all the way of to contra costa county in the southern portion of marin county. this is an earthquake that we've been receiving phone calls all afternoon. 8 mi. below the surface. definitely an earthquake that people felt but not a lot of damage associate with it. jonathan blum, kron 4 news. >>pam: david f. oppenheimer from the u.s. geological service. this is the anniversary of the 1906

authorities at contra costa county have a new plan to catch people who leave all sort of junk on public property, rather than paying to leave it at the county dump. new technology to catch illegal dumpers. abc7's alan wang reports. >> reporter: the road to the contra costa county dump has long been littered by people who don't want to pay the fee. mostly in the north richmond neighborhood. >> they keep going. that's what i'm saying. why are you going to mess up our day, trying to help each other? >> reporter: now the unincorporated part of richmond is utilizing the north richmond waste and recovery fund. it helps catch those who dump old tires to mattresses and hazardous material. >> this leather couch wouldn't be so bad if it weren't in the middle of the field. a lot of this stuff looks like it's dumped from the top of the wall of the apartment complex over there. >> catching them in the act is the tough part. now the waste recovery fund are paying for hidden cameras to be installed in the next few months. >> they could be losing hardwired in. they actually can yell at someone and let

and then contra costa county identified naso as carmen colon's killer. her body was found in 1978 in port costa. at today's news conference, marin county's district attorney wouldn't answer questions but in nevada investigators say they have launched a task force to look into other cold cases. quote, we think there are others out there who have not been discovered yet. typically talking about a person who has cold more than once, this doesn't stop -- killed more than once this doesn't stop. this is a criminal who has a history to 1955. nevada authorities say he was a professional photographer who traveled the country for work. >> this is an ongoing investigation. and to invite those questions would compromise the investigation. >> reporter: they said he was creepy. >> paranoid, he always thought people were out to get him and stuff like that. >> reporter: naso will be arraigned tomorrow on four counts of murder and the d.a. says he will ask for the death penalty. elizabeth. >> ann notarangelo, thank you. >>> well, tonight fourteen aged boys are behind bar

those remains are handed over to the authorities in contra costa county, not alameda. ly sets the case back by decades. you see, a forensic examination of the school in contra costa county estimated their victim at 5'9". but a forensic examination of the torso in alameda county pegged their victim at 5'7". those two inches were enough to keep investigators from linking these two discoveries for more than two decades. >> so when i looked at that, i thought well that's not enough to rule out a connection. >> reporter: it wasn't until contra costa county forensic anthropologist mark dobbs decided in 2006 to take a closer look that he noticed things others had missed. he found enough similarities to order a dna test. >> got the dna tested, and it came back relatively quickly with positive match with oakland's case. >> reporter: but matching the discoveries still didn't produce an identity. 10 police have now taken the next step. creating this 3-d reconstruction of what a forensic artist believes their victim looked like. and donald williams has some guesses as to what his v

authorities say naso struck a year later in contra costa county. two more victims were found in yuba county in the '90s. now police in new york are wondering if naso was responsible for three unsolved murders there. he used to live in rochester and traveled around that area for work. coming up at 7:30 we'll have a live report and more information on the victims naso is accused killing. we'll also hear from a man locally who says he knew naso. >>> plummer has been sacked for the 9ers annalist. the -- analyst. they did not give a reason. they -- it did come about the same time a podcast came out when he talked about women and players lining up. he was criticized for being too hard on the team. >>> video of a 6-year-old girl being padded -- being padded down is causing controversy. this happened in new orleans at armstrong international airport. look at this video. someone captured this video. you can hear the screener talking the little girl through the process. there's questions about whether this was necessary. >>> 7:06. a 2-year-old woman is angry

no problems as you make your way through contra costa county, everything is light right now.outhbound 680 through walnut creek and one more shot in the south bay, 280 and highway 17. so very few cars on the road. that is highway 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains. get traffic conditions by going to our website at abc7news.com. it's all under the bay area traffic link and we update 24/7. >>> are you saying, they didn't feel windy, mike said it wasn't windy they cancelled the advisory? that is different. okay. >> police are warning that live near a popular park to be on the lookout for a mountain lion lion he was in backyard when he saw the animal move along the creek. they are monitoring the situation. >> they are looking for people that illegally dumped 12 tons of garbage in a household. >> it's expensive to clean up. >> any time we have a large scale dumping we do have to see if it contains hazardous materials so we know how to properly dispose of them. >> kristen: it didn't contain any toxic materials. >> eric: an apple a day keeps the doctor a day may be true for wo

you are the executive director of interfaith council contra costa county. >> i have been there 10 years serving that organization. there are 105 congregationorganizations stated members of that group. it is a very big consortium of congregations, people from all faiths, muslim, jewish, sikh many religions, bahai. >>> i have gone a few times, and had the privilege of speaking at some occasions like thanksgiving service. >> thank you very much by the way. >> and latterday saints are very active. >> absolutely. we have one of our executive committee members is from that denomination and they are very much interested in being part of interfaith activity. >> i noticed in oakland they seemed to be very active too. so the doors are opened to them more and they are opening their doors more to letting people work together. >>> the council is particularly interested in gathering people previously shunned by various congregations and denominations and saying this is an open organization we welcome you. >>> now you are a lutheran pastor tell us about that. >> i am a pastor, congregation in oakland,

