the gruesome murders knew their killer, that is why the killer was allowed into the house that night. five bodies were found and violence and bloody carnage happened the night before. the victims, their daughter, their son and his wife. >>. >> steve chen is married to the only member of the family that is now living. a daughter who discovered the bodies when she and their 12-year-old child went to the home the morning after the murders. he showed us pictures of the victims placed in a homemade altar in the living room. they had been bludgeoned to death by the killer, police forensics investigateors removed evidence from the house. but the two-story home is the way it was the day after the murders. bloodstains covering the

floors. several law enforcement agencies have given abc 7 the following chronology of what happened. saying the suspect knew both lay and his wife. le hired him as a plumber last year. sources say the first to be killed her body was found on the first floor, then likely murdered vince yaents parents, then went up the stairs and into their daughter's bedroom. he bludgeoned her to death. police say he waited for vincent le to come home. the body found near the front door. sources say before killing him, the murder receivered half of le's hand with what is described as a sharp-edged weapon. after it was over, he washed himself in the bathroom, then wiped bleach over light switches and door handles to remove fingerprints.

the killer poured bleach and paint on the floors and turned on facets to flood the rooms, hoping to destroy evidence. well, steve chen, the person who showed us the house and his wife says that he and his wife want nothing to do with this house, they want the bank to take this house back to spare them of the ugly memories. they owe a large mortgage. tonight there is unanswered questions. we'll tell what you led police to the suspect. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >> and the windows at the piedmont apartments are covered up. residents dents are still living and turning their apartments into stale, potentially dangerous place. this is not far from kaiser hospital. abc 7 news reporter joins us now live from the building with the story. sergio? >> and the residents tell me they're quite happy about the renovations and say it's

actually been something welcome. and and and the problem is that there are still people living inside of the building. >> in the last four days this rack has gone up and windows have been boarded over. the renovation is underway. there are still people living inside of the building. >> and windows didn't have air on them. >> did you give permission to go in? >> no. we did not. they come in and all of our tvs were moved away from the balcony and everything was moved and boarded up when they got home. >> this is a look inside some of the apartments. the windows are boarded up. residents say plywood used chems -- smells like chemical glues. >> smells really bad.

very suffocating and ugly smell. 50 they became frustrated and a melee nearly sparked when a group tried to show homes but managers said we're not allowed in the office. i was refered to the president of the developer who bought this building last month. >> i don't to take way from concerns or make it sound like we feel like they're concerns aren't valid. we're addressing things as they come to us. >> and i spent about an hour and a half on the phone with the developer who says he's committed to making sure that everything is made right as this continues. he says if a $10 million project and part of the thing is that it is depending on a quick time schedule. very checked in with the city and they've since issued a stop work order on this project because they say there is not enough ventilation to a

lot of the units being affected. >> thank you and now, investigators are trying to determine if a fire in an apartment building was intentionly -- intentionally set by a tenant. one person was sent to the hospital. firefighters felt it was safer to keep some residents inside rather than try to he vac' wait them. at least two apartments on the 8th floor were damaged and several more also have water damage. >> the brother of a 49ers football player is being charged with an assault in washington, d.c. that took place last night and could end up facing murder charges. police say michael davis struck a 19-year-old woman in the head with a hammer not far from where a murder took place. investigators say none of the victims knew one another and suffered head wounds and were attacked suddenly. the tourist killed in the same area tuesday night was a

6-year-old -- 66-year-old man from denver, vernon davis tweeted just got a disturbing call. a good day gone bad. hopefully he wasn't involved. >> a nine-hour standoff is finally over. a lot of questions remain. there is a s.w.a.t. team surrounded the house. and abc 7 news is live in san jose with more on what happened next. >> this is still an active police investigation. the team has left. police initially had information that the person inside of the home had weapons, and firearms, that is what ruled out the unit. three schools in the area were put on a modified shemter in place meaning kids couldn't go outside until this area was being safe around 11:00 this morning. >> this house is the center of a nine-hour standoff it and

