. >>> vallejo police is investigating not two. it appears it set outside the business. it burned in the wall in the business. there was a call for another fire. >>> while the damage may look light, mostly to the facade of the mortgage business on alabama and broadway, the simple fact it was set, concerns neighbors. >> worried to death. he owns the automotive shop. he thinks a transit is to blame. >> sleeping where the fire started. >> vallejo police don't have a suspect. this is hardly the only fire. overnight, just a few blocks away from the business fire, there's this. the recommend nants of the chair -- remnants of the chair. it may not seem significant. the chair was next to the building, appears to have apartment buildings next door. it houses a union hall. that puts the two fires overnight in close proximity to four other fires in the past few weeks that burned two homes and two businesses. >> fire department was in the back alley. they were still dousting the back wall. >> randy musaki lives behind the alley fire. he didn't know about the stripping of suspicious

. >> kristen: breaking news in vallejo. police have a -- vallejo, police have a teenager accused of ransom and sexual assault on a 65-year-old woman. terry mcsweeney is live at vallejo police department. >> every aspect is shocking. right now, there is a 14-year-old boy charged with assault, attempted murder and kidnapping. this all begin about 6:00 last night over at hidden brook and i-80 when people noticed a woman in a ditch. she was taken to the hospital where she told police that her ordeal begin at 100 plaza drive. a strip mall. she had been carjacked forced to drive away from the strip mall where she had a been sexually assaulted and thrown into the ditch later on. while that is going phone call comes into her family. someone demanding a ransom for return of the woman. police are still hovering around the incident occurred and they spot a suspect. he is in possession of the women's minivan as well as a replica gun. they arrested him and not releasing the name. 14-year-old kid. she arrested for attempted murder, kidnapping a

terry mcsweeney is live at vallejo police headquarters. >> police are talking to the media inside and talking about this 14-year-old boy who is? juvenile hall right now charged among other things, sexual assault, attempted murder and kidnap for ransom. take a look at video where it started. in a sense it ended. this is where police say the 65-year-old woman was kidnapped at gunpoint at gate way plaza mall. forced to drive several miles away where she was sexually assaulted. she was found in a ditch near i-80 unconscious, her mouth duck taped. passerbys called 911. the suspect fled in a minivan. a family member received a call for her safe return, police with information from the passers bie arrested a person. he was in possession of the woman's vehicle and replica handgun. the 14-year-old has been booked, attempted murder, carjacking, armed robbery and kidnapping for ransom. inside right now police are giving specific details of how it all went down. laura anthony will have more for you at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> cheryl: just ahead, a major oil rig fire. search for missing workers. >>

the house on tennessee street is the same home where a vallejo police officer was shot and killed as he served a warrant in april of 2000. firefighters kept the flames contained to just the garage. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> a manhunt is on in san jose for a suspect police say was involved in a crime spree that included a fatal shooting. it began on friday night with four armed robberies. one of the suspects appears in that surveillance photo you saw. the crime also included a carjacking that left a young man dead and a shootout that injured an officer. >> these were heinous crimes perpetrated by two individuals who clearly have no regard for human life. >> the murder victim rory parkpettiford had just bought a

terry mcsweeney is live at vallejo police headquarters. >> police are talking to the media inside and talking about this 14-year-old boy who is? juvenile hall right now charged among other things, sexual assault, attempted murder and kidnap for ransom. take a look at video where it started. in a sense it ended. this is where police say the 65-year-old woman was kidnapped at gunpoint at gate way plaza mall. forced to drive several miles away where she was sexually saasd. she was found in a ditch near i-80 unconscious, her mouth duck taped. passerbys called 911. the suspect fled in a minivan. a family member received a call for her safe return, police with information from the passers bie arrested a person. he was in possession of the woman's vehicle and replica handgun. the 14-year-old has been booked, attempted murder, carjacking, armed robbery and kidnapping for ransom. inside right now police are giving specific details of how it all went down. laura anthony will have more for you at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> cheryl: just ahead, a major oil rig fire. search for missing workers. >> fie

