group and participated in paramilitary drills. the shooting happened in parkland, florida, where we find reporter kenneth craig with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. i'm standing just a few hundred yards from where this tragedy unfolded. that is marjory stoneman douglas high school. there's a serious law enforcement presence still out here this afternoon as authorities work to piece it together. a florida judge ordered 19-year- old nikolas cruz held without bond thursday. >> are you nicholas jacob cruz? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay, sir. you are charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. >> reporter: authorities say cruz began his rampage outside marjory stoneman douglas high school then went inside and continued shooting. some students captured the horrific scene on their cell phones while others ran for their lives. >> kids were freaking out. >> reporter: president trump addressed the nation this morning about the deadly

shooting. >> no parent should ever have to fear for their sons and daughters when they kiss them good-bye in the morning. >> reporter: authorities say cruz had been expelled from the school last year. social media posts show him posing with guns. on thursday, fbi agents searched the home of the family where he was staying. a lawyer for the family says he was a friend of their son's. cruz moved in following the death of his adoptive mother in november. >> they were helping him, got hum a job at a dollar store where he was working. he was going to school to try to get his ged and they didn't see this coming. >> reporter: the lawyers say they knew cruz had a semi- automatic rifle when he moved in but he was supposed to keep it locked up. this is a classmate. >> i didn't think he would come and shoot us at school. >> reporter: she made signs honoring two of the victims including erin feis who ran to help when the shooting started. >> an american hero. he died saving his students.

>> reporter: classes are canceled while the investigation continues. investigators still have a lot of questions this afternoon and they are looking for the public's help asking anyone with information to call the fbi. michelle? >> kenneth, authorities are looking into this shooter's social media accounts. what have they found so far? >> reporter: the social media accounts are among the few things that have provided a lot of insight into this shooter's background. they have found those images that we have now seen over and over again on the shooter's instagram page, him posing with guns, posing with knives. they are going to be digging into that. they are also looking into this youtube comment that has surfaced today a comment that he apparently made on a video another user's video about a year ago saying one day, he is going to be a professional shooter. that person, that user, reported that comment to the fbi and had a conversation at that point and it all went away. apparently authorities weren't

able to narrow it down to the shooter we now know killed so many people inside this high school. that is now resurfacing again. authorities are digging into that to see if that provides any clues. >> kenneth craig in florida, thank you. so who are the people who were killed? we are learning the names of the victims. football coach aaron feis was among those killed and officials say feis threw himself in front of students to shield them from the bullets. and student jamie gottenberg also died in the shooting. her father shared a post on facebook saying, my heart is broken. hugs to all and hold your children tight. and this is nicholas a senior member of the swim team who had just got a scholarship to join the university of indianapolis swim team in the fall. survivors of the shooting are speaking out this afternoon. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: now that it's been 24 hours since that shooting,

more and more students are telling their stories of what happened yesterday. we want to warn you, some of these images are disturbing. >> i don't know how we're alive. >> reporter: this freshman says she and her classmates witnessed their teacher get shot. >> for 30 minutes we were just, like, praying and crying. and -- [ crying ] >> and then the police came and we just got out. [ shooting ] >> reporter: students and teachers barricaded themselves inside classrooms to take cover. [ crying ] >> locked down in the room. it was awful! [ crying ] >> reporter: sophomore nicole healy described the carnage she saw as s.w.a.t. members led them to safety. >> on the way from getting evacuated, you saw two dead bodies on the floor. >> reporter: there were tearful reunions as loved ones arrived on scene to make sure their children were okay. >> i certainly feel for the

children that lost their lives and the parents of those children because i'm one of these parents and certainly not feeling so good right now. >> reporter: broward county sheriff scott israel. >> i'm absolutely sick to my stomach to see children who go to school with backpacks and pencils lose their lives. >> ran as fast as i could and i made sure all my friends were all safe. >> reporter: this senior escaped the gunfire through a field with a group of more than 50 students. he believes one of his friends is among the dead. >> it hits very close to home. it's not easy. i know together as a family, as a school and as a whole, we can get through it. >> officials are not releasing the victim names until the families have been notified. >> thank you. this afternoon, former president barack obama said: em safe m, including long overdue, common- sense laws that most americ want, th have to change."

