aimmediately get everyone out of the building. call 911. the fire department and pg&e will respond immediately and figure out what the issue is and keep you safe. ♪ just been captured... in northern california. good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. i'm kenny choi. breaking nice. an escaped killer deemed a violent psychopath is in custody in northern california. randall saito walked away from a psychiatric facility in hawaii and it flew to san jose. jackie ward properties from the newsroom.

>> reporter: he was arrested in stockton and taken to san joaquin county jail. he was there on monday. saito was charged with the murder of 29-year-old sandra yamashiro in 1979 after he admitted to shooting her in the face with a pellet gun and fatally stabbing her in a shopping mall parking lot. officials haven't explained how a man in state custody for 40 years managed to get to the u.s. mainland and why it took hours for police to learn of his escape. this security camera image shows randall saito leaving the hawaii state hospital empty- handed at 9 a.m. on sunday before meeting a cab a mile away. >> how are you? >> reporter: dashcam video obtained by our honolulu affiliate shows him getting into the cab now carrying a large backpack and a cell phone. later he asked his driver to hurry. at about 10:30 a.m., saito pays for a chartered flight to maui

in cash. from there, he hops on a 12:25 p.m. hawaiian airlines flight to san jose that police say he booked online using an alias. saito lands in san jose two hours before state health official reported him missing. >> he still has that ability or inherent ability to commit another murder or some other violent crime. >> reporter: honolulu's prosecutor argued against him to have off site privileges in 2015. >> he was a risk of danger even with as escort. >> reporter: on tuesday hospital administrators wouldn't comment on why it took more than 10 hours to report randall saito missing. >> we need complete information before we are willing to share that and sharing that has to be coordinated with criminal investigation components. >> reporter: there are several questions still unanswered like

how he got the bag, phone and cash, how he booked both flights and how he got through airport security. in 1993, he engaged in sexual relationships with at least three members of the hospital staff and was able to receive contraband, according to reports. jackie ward, kpix 5. new details of the deadly shooting rampage in tehama county. the death count is 6 including the gunman, kevin neal and his wife. reporter jamie yuccas says he had been feuding with neighbors. >> this individual shooter was bent on engaging and killing people at random. >> reporter: armed with at least three guns and a ballistic vest, the shooter began rampage just before 8 a.m. killing two of his neighbors. he then stole their truck and began driving toward a nearby elementary school shooting randomly at people along the way. sarah gonzalez had just dropped

off her daughter when the gunman blocked her car. >> he pretty much stopped me and shot at me three times through his windshield. >> reporter: when he stopped firing, she says, he continued toward the school. >> my friend, he told us that there was a guy by the gate like running into the gate and that he had a gun. >> reporter: school officials heard gunshots and made a critical decision to lock it down. >> the quick actions of those school officials, there is no doubt in my mind today that countless lives were saved. >> reporter: the gunman tried to enter the school but couldn't get in. he fired about 30 rounds in six minutes before he took off. >> he did shoot in a number of classrooms which resulted in the injury of one or two students. >> reporter: a short time later a patrol car rammed the suspect vehicle. officers opened fire and killed him. officials are dig into the suspect's past including an alleged assault that happened

this year against one of the neighbors that was killed yesterday. we can tell you there is still no motive for this entire incident at this point. jamie yuccas, cbs news, rancho tehama. to the storm watch now. flood concerns in the north bay as rain comes down on to the wine country fire zones. >> and in san francisco, lighter rain so far with more on the way. >> we have team coverage. first neda iranpour is tracking rain from the weather center. >> right now, it looks like some areas actually seeing sunshine but the north bay still getting most of the rain. it's been that way since 2 a.m., 3 a.m. hi-def doppler was seeing a lot of green on the scene and we're continuing to see that. scattered showers at the moment across the south bay and a break from the rain across parts of santa rosa as you can see right there. most of the rain just moved further east towards yountville, st. helena, calistoga right now under a pretty strong cell there. we are going to get more this

afternoon. here's the south bay we go. you can see some spotty showers around sunnyvale, palo alto but the wider view also shows us some sierra snow coming down. so here are a look at some of the totals across the north bay: we'll track the storm system and what you can expect this afternoon into tonight when it's all about to get stronger coming up. guys? >> thank you. our team coverage continues now with kpix 5's jessica flores live in santa rosa. jessica, you have seen on-and- off rain there all morning. >> reporter: that's right. it's a light drizzling now but earlier it was heavy. another layer of complications is added here in the burn zone. you can see cal fire crews gearing up for what's possible. they are talking about possible flooding today. there's a flood watch today. they are digging around some storm drains right now. that's because they are also

talking about possible sinkholes and possible mudslides. rain, debris and burned land and infrastructure, a recipe for more disaster in fire- ravaged wine country. >> the biggest concerns are the unknowns, what we are preparing for now. >> reporter: in fountain grove, in santa rosa, 17 crews are sending cameras through storm drains looking for pipes that burned in the fire. already a 250-foot section of melted pipe created a four-foot sinkhole. officials worry there will be more. >> we have identified issues. we are documenting, noting them, up to 23 different sites now that we have focused on, some of which repairs have been started or completed. >> reporter: the rain could trigger mudslides on the hills. the other concern, the ash that wash into storm drains and possibly contaminate the water supply. state and local officials are putting down gravel bags and bundles of hay at storm drain inlets to filter out debris.