. >> we begin in contra costa county where supervisors took one step in a long budget cutting process. >> i know this is tough but it's right thing to do. >> reporter: what supervisors did was vote to eliminate a longstanding vacation buyback policy for 300 top employees. mostly managers and supervisors not represented by a union. >> sad thing, it's probably only the beginning of a long series of other wehat we are going to need to do. >> reporter: until now managers could sell back up to one-third of their unused vacation per year. a district attorney told abc7 his deputy d.a.'s will be seriously impacted. >> now they will be forced to take that vacation time they'll have to replace them with one or one and a half more attorneys which is going to cost me additional money. >> they say the move is expected to save the county $1 million a year. despite short term savings, in the long term it will hope them rein in vacation payouts. >> wasting we're taking immediate action but it will have additional savings because of the pension cost savings. >> reporter: which is why they have 2000 me

>> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> tonight authorities in contra costa countya plan to stop people from dumbing their stuff. they are relying on new funding and new technology. >> there we go. this stuff happens every week. >> the road to the contra costa county dump has long been littered by those who don't want to pay the waste fee. mostly in the north richmond neighborhood. >> they keep going. >> we try to help each other. >> now this unincorporated part of richmond is using the north richmond waste and recovery fund. it is helping catch those who dump everything from old tires to mattresses and hazardous material. >> this leather couch wasn't so bad in the middle of the field. a lot of this stuff looks like it was dumped on the wall from the apartment complex over there. >> catching them in the act is the tough part. but now the waste recovery fund is paying for hidden cameras to be installed in the next few months. >> they are stationary, but they can be moved. what they can do is they actually can yell at someone and let them know they are being photograp

another found in contra costa county in 1978 and check the first and last names, beginning with the samee i pamela par source, tracy trefora in yuba county. now marin county district attorney says the case begin to crack on open of la april of last year where authorities found naso's home linking him to the murders. >> an examination of the items seized along with the results of a forensic analysis from the contra costa county criminalistic laboratory led investigators to connect naso with the death of rogash. >> what had new york investigators there have been a string of initial murders back there, but those victims were children, out here they are adults. right now naso did live in rochester and traveled there in the '70s during the time of two alleged murders. dna sample from one of the new york victims did not match naso's. he is going to make a first court appearance today at 1:00. >> eric: staff members at napa state hospital are afraid of their safety after a death at the hospital. a patient died after he allegedly attacked another patient. an autopsy is scheduled for today. staff

they found evidence in his reno home linking him to the deaths of young women in marin, contra costa county and yuba counties between 1977 and 1994. the d.a. would not go into specifics. >> an ongoing investigation and to invite questioning at this time could hamper those investigative efforts. >> investigators are looking into other cold cases across the country to see if there might be a connection to naso. all the victims by the way in northern california had the same first and last initials. so did three girls who were killed when naso lived up in state new york. they are investigating. >>> a 15-year-old suspect in the murder of a 16-year-old friend will make his first court appearance in juvenile court today. police found andy zeng shot to death in a house in san francisco's silver terrace neighborhood on sunday. they say five teens were inside the home at the time. four have been arrested. one suspect is still missing today. yesterday, 18-year-old jimmy le was charged with being an accessory to the murder after the fact. there is no motive yet in this shooting. >>> rallies will be hel

9:00 look out for those big-time thundershowers in napa county, solano county, and eastern contra costa counties as well. tonight you just saw those lows dropping into the 30s tonight. so patchy frost could be possible in the north bay valleys as we get into tomorrow morning. and for the afternoon tomorrow keeping an eye of course on san francisco. we should see some breezy and cool conditions. but i think by the afternoon the showers should be mainly along the santa cruz mountains south of san jose. another cool day. wee certainly in the coolest part of the seven-day forecast today and tomorrow we'll still see those highs in the 50s. so your seven-day forecast heading into weekend, we'll have a chilly start but temperatures rebounding a little bit. mid to upper 60s as you wrap up the weekend and chance of showers just mainly for the north bay but here's the big friday forecast with the giants home opener. we're calling it dry but it is going to be chilly. game time temperature low 50s. >> ooh. >> got to bring your orange and black scarves. >> or snuggie for sure. >> thank you, rob. >>> still ah