the suspects accused o stabbing and ng a tracy teenager were in court today. were sc d to enter a pl . 's jessica flores i ou the alameda county se in dublin with the ry latest. jessic the two suspect accu stabbing and killi -year-old tracy re izette cues >> the suspects accused of stabbing and killing a tracy teenager were in court today. they were scheduled to enter a plea. kpix 5's jessica flores is live outside the alameda county courthouse in dublin with the latest. >> reporter: michelle, those two suspects accused of stabbing and killing 19-year- old lizette cuesta did not enter a plea today. that was pushed back. the judge is allowing it to go to march 16th. but we did see those defendants in court. take a look at their mugshots. you're looking at 19-year-old daniel gross and 25-year-old melissa leonardo. they are accused of stabbing cuesta, leaving her on a road in livermore monday morning and a driver found cuesta just off tesla road and investigators believe she was able to crawl 100 yards on her stomach before being found. she was airlifted to eden medical center barely alive and

that's where alameda county sheriff's office says before cuesta died she made a dying declaration that led investigators to her killers. we spoke to the lawyer representing the defendant melissa leonardo. he says he was just assigned to the case. >> she is scared and frightened by all of this. this is a terrible situation for her. she is not someone who is an ongoing, um, -- she doesn't interact with the criminal justice system on a regular basis. this is new to her. >> reporter: we saw both defendants' mothers in court. we asked if they had any comment, if they had spoken to their children. at this time they didn't want to speak. and again, those two are due back in court on march 16th. reporting live here in dublin, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. new at noon a group of california lawmakers is working to change the culture in the state legislature following a

plague of sexual harassment investigations. a subcommittee is focusing on strengthening response to allegations as well as prevention. kpix 5 reporter jackie ward has more on a hearing that was held this morning. >> reporter: for the first time ever, our state legislature is taking a united stand against sexual harassment and trying to devise ways to prevent and respond to sexual harassment complaints. in the past, the assembly and senate have only worked separately on this issue. >> today we are going to be looking at how we define harassment, what is sexual harassment. i think there's a lot of anxiety across the country about what's acceptable and what's not. >> reporter: this morning's hearing featured panelists including a woman from the california employment lawyers association. she recognized what she called a step in the right direction for the capital. in december they began a partnership in sacramento that provides crisis intervention services. there is a hotline for victims of sexual harassment, assault and abuse to call 24/7 but she

pointed out a flaw. >> the problem lies is that it's not considered a protected activity. so if this body says to a person who is a victim of harassment or retaliation, go to "weave" but don't tell them, this is not considered a protected activity, and thus you are not covered by the whistle-blower laws if you do that. i think that's a major problem. >> reporter: another panelist is an employment lawyer and says establishing new policies is one thing but making sure they are followed through is another. >> merely having policies and training will not be enough. if these two core components are not embraced by this legislature, leadership buy-in and accountability. >> reporter: a state senator has said the root of this problem is power. and until that is overcome, things will stay the way they are. jackie ward, kpix 5. >> this was the second of what will be a series of hearings by the subcommittee in the months ahead. still ahead, she calls

herself the butt lady but because she goes around picking up littered cigarette butts. the major milestone she just reached. >> hospitals are turning to a high-tech infection fighting tool this flu season. we will show you the device that reportedly kills 99.9% of germs it comes into contact with. >> we have beautiful blue skies and clear conditions as high pressure gets closer to our area. what this means for our temperatures and when we'll see a drastic change in your forecast.

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one-milllionth c for a person from placer county cigarette butts are a pain in the -- well, now what i'm talking about. she is cleaning up her city and this week she picked up her 1 millionth cigarette butt. >> one million! >> i would like people to just take the message that don't throw the butts and maybe don't smoke. >> she says she hopes she inspires people know to litter and maybe even quit smoking. the height of flu season, some hospitals are taking no chances. reporter drew bollea shows us how high intensity light is killing germs. >> reporter: this is marshall medical center. >> about the size of a little r2d2 unit like in "star wars." >> reporter: this robot is on cleaning duty all day every day. >> it has a xenon bulb inside of it that produces pulsed uv light. >> reporter: once in a room,

it's placed in three spots including the bathroom and either side of the bed. >> there he goes. starts killing everything that the light touches as far as any kind of bugs or pathogens of any sort that could cause infection. >> reporter: the uv light is so strong, that it has an impact on our cameras. >> it's quite effective, actually. >> reporter: this person with the marshall medical center says their housekeeping staff does a great job but hand cleaning only goes so far. >> this gives that added layer of protection that would kill any possible bugs left behind that the light would touch. >> reporter: the main target this winter is a devastating flu bug. the robot is trying to eliminate infections contracted at the hospital. according to to a report in 2015 from the centers for disease control and prevention, more than 120,000 infections happen each year in hospitals. in 2016 more than 18,000 healthcare associated infections were reported in