>> this is a long road to recovery. this was a curve ball but we're taking it on and we have brought in a lot of resources like we would for a fire, to deal with this. >> reporter: officials are asking residents especially those left here in the fountain grove community if they see any debris flow or roads buckling to call 911 right away. now, the flood watch remains in effect from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. tomorrow morning. reporting live in santa rosa, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. police are investigating an attack on bart as a hate crime. it was caught on cell phone video. board a train bound for warm springs. ce say the suspect yelled racial slurs at an asian man... before slapping him across the >> it happened on monday night on board a train bound for warm springs. police say that the suspect yelled racial slurs as an asian man -- at an asian man before hitting him in the face. some riders defended him. the suspect got away. bart posted a statement on

facebook saying, quote, the video captures an unfortunate ugly scene. however, several things went right despite the belligerent and bigoted actions of one individual. passengers on board the train should contact police. the three ucla basketball players accused of shoplifting in china say they let america down. liangelo ball, cody riley and the other were swarmed by the media. they stole from three stores in china. today the men said they take full responsibility. >> i know that this goes beyond me letting my school down, i let the country down. >> i'm grateful to be back home and i'll never make a mistake like this again. >> what i did was stupid. there's just no other way to put it and i'm not that type of person. >> the men also thanked president trump for resolving the situation with china's

president, this after mr. trump took to twitter to ask if they would thank him. to capitol hill now, where republicans are going after a key part of the affordable care act to help pay for tax cuts. mola lenghi breaks it down. >> reporter: senate republicans found a new way to pay for the tax reform, get rid of the individual mandate from the affordable care act which requires people to buy insurance or be fined. >> the goal is to repeal an unpopular tax from an unworkable law in order to provide more tax relief to mid class families. >> reporter: repealing it would save the government $330 billion over the next 10 years. that money would help offset the increase in the deficit from the tax cuts. >> 80% of the people who pay the mandate tax make less than $50,000 a year and a third of those who pay the tax make less than $25,000 a year. >> reporter: but getting rid of the mandate will also lead to an estimated 13 million people losing their insurance over the

same 10 years. >> the republican bill takes $400 billion out of help for healthcare and gives it to the wealthy and the powerful for even more tax breaks. >> reporter: the move comes as the house is preparing to vote on its version of tax reform and the individual mandate repeal is not part of its bill. >> we are pushing this bill as we have it. there's ongoing conversations. it's a work in progress. >> reporter: there's a lot of support for the mandate repeal among house members. >> looking good, thanks. >> reporter: but speaker paul ryan says it's too late to add it before tomorrow's scheduled vote. mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol hill. >> the senate is planning a vote on its tax reform bill after the thanksgiving break. after that, a senate and house conference committee will meet to reconcile the two bills. still ahead, nearly two dozen lawsuits against the maker of the nutri bullet. the claim of the popular kitchen gadget causing injuries. >> the 2017 dungeness crab season is on. coming up the outlet for you

crab lovers hoping for it in time for thanksgiving. >> and we're tracking rain around the bay area. live doppler is showing us the bands coming through right now. neda will have the full forecast coming up.

kpix 5's anne makovec was there as the boats m grab your butter and your bibs. it's the first day of commercial crab fishing in the bay area. kpix 5's anne makovec was there as the boats made their way back to the docks with their first catches. >> reporter: the commercial dungeness crab season is on! the first boats are coming in

to fisherman's wharf in san francisco loaded with fresh local crab. >> the crabs are plump. they're hard. they're, um, heavy. they're good. >> reporter: joseph's boat just brought in about 7500 pounds, a welcome haul after three rough years for the local industry. two winters ago, it was an excess of domoic acid. they were deemed unsafe to eat and then it was a price dispute leading to a strike and weeks of crabs going unharvested. >> it's like the soap opera of crab season. >> reporter: the agreed-upon price this season is $3 per pound which is still subject to extenuating circumstances like the weather, which today so far has been a little rough. and not all crab fishing crews were as lucky as galia. >> others tried to get back this morning and got turned around and other boats their equipment broke. so they are stuck here. >> reporter: they are ready for

