himself an immigrant, he immigrated here lawfully and legally. it was his dream to a police officer and he sacrificed his life protecting his community. his killer on the other hand isn't supposed to country. >> went to

reporting live from san quentin ( robin ) thanks sara. thanks ( robin )( robin ) thanks sara. ( will ) the manhunt continues for the man suspected of killing a newman police officer earlier this week. deputies are searching for this man. he is suspected of shooting and killing corporal ron singh christmas night. investigators have identified the suspect --- but are not releasing that information at this time. we have learned that singh pulled the suspect over on suspicion of drinking and driving. thursday night, dectectives from the stan sheriffs office searched a property in el nido in merced county. but the suspect was not located ( will )he leaves behind a wife and baby boy.the sheriff's office also said the suspect was in the country illegally. ( will ) president trump tweeted about the manhunt thursday. using the suspect

the store is less than one mile from san quentin. henry lee has been following the story all day and has more on the manhunt and what we have learned about the escapees criminal background. >>> 21-year-old shalom mendoza walked away from a work crew at san quentin. he was last seen before 6 pm on wednesday night. no one at the prison realized he was missing until a headcount more than 3.5 hours later. by then, police leave he may have already carjacked a woman at the home depot on shoreline, less than a mile from the prison. >> he demanded the keys from her and threatened to kill her and told her not to call the police or he would shoot her. >> reporter: the woman who had been shopping at home depot did not resist. >> when she handed over the keys, he fled the scene in her vehicle. >> reporter: the suv is a toyota rav4 with a california license plate that is seen on the screen. i am told it is possible he may no longer be in the rav4 because of his criminal history. in july 2017, he carjacked a man of a toyota previous at ou la coffe

based on the description and the proximity to the store in san quentin. they released the surveillance video to the video last night. they were called to the home depot at 9:15 wednesday night. the victim said she was approached by an hispanic male wearing a white t-shirt or light yellow pants, it's difficult to see, the carjacker is possibly shalom mendoza who escaped san quentin last night. >> he had a what looked like a gun in his t-shirt, he threatened to kill her, and told her not to call police or he would shoot her. >> 21-year-old shalom mendoza walked away from a work crew and he was last seen before 6:00 p.m. wednesday, no one at the prison realized he was missing until a head count that was conducted 3 and a half miles later. the suspect is described as an 35 feet 6 inches tall and 170 pounds, similar to mendozvehicl silver toyota rav4, and this is the license plate, you can see this on your screen. police say it's unknown if mendoza is still driving that suv based on his criminal record. previously in 2017, he had carjacked a man of his toyota

the hunt continues for an escaped inmate from san quentin. toll to 101min from the less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( robin )(ááá2 shotááá) our top story this morning ... the hunt continues for an escaped inmate from san quentin. authorities say the inmate carjacked a woman at a nearby store after escaping the prison. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest. sara? law enforcement across the state is on the lookout for this inmate.and with a car jacking right around the time of his escape ... police believe he is no longer on foot.san rafael police have released video of a car jacking suspect they believe is the same inmate that escaped san quentin wednesday night. the suspect ... wearing light colored clothing ... walks up to the victim ... exchanges words ... and before you know it ... she backs off while he gets into her car and drives away.the suspect displayed something under his shirt like a weapon or possibly a firearmand then also made a threat to the victim that he would kill

(vicki) the search for a missing san quentin prisoner continues tonight. police now have video of a suspect they believe to be the escapee carjacking a victim, kron 4's sara stinson has the latest details on the manhunt. (reporter intro) <"the massive manhunt for the san quentin inmate who escaped wenesday night is now statewide because police believe he carjacked a victim shortly after meaning he is no longer on foot.thisis surveillance video of a man carjacking a victim just one mile from san quentin - san rafael police believe this is the escapee shalom mendoza. police say the carjacking happened around the same time of the escape during the nine oclock hour wednesday night. in the video you can see the suspect ... wearing light colored clothing ... walks up to the driver in a toyota rav four ...threatens to kill her and before you know it ... she backs off while he gets into her car and drives away.the victim called 9-11. and while police investigated this at the home depot ...they got word about the escape....the description provided by the victim fit