. >> reporter: but vallejo police do not have a suspect, and this is hardly the only fire. and just a few blocks away are the remnants of a chair -- it may not seem significant but that chair was burned next to a building that appears to have apartment units upstairs. the scorched building at the intersection of tennessee and amador, that puts the two fires in close proximity. >> they were still douse this guy back wall. >> reporter: randy masaki lives right down the street. >> it's concerning knowing that people are going around doing these fires. >> reporter: so far no one has been hurt in any of these fires. vallejo police say that they're investigating this case to see to it that does not change. and they do say that they need the public's help, and at this point can't say that these fires are all linked. kim prichad ktvu news. >> a stand off between a police and a man accused of a. it's believed that has shooter was a man who was evicted from the home of first street yesterday. police say that the officer went with a bank employee to retrieve several pets when someone

vallejo police say what started as an argument over a girl escalated to a shooting. here's the story. reporter: family members returned in vallejo to see the spot where the 17-year-old had been shot to death. after a party a block or so away. >> i could never picture myself burying my youngest brother. i could never picture that. now i got live with that. you feel me? i have to, and i got move on. and it hurt right now. so bad that don't nobody know, but i'm going to keep it that way. >> relatives identified the victim as 17-year-old gary white, jr., a local high school student hoping to get a college basketball schoomplet just after 3:30 this morning neighbors were awalkenned by a loud argument. >> next thing i know i heard somebody screaming, i couldn't understand what she was saying, and next thing i know, you just heard shots fire, at least five -- four to five, six shots. reporter: police say one teenager called his father who returned with a gun. >> one of the combatants contacted a family member in this case, his father. he responded to the area, and was identi

vallejo police are planning to hold a press conference. they are trying to piece everything that happened together. police i talked to are calling this case horrific not just because of the young age of the suspect but also because of what this victim endured. live here in vallejo claudine wong. >> make sure you stay right here with ktvu channel 2 on this still developing tour tour-- story. we'll have updates throughout the morning. then make sure you are watching the news at noon we'll have a report on the news conference by the vallejo police on this kidnapping. >>> thousands of jobs including hundreds from here in the bay area are on the line. hostess announced this morning they have filed a motion with the u.s. bankruptcy court. company employs more than 18,000 people. the company announced it would shut down its plans nation-wide if striking union workers did not return from their job. >>> a group of neighbors on the peninsula fear the coming rain will bring another muddy flood. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is in daly city ag

police in vallejo arresting a 14-year-old boy for a brutal attack on a 65-year-old woman. claudine wong is in vallejo with all the details of a kidnapping and attack and demand for ransom. >> reporter: let me show you where we are. we are at hidden broke parkway and interstate 80. there is not much here. there is a parking lot and an entrance to a subdivision. but we have come here because this is where the 65-year-old victim was found. she was duct taped. she was unconscious. but there is traffic through here and apparently some passer byes saw her and called for help. when police talked to her they learned she was a victim of an agree january and sexual assault in a kidnapping that started last night. she was found here after police say she was abducted by gunpoint in front of a store in a retail shopping center that is just a few miles away from where we are this morning. police say she was forced to drive to the location and then she was left unconscious in a ditch and the suspect fled in her mini van. police talked to her and during this time a family member of the vi

it started at a shopping center on plaza drive in vallejo late yesterday afternoon. police say the boy forced the woman it drive her minivan a few miles, then stopped to assault her both physically and sexually. >> it was an extremely serious violent attack. >> reporter: police say the teen then left the woman unconscious and bound by duct tape in a ditch near hiddenbrooke parkway and highway 80. >> passersby found her, took good care of her and got her treatment. they also provided information to the police which ultimately assisted us in making the arrest. >> reporter: as police gathered clues they say the teen called one of the victim's family members demanding ransom money. police arrested him soon after back at the shopping center still in possession of the woman's van. they say his handgun turned out to be a fake. the 14-year-old is booked into juvenile hall facing a litany of charges including attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping for ransom and carjacking. it will be up to the d.a. if he is going to be charged as an adult. live in vallejo, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> n