estimated $1.4 billion for school districts and pay for childhood obesity programs. $39million for contra costa county63 million for santa clara county. >>> there will ab speed limit for bikes on the bridge. speed leads to accidents. they're considering a 10-mile limit on sidewalks, five miles around the bridge towers. they could be find as much has $1100. >>> today's date has special meeting to terminator friends. the emergency for this 21st day of apricialtion 2011. >>> check this out, the would-be burglar who was happy to see the police coming. >> 280 traffic is looking good coming up to king street. we'll tell you why that may change later on. >>> it's thursday, april 21st but to terminator fans, it is judgment day. according to the terminator movie, the robot was supposed to trigger a worldwide disaster so today is the day they would wipe autism remaining humans. the director said instead of machines taking over the world we're takes the real threat of global warming. >>> in china a burglar didn't have a plan. he climbed to the fifth story apartment and got stuck. witnesses noticed the man dangli

now locally it would raise about $51 million for alameda county schools. $39million for contra costa countyand $63 million for santa clara county. >>> a health care provider with thousands of bay area doctors is being accused now of fraud by the state insurance commissioner. commissioner david jones says sutte health overcharged insurers for anesthetic services in the last ten years. he adds that the fraudulent charges are in the hundreds of millions of dollars which boosted premiums for consumers and for businesses. sutter health is denying that charge and says it followed appropriate billing procedures. >>> well, today the golden gate bridge district will consider setting a speed limit for bicyclists on the golden gate bridge. officials say speed -- too much speed, leads to accidents. so to help reduce that they're considering a ten mile an hour speed limit on the sidewalks and five mile an hour around the bridge towers. violators could be fined $100 for speeding. >>> wow. all right. 5:48 is the time. let's check in with sal. hopefully nobody's speeding about any wet roads out there, sal?

all the way of to contra costa county in the southern portion of marin county. this is an earthquake that we've been receiving phone calls all afternoon. 8 mi. below the surface. definitely an earthquake that people felt but not a lot of damage associate with it. jonathan blum, kron 4 news. >>pam: david f. oppenheimer from the u.s. geological service. this is the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake that was major in san francisco thank you for joining us and how would you describe this one? >> it is smaller. earthquakes this size are pretty common not quite in the bay area. these become a news releanewsworthy test-s nown march 28th 20 02. that exact same area had and another one of 2.2 >>pam: how was this one? >> this was the the stuff of 8.5 mi.. -the depth. it is not something that will come to the surface. there are small micro earthquake activity south-west of the son of andreas fault. this brought some of for earthquake activity does not quite up to geologists' timetable. >>pam: hope it california or the bay area experience this strength? >> this to be weakl

. >> examination along with the results of a forensic analysis from the contra costa county criminalistic laboratory led investigators to connect naso. >> investigators will not say how naso shows or killed his victims but they do say he could face the death penalty. to view the entire news conference, click the tab on our homepage at ktvu.com. >>> students at a san francsico high school say they are stunned by the weekend shooting death of a teenager. arrests have been made but as david stevenson explains, there are many questions. >> reporter: today they mourned the sophomores to event as the day investigators try to make sense of his death. >> it breaks my heart. i would see him almost every day. >> reporter: police were called to this house early sunday morning to investigate a possible suicide that turned into a homicide case leading to the arrest of four young men. >> we had to 15-year-olds, 17- year-olds, and 18-year-olds. these are all teens and one of them are being charged with murder. >> reporter: investigators will not say how zeng was killed but say all the suspects in which

killed two bay area woman, one that was dumped in fairfax county and one that was dumped in contra costa county but new york state police are wondering if this image put together by investigators in 1973. he would have been 39 years old. if the artist rendition based on eyewitness account that three girls were murdered in the rochester area. it was dubbed the initial killings because the first and last name's initial is the same. in fact one of girls killed in new york was also named carmen cologne. investigators found evidence connecting him to the california killings but found nothing tying him to the new york homicides. he did live there in rochester, a dna sample from the victim did not match naso. he says he had permission from other jurisdictions to prosecute all four cases. he is being held without bond. it will be making his first court appearance at 1:30 this afternoon. >> cheryl: funeral services are taking place at this moment for a popular oakland businessman who was murdered last week. campos was killed when he was opening his mexican restaurant in the fruitvale district. tradition