information that san quentin prison had an escapee. our officers interviewed the victim and obtained a description and that description was very similar to the description of the escapee">the carjacked vehicle is described as a silver toyota rav4 with california license plate number 6-s-t-z-5-0-2shalom mendoza was received by the california department of corrections and rehablitation in december 2017. he is serving a five year prison sentence for use of a deadly weapon during a carjacking in los angeles county. sgt. graham says the carjacking suspect in this case also appears to have been armedsot (vicki) developing news tonight... the all clear has been given... after occupants of the san francisco hall of justice had to shelter in place earlier this evening. a phone call of a bomb threat to the b

slipped away frome most secure prisons in the state- san quentin. the search continues for an inmate who slipped away from one of the most secure prisons in the state, san quentin. "today in the pay" was all over this one bring you live reports at 4:30 this morning. we want to take you back to marin county where pete suratos is still live near san quentin state prison. pete this, fugitive was in jail for carjacking somebody. we understand that they may have used the same skills to get away this time. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. you've got two investigations taking place, and safe rafael police are trying to determine if the carjacking incident that happened around the same time is also the -- or the suspect in that carjacking is also inmate that escaped from san quentin state prison, so this all evolved around this man. i was going to show you the mug shot. 21-year-old shalom mendoza. police say that mendoza was missing around 9:35 p.m. during the head count at the prison last night, and around that same time san rafael police say around 9:17 p

a convicted carjacker escapes san quentin. now he's suspected of doing it again. the inmate leading police on this intense search. >>> right now, just seconds before 5:00, breaking news to tell you about. the search for a fugitive, an inmate escapes from san quentin state prison and he may have already committed another crime. a live report coming up in just moments. >>> good morning to you. thank you for starting your morning right here with us. was >> i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off this morning. we'll get to the breaking news in a second. we want to make sure you're ready for your day whether you're headed out to work, maybe hitting the road early. it's going to be breezy out there. >> that's going to be the concern today. the wind advisory that starts at 7:00 a.m. mostly for bay area hills. if you will be driving, you will need to keep a tight grip on the steering wheel as our winds kick up to 20 to 25 miles per hour sustained and gusts may reach over 50 miles per hour, which could bring down some trees. we'll start to see the winds picking up by 10:00 t

to a job outside of the secure perimeter of san quentin prison. >>> now to san jose where the family of a woman shot and killed by san jose police is demanding an independent federal investigation into her death. the 24-year old was shot and killed christmas day by police officers. investigators say vas kwez led them on a high speed chase that ended when she crashed and police tried to ram her car into a police car. that's when four police officers opened fire. the police chief says the officers were chasing the wrong car but he is standing by the actions of his officers. >> had the deceased not been driving a stolen vehicle and had not led police on a dangerous high speed chase, crashed the vehicle and did not attempt to get away ramming officers and endangering their life that this shooting and tragedy would not have occurred. >> the family is questioning the officer ace use of force. last night they held a kabd l light vigil demanding justice. >> she should be here celebrating the holidays with her family. and now she's not. >> law enforcement has to be mindful of that when they m

just 1 mile away from san quentin san rafael police responded to a carjacking in the home depot parking lot. at 9:35 after an official jail count mendoza is reported missing. police can't say definitively he's the carjacking suspect, but they did find his prison jumpsuit nearby. >> the description given by the victim and what was provided by san quentin were almost identical and so that was an investigative lead that we are currently following up on as we speak right now. >> reporter: mendoza was serving a five-year sentence out of los angeles county. he was convicted of using a deadly weapon during a carjacking and evading a police officer while driving recklessly. if mendoza is, in fact, in a car, he may have left the area and headed south in a silver rav4 with the plate 6stz502. if he's still on foot, police say he could still be in the area, but wherever he may be they say considering him armed and dangerous. >> if they happen to see the inmate or the vehicle in this particular case, that they immediately call 911. keep their distance and be a good witness. >> reporter: police descr