down all lanes of the highway. >>> fog is suspected of contributing to a car crash involving a vallejo police cruiser, the crash happened this morning when the roads were slick and the fog was thick. police say the accident happened when the officer was going to help a detective who was serving a felony warrant on a suspect. the officer is expected to fully recover. >>> a tricky house fire kept crews in orinda busy for a good part of the morning. they thought they had it out when the fire flared again as crews were mopping up. took crews several hours to root out flames inside the walls. the fire sent up smoke that could be seen for miles. this is after crews got it under control. no word on the cause no one was hurt. >> congress returns this week without much can evidence of real progress on avoiding the fiscal cliff. members of congress expect optimism today about the prospects of reach ago deal to avoid the sear of tax increases and spending cuts. democrats and the president wants to raise tax rates for the wealthy, republicans don't. there are more now breaking with grover nord qwest had

a vallejo police officer heard three shots before finding the officer's body and the hearing continuestoday. >>> only on 2. san jose's police chief is giving his decision of why he is stepping down after only two years on the job. chris moore is saying what would have made him stay. he said he would not be leaving after putting a sales tax initiative to help pay for more officers. >> for me, it is putting it on the ballot and if that tax measure was put on the ballot, and they decided not to fund it, that is a choice the taxpayers made but they never got the opportunity to vote on it. >> moore called it dire because of resignations. he also said nobody is interested intaking his job and they are holding four community meetings to get information on the police chief. they will feature a dazzling light show and we have an exclusive look. 125,000 lights will adorn the western span of the bay bridge and showing every changing patterns. it is designed by a new york artist and the privately donated $8 million installation will stay up for two years. >>> the rain and traffic, what is the late

vallejo police say what started as an argument over a girl escalated in a shooting. the victim 17-year-old gary wright, jr., john alston has the story. >> reporter: family members returned to the area to see where the spotted had been shot to death. after a party a block or so away. >> i could never picture myself burying my youngest brother. i could never picture that. now, i got to live with that. i have to. i got to move on. it hurt right now so bad that don't nobody know, but i'm going to keep it that way. >> reporter: relatives identified the victim as gary wright, jr. a local high school student hoping to get a basketball scholarship. just after 3:30 this morning, neighbors were awakened by a group outside the house. >> next thing i know i heard somebody screaming. i couldn't understand what she was saying. next thing i know, you just heard shots fired, at least four to five shots. >> one teenager called his father who returned with a gun. >> one of the combatants con tktd a family member, in this case his father. he responded to the area and was identified by

my colleague is in that press conference right now with the vallejo police department.we will have full details at 5:00 and 6:00. reporting live in vallejo, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you very much. right now, we have developing news out of the gulf of mexico. congressional source just confirming to nbc news the gulf oil rig fire was caused by a torch that cut through an oil line. two people right now are dead. two are missing and four others hospitalized. they remain in critical condition. rescue crews are searching 17 miles southeast of grand isle, louisiana. 28 people there were on that rig at the time of the incident. black elk oil company owns the platform. it was not actively producing oil at the time. they don't believe the incident will lead to an environmental disaster. >>> happening right now, say good-bye to twinkies and ho hos and dingdons. say it isn't know. the company says striking workers have refused an ultimatum to return to work by the end of the day thursday so the company is moving forward with a full shutdown. hostess employs 18,0

vallejo police making quick work of this. they were able to track down the suspect who is 14 years old. again just a teenager. he is is in custody this morning and detectives are still working this case. this all happened just hours ago. they got the first call at 6:00 at night. they have been working through the night. the victim is in stable condition in the hospital. but again they are calling this a horrific crime. live here in vallejo claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we are following other breaking news that effects thousands of jobs. the maker of twinkies has announced they are going out of business. hostess said this morning it is winding down operations and has filed a motion with the u.s. bankruptcy court. yesterday the company announced it would shut down its plans nation-wide if striking union workers did not return to their jobs. as of late last night workers remained on the picket lines and refused to head back to work. the company employs 18,000 people. >>> oakland police say good fortune and observant off