stands out for others. a family friend says two brothers live here, property and business records indicate roger and gary ran a plumbing business from the home. >> gary takes in a lot of homeless people, and helps homeless guys out and kids that are homeless he'll take in and help them out. get them on their feet. he's a good guy. >> the police got a 911 call from the home and that person died at the hospital. with police arrived shortly before 2:00 this morning the people in the house went into a lock down mode. >> there is no indication in residents being held hostage. >> and after nine hours, he came out and police are now questioning everyone inside about the stabbing. >> they're looking at the house for weapons and evidence

to determine if it's a crime scene. >> police have not identified anyone involved or victims which leaves a lot of unanswered questions. >> i'm praying but i haven't got that news yet. i just hope it isn't him. i'll pray for him. >> the victim is not gary though we do know the name of the victim. his family has not been notified so we're not releasing that information. gary and roger have both been released from police custody. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> a ride turned into a scary ordeal, oned at gun point and forced into the trunk of the cab. he picked up three men in their 20s last night. they wanted the driver to took them to antioch where they pulled out a gun. the driver told police he was in the trunk about an hour

while captors drove around, arguing over what to do with him. >> obviously you could be traumatized under the circumstanceses and there is no physical injuries whatsoever. >> police found the taxi in oakland this morning near 83rd avenue. they're hoping to find evidence linking to the suspect to the cab. the driver had only been with the company for a few months. >> we're only hours away from the weekend closure of doyle drive in what could be a traffic nightmare around the bay. the main artery will be closed starting at 8:00 tonight. and we're live where the city is developing. >> like the tear down of the embarcadero highway structure, doyle drive is coming down ever. the doyle in its place will be much better views and a much safer roadway but will be a

messy, noisy project. there are rangers and police handing out ear plugs to people in the presidio. >> this hydraulic equipment is lined up and ready to go. a surface level street will be completed and will be a detour while next of the parkway is completed. caltrans is worried with the bridge open, but doyle drive closed there could be major traffic congestion on streets leading to, and from the bridge. chrissy field is a major weekend draw for locals and visitors and while the locals might have heard about this closure, out of towners might not. national park service says this weekend will be a lot less fun and much harder to have a conversation. >> as far as what rangers are

doing they'll be wearing ear plugs and helping distribute ear plugs because it will be a loud place to be and will be dusty and its own experience. we're assuming it won't be one people will want to spend a lot of time experiencing. >> there is 57 hours of solid activity. at 8:00 p.m. all equipment starts taking it down. and there is efforts to rebuild the roadway. you can take it down, move it out of the way and connect these portions of the roadway that need to be built up. tonight caltrans and chp will work to close doyle. the and there is equipment moving on. caltrans is urging anyone who needs to use doyle drive to aim to get here well before 8:00. >> thank you, heather, we can

see equipment moving behind heather, here is a look at what is going to happen. if you do have to get across the golden gate bridge. here is doyle drive shut down, these are the access streets to reach the bridge area. there is a where you can expect heavy traffic there as well. now, another option of course is just avoid golden gate bridge and rely on the richmond san rafael bridge and bay bridge to make your way to san francisco. how about ferries? this is an option, both are doubling in numbers this weekend. that should help draw away from gridlock. tonight major potential gridlock. we've got giants playing at home. and there is critical mass, a huge bike ride starts at 6:00. so it's expected to be challenging. keep in mind awc 7 news is your source for the closure, we'll have updates on the

process and detours all weekend long for you. and you can get instant notice when the road reopens, also down load our waze app. everything is available on abc 7 news.com. >> you've got me scared. i'm staying away from doyle drive. nowhere near it. let's take a look at the weekend forecast. >> there is this evening, clear skies, and pleasant and mid. temperatures into mid to upper hours, clear skies giving way to a sunny start tomorrow morning, temperatures mid 40s to low 50s. nice, warm, not too warm at the coast. pleasant with highs of 606789 highs inland topping the 80-degree mark. there is a lovely seven days

coming up. >> early menopause, early death. a study finds a connection in some women. >> spring cleaning of a different kind. efforts to get you to throw out your old medications. >> michael finney taking your questions through facebook and twitter pages. you can contact michael on twitter and facebook.com/michael finney abc 7.