an inmate escaped from san quentin last night ... and now authorities are out in full force looking for him. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest. sara? the 24 year old inmate was reported missing during an institutional count last night around 9:30 and he's been missing ever since. mendoza walked away from the out grounds support facility last night. a search of the surrounding area confirmed that mendoza had escaped. the inmate has activated an emergency operations escape pursuit plan. mendoza is believed to have carjacked a silver toyota rav four after escaping at a home depot just one mile from the prison. here is the prison. from the prison. here is the license plate number on your screen 6stz502. san rafael police believe it could have been mendoza because the description from the victim was extremely similar to the missing inmate. the suspect said he demanded the keys and threatened to kill them. mendoza is a hispanic man with short brown hair and brown eyes, he is 5-5 and we

(grant) the search for a missing san quentin prisoner continues tonight. police now have video of a suspect they believe to be the escapee... while he's carjacking a woman at a marin county home depot. kron 4's sara stinson has the latest details on the manhunt. (reporter intro) <"the massive manhunt for the san quentin inmate who escaped wenesday night is now statewide because police believe he carjacked a victim shortly after meaning he is no longer on foot.thisis surveillance video of a man carjacking a victim just one mile from san quentin - san rafael police believe this is the escapee shalom mendoza. police say the carjacking happened around the same time of the escape during the nine oclock hour wednesday night. in the video you can see the suspect ... wearing light colored clothing ... walks up to the driver in a toyota rav four ...threatens to kill her and before you know it ... she backs off while he gets into her car and drives away.the victim called 9-11. and while police investigated this at the home depot ...they got word about the escape....

he escaped from san quentin sometime right around 6:00 p.m.. he was part of a work crew outside of the prison perimeter but still on prison grounds after the escape. >> now to the latest on the government shutdown where there's no sign of movement or negotiations underway. >> how both sides are digging in. >> capitol hill is practically a coast town. officers locked, and since saturday, a shutdown negotiation, apparently non-existent. >> i don't see a scenario where the government opens back up until a new congress is sworn in. >> there's no further business to come before the senate. >> just a formality. most lawmakers not here and not expected until after the new year. the only public signs of talks between president trumps andtwi. the president slamming what he calls democrat obstruction of thego the federal employees effected by the shutdown, do the dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are democrats. angry lawmakers treating federal employees like poker chips at one of his failed casinos and from senator bob menendez, most

an inmate escaped from san quentin last night ... and now authorities are out in full force looking for him. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest. sara? the 24 year old inmate was reported missing during an institutional count last night around 9:30 and he's been missing ever since. mendoza walked away from the out grounds support facility last night. a search of the surrounding area confirmed that mendoza had escaped. the inmate has activated an emergency operations escape pursuit plan. mendoza is believed to have carjacked a silver toyota rav four after escaping at a home depot just one mile from the prison. here is the license plate number on your screen 6stz502. san rafael police believe it could have been mendoza because the description from the victim was extremely similar to the missing inmate.the suspect said he demanded the keys and threatened to kill them. mendoza is a hispanic man with short brown hair and brown eyes, he is 5-5 and weighs about 177 pounds. mendoza was inc

we're live at san quentin with that. and cold and windy temperatures expected to hit the bay area... chief meteorologist lawrence karnow will tell you how cold it's going to get in your neighborhood... don't go away kron4 news at nine in prime time is next.... <>(grant) <> (grant) a family in the south bay is demanding answers tonight... after a deadly police shooting on christmas day.... and tonight police are saying it was a case of mistaken identity...(grant) thanks for joining us im grant lodes...(vicki) and im vicki livakis.... the deadly shooting happened christmas morning on fruitdale and leigh avenue in san jose... a vigil was held for the victim and tonight the woman's family is speaking out for the first time since her death. (grant) kron 4's gayle ong is live in san jose with a list of demands the family is making... gayle. some of those demands are:to see the body camera footage of the officers on duty,a federal investigation and an independant investigation outside of internal affairs. speaking th

an inmate escapes from san quentin ... now the search is on to find him.im live from the prison with the latest. ( darya ) the search continues for a suspected cop killer in stanislaus county. we have the latest on the investigation this morning. and another hack ... this time affecting bay area based bevmo. details on the information stolen from thousands of customers. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( will ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... temperatures dropping a touch today taking daytime highs down into the mid to upper 50's with clear and dry skies overhead. windy conditions will be seen through the