>>this just in to the kron 4 news room the former contra costa county sheriff has pleaded not guiltyo conspiracy charges. stemming from a scandal of the drug arrests, and dirty the you i arrests. he pleaded not guilty to three different conspiracy and conspiracy to still steroids and obstruct justice with the dirty " dui' with a former drug enforcement team and a private investigator were also charged with him. >>pam: two different apple products have internal gps. it is unsettling for many people of the ipad, the iphone. samantha hayes. >>reporter: while you may have forgotten where you were last month, last year. a new report says the your iphone and the 3 g ipad remember. it recently discovered component that it tracks users whereabouts. >> if you are at the market? it keeps track of your ordinance based on the cellular towers. this is sang together with itunes. >>reporter: two different researchers made the discovery of an unauthorized surveillance about one year ago in the month of june. with an on-line program called iphone tracker to show users of the results. one of the repor

one in marin county in 1977, then across the bay, one in contra costa county in 1978 and two victims were found iniaba county in 1993, and in 1994. you last year, parole officers searched naso's house and found evidence that they say links him to these cold-case murders. >> during that arrest, investigators found items by mr. naso that implicated him in multiple murders of young women. an examination of the items seized, along with the results of a forensic analysis from the contra costa sheriff's criminalistics laboratory led investigators to connect him. >> naso will be arraigned at 1:30 in marin county. he will possibly face the death penalty. authorities are also looking into the possibility that he might be responsible for the murders of other young women across the country. kron4 news. >> the body of one of joseph naso's alleged bay area victims, 18-year-oldroxeen rogash was found in fair fax along the boulevard in 1977. the district attorney says forensic evidence found by their office connects naso to her murder. in port costa, the body of another alleged victim was found in 1

. >>> the scandal involving some law enforcement officers in contra costa county is growing. former sheriff's department steven canobi has been added to the complaint of former drug task force commander norman welsh and private investigator christopher butler and a scheme to sell confiscated drugs. the welsh butler case led to the dismissal of several criminal cases, a total of 15 pending cases tossed out and prosecutors declined to file charges in five others. they involve drug and prostitution indications. welsh and butler immediated not guilty to the allegations. >>> -- pleaded not guilty to the allegations. >>> some bay area residents got a crash course today with a focus on veterans. >> we have workshops available on topics like networking, communications, resumes, linked in. we also have a workshop for the mature workers and strategies. >> 29 employers including facebook, microsoft, virgin america and southwest airlines were on hand. >>> thousands of people will have the chance to get free medical service beginning tomorrow in oakland. volunteers were setting up this af

. >>> the scandal involving some law enforcement officers in contra costa county is growing. former sheriff's department steven canobi has been added to the complaint of former drug task force commander norman welsh and private investigator christopher butler and a scheme to sell confiscated drugs. the welsh butler case led to the dismissal of several criminal cases, a total of 15 pending cases tossed out and prosecutors declined to file charges in five others. they involve drug and prostitution indications. welsh and butler immediated not guilty to the allegations. >>> -- pleaded not guilty to the allegations. >>> some bay area residents got a crash course today with a focus on veterans. >> we have workshops available on topics like networking, communications, resumes, linked in. we also have a workshop for the mature workers and strategies. >> 29 employers including facebook, microsoft, virgin america and southwest airlines were on hand. >>> thousands of people will have the chance to get free medical service beginning tomorrow in oakland. volunteers were setting up this af

there is a marine interface council and there is a interfaith council in contra costa county. and we get together and talk about what we are doing. we each reflect the needs and wishes of the community we serve. so interfaith is alive and well all over the bay area. we would like to think it leads the way for the rest of the country. but i will have to admit there are people doing it in new york, los angeles, and california, and in portland, oregon. soy think people are beginning to recognize that each persons faith is very important to himself or herself. >> what do you think in today's world is the role of an interfaith council when we are faced certainly within the concept of national media with antireligious feelings in our community so it happens currently with debates about terrorisms and issues in the middle east that the muslim community gets highlighted. other communities have been highlighted that stirred up issues. >> that is very important and michael can speak to that as well. but we can play and do play a role in bringing together a voice of sanity hopefully. >>

killed two bay area woman, one that was dumped in fairfax county and one that was dumped in contra costa county but new york state police are wondering if this image put together by investigators in 1973. he would have been 39 years old. if the artist rendition based on eyewitness account that three girls were murdered in the rochester area. it was dubbed the initial killings because the first and last name's initial is the same. in fact one of girls killed in new york was also named carmen cologne. investigators found evidence connecting him to the california killings but found nothing tying him to the new york homicides. he did live there in rochester, a dna sample from the victim did not match naso. he says he had permission from other jurisdictions to prosecute all four cases. he is being held without bond. it will be making his first court appearance at 1:30 this afternoon. >> cheryl: funeral services are taking place at this moment for a popular oakland businessman who was murdered last week. campos was killed when he was opening his mexican restaurant in the fruitvale district. tradition

. >> reporter: some other people living in east contra costa county, say why prolong the inevitable. >> i am happy he pled guilty. it would have been interesting to see the trial but everybody knew. to you night as we'll just pled guilty and get it over with. >> he pled guilty, he knows he did wrong. 430 years to life he will never see the streets again, so yeah i guess that's good enough for me. >> reporter: along garrido's old street, boye thought the garrido's entered a guilty plea so that the one who they kidnapped 18 years ago would not have to testify. >> i never saw any abuse or anything like that. they were hollering at the kids when they were out in the yard or anything. >> reporter: but they're guilty. >> they are guilty. they're guilty. >> reporter: still no word tonight on what will happen to phillip and nancy garrido's old home. reporting live here, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jaycee dugard's case found cracks in the system for tracking sex offenders. parol agents repeatedly missed opportunities to find dugard. for example an agent failed to inspect the backyar