a new study finds a disdis stushing connection between early menopause and death. in sweden 400 women were divided in two groups.

by age 77 early menopause group had a mortality rate of 52%, later group, 35%. the author stressed their findings do not prove a cause and affect relationship. >> when you hear the expression "spring cleaning" there is a chance to declutter your medicine cabinet. hosting take back days in location as cross the country tomorrow. and experts point out this will help prevent drug abuse. you can find a take back event near you by visiting our web site. >> and turning to business news, who is the king of smart phones? if you guess apple, you're wrong. details of a nasty battle let's go live at bloomberg west with today's after the bell report. hi, emily.

>> samsung is according to a researcher strategy samsung had taken the crown as biggest mobile phone maker in the world ending nokia's 14-year rain after stealing market shares. now, this is after regaining the lead from apple. and samsung shipped almost 94 million hand sets in the first quarter and 45 million smart phones. apple on the other hand shipped about 35 million iphones or 24% of the market. samsung head sets are based on google's android operating system. yahoo patents fight with facebook got nastier today, yahoo asked a judge to declare some patents invil val yid, dismissing the counter claims of infringement. yahoo is accusing facebook of

retaliating by vying patents after being sued but yahoo in march and counter suing over the new lay qired technologies as a pay back for original lawsuit. a spokesperson says the company continues to defend itself vigorously. and let's take a look at the market numbers today, there is a knock out from amazon helped push retailers high yes, earnings have been strong with 75% of the companies in s and p that reported topping estimates. your bloomberg silicon valley index unchanged for this friday. and take a look at shares of amazon. on fire today. surging 16% in trading after reporting solid earnings yesterday hanks to growing demand for kindle devices and e commerce services. and quite a sight in the skies over new york city. the space shuttle enterprise

flew around the big apple before landing at jfk airport. this particular shuttle is never used in an actual space mission but will remain for a few weeks before being transferred and put on display. quite a sight there in new york today. at boom bloomberg studios in san francisco, i'm emily chang, back to you guys, happy friday. >> have a good weekend. >> we're looking forward to this weekend. >> and it's going to be a happy weekend. >> today just a preview of what is still to come. things cool out there right now. cool, i mean good. there is live view from our east bay camera looking at western skies. skies are blue, as it should be. here is a little close up loop at 10:30 this morning. there is sunny skies and it's

mild. 72 up north. and 70 down south in los gatos, made mid to upper 60s in other locations around the bay area, mostly clear skies tonight and mild. not quite so cool. sunny, warmer this weekend. there is a cooler pattern beginning next week. let's take a look at that next week. there is a jet stream flowing well north and that pattern continues for a couple days, high pressure building in now that will be a controlling factor. so at 7:00 this evening notice how clouds skaied north. not so warm at the coast. it's sunny, breezy, highs around 60 degrees or so. will be a beautiful day and there are clear skies with lows

around 46 in santa rosa. upper whos to around 50 around the bay area overnight. tomorrow, sunny skies and there are 80 in napa and concord and fairfield. upper 70s inland. and maybe not miss cloverdale. breezy on the coast. there is high of 67 tomorrow, 76 in san jose. farther south near monterey bay, breezy near the bay. there is the accu-weather forecast. there is a beautiful weekend. sunny, mid-70s around the bay. low 60s on the coast. a few clouds in the sky. and there is temperatures dropping to about mid-70s inland just about 70s around the bay. there is super cool. >> yes.