. >> reporter: vallejo police say they arrested an arson suspect who they say is connected to a number of fires. >> the head of the santa clara county supervisor is under fire from numerous agencies questioning his lavish spending. robert handa is live in san jose. >> reporter: a powerful name in the south bay. the late councilman had been honored in many ways. today his son is nighing to salvage his own name. george shirakawa jr. is being scrutinized by law enforcement, auditors and the public. the 50-year-old who recently filed for bankruptcy is being investigated. today in his first public statement he did address a mercury news editorial. >> i don't want you to be distracted by the political lynching you read today. >> reporter: today the board heard about an on going county investigation on the use of the county credit card. his expenses since 2009 approach $40,000 including casino visits, hotels, golf trips and almost 200 restaurant meals. he has reported they are business related but when he speaks to constituents they want to hear about issues, not his spending. >> i haven't be

vallejo police say the gunman forced her to drive her minivan several miles away to an area near hidden brook parkway. that is where investigators believe this 14-year-old attacker sexually assaulted the woman and beat her unconscious, the teen drove off in the woman's minivan. thankfully though witnesses found her and got her help, quite possibly saving her life. >> in the greatest sense they were important, they got her aid. you could have had a difficult result had they not hopped her. >> a short time later the 14- year-old boy returned to the scene and was arrested there by officers driving the victim's stolen minivan. investigators say during this kidnapping the teen even called up the victim's family demanding ransom in exchange for the woman's safe return. nothing was paid. police say they are certainly surprised by how young this accused attacker is. >> any age is -- is the wrong age to do something like that but -- but that aim we certainly don't expect most 14- year-olds to do something of that nature. >> reporter: at this point the name of that 14-year-old suspect is not rele

the 19-year veteran of the vallejo police department was killed after a high-speed choice. >>> and a san jose marine killed not in the line of duty but by officers. police say 22-year-old allan devillena ii was yelling obscenities at officers, and they say he tried to drive off, hitting one of the officers. they fired their guns, killing devillena. today his body was returned to his family in the bay area. >> my son was a great kid, well loved. he had charisma. his sergeants, his uppers in the marines, they just loved him. everybody. he's worked in different platoons and he is well-loved. >> a funeral is scheduled on wednesday morning in fremont. >>> six people have been injured in a crash involving two police helicopters in southern california. this happened at the pasadena police department in altadena. the injuries are said to be minor. the victims are being evaluated at a hospital. it's believed they are all police department employees. >>> well, shortly after the coast guard called off its search for two workers missing after an oil platform fire, hired divers found a body near t

are here in front of where police believe he last struck, a house across the street from the vallejo police department. >>> it was firefighters third call in about a 12 hour stretch. >> scary, because i slept through the whole thing. >> reporter: lori lives nearby the latest fire that broke out in a vacant office building around 7:30 this morning there. >> you don't see anybody on the streets after 8:00. more like we are under marshal law right now. >> fire investigators have been working with police to catch the person they believe is stop for setting 30 fires over a six to eight month timeframe within a half-mile radius. >> these fires have been kind of similar patterns in terms of vacant buildings, usually set from the exterior but again we have a task force investigating them at this time. >> officials say the arsonist struck an empty house there after 8:00. no one was hurt. then less than seven hours later another fire three blocks away at the village cocktail loungee there. >> the majority have been happening at dawn, early morning, but it has been varying lately, we get them in the e