. >> the space balloon took off from eastern contra costa county the science club had a high definition camera on board along with other instruments. >> we are hoping it reaches about hundred thousand feet in altitude and take data mesh uwlts, internal temperature. >> this has been a lot of work. we got to school yesterday morning at 9:00 and been working straight through. got a couple hours of sleep. when they work hard they learn a lot. >> that is so cool. the balloon landed in turlock so that is where they are headed right now. >> the very own giants ring? if you are very lucky you might end up with one. they have announced a roughly and one will get the same ring the players got. it will come engraved with the winners name. raffle tickets are $2 each to benefit the community fund which supports the junior giants program. entry deadline is july 26th. they will get their ring in an own special ceremony. >> can we sign up for that. >> i can do that. >> coming up next, friday's perfect pet. >> up next, mike will#t#t#t#t#tt are you trapped and don't know how to escape your addiction to c

those remains, however, are handled over to the authorities in contra costa county, not alameda. that inadvertently sets the case back by decades. you see, a forensic examination of the skull in contra costa county estimated their victim at 5'9" tall. but a forensic examination of the torso in alameda county pegged their victim at 5'7". those two inches were enough to keep investigators from linking these two discoveries for more than two decades. >> when i looked at that, i thought that's not enough to rule out a connection. >> reporter: it wasn't until mark dobbs decided in 2006 to take a closer look that he noticed things others had missed. he found enough similarities to order a dna test. >> got the dna tested and it came back relatively quickly with positive match in this case. >> reporter: but it still didn't produce an identity. so police have taken the next step, creating this 3d reconstruction of what a forensic artist believed their victim looked like. donald williams has some guesses as to what his victim might have been involved in, as well. >> possibly aryan brotherh

in contra costa county, eastbound 24 connecter to northbound 680 will be blocked until about 7:00 this morning but it will probably be cleared earlier than that. as we go outside light traffic still everywhere. here is a live shot of 680, southbound traffic is moving well on the right-hand side towards highway 24. we've got the whole team back today. >> kristen: it's 3:40. >> a new survey finds gas prices headed for an all time high. >> and san francisco begins rolling out new parking meters today. why these devices may be welcome into neighborhoods. >> eric: republicans and democrats gear up for the next big money battle in washington. the threat some say it poses to the economic recovery. >>> good morning, it's 4:42. hope you had a nice weekend. a little cloudy out there and it will be a little cooler. mike is going to talk more about the weather and frances has traffic. checking out the conditions for the giants game against the dodgers too. >> eric: a lot of security on hand. tell you more about gas prices which are approaching an all time high. latest survey says a gallon of gas i

so far no major trouble as you make your way through contra costa county.d working on southbound 880 that is blocking a ramp but that should be cleared in half an hour. >>> 4:54. chp says a motorcycle rider was killed while trying to run from police in the east bay. it happened a little after 8:00 on redwood reside in castro valley. he hit a truck and the truck driver was not injured and not cited. >> hercules police have arrested a woman after a high-speed chase that sent five people to the hospital including a police officer. officers say they tried to stop a black ford taurus yesterday afternoon he was suspected in a burglary of a rite aid store. everyone that was taken on the hospital is expected to recover. >> they are investigating a cause of a fighter jet crashing. the jet went down in a field west of a naval air station about 30 miles from fresno yesterday. an amateur photographer that was watching the jet took this video just after the crash. it appears to be performing aerial maneuvers when something went wrong. the crew was on a routine training

naso struck again killing 42- year-old carmen in contra costa county. prosecutors say they will try also for all four murders. >> the allegation of that special circumstance makes naso eligible for the death penalty under california law. >> prosecutors say they saw evidence inside home during a probation search linking him to those killings he is being held without bail. we did talk to the family of one of the bay areas victims. oxen's body -- roxene's body was found and the family had given up hope of finding a suspect. >> i thought it was just shoved under the rug and forgotten. because we had never heard anything all these years. >> naso's arrest is also drawing attention in rochester,new york where he lived. three girls were killed there. stay within ktvu -- and stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for more. >>> one of the four teenager charged with the killing of a high school student will appear in court. andy zang died open sunday. the four teens arrested for his death include a 15-year-old, a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old. the chronical is reporting say