>> weather nod bad, either. >> oh, boy. >> just ahead... >> there is go being gaga for south korea. but the government banned some people from attending her big concert there. >> then video captures a bike rider hit by a car. does it give police the clue needed to make an arrest in this case? >> taking a look at traffic now on the skyway. it's busy for this get away friday. you're not getting anywhere, quickly. stay with us. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. ht

marine mammal rescuers are worry a wayward dolphin may beach itself and suffocate. it continues to swim in huntington harbor, officials think the dolphin got separated from the pod while chasing fish near huntington beach in southern california. hard to figure out where it is. it's not stranded in muddy waters 12 feet from shores. rescuers say they appear disoriented and healthy. an attempt to coax it back was aband kroned and now, rescuers are hoping it finds it's own way out. >> lady gaga making headlines again this, time a country is planning it's young people from attending her concert. >> details in today's entertainment report. >> lady gaga kicked off her world tour but with a

government plan. they banned everyone under 18. still, about 45,000 fans filled the stadium. and the tour lands next in hong kong. >> back here in florida -- l.a. bruce springsteen continued his "wrecking ball" tour, the first time they'd gone on tour since 2009. they're off to new orleans next, then newark and then, spain. a week from today avengers will take over box office. until then a couple other movies will vie for your attention. and john cusack becomes edgar allen poe in "the raven". >> this is super funny the situations i'm put in. i think it's a real

exploration of a relationship. >> and for more movies go to otrc.com. >> he took issue with the way his son was punished for cheating. >> also a capitol hill showdown on student loans. republicans give the president what he wanted and democrats didn't like how they did it.

>> he sued his son's school, now a father is getting hit with a boreage of angry phone calls. the father filed suit after his son was thrown out of a honors class for cheating. abc 7 news joins frus redwood city's sequoia high school with more. >> consequences of cheating can be a harsh lesson to learn. yet a student here admits he did cheat, now, his father is giving dozens of harshly worded e mails. >> you're a dirt bag. i can't believe you, an attorney would promote and encourage cheating. >> messages are negative. blasting the attorney after filing a lawsuit against the sequoia union high school district. >> this is giving attorneys and parents a bad name.

school districts don't have the money. >> he's suing to get his son reinstated in a english class. he was expelled after being caught plagiarizing another stud yaents work. we're not using the son's name because he's a minor but dad is fighting the punishment. >> this is my once in a lifetime shot at doing something right, correcting what i perceived as a wrong. >> the superintendent won't discuss the lawsuit and says this is the fourth case of cheating this year. >> this involves a conference with the parents. and many ultimately see it as a learning experience of children. >> the punishment, the superintendent says is permanent removeal. there are no exemptions. however, he worries it will hurt his son's ability to get

into a top college and university. >> the lesson is if i make a mistake accept penalties. but if the penalty is, seems to be, way out of line for what it is that you've done then you should speak up. >> the son took down his facebook page after receiving a boreage of negative comments. a date has been set for the lawsuit. >> david, thank you. >> a bill preventing a cost of studentent loans from doubling passed the house today. legislation approved despite the threat of a veto. >> the bill is passed. >> in the end there was little drama. the bill to keep the interest

rates from doubling passed easily but there was a bitter battle. >> majority has another attack on public health funding. >> this is just silly. give me a break. >> the g.o.p. bill that passed will keep rates at 3.4% another year. it pays for $6 billion price tag by slashing a preventative health fund. minority leader nancy pelosi admits president obama will veto the bill. >> this prevention fund from which they want to take the money is very important. to women's health. >> this week the president traveled to three battle ground states. >> we can't make higher education a luxury. it's an imperative. >> speaker john boehner respond there'd would be a

vote. today he once again attacked the white house from the house floor. >> people are going to politicize it because it's an election year but my god do we have to fight about everything? >> the bill now heads to the senate. democrats have their own idea about how to keep rates the same them want to erase subsidies for oil and gas companies. >> and abc 7 news reporter says republicans won't score points with women voters and democrats are likely to get republicans to agree to raise taxes which could doom efforts to keep interest rates down. >> i think at this moment it's a junk bond. there is no way of know chg side is going to win. and if you went on the basis of what experts are saying democrats have a better case. it's not clear that that is an easy case to make or they've done an effective job of

making it. >> bruce cane says keep watching this. it's an election year. >> veterans and military families have new ammunition to fight program that's try to bilk them out of their education benefits. addressing growing complaints about fraudulent recruiting practices. much is linked to online searches for terms like gi bile sometimes you're dealing with folks that aren't interested in helping you find the best program. they're interested in getting the money. and they don't care about you. they care about the cash. >> the federal government can't shut down the mills but the measures make it harder for schools to misrepresent them selfs to students. >> there are attorneys argued whether a sex tape should allowed as evidence against