vallejo police say that this man, the 44-year-old williams killed 17-year-old gary white sunday morning in the glen cove area. police say that white had gotten into a fight with william's 19-year-old son at a party earlier. witnesses say they heard six gunshots and then screams. >> we heard the gunshots, we were woken up at 6:30 by the gunshots calling police. we heard somebody screaming outside. i think it was the 17-year- old's girlfriend. >> william's was arrested at his home in vallejo at about 10:00 yesterday morning. he's been booked into the county jail on a murder charge. >>> investigators in the middle east are preparing to exhume the body of the long-time palestinian leader. a team of forensic experts arrived to help find out what exactly killed him. he died after a sudden illness in 2004. doctors then could not determine an exact cause of death. many palestinians believe he was poisoned. they blame israel. israel denies any involvement. >>> licensed to shoot. the new aggressive approach to taking care of the pesky birds at the bay area airport. ,, oh, you have a keurig vue br

the 19-year veteran of the vallejo police department was killed after a high-speed chase of a bank robberyuspect. >>> for those living in the immediate area, it was more than a drill when smoke started pouring from chevron's richmond refinery and today those neighbors proposed a question: are you ready if a disaster strikes? more than 20 local organizations including chevron participated in a disaster preparedness clinic in richmond. chevron hosted it in light of august's refinery fire that sent smoke across parts of bay area. it was a chance to teach public what to do in case of an emergency. >> it doesn't mean they have everything they need. but even more so, we're giving them information. >> in all, 1,000 free disaster kits were given out to families who showed up. >>> and 1,000 families received all the fixings for their thanksgiving feast in oakland today. families with income of less than 200% of the federal poverty rate were eligible to sign up for the program. this is the fifth year for the giveaway made possible by the financial support of the goodwin family foundation. city counc

a short time later some good this americans found the victim alongside the road and contacted vallejo police. this suspect has been identified as a 14 year-old from of vallejo. he was taken to the scene of this crime. and he was found in possession of some of the victims' property. a replica hand gun. haazig madyun the san francisco sheriff's deputy has been arrested he is behind bars tonight accused of robbing a bank. alicea read as. maura. >> this sheriff's deputy is getting charged with second- degree burglary. police say 36 year-old philip, walked into this bankamerica o the free sounear richmond and the sl of our district and the teller gave him $1,700, a surveillance video and the fingerprints helped identify the deputy. he was our resident the county jail. >> obviously he did not think very highly of his colleagues. what a stupid thing the two. >> a spokesperson from the sheriff's office said that he will be on the unpaid administrative leave if convected he will be terminated the bail is at $150,000. fifth convicted? he will be let go. >> this may have been a bomb making materials. h

vallejo police are investigating an armed robbery at a pool hall. police say two men went into the facility on solano avenue around 1:30 on saturday morning. they were armed with guns. no one was hurt. >>> 7:11. they were turned away at the ballot box. why some people say yes, they registered to vote were not able to cast a ballot. >>> and immigration being the hot topic at the ballots. why this issue is getting so much attention now. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. in the people, businesses, and organizations that call the bay area home. whether it's helping a nonprofit provide safe, affordable housing within the city, supporting an organization that's helping kids find jobs and stay in school, or financing the expans

vallejo. he is in custody right now on several charges including attempted murder, assault, and kidnapping for a crime that policesay started here last night. we are on plaza drive in vallejo. this is a retail shopping center. we can't tell you which store it started in front of because police aren't releasing but they say the victim was coming out of one of the stores when she was kidnapped at gun point and forced to drive her van to hidden brook parkway and interstate 80. that location just a few miles from here. we went to that location and shot this video, you can see the area leads to a subdivision. there is traffic begin in and out. otherwise it's a remote area. police say the woman was found tape up and unconscious in a ditch and had been the victim of a physical and sexual assault. passers by saw her after six, called the police and called for help. police were able to talk to the victim and witnesses provide information that they say assisted in the catching of the suspect. they also say that a family member of the victim did get a ransom call. how they tracked down the 14- year-old still isn't clear rig