. >> the space balloon took off from eastern contra costa county the science club had a high definitionera on board along with other instruments. >> we are hoping it reaches about hundred thousand feet in altitude and take data mesh uwlts, internal temperature. >> this has been a lot of work. we got to school yesterday morning at 9:00 and been working straight through. got a couple hours of sleep. when they work hard they learn a lot. >> that is so cool. the balloon landed in turlock so that is where they are headed right now. >> the very own giants ring? if you are very lucky you might end up with one. they have announced a roughly and one will get the same ring the players got. it will come engraved with the winners name. raffle tickets are $2 each to benefit the community fund which supports the junior giants program. entry deadline is july 26th. they will get their ring in an own special ceremony. >> can we sign up for that. >> i can do that. >> coming up next, friday's perfect pet. >> up next, mike will >>> today at 5:00, fravg idea of one northern california school to t

>>> contra costa county district attorney has dismissed 15 cases of the former commander of the drugack force. n while while is the former task force commander and accused with chris butler to steal and sell drug evidence. five of those dismissed cases are drug related, ten are prostitution cases, five or sheriff's d.w.i. and drug cases. >> the reason these cases are being dismissed is because of the involvement of norm wielsh. >> also seven charges were filed against pinati. he was accused of selling illegal steroids. >>> we have a traffic alert to tell you about. caltrans is about to launch a new bypass project near the bay bridge toll plaza. late night crews will align the eastbound traffic lanes. this is video of that project. westbound lanes will be realigned next year. the project is expected to be finished by mid 2013. >> we're getting a unique look at baby walrus before its even born take a look. this is the latest ultrasound technology and it shows the walrus still in the mother's womb. color version will really show off the baby's features. the mother is set to give birth t

now, butler is the head of a contra costa county private drug task -- rather, private security firm, along with the head of the contra costa county drug task force. they are both faces charges that they stole drugs from the evidence locker. i told they is was a complicated -- i told you this was a complicated story. more on this later. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. >>> a former east bay drug agent has been named in a mule tie-million dollar civil lawsuit. norman wielsh, the former commander of the contra costa county narcotics force team, is accused of stealing drugs. the lawsuit accuses him and other officers of conducting improper raid and property seen use. - - seenures -- seizures. >>> it was a close call for one child last night. this happened on sycamore drive. police say a gunman was firing shots outside of a home but at least three stray bullets crashed through the calls of a billion loy's little boy's bedroom. his mother. >> i didn't -- [ininaudible] >> no now, no one in that home was -- now, no one was in that home at the time of the shooting. >>> the giants and officers

roxanne roggasch found in 1977, pamela parsons and tracy tofoya in 1993 and 1994, and in contra costa county, carmen colon, whose body was now under 1978. the d.a. says investigators made their first connection to the roggasch case in marin county. >> during that arrest, investigators found items by mr. naso that implicated him in multiple murders of young women. >> reporter: marin county's d.a. says the investigation into naso as a murder suspect has been going on now for the past year and it still is continuing. the three counties with the murder victims may do a combined prosecution. naso is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow on the four counts of murder. back to you. >> thank you. >>> second homicide in two days in concord now appears to be a case of murder-suicide. police responding to a distress call on bedford road by lexington road last night found two bodies inside a home. officers say miranda and frederick both 32 years old were fatally shot inside. police believe the murder- suicide stemmed from a domestic conflict. neighbors say never heard anyone fighting inside the house before

one of the victims found in 1977 in fairfax, the other across the bay in 1978 in contra costa county. in 1993 and the other in 1994. if it was last year in april when parole officers searched his house and found evidence linking him, they say it to the cold case murders. >> this case was considered unsolved until joseph was arrested in nevada people the 13th 2010 by investigators from the novato department, and nevada department of safety. the coral and probation division. it's during the rest investigators found items by joseph naso had implicated him and multiple murders of young women. if an examination of the items seized, along with the results of a forensic analysis from the contra costa county sheriff's criminalistics laboratory, led marin investigators to connect joseph naso to the death of one women. in the >>kate: to get to looking into the possibility that he could be a serial killer and they have reached out to jurisdictions across the country to see if there are any other cold cases that he may be involved with. in california at least, he could face the death penalty if b

rethink their mission while continuing to operate the largest emergency department in west contra costa countyiven to the hospital in 2006. leaders say money for the latest loan will come from county recoveries and not affect other services or require cuts elsewhere. >> 6:15 and concerned with the time line. >> not me. >> we are looking at a bright beautiful start to the day. today will be dry. we're going to see some rain around midnight tomorrow but it will linger in tomorrow. only 30 minutes until sunrise and chilly numbers we drop into the low 40s in some spots. 50s in antioch. no winds yet but that will be with us again today. we'll see a dry day as i stated before. we are going to be looking at temperatures continuing to come down even with the clouds and the next frontal system. sunny and breezy today. showers beginning around midnight. they will continue through tomorrow morning's commute and linger through the afternoon. then we'll see some unstable air with a chance of thunderstorms throughout the day and maybe into friday. i think the home% are are be dry and cold. first system brou

we are following roadwork in contra costa county.issue of medical marijuana clubs again. they are expected to decide where to drastically slash the number of pot clubs in the city. >>> good morning. 5:30. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. kristen is off today. topping the news this half hour, possible turn-around at caltrain. with the weeks after the transit agency was talking about closing stations and cutting service it's now set to vote on a plan that could keep everything rolling for another year. abc7's amy hollyfield is live in san mateo. of course, the big question is: is this going to cost more? >> reporter: well, eric, it is. what is more valuable to you? time or money. you are not going to take the time to work around the close stations anymore or dealing with the service cuts but yes this will cost you more money. according to the media partner "san jose mercury news" a one-way trip will go up 25 cents. parking will go up a dollar a day. but the riders were facing the possibility of no weekend service. station clo