whatever they can get. >> very happy for it. >> as for galea and the crew? >> here to off-load and go back out. >> reporter: in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. new safety concerns about a popular high speed blender. at least 22 people are suing the maker of the nutri bullet. they claim that the device malfunctioned and caused cuts and burns. one woman says she was hurt when her blender exploded. nutri bullet is contesting the lawsuits. they claim the injuries caused by the blenders occur when customers don't follow operating instructions or don't adhere to the warning labels. clothing retailer forever21 may have been the victim of a security breach. the company says it discovered unauthorized access to data from payment cards used at some of its stores. forever21 says an investigation is focused on transactions that happened between march and october of this year. taking a look at the financial markets, this

afternoon the dow is down about 95 points. let's get a check of weather with neda. >> okay. we are checking out hi-def doppler and seeing a lot of things popping up here. scattered showers. earlier we had showers. we are expecting more rain this afternoon. let's show you where the rain is to the south, sunnyvale, pour lola valley, milpitas, a few lighter cells coming through. and they all seem to be moving east. so fremont, maybe next. highway 680 there could be drenched. san francisco getting a break. we are seeing sun throughout oakland and lafayette, concord, as well. but to the north, still continuing to get some of that rain. it is dying down for st. helena and calistoga. they already got about a half inch of rain and it looks like more stronger cells in the area, ukiah, lakeport, clearlake coming down strong well to the north. under a flood watch this afternoon through early tomorrow morning. here's a look at why.

some of the expected rain totals: >> high wind advisory this afternoon and tomorrow as well for north and east bay hills. those gusts up to 50 miles per hour so that could impact trees and power lines. here's a wider view of what we're experiencing right now. the three-hour loop. you see a lot of that moisture coming in off the ocean as it moved out further east. the sierra also getting snow from this. so here's a look at the snow that's coming down there. south lake tahoe, snow, rain, slushy mix at the moment. temperatures are just cool enough to bring snow down at this hour for those higher elevations but just across the very tops of the mountains, four feet expected though from this system all across the sierra at the higher elevations, 7500 feet and higher. up to 15 inches at lake level. temperatures today in the 60s.

tomorrow scattered showers. friday sunshine and colder air. saturday, sunday partly cloudy. rain monday. we'll be right back.

car -- a "huracan" -- to the pontiff. it's in the papal colors of gold and white. but don't expect to see pope much. check out the new lamborghini donated a custom car to pope francis. it's in the papal colors of gold and white. but don't expect to see him riding in it. the car will be auctioned off by sotheby's. all proceeds will go to charity. the chinese company that bought volvo is now setting its sights on cars that fly. they announced plans to acquire the boston-based startup terra fuchsia. it's currently working on a car with foldable weeks. they want it to be a reality in two years. the price tag, $279,000. we'll be right back.

his daughter stephanie have a pasta dish you can try. tonight at five: more on that esc time for your tip of the day. fresh grocer tony tantillo and stephanie have a pasta dish you can try. >> you make this for me all the time. you're going to share it with everybody. bucatini. >> with fennel, raisins and pine nuts. if you would have to sardinas, it would be [ non-english language ] but we are keeping it vegetarian. >> when it comes with bucatini pasta with the hole in it fantastic. and fennel is wonderful. a little pasta water in there. >> we are trying to create a

sauce. it's just the fennel that's been very caramelized. the raisins and pine nuts. it will come together and bind. >> fennel in the market is great. when you buy it white bulb in the bottom very important, green, it has to feel feathery soft from the top. use the whole thing. >> we are about to top it off with leaves. >> some of this right from the fennel and plate that. >> that's beautiful. toppings and sauce, it's just sticking together. >> with that pasta sauce, and the way you moved it around, it's nice and creamy. no butter at all. >> pasta water is a magic ingredient. no stock can ever compare to it. >> let's add a little bit of fennel. >> beautiful. nice licorice-y flavor. >> and one on the side. >> a whimsical side on the

dish. look at this dish. tastes as good as it looks. thank you, bella. ciao. tonight at 5:00, more on that escaped killer now under arrest in northern california. we are tracking his escape route where he was heading and why. >> also, at 5:00, we are tracking the latest northern california storm. you certainly want to be tuned in for that. >> that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. have a wonderful afternoon. stay dry. ♪[ music ] >> or try. [ laughter ]

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>> steffy: [ cries ] i just live with so much fear lately that something could happen to liam. [ sniffles ] i fought -- i fought so hard to end the acrimony between you two. [ sighs ] i felt so blessed that -- that liam survived the explosion, but... i don't know if we did. i -- i just can't do it, bill. i can't think about it, liam and sally making out. i -- i can't. i can't. >> bill: betrayal seems to be something liam is getting very comfortable with.