california. >> often times pathogens are starting to become resistant to cleaning chemicals. >> reporter: but almost nothing can get past flash. >> so how effective is this robot? the cdc says that they have seen a 30% decrease in infections spread in hospitals using the robots. let's check the stock market. the dow is rebounding up about 253 points. let's check the forecast. enjoy the warm temperatures before it gets cold again. >> exactly . temperatures are going to be up, as well. so we are looking at nice clear conditions. look at this. great day to go for a walk perhaps at ocean beach. look at the sunshine out there on the water. looks beautiful. here's another view of san francisco. nice clear conditions a little breeze though. we are getting coastal breeze and winds across the higher elevations. so temperatures 64 in concord already. 56 in oakland. 57 in san francisco. san jose 60 degrees. our temperatures will be above

average today and they are going to slowly get higher. wind speeds in pleasanton around 12 miles per hour sustained coming out of the north-northeast. so that's that dry offshore wind coming from the north in fairfield at 20 miles per hour sustained. some of earlier gusts up to 60 miles per hour. it's been breezy this morning and continuing to be that way. satellite-radar showing no cloud coverage at all today. we'll continue to see clear conditions as this high pressure ridge gets closer to california, temperatures will rise until saturday. then there's a big change. so here's a look at your high temperatures for today. mid-60s in concord, 62 in livermore, 63 san francisco. 1 to 4 inches of snow to the snow base last monday.

the higher elevations got a few flurries. we are watching this system to see what's coming next. high pressure first then that's going to impact us through saturday. sunday night a system coming down is two cold fronts merging. we could see low snow levels because of cold temperatures. moisture coming with this one towards california but not the bay area. it will bring sierra snowfall. but look at the cold air up in canada right now as it comes down. we could see some of the coldest temperatures so far this year. three things to remember. high pressure keeping us warm through saturday, cold air sunday, low snow levels monday and tuesday. here's the seven-day forecast. looking for a loan are getting some help... this afternoon - we'll i >> it's like a roller coaster! >> thank you. coming up, bay area

business owners looking for a loan are getting some help. this afternoon we'll introduce you to this week's jefferson award winner.

according to the federal reserve. but there is hope for business owners. sharon chin introduces us--- to about 8,000 small business loans are denied every day according to the federal reserve but there's some hope for business owners. sharon chin introduces us to this week's jefferson award winner.

♪[ music ] >> reporter: when alicia villenueva and her husband came to the u.s. from mexico 18 years ago, they cleaned homes and washed cars. and she made extra money selling homemade tamales. >> every night i was cooking 50 to 100 tamales. >> reporter: today she owns alicia's tamales los mayas that sells to whole foods and callers to amazon and google. -- caters to amazon and google. she could only get a loan from a nonprofit lender. >> when you find somebody who believes in you it's amazing support. >> reporter: eric weaver founded the "opportunity fund" in san jose in 1992. through them she has borrowed $100,000 in the past few years to fund her first food cart, a catering van and rent for her warehouse. under his leadership more than 5200 businesses have received loans from "opportunity fund." >> it was important to do something that would make a difference. >> reporter: he started with a consortium of 15 banks.

>> we are lending to people with no credit scores. >> reporter: he goes into the character and other characteristics. "opportunity fund" loan repayment rate is high, 95%. communications director caitlyn mcshane explains. >> it's just his understanding of what's right and doing what's right every day. >> reporter: today, "opportunity fund" loans 5 to $7 million a month to small business owners in california and 13 other states. the money comes from business and private donations, interest and fees. for eric, the wards of watching businesses like alicia's succeed are immeasurable, with the rewards. >> i never dreamed it would come to this. >> reporter: so for providing entrepreneurs opportunities through small business loans, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to eric weaver. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> eric has stepped down from being "opportunity fund" ceo and now is a senior adviser

working on grant writing and fundraising. the nonprofit will expand into half the country this year. if you want to apply for a loan, we'll have more information on our website. you can also nominate your local hero for a jefferson award at cbssf.com/hero. we'll be right back.

i am extremely proud of jackie, gaby and stephanie. we worked with pg&e to save energy because we wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls. together, we're building a better california.

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