john edwards. his former aide and afd yaunt andrew young broke down as he testified for a fourth day. young claimed he worried he would be shot after confronting edwards about telling the truth. prosecuters objected when edwards attorney asked young if he threatened to release a private video. the judge had ruled that the tape could not be admitted as evidence. >> there is a judge refusing to increase bail for george zimmerman today after learning how much had been raised for a web site supporting him. zimmerman faces felony murder charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. zimmerman left jail after posting bail mondayful his release after his family told a judge they were having trouble coming up with money for the bail. prosecuters found a web site created in support of zimmerman that received more

than $200,000 in donations. zimmerman's attorney says not knowing how much was raised was an oversight. >> and still to come what a relic from the cold war was doing on the golden gate bridge. >> michael finney still taking your questions and will answer them here in just a few minutes. >> from mount tam looking over the bay, beautiful blue skies, will it remain that way during the weekend is in the answer is coming up. >> taking a look at golden gate bridge. traffic now you can see it's slow for those cars trying to make their way across now is the time to do it. remember, doyle drive closing tonight tonight at 8:00. getting to the bridge will be a challenge all weekend long. stay with us. news at 4:00 continues right after this.

taking a look from east bay now to san francisco. you can see bay brinl, treasure island and city behind it. we're expecting a lot of traffic in san francisco tonight. there is giants game, and there is critical mass. be prepared for heavy traffic tonight. >> and there is a cold war relic giving commuters something to talk about.

this missile came from a museum in marin headlands that details the bay area's role in defending the united states. you can see the missle this weekend at the half moon bay airport. it will feature a thousand vehicles and that is the event benefits coast side adult day health center. >> lower american river is higher this afternoon from more water being released from folsom dam. the lake is get toog full because of snow felt. the bureau of reclamation is increasing water release until mid may coming out to 15,000 additional water gallons per seblgd. >> time for another check of the weekend forecast. looks fantastic. >> things are looking good.

there is a time lapse view this afternoon. there is the coast is clear, let's take a look at national conditions tomorrow, mixed conditions, still cool at this point in spring. there are highs into 40s and 50s, tonight warm weather aconsiders southern tier states, highs into 80s and up to 93. here in california sunny skies tomorrow from top to bottom. mild to warm conditions and hot down in palm springs. there is a hive 97. moving around the bay area there is sunny skies and 76 in cupertino. 77 in campbell. mid-70s in redwood city. low to mid-60s on the coast. goud will have 67 tomorrow, 62 in the sunset district. north bay highs from upper 70s to low 80s there is highs into

low 70s. and down near monterey bay, highs near the bay into low 70s, upper 70s to near 80s inland. beautiful weekend coming our way. get out, enjoit. i plan to. >> thank you. >> up next paying up for bad chicken. huge settlement kfc is being ordered to pay for a girl from australia. >> do you know your credit score? it's good to know before alying for a major loan. i'll answer that question and others through facebook and twitter coming up next. >> and preparations for a special graduation in the bay area involving real life american heroes. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues right after this.

>> it took four years but a judge fined kentucky fried chicken $8 million forgiving a child food poisoning. she was seven when eating at a kfc contracting salmonela, slipped into a coma and left with brain damage. kfc denied responsibility. the company says it will appeal. the family says it's getting harder to cover the costs of the medal and physical needs. >> california wants to make sure students using cal grants to attend online universities aren't wasting taxpayer money. the student aid commission

says the number of online schools offering degrees has grown from a dozen 10 years ago to more than 200 now. many are making it difficult to determine where they meet standards. >> one concern is to ensure there is quality in that educational environment so that the students are getting services they need in order to be successful and not come out with excessive debt and not be able to get a job. >> 360,000 california students receive $1.5 kbrinl in cal grants to attend colleges and yurt universities in california. >> there is michael finney here answering question autos first from john be mailed this question. where would i get a credit score? >> that is a good question. the credit report companies don't look at that. they want to know what the score is. there are a bunch of scores floating around now. there used to be one.