live at san quentin. elissa harrington ktvu fox 2 news. >>> our time is 5:30 4, new details now about a pg&e worker who got hurt responding to a power outage. it happened after 10:00 last night near santa clara street. a pg&e power line acted. that caused and power flash. that worker was burned on his face and hands. the livewire fell set a car on fire. one family inside their home heard a big explosion. >> there was a big explosion, you heard boom, boom and i came outside and there was fire everywhere, this car was on fire, and then the tire was on fire. >> then had limited power before the explosion and then lost all of the power before it happened. we don't know the workers condition as he was taken to hospital. >>> president trump and the first lady returned to washington overnight after a surprise visit to the troops in iraq. >>> and service members lined up to greet the first couple and take pictures, the president has been criticized to pull the troops out of syria, it was a decision that led to th

. >>> and the time is 4:31, we continue the latest on an escaped inmate from san quentin prison, we need your help to track him down. he may have carjacked someone near the prison last night. take a look, he's shalom mendoza, he is 35-foot 10 inches tall, weighing 1607 pounds, this is his photo, he was convicted for a carjacking in los angeles county and he was sentenced top five years at san quentin and was there just 8 minutes. he couldn't be found during the bedtime inmate count last night. >>> and they're also searching for a gunman suspected for killing a police officer in stand slaw r was shot and kille shortly early after yesterday morning in the town of new man, take a look at photos of the suspect taken when he was stopped at a convenience store. he was pulled over by the officer as he drove away from the store p the store clerk who served that man, there were no signs of what was about to happen out there. >> i was in shock. like i couldn't believe it. when the guy left, my friend came back inside and the officer pulled him over down the street, so, we went outside, shots had b

. >>> mean while the inmate who escaped from san quentin is still on the run tonight. 21-year-old shalom mendoza was first reported missing wednesday night. he was serving a five-year sentence including charges for using a deadly weapon during a carjacking. police believe he carjacked the toyota rav4 from a parking lot the night he escaped and the victim recognizes him as the man who carjacked her. she said he threatened her life before taking her keys and sped away. kpix5's emily turner spoke to the victim and will share her story later in the hour. >>> police say they caught a bay area lieutenant who was supposed to be off on work injury working out in las vegas. mandy henderson is accused of faking the extent of her injuries. she is in jail in las vegas awaiting extradition back to the bay area. the sheriff said if these allegations are true it, is a violation of the public's trust, sullies the standards of our office and for that ms. henderson should be held accountable. >>> kpix5's da lin found out some owners of small bay area businesses are cutting business hours and sending emplo

lens plate. >> san quentin has longstanding reputation as secure institution. in time i've been here, haven't heard of it before. >> sergeant with the police department says definitely linked the escape with the carjacking but there's solid evidence. serving five-year sentence for using deadly weapon in attempted carjacking and evading police. mendoza is 5'5", distinctive tattoo over his eye. photo on the website, abc7news.com. unclear where he was heading after he left the home depot parking lot but unusual to have no sightings. >> abc7 news app is free to download. push for updates. >>> search for suspected cop killer in central valley. called armed and dangerous. federal authorities involved. corporal singh was kinglled in routine stop. unser hassan is live with the latest. >> i spoke with the sheriff, he said once he's arrested, will be brought to modesto. expanded the search. late this evening searched a search warrant at dairy farm, possible lead in search for this man, suspect in killing of officer singh. >> information he has been or was there. that's n

there was a carjacking at a home depot near san quentin. they believe the carjacker was 21-year-old shalom mendoza. no one at the prison realized he was missing until a head count was taken more than 3 and a half hours later. >> something that is very concerning, it's very uncommon that san raphael has a carjacking, if it's not related to the prison, it's something we'll take seriously. >> now, last year in los angeles, mendoza stole a car pointing a knife at a driver. they led police on and wild six mile chase before being arrested. he's been in the state prison system for a year and was transferred to san quentin in a year and was assigned to a job outside of the perimeter. >>> the time is 4:38, the family of a woman killed by san jose police are ordering an independent investigation of her death. the police admit she was not a suspect in an earlier shooting that police first thought. but, they said she led them on a high-speed chase and put the officers lives at risk. and here's how the family is responding. >> reporter: call for justice

