families, and now we are learning that they are in fact related. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristin zee. a stolen pickup truck slammed into a mother with her two children. now the children have died and a distant relative is charged with murder. >> now that man appeared in court today in martinez. >> that's where laura anthony is live tonight. >> reporter: well, hello. we are finding out that as random as this accident was, these two families are related. the arraignment for noe sal say da was postponed. but outside of court, the emotions spilled out. 23-year-old noe salcedo made his first appearance in a courtroom, four days after police say he was at the mewheel of a stolen

pickup truck that slammed into another vehicle killing two little girls. >> translator: my son was really scared to go to jail. >> reporter: outside, his relatives spoke to reporters, revealing that their family is distantly related to the cardosas, who lost both their 2-year-old and htheir 4-year-ol in the accident. >> translator: i'm so sorry for the family. maic my condolences to the family. it really hurts. >> reporter: salcedo's bail is set at more than $2 million. >> going through an intersection at 60-70 miles per hour, they're evading police and driving that fast, as everybody would know driving through an intersection with a red light is likely to result in the death of another human being. >> reporter: he is the father of

a little girl nearly 2 years old. >> he is not a monster. let me tell you guys something. he would always bring his daughter diapers. he loves his diaper. an officer called me and told me that the only person he wants to talk to is his daughter. >> reporter: as they left court, the cardosa family didn't have much to say except to mourn the two children whose organs will be donated to help save the lives of other young children. and on facebook shall t, the gi uncle says camilla's organs will be donated to help other children. just as the court hearing winding up. california highway patrol officers say enough is enough. that's heading of the chp facebook video showing a suspected drunk driver slamming into a stopped car and officers. the bay area chp is launching an immediate crackdown with all

available staff patrolling freeways looking for impaired drivers. five officers have been hit by cars while servicing motorists on the freeway. they include officer andrew camilleri, killed on christmas eve while responding to a crash on interstate 80. and officer martin lienway whose legs were broken when he was nit -- hit in a crash. the stepped-up patrols will last until the end of the month. petaluma police chased a suspect. robert moore was eventually taken into custody after he ran through an elementary school. he's accused of stealing the car while the owner was warming it up about 7:00 this morning. police say moore had several arrest warrants and prior convictions for vehicle theft. they also say if you must warm up your car before driving, lock the doors or stay within sight of it.

a standoff at a south san jose hotel is now in its 26th hour. a massive police presence remains at the windham garden inn. some hotel guests have been evacuated since this all started yesterday afternoon. still going on now. alissa harrington is live outside the hotel with the latest on this story. >> reporter: this is a multi-agency response. we've seen police, sheriff's deputies, members of the bomb squad and fire fighters to name a few. but despite the heavy presene of law enforcement, the hotel is still open, they are checking in guests and taking reservations. for more than 24 hours, a man wanted by police has been holed up inside his room at the windham gardens in south san jose, forcing officers to evacuate a whole wing of the building to keep other guests safe. hotel employees are still checking people in, like ryan demoss. >> with all these police around, you can't be any more safer than

this, right? >> reporter: he's in town from salt lake city for a business trip. >> if there's a problem here, that's what i would expect them to do. i'm glad they have their guns out and will try to shoot anybody. >> reporter: police identified a man with a warrant sunday. when they tried to contact him, he barricaded himself inside his room. >> negotiations have not been necessarily bad. we haven't made a lot of progress, but he hasn't made any threats at this point. we're continuing to negotiate. we don't want to force a confrontation with the individual. >> reporter: some evacuated guests were forced to sleep on sofas in the lobby. >> we want to go to the rooms, they tell us that's not possible. so we stay in the lobby until now. all night we have been here. >> i feel pretty safe, but i don't know what's going on up there, but i hope it's not too crazy. >> reporter: police are hopeful for a peaceful resolution. alissa harrington, abc 7 news. witnesses stepped in and

helped san francisco police catch a man wanted for attacking a store clerk. police released this video showing that hafact in -- attac in the fillmore district. he began choking the store clerk for no apparent reason. they booked him on charges of aggravated assault and burglary. in santa rosa, a reunion, homecoming, promise and life lesson wrapped into one. santa rosa or st. rose catholic school and nearby cardinal newman school opened for the first time since the devastating fires. wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: when students, family and staff entered the gym at cardinal newman, no doubt they saw all those victory banners on the wall, but today's

victory is more significant than all combined. >> i think there's much more to gain from it than what we lost. >> reporter: the fire burned half the buildings on this campus. >> there were 20 classrooms burned completely, four badly damaged, unable to be used, the like raer library, the administration building. >> reporter: all replaced now with temporary buildings. today their complete reunion as a student body for the first time in 15 weeks. one sixth of the students here lost their homes in the fire. >> it's something i never thought would happen, but it did, and, you know, you just got to deal with it. >> reporter: so today, vanessa, forger formerly of fountaingrove, blended in. >> i held my family. >> life happens, and you have to move on and make things better. >> reporter: sfirestorm, stayin those lessons were never on the