. >>> 16 criminal cases dropped by the district attorney because they are tainted, in contra costa county. that's because the officers involved are accused of being linked to a drug scandal. more charges were filed for sheriff steven tanabe. it's involved along with norman wielsch. he was charged with stealing drug evidence. today tanabe is charged with three counts of drug conspiracy. >> conspiracy to sell steroids. conspiracy to obstruct justice. conspiracy to falsely arrest. >> the false arrest charges stem from duty duis a scheme in which attractive women were hired to lure men into bars to get them drunk. tanabe would have them arrested when they left the bars. >>> it's been missing since november, but today it came back. >> world champs. >> the giants back on the mound at at & t park today. we'll show you the pomp and circumstance for the home opener. >>> and there's apparently a lesson we can all learn on the west coast, from earthquakes around the world. why quake authorities say it's time we go back to school. >>> more than 10.5 hours away but people have lined up. it has nothing

sheriff's department along with commander of the narcotics enforcement team. 16 criminal cases in contra costa countypped by the district attorney because they are tainted by those officers. he was charged in february of stealing drug evidence. today the other was charged with three counts of conspiracy. >>> tonight capitola shop owners are preparing to welcome customers back tomorrow for a revival party. the area flooded not once but twice just about two weeks ago. mark sayre shows us how they are getting creative to keep their businesses afloat. >> reporter: like so many business owners they are making the most of a bad situation. her craft store wiped out during floods two weeks ago has reopened inside a garage. >> it is very different and it is kind of fun. we are really having a good time. we had lots of people helping us set up. so it went a lot faster than we thought. >> reporter: it was march 26th when flood waters came rushing through capitola village. the total damage estimated at $10 million. about a dozen displaced shops are now operating in temporary quarters including this big outdoor t

also in contra costa county, 680 in walnut creek, so far is on good. no trouble at all. no delays report. get traffic whenever you want by going to our website at abc7news.com. >> kristen: it's 4:54. san francisco board of supervisors budget committee meets today to hear opposing plans for botanical gardens. they have been charging a $7 entrance fee for non-residents to help bridge a budget deficit. but it's raised $59,000 instead of the projected $250,000. the fee has resulted in a drop of visits among residents as well as people from out of town. supervisors will hear arguments from supporters who want the gardens to be totally free and those who want to make the fee permanent. >>> another northern california community is banning plastic bags. mendocino want an environmental impact report. some cities are saying reusable bags save the environment but critics claim a simple plastic bag ban ignores other pollution sources. marin county and san jose and san francisco already ban plastic bags. >> the nurses contract last contract expired two years ago and they have been un

contra costa county, antioch, concord, walnut creek, road sensors beginning to show some red stop and go heading west to concord. 680 from the benicia bridge looks good. if you are on the nimitz freeway, hayward, union city and fremont that commute looks very nice. 5:48. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we have cooler weather today. partly cloudy skies. system moving in going to give us not only cooler weather but a round of wind today and tomorrow. what's the good news? well, the weekend it will be gone and warmer weather. maybe upper 70s by sunday and could be warmer early next week. not a consensus. all the forecast models say yes warmer but one is up here and other two down here. they are dry. and they do bring in more sunshine. we'll see how it pans out. next couple of days we have to look for a little cool down. all associated with the system moving in to the north of us. some rain near the oregon border. mainly also northern mountains and possibility for the sierra late tonight into tomorrow. the wind is in place out of the west or the southwest. that means sea breeze it

locally it would raise $51 million for alameda county schools, $39 million for contra costa county and63 million for santa clara county. >>> the marine mammal center will carry out an important part of its mission this afternoon. returning animals to the wild. this is pupping season for sea lions and elephant seals. the centers pools are packed. today workers will return five elephant seals and a sea lion to monterey bay. the five were rescued at different times last month and locations along the coast. all were malnourished and have been nursed back to health. >>> that will do it for us. our next newscast is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