. >>> in vallejo, it could be the work of an arsonist, and police are investigating two suspicious fires and that makes 6 in the last few weeks. it was at a mortgage business and just a half hour later another fire was called in. in the past two weeks, four other fires burned two homes and four businesses and they believe it is a transient to blame. >> i saw him actually sleeping where the fire was started. i am worried to death, i can tell you that. >> nobody has been hurt in any of the fires but vallejo police are having them to report any information about who may be responsible. >>> another santa cruz county up mate has people concerned. he died from withdrawing from drug abuse in a detox sell. a private medical staff took over at the jail in september. jail leaders said care has improved. doctors and nurses are on actuality and they have afforded nurses more time to care for patients. >>> and a government report shows guantanamo bay detention camp can be closed without hurting u.s. security. they say 166 people right now are being held there and they could be moved to federal prison

. >> vallejo police have arrested a 44 year-old father on suspicion of fatally shooting a teenager who fought with his son at a party. police say the 19 year-old son of randee damar williams called him after being in a fire with a 17 year-old richmond boy at a house party. according to police, williams then went to that house at 330 sunday morning and shot and killed the team. >> there are protest began at egypt's tahir square, where demonstrators brought down the government of former ruler hosni mubarak. the new battle is between supporters and opponents of president mohammed morsi. he's given himself near absolute temporary powers he says are needed to battle enemies of the nation. >> the cease-fire is holding between taos and israel. and the two sides are meeting with egyptian officials today. they will be discussing possibly opening border crossings at easing israel's economic blockage of gaza. >> >> welcome back to kron 4 morning news we are watching wall street. the dow surged up to 1073 points on friday. but dow futures are down 40 ahead of opening bell. early thanksgiving hours

investigators at the vallejo police department arrest 44 year-old brandy williams sr.g death of a 17 year-old richmond boy. the shooting happened at a house party early sunday morning on robust way. authorities believe williams shot the 17 year- old falling in altercation between the boy and his 19 year-old son. they say statements led to his arrest for the murder. >> residents started a makeshift memorial to remember the 14 year-old girl who was struck and killed at this intersection by a pickup while riding her bike to school. investigators say the girl was traveling eastbound on jefferson and went to make a right turn onto at amata dallas, as when she was hit. the driver is come cooperating with the investigation. it is still not knowing why the driver hit the girl. >> a brazen robbery attempt in san jose at this jury store. a caller tells us early monday morning just after the store opened two armed robbers stormed through the front door. they took their guns and tried to shatter the glass case. inside the case was expensive jewelry and instead the female store own

. >>> vallejo police say they have arrested a 14-year-old boy for kidnap, sexual assault and attemptedurder of a 65-year- old woman. the elderly victim told police the teen kidnapped her at gunpoint at a parking lot about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. the woman is from solano county. she was later found in a ditch bound by duct tape. >> we did have a conservation with the victim. she's incredibly smart insightful woman. >>> the teen made a ransom call. he was arrested after he returned to the scene of the abduction. police say they found duct tape and a fake gun. >>> a fire broke out at an oil platform. the oil platform is located about 25 miles southeast of grand isle louisiana. four workers were seriously burned. they were reportedly using a torch to try and cut an oil line when the flames broke out. a sheen of oil spread about a half mile but the coast guard says this is absolutely nothing like the uncontrolled bp oil spill two years ago. >> in news of the world tonight in iran, the government's enrichment of uranium should triple soon. iran insists their uranium the -- uranium plan is

among our top stories at 8:a 30 vallejo police is accused of killing a 17 year-old teenager.ear-old randee murdering the 17-year-old boy early sunday morning. >> heavy fogo, departing flights. experienced delays between 60-90 minutes and some cases even longer 42 flights per cancelled. >> the national retail federation of to one of 47 million shopped on-line or on stores that is up 9% from last year. more consumers spent more with a $25 more per person. economists say that it is good news but it is still too soon to tell if that trend will continue. tonight, new details on brian stowe. the local hospital is now seeking more than $1 million from the los angeles dodgers. and j. r. stone. this was filed today? >> this was requested last week but we all know that lawyers go after money and that is exactly what they are doing and i have a good argument. the hospital once the dodgers and the former owner to pay $1.2 million for brian stowe was care. the santa clara para paddock was treated at s.f. general between may-october. this sand-medic -- was beaten and the parking lot and hi