see you later. >>> an inmate escapes from san quentin. we've got a live report straight ahead. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix 5 news. >>> this morning, the search is on for a san quentin inmate who's caped late last night. >> also today the man accused of killing a young woman at the bart station is due back in court to determine if he is fit to stand trial. >> and day six of the partial government shut down with both sides refusing to back down. >> it is just about 5:30 this thursday and it looks like we have another sunny day on tap in the bay area. >> but a little windy. we need our hair spray. >> that extra hold hair spray with breezy to wind conditions. that wind advisory is in effect for the hills, the mountains, above a thousand feet. so just be prepared with that. we're looking ahead to new year's eve. and we are looking at clear skies as we ring in the new year. temperatures in the the 40s. we were looking at dry and quiet weather over the next several days nafk. a live look with our sales floor tower camera

just 1 mile from san quentin san rafael police responded to a carjacking in the home depot parking lot. at 9:35 after an official jail count mendoza is reported missing. police can't say definitively he's the carjacking suspect, but they did find his prison jumpsuit nearby. >> the description given by the victim and what was provided by san quentin were almost identical and so that was an investigative lead that we are currently following up on as we speak right now. >> reporter: mendoza was serving a five-year sentence out of los angeles county. he was convicted of using a deadly weapon during a carjacking and evading a police officer while driving recklessly. if mendoza is, in fact, in a car, he may have left the area and headed south in a silver rav4 with the plate 6stz502. if he's still on foot police say he could still be in the area, but wherever he may be they say considering him armed and dangerous. >> if they happen to see the inmate or the vehicle in this particular case, that they immediately call 911. keep their distance and be a good witness. >> reporter: mendoza has been

quentin state prison carjacking a woman in san rafael. we brought you live breaking coverage yesterday on "today in the bay." this video was taken around 9:30 p.m. wednesday night at the home depot in san rafael. in it, you can see a man crossing the parking lot, and then carjacking a silver suv. right now, a manhunt is under way for 21-year-old shalom mendoza. take a good look at him. he was convicted of carjacking and a police chase that was televised in los angeles. he's the first person to escape from san quentin in nearly 20 years. prison officials say he was on a job assignment outside the prison walls wednesday night when he escaped. people who live nearby are concerned an inmate escaped. >> i do see people coming out here to clean the garbage cans and stuff and they're under guard, you know, and the guards seem like they have everything under control so i just never really think about it, but yeah, that does concern me. >> police are looking for a silver toyota rav 4. mendoza was last seen in a white t-shirt and tan shorts. and ha

the hunt continues for an escaped inmate from san quentin. authorities say the inmate carjacked a woman at a nearby store after escaping the prison. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest. sara? law enforcement across the state is on the lookout for this inmate.and with a car jacking right around the time of his escape ... police believe he is no longer on foot.san rafael police have released video of a car jacking suspect they believe is the same inmate that escaped san quentin wednesday night. the suspect ... wearing light colored clothing ... walks up to the victim ... exchanges words ... and before you know it ... she backs off while he gets into her car and drives away.the suspect displayed something under his shirt like a weapon or possibly a firearmand then also made a threat to the victim that he would kill her if she calledthe victim did call 9-11. and while investigating at the home depot ... san rafael police got word inmate shalom mendoza escaped from nearby san quentin that same e

the hunt continues for an escaped inmate from san quentin. thorities say the inmate carjacked a woman at a nearby store after escaping the prison. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest.sara? law enforcement across the state is on the lookout for this inmate.and with a car jacking right around the time of his escape ... police believe he is no longer on foot.san rafael police have released video of a car jacking suspect they believe is the same inmate that escaped san quentin wednesday night. the suspect ... wearing light colored clothing ... walks up to the victim ... exchanges words ... and before you know it ... she backs off while he gets into her car and drives away.the suspect displayed something under his shirt like a weapon or possibly a firearmand then also made a threat to the victim that he would kill her if she calledthe victim did call 9-11. and while investigating at the home depot ... san rafael police got word inmate shalom mendoza escaped from nearby san quentin that same even