their bodies were found in marin county, contra costa county, and yuba city. >> this is an on going investigation and to invite questioning at this point could hamper those investigating efforts. >> however, in nevada, investigators are looking into other cold cases. they say he was a federal photographer who traveled all over the country for work. >>> the jury in the barry bonds perjury trial will meet again tomorrow for a fourth day of deliberations. joe vazquez on what may be happening behind closed doors. >> three days of deliberating, no verdict, what exactly does that mean? we are joined by cbs 5 legal analyst, paul henderson. it could mean anything. >> it means they are going over the evidence or they are fighting among themselves. in some cases where it is a hung jury, they will say judges, we haven't gotten it together. sometimes it takes longerment when you get a group of 12 people, they all hear things differently. they all see things differently. paul will still hold on for the verdict. thanks for joining us. the jury will be back at 8:30 in the morning. joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> other

he is a novato president is accused of killing four women, two from the bay, one from contra costa county and one from here in marin. if his been under investigation for about a year by multiple agencies and is now being looked at for other possible cold cases. if he is a self- employed photographer but in court today there is a heated discussion whether he should have a free attorney because he has asset to the nearly $1 million. where did he get that money? listen in. >> it is the court's decision, we want to make sure that the court has the information that we have with regard to his assets and an inappropriate time if that information be known. i will not go into detail in court did state that comes close to $1 million. >>terisa: 20 lot of developing is in this case as we continue to follow it. if the court ruled on this case at joseph naso remained in custody. he will be here locked up until april 27th and that is his next court appearance. if he did not plead guilty today. reporting live in san rafael, kron 4 news. >>pam: investigated as a possible nationwide serial killer, he worke

we'll also check the commute through contra costa county and things look great southbound here down through the san ramon valley and sunol grade to the south bay we go, 280 and 17 interchange you won't find any problems as continuing 280 all the way up into peninsula into san francisco. >> kristen: friday light again. 4:39 is our time. >> state lawmakers lose a precious perk. why they will be driving their own cars to work. >> kristen: cell phone video rprú >>> 4:42 on this friday morning. this is abc7 morning news, live to sutro cam to san francisco, what a gorgeous shot. bay bridge. no traffic troubles to speak of and frances it's friday light as every day this week. >> kristen: stay lawmakers are losing one of their most cherished perks. they are taking away the taxpayer financed vehicles. instead they will be given $300 a month to offset the costs of gas and insurance for their own personal cars i think everybody has to share in the pain and these are cuts that have to take place. >> the change which will take effect in december will save california more than $2 million over five years.

you're driving out to we just mentioned contra costa county highway 4's getting busy on westbound 4 on the way to bay point. when you get to bay point highway 4 looks pretty good. this is traffic moving along well out to concord and ultimately to interstate 60. that traffic looks good as well. this morning we're at the bay bridge toll plaza. live look and westbound traffic is looking good getting into san francisco. it's 5:40. let's go to rosemary. >>> even the smallest amount of rain can trip up a morning drive. we know that. right, sal? that's what we have this morning. just a few light scattered showers at this time but should increase over the course of the morning. that to be aware of if you are planning your drive. in and out of the north bay we've seen a few light scattered showers. now just north of san raphael. sausalito saw a little light rain along i-80 if you're traveling fairfield through vallejo light rain. benicia at this time maybe even a little bit moderate rain at this time. we're not going to see a big heavy downpour out of this system. it is fairly weak. danville an

he is scheduled for extradition next to contra costa county next week. >>> police in north richmond are bracing for more violence after two deadly shootings this week. officers say the deaths of young men on tuesday and wednesday nights were provoked by last week's killing of a richmond gang member in san francisco. it is likely it resurrected a long-running feud between two street gangs. extra patrol cars are in the problem areas now. >>> i was out and about yesterday, and it felt warm, christina. >> i hope brent was behind you fanning you down. >> no, i was pushing the stroller. >> pushing the stroller. a good day for that. a good day for dog walking. and today is just a pip ch cooler in most cities. well, about ten degrees cooler. we almost hit 90 in los gatos, 88. that was the rm with aest city. 87 in napa breaking all kind of temperature records across the bay area. oakland, you set a new temperature record. oakland hit 85 degrees yesterday. so another warm one on tap. we'll detract maybe 10 degrees, five to ten degrees on average. you have a big ridge of high pressure still in pla

an examination of the items seized along with the results of a forensic analysis from the contra costa county's criminalistics laboratory led marin investigators to connect naso with the death of roggasch. the allegation of that special circumstance makes naso eligible for the death penalty under california law. >> reporter: naso will be arraigned in court tomorrow afternoon, charged with four counts of murder. i did have a chance to talk to a retired marin county sheriff's deputy a short time ago on the phone. he said he is thrilled to learn of the arrest, calling it fantastic. reporting live in marin county, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> students at a san francisco high school are coping with the death of a popular classmate. today counselors were on campus to help. 16-year-old andrew zeng's body was found soaked in gasoline on the first floor of this duplex in the bay view. he didn't live at the house. fourteen agers are behind bars toblt, a 15-year-old is accused of murder and three other teenagers face charges of conspiracy and attempted arson. investigators say they might hav