vallejo police officer james kapoo was gunned down. >>> three sheriff's deputies have been cleared ofny wrong doing for shooting at a man who opened fire in a quarry in cooper teeno. he shot himself and killed three co workers and injuring six more. prosecutors say that deputies will not face criminal charges. >>> police chase through the streets of oakland ended with a crash. it ended at park avenue shortly after 4:00 today. police say minutes earlier two officers tried to stop the black van seen in this video. they say the people inside were suspected gang members. when police tried to pull them over the driver took off. after the crash all five people inside ran away. >>> police in oakland are trying to figure out who killed two girls. one 15 years old, the other 16 years old. rita williams found out what happened hours before the two best friends were caught in a hail of gun fire. >> reporter: a heartbroken father this afternoon was doing the unthinkable. making arrangements to bury his only daughter raquel gerstel, another victim of oakland's violence. >> it's tragic. i'm devasta

police say 14-year-old boy car jacked the woman in front of business on plaza drive in vallejo. sexually assault her and then left her in a ditch near interstate 80. tonight laura anthony explains how police caught up with this teen suspect. >> it was about 5:00 p.m. thursday afternoon when vallejo police say 65-year-old is a land 0county woman walking to minivan in the parking lot was confronted by 14-year-old boy with a gun. >> she was forced to drive to location within miles of the point of her abduction where she was assaulted, left unconscious, deduct taped, in a ditch. >> that ditch was in the area of the parkway near interstate 80. passerby found the woman who had been both physically and sexually assaulted. at about the same time the victim family received a phone call from the suspect. >> caller demanded money in exchange for her return. >> men time police say the boy drove the victim van back to the toys-r-us parking lot where a witness told abc 7 news he then asked the young female mye if she would like to see the twilight movie with him. she refused he went into the s

. >>> vallejo police say they have arrested a 14-year-old boy for kidnap, sexual assault and attemptedurder of a 65-year- old woman. the elderly victim told police the teen kidnapped her at gunpoint at a parking lot about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. the woman is from solano county. she was later found in a ditch bound by duct tape. >> we did have a conservation with the victim. she's incredibly smart insightful woman. >>> the teen made a ransom call. he was arrested after he returned to the scene of the abduction. police say they found duct tape and a fake gun. >>> a fire broke out at an oil platform. the oil platform is located about 25 miles southeast of grand isle louisiana. four workers were seriously burned. they were reportedly using a torch to try and cut an oil line when the flames broke out. a sheen of oil spread about a half mile but the coast guard says this is absolutely nothing like the uncontrolled bp oil spill two years ago. >> in news of the world tonight in iran, the government's enrichment of uranium should triple soon. iran insists their uranium the -- uranium plan is

. >> the man accused of getting a vallejo police chased and killing. e will be eligible for the death penalty is the convicted of officer james last november. they lead on a police chase after a bank robbery. he chased him into a backyard or police say smith shot and killed a veteran officer. >> a san jose man is tender a rest in the southern california posing as a photographer in an attempt to lure a teenage girls to take inappropriate children. . photographs. the parents called police saying that he approached the girl's last week pretending to be a for progression of photographer. wanting to take their pictures. he got their phone numbers and sent dozens of text messages about the pictures and giving the girls of alcohol and meeting them at their homes while their parents were out. he is charged with the intent of committing a sexual offense. >> traffic is moving on 880 after crushed cars fell off of a flatbed truck. this was earlier this afternoon. this was sky 78 bc high- definition video. three crushed cars. seven-abc high-definition video news. >