the fico score. they were based out of marin and now moved to mid west so this isn't free. it's 1995. however with it comes information that is teaching you about the score, you can manipulate to it see if i drop this card the score will go up this much, it's ex -- an excellent resource. >> mary m wants to know who can i complain to about outdated canned meat? >> no one. you can complain to the store and say i'm concerned you're selling me potentially bad meat but there are no laws saying due dates are there because the company put them there. we asked if it's bad they said no. and so often, it's just

best if you say that. baby formula should not be used past the date. >> there is another from a twitter user, what is with the invasive community survey from the census bureau? >> have you seen it?. >> yes. >> aamazing. have you to fill it out and they can fine you $5,000. however, we have investigated and cannot find one case of anyone fined anything for not filling out the form. problem is you can be the first. >> right. right. that is what i was thinking. >> so can we complain to 7 on your side if we're the first? >> just ahead there is where this wayward bear is today.

>> admission of anxiety from aubrey hough turns a spotlight on the disorder. >> that story coming up at 5:00. now, diane sawyer with a look at world news at 5:30. >> there is latest on the quarantine claim. what if it had been monkey pox? how often does this april around the country? we'll speak to the woman who set off the alarm. on this friday steve harvey top of the box office last week, we asked him to give new advice to everybody for next week.

sky 7 hd is live over southbound parker studio and there is a nasty traffic back up just clearing thanks to a police officer who just showed up a few minutes ago to help direct traffic there. >> here is what happened. interest there is massive confusion over a detour being set up in advance of the closure that is tonight at 8:00. some thought would it direct them to turn left on to gehry which normally you cannot do. some thought they're being directed to turn left. >> there is a traffic officer waiving drivers along. we'll take you live to the demolition coming up next at 5:00. >> a lot of confusion hours before they shut down doyle drive who. knows what the weekend is going to be like.

>> brace yourself. >> special graduation taking place tomorrow at san francisco state to honor military veteran autos students will be picking up caps and gowns today, about 30 of the 105 vets will take part this this ceremony organized by the veteran's offices -- services center. >> there is a shane, joining the military at september 11th. he suffered a traumatic brain injury. >> we try to do is reestablish a sense of community as soon as they come back. provide services so it's good to have a community of people who have been through the same situations and experiences. >> there are 430 vets enrolled at sf state. >> a 200 pound black bear returned to higher reaches of

the rockies after romping around the university of colorado campus. >> students spotted the bear around 8:00 a.m. it headed towards an apartment complex called bear creek. that is where it ran into rhonda chestnut. >> i was plugging money into the meter. i felt something run into my legs. and back side. and thought it was a large st. bernard. >> it ran up a tree before a game warden shot witness a tranquilizer dart. it landed on a soft surface, gymnastic mats borrowed from the rec center. >> unbelievable. >> that is going do it. >> you can track of the latest breaking news on twitter and you can talk bit on face book.com. >> news at 5:00 continues now with dan and cheryl.

>> kaug on tape burke not by police. a hit and run proving tricky for police to solve. >> we're head fog weekend with a warmer pattern, temperatures coming up. >> there is a health admission helps turn spotlight on a disorder that may be more common than first thought. >> this camera captures a moment the bicyclist was hit by a car ta didn't bother to stop. >> wow. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley i'm cheryl jennings. mark matthews joins with us more from berkeley. mark?

>> we're up the spot where it happened. the crash on wednesday now up loaded on you tube. this lead cyclest is on a training ride, and he caught this. there is a 1995 black acura takes out both riders and then speeds away. there it is again in realtime. incredibly, neither was seriously hurt but the driver of the acura never knew that. video techs were able to freeze the picture enhance the plate and get a number. the car is registered to a 43-year-old. his parents house in alameda. i spoke with his parents who told me their son was not driving and had reported his car stolen. but he reported the theft wednesday night, sometime after the accident.