the hunt continues for an escaped inmate from san quentin. authorities say the inmate carjacked a woman at a nearby store after escaping the prison. kron 4's alecia reid has the latest on the investigation. law enforcement across the state is on the lookout for this inmate.and with a car jacking right around the time of his escape ... police believe he is no longer on foot.pkgsan rafael police have released video of a car jacking suspect they believe is the same inmate that escaped san quentin wednesday night. the suspect ... wearing light colored clothing ... walks up to the victim ... exchanges words ... and before you know it ... she backs off while he gets into her car and drives away.the suspect displayed something under his shirt like a weapon or possibly a firearmand then also made a threat to the victim that he would kill her if she calledthe victim did call 9-11. and while investigating at the home depot ... san rafael police got word inmate shalom mendoza escaped from nearby san quentin that same evening. with very little car jackin

crime reporter henry lee spoke with the woman and joins us live from san quentin. >> reporter: san rafael police have not definitively said whether the carjacker is indeed the inmate who escaped from the prison but the victim tells me she is sure he is the one who confronted her. she is counting her blessings, happy that she and her chihuahua escaped the clutches of a carjacker in san rafael. >> i was lucky. it was very dangerous. >> reporter: i showed her a picture of escape san quentin inmate, 21-year-old shalom mendoza. she says she has no doubt he took her suv. she was carjacked in the home depot parking lot at about 9:15 wednesday night, 20 minutes before prison officials realize mendoza was missing. the inmate walked away from his job outside the secure perimeter of the prison. >> i did not know he was escape from the prison. >> reporter: surveillance video shows her and her friend at her silver toyota rav4. you can see a man walking up to her. she just assumed he was another shopper. she was wrong. >> he said he had a gun. at first i did not hear well. he said, i have a gun, give m

. >>> but first, an escaped inmate from san quentin captured of a three-day manhunt. >>> the news at 5:00 starts right now. good evening and thank you for joining us. terry is off tonight. a statewide manhunt is now over and it ended on the central coast. agents tracked down 21-year-old mendoza to a taco bell in paso robles. his arrest comes after a dramatic run from the law. mary ann is live in our "newsroom" with the details. >> reporter: he is back in prison tonight thanks to some people in the county. he was spotted yesterday at a dollar store in san miguel. this afternoon around 12:30, sm someone else spotted him just a few miles away at taco bell restaurant. that person alerted the california department of corrections and agents arrested the fugitive at the restaurant. we spoke with one customer who watched the whole thing go down. >> and i recognized his tattoo right above his eyebrow and that's what made me realize that that was the gentleman who escaped from the prison and as i was sitting down, immediately one of the gang task force unit guys came in, had his hand on his gu

it's unknown if he will be returned to san quentin. 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

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the prisoner is san quentin inmate. he's shalom mendoza. he was reported missing last night when he couldn't be found with the count of inmates. the intense search continues and we'll bring you more details as they become available. >>> and a man shot and killed a police officer when it happened in standees law county. take a look at photos of the sups, this was taken minutes before the shooting. the officer stopped the man as he was driving away from the store. >> ktvu's ron malcom talked to communities who are badly shaken by the killing of that officer who served newman for 7 years. >> the town is gripped in sadness. >> we're like family, it's, it's unheard of for this town to experience this. >> this couple said it's all they could do as they add these purple and gold balloons for a memorial for the corporal gunned down after a routine traffic stop. the alleged suspect captured on surveillance cameras after pulling in to buy beer and cigarettes. >> he bought a 12 pack of beer. >> and suzanne had no idea what would happen next. >> i was