. >> alive within the hearts and minds of all the vallejo police officers. alive within the members of our community. and he is alive within the hearts and souls of his family and friends and all who knew him and will never be forgotten. >> the officer was a 19 year veteran of the force. he was 45 and left behind a wife and three daughter. smith is due in court for a hearing november 27th. >>> the search continues in san jose for a robbery suspect, after taking police on a pursuit and injuring an officer. the officer was treated and released. he was either hit by glass or a bullet fragment when a pair of robbery suspects opened fire. another officer fired back and shot one of the suspects. he was captured but a second suspect has not been found. the two are accusessed of four armed robberies yesterday. >> san santorum -- san jose police are looking for a man involved in a shooting. it happened at 9:00 last night. police say this is san jose's 42nd homicide of the year. >> in oakland, police are investigating the city's 109th 109th homicide of the year. is ha

vallejo police want you to report any information you have about these cases. >>> cal trans is wanting to be more public about overseeing projects. they are overseeing work on the eastern span of the new bridge. they have been publically defending the work and the secretive process used. complaints began after reports of irregularities about the foundation of the bridge which concerned experts. >>> there is a concern of performance enhancing drugs about viagra. reportedly they are taking the blue pill to help their athleticism. is it legal? the controversial is coming -- controversy is coming up at 5:15. >>> tara, what are you seeing? >>> construction is wrapping up on the dumbarton and a high wind advisory is in effect for the bay bridge and you can feel it so it is going a little slower than usual. and coming through bay point, those are coming towards bay point and in san rafael, you can see 101, no problems as you go through san francisco and at the san mateo bridge, we have traffic flowing nicely and in hayward on the left. here is steve. >>> thank you tara, in between systems, it

vallejo police officer james kapoo was gunned down. >>> three sheriff's deputies have been cleared of any wrong doing for shooting at a man who opened fire in a quarry in cooper teeno. he shot himself and killed three co workers and injuring six more. prosecutors say that deputies will not face criminal charges. >>> police chase through the streets of oakland ended with a crash. it ended at park avenue shortly after 4:00 today. police say minutes earlier two officers tried to stop the black van seen in this video. they say the people inside were suspected gang members. when police tried to pull them over the driver took off. after the crash all five people inside ran away. >>> police in oakland are trying to figure out who killed two girls. one 15 years old, the other 16 years old. rita williams found out what happened hours before the two best friends were caught in a hail of gun fire. >> reporter: a heartbroken father this afternoon was doing the unthinkable. making arrangements to bury his only daughter raquel gerstel, another victim of oakland's violence. >> it's tragic. i'm devas

. >> vallejo police are investigating two more suspicious fires, that makes six in about two weeks. are they the work of a serial arsonist? yesterday firefighters put out the fires, one damaged a mortgage business. the second a burning chair in an alle yes, just a half mile away. the two fires are close to four other fires in the past two weeks that burned two homes and two businesses. >> i tonight don't knowhow it tells me. >> even as a renter its concerning knowing people are doing this. >> nobody has been hurt in any of the fires, so far. vallejo police are asking the public to report any information. >> what some nfl players reportedly are doing to play better. why there are rumors about the blue pill. >> and steve paulson will break down how much rain is expected by the end of the series of storms with your forecast that takes us through the weekend. . >> here is a look at 101 through san rafael. we will look at your bay area bridges next. you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con no view, no touch trap snaps to kill instantly. no looking, no touching. d-con. get out. .

. >> >> man accused of fatally shooting vallejo police officer james capoot last year is scheduled to be in court this morning to determine whether henry albert smith, jr. will stand trial for murder. police say he shot the officer november 17th, during a chase following a bank robbery. the officer was a 19 year veteran of the force. smith has pleaded not guilty. >>> oikos university in oakland is holding a concert this afternoon to dedicate a memory garden the campus was the scene of one of the worst massacres in bay area history. former student goh is charged with killing and wounding he was upset about not getting a few refund. goh has pleaded not guilty. a hearing was held last week to determine if he's mentally competent. >>> university of california board of regents meets today in a special session to vote on a new chancellor. dirks has been recommended currently executive vice president and dean of the faculty for arts and sciences at columbia. if confirmed he will take office