curriculum for this year. at card untinal newman high sch. they're now the lasting once. a south san francisco police officer who suffered a severe head injury more than a year ago is back at work. the department posted this picture of the motorcycle officer with the caption "our hero has returned". he underwent multiple surgeries and hours of rehabilitation following the injury on thanksgiving in 2016. this surveillance video shows him chasing a suspect who then hit him with a skate board. he was caught by another officer. he is scheduled to stand trial in april. today is the first day california is issuing federal real id cards. they will need to be, many will need one by october of 2020 to fly domestically. as melanie woodrow explains, there are some restrictions. >> reporter: for some, you can never arrive too early at the

dmv. beginning october 1st, 2020, driver's licenses and identification cards will need to be real id compliant for anyone boarding a flight. >> taets first day of the rollout, and so farthings a, th going pretty smoothly. >> reporter: for several today, time was on their side. >> i'm in college right now. and my driver's license is expiring in like two weeks. i decided to wait until i could get the real id program soy wouldn't ha -- so i wouldn't have to worry about it. >> reporter: in order to obtain a real id you must physically go to the dmv, even if you already have a driver's license or id card. in order to accommodate all the extra customers, they are adding saturday office hours. customers will need to show proof of identity, proof of social security and proof of residence. >> sort of a mad rush to make

sure i have all the documents required to kploecomplete this. >> a lot of documents needed. be sure to bring backups of some of them, like social security and proof of residency. >> reporter: a marriage or divorce certificate may also be needed. there are some traffic issues in the presidio today after a tree fell onto the freeway just after 12:30 this afternoon on northbound highway 101. it landed on a bobcat tractor and part of the road. the tree was cleaned up around 2:30 and all of the lanes reopened. the roads may have been a little slick when a pickup truck ended up on its side. it caused a major backup. no word if anybody was hurt there. well, we cannot put away our

umbrellas and rain coats just yet. right? >> that's true. the rain is over for today, but a second storm is on its way. we'll have the timing in the full accuweather forecast. and a developing story, a skydiver has died. what we know, coming up. k-t9 cops. there's a new plan to go after anyone who hurts them in the line of duty. and inside a circle of light is a surfer on the

at home.ld generate your own energy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. developing news where a skydiver was killed after hitting the side of a house. firefighters had to get onto the roof to bring the body down. it looked like the main chute did not open. it happened in perris, about

four and a half-miles from a big skydiver center, but it's not known if he was associated with that center. good news out of montecito where drivers were able to get to work using highway 101 finally. the road opened yesterday. the left is what it looked like after deadly mudslides nearly two weeks ago. the road was covered in 12 feet of mud and debris. our reporter has more on the massive reopening undertaking. >> reporter: these lanes, unrecognizable weeks ago when they were still buried under several feet of mud. >> some of those people are saying it's something that happens once in your career. >> reporter: he's talking about what his crews had to do, to not only clear the mud and debris from the january 9 slide but restripe the road. >> i won't say it was an emotional moment, but it was really something to behold, to see all of the work that took

place here, and then the end result of traffic on the freeway. >> reporter: while the highway is open, images through town haven't really changed. shops and restaurants remain closed. many roads leading to destroyed homes are still lined with mud. and many of the recovery resources we saw in this area over the past two weeks have left. despite two victims remaining unaccounted for. >> we're still very sensitive to the fact that this is still an area of a major incident and we'll work with our partners until we can get some sort of closure. >> reporter: the off-ramps here in montecito remain closed, that's because there are still so many trucks in the area doing the cleanup and recovery efforts off the freeway in these neighborhoods that still remain evacuated. it could be months before there is a full sense of normalcy for these people who did not lose their homes and want to return and call this area home. reporting in

ro roblis. kill a police dog, face a felony. they are trying to make it an automatic felony. one lawmaker says at least ten police dogs were killed over the past five years. >> the risk that a k-9 is at is equal to that of a police officer. they put their lives on the line every day out there, whether it's a sheriff's deputy or chp officer or a police officer. >> police dogs are a major investment of taxpayer money. some agencies spend up to $10,000 to purchase a police dog and up to $100,000 for training. netflix is now worth $100 billion. after a strong earnings report, the los gatos company reported today it add 8.3 million new subscribers in the final months of last year.