an effort to track down the inmate who escaped from san quentin prison and is suspected of carjacking a woman in san rafael. >> the descriptions are very similar and due to the proximity of the prison to home depot, it is definitely an investigative lead that we are looking into. >>> and, no connection. the san jose police chief admits the woman killed on christmas day by police is not connecting to an earlier shooting. why he says the officer's actions are still justified. >>> this five month old he will never hear talk. he will never see his son walk. he doesn't get to hold that little boy, hugged his wife, say good night anymore. because, a coward took his life. >> the police chief there in the city of newman in stanislaus county emotional and angry over the death of one of his own. the small department of just 12 is overcome with grief this afternoon as the search for the gunman continues now for a second day. welcome, everyone to "the four." i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm frank somerville. the sheriff spoke today. he is very angry that the gunmen came to our country illegally. >>

san quentin inmate on the loose. >> it turns out the state's pipe dream was just a pipe dream. we know revenue from legal recreational marijuana sales are not close to what was expected. i'm michelle griego. kenny is sleeping in today, but we are here, ji an nip and mary. a lot of people have the day off. the weather, there's good stuff happening there. >> if you love the sunshine that will continue. we are tracking some breezy to windy conditions but the winds will ease later on in the afternoon. a live look at sfo clocking winds at 23 miles an hour at sfo. concord looking at 50. santa rosa at a chilly 33 degrees. so let's show you the winds out there. looking at 15-mile-an-hour winds out of or. 23 sfo. 26-mile-an-hour winds in downtown san francisco. things are really rocking and rolling still in downtown san francisco with those winds. 14 in liver more. 17 in berkeley. 14 miles an hour in napa. the winds will ease and relax. we'll stay dry through the end of 2018. a big holiday. a lot of people will be out and about and to ring in the new year temperatures around the coast,

the hunt continues for an escaped inmate from san quentin. authorities say the inmate carjacked a woman at a nearby store after escaping the prison. kron4's sara stinson is live at san quentin state prison in marin county with the latest. sara? law enforcement across the state is on the lookout for this inmate.and with a car jacking right around the time of his escape ... police believe he is no longer on foot.san rafael police have released video of a car jacking suspect they believe is the same inmate that escaped san quentin wednesday night. the suspect ... wearing light colored clothing ... walks up to the victim ... exchanges words ... and before you know it ... she backs off while he gets into her car and drives away.the suspect displayed something under his shirt like a weapon or possibly a firearmand then also made a threat to the victim that he would kill her if she calledthe victim did call 9-11. and while investigating at the home depot ... san rafael police got word inmate shalom mendoza escaped from nearby san quentin that same e

that is the same night that a man escaped from san quentin prison. it happened in san rafael. home depot in san rafael, less than two miles from the prison. he threatened to kill her. >> he came really fast. he said i have a gun. give me your key. if not, i'm going to kill you now. >> here is a picture of the man who escaped. she said this is the man who stole her car in that parking lot. authorities are still looking for him. they encourage you to take a good look. they need everyone to be looking for this man. they are also still looking for her car they believe he got away in. take a look at this one as well. it's a silver toyota rav4. the license plate is 6stz502. no one has seen the the car. no one has seen him. no sightings have been reported. he was here in san quentin serving a five-year since for a carjacking in l.a. county. officials have not publicly commented about this. they haven't explained how he was able to escape. >> amy, thank you. another manhunt. federal and local authorities are searching for a suspect who shot and killed an officer in the town of newman

. >> reporter: minutes later police came in and arrested 21-year-old san quentin escapee, shalom mendoza. >> he said his name was andrew. an officer goes, no, i know your name is not andrew. don't thereby me about your name. >> reporter: the california department of corrections searched mendoza and found no weapons. he was wearing a black shirt and sweatpants which police say he bought at this dollar general store in nearby san miguel friday night. after ditching the silver toyota rav4, he was arrested for driving. >> he is also our carjacking suspect from the incident that occurred at home depot here in san rafael. >> narrator:er police say this was mendoza driving the bay bridge toll plaza 15 minutes after carjacking dieng nguyen who was shopping 2e home depot. >> he came fast and had something inside. he held a gun. give me the key. if not i'm going to kill you now. >> reporter: san quentin officials say mendoza somehow walked away from a supervised work detail outside the security perimeter december 26. he was using a deadly weapon in a carjacking in l.a. county. crystal is glad he's