they feature popular exclusive shows like "the crown" and "stranger things". it sent netflix stock soaring up 8%. the apple iphone 10 was released in december, but it could be discontinued. an analyst suggests that a redix in orders of the device means production could cease as early as this summer. it would be the first time the company has discontinued an iphone before unveiling a new model. that is certainly a big change for the company. >> mm-hm. more consumer news. you may be due some money if you shop a couple bargain stores. and travel advice. michael finney is here with those stories. >> money, money, money. if you purchased items from tj max, marshals or home goods, you may have money coming back to you. a class action suit has been settled alleging they use false, compare-at price. if you bought an item with a

compare-at price tag through december 2011 through december 6, twoifts, y2017, you have a r coming. consumers have until april 9th to file a claim. midwest storms are causing travel delays, among the hardest hit, minneapolis and chicago. airlines are waiving fees for some flights, some of which takeoff or land in the bay area. follow your airlines' policy and keep track of the weather. fees can take a bite out of your vacation dollars. a new study expects hotels to bill customers $2.7 billion for add-on fees. resort fees, early departure

fees, reservation cancellation fees. early check-in fee. put it all together and you need to ask very specifically before book the room, exactly how much am i going to be paying and why. >> right. >> thank you, michael. now your accuweather forecast. >> showers early this morning kind of made the morning commute a little bit on the damp side. tonight, though, drier skies are prevailing. live doppler 7 was tracking all the action. that storm system is out of here. in the wake of the storm system, a live look outside from the south beach camera. gorgeous view as the sun is going down. hues of purple and red, a nice night on the way. rainfall, 24 hour, pretty much where we expected it to be. the highest totals fell in the north bay. you can see those numbers around a half inch to an inch of

moisture outside the north bay. those numbers really dropped off. you can see down in the south bay, we really struggle to reach even a tenth of an inch of moisture in some spots. right now temperature wise, behind the cold front, it was a cool-feeling day to sdarts off t the school and workweek. temperatures dropping into the 30s for parting of the north bay. closer to the north bay waters, in the 40s. but the bigger story after midnight, a lot of moisture on the surface, and that's going to condense into locally dense fog. be prepared for that. foggy spots tomorrow morning. here's your day planner. areas of dense fog early on. it is chilly inland. we're in the 30s. a winter jacket is needed. you do not need the umbrella tomorrow. a little warmer of an afternoon tomorrow than we were today. temperatures in the mid-50s to

low 60s. here we go. 57 in oakland, change once again on wednesday. a bit of a juicier storm compared to what we just went through coming our way midweek. this is going to rank a two. a moderate storm, but moderate vail rainfall. it will get windy at times. the winds will pick up in the afternoon on wednesday, gusting between 25-35 miles per hour. let's time out the system. we're okay on the morning of wednesday. the rain will arrive in the early afternoon in the north bay,2:00 notice

afternoon. even san jose we expect a slower than normal commute for the evening on wednesday. but this system is a quick mover, sinks to the south, it brings snow into the sierra. in fact, a winter storm warning in effect. the accuweather seven-day forecast, let's put it all together. partly cloudy on tuesday. there's that rain and wind. by the evening on wednesday, scattered showers on thursday and dry out our skies and the weekend looking sunny with temperatures seasonal for this time of year. >> we'll be ready. coming up, breaking down the government shutdown. the vote to end it. who wins, who loses.

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hi there, coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, the government shutdown has had a wide-reaching effect in the bay area. the confusion it's creating at several locations, and the flu is relentless this season. how a hurricane in puerto rico nearly crippled hospitals in the bay area, plus the memo that has been sent out to local churches. and it's one of the newest

crazes, cryptocurrency. we'll take you inside a traveling conference stopping in san francisco and have a look at the industries that could be taking virtual money in the future. it's all coming up in half an hour at abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thanks. see you then. first a buzz, and then the music. ♪ i believe i can fly >> isn't that great? a russian cosmonaut stretches his arm out like >> he says he and other astronauts are asked if they fly around like this. he says he hadn't tried it until now. >> the iss has a vacuum cleaner on board, because it can get dusty in space, and yes, the astronauts vacuum regularly. >> nobody else can look that cool on a vacuum cleaner. >> that's true. world news not witonight wih

david muir is coming up. >> we'll see new half an hour. >> tonight, from washington, breaking developments as we come on the air. the government shutdown. three days in, and late today, the senate voting to end it. the house voting just moments ago. the democrats giving in on the dreamers for now. so, who wins, who loses? and how much did this cost the u.s. taxpayer? the massive explosion. multiple workers unaccounted for. the images coming in right now. the tornado touching down, an ef-2. winds more than 111 miles an hour. and the blizzard warning at this hour. winter storm alerts from minnesota all the way to the northeast as we come on. the school shooting. police say a teenage gunman opening fire in the school cafeteria. face-to-face with the former doctor from usa gymnastics, the 15-year-old and the outrage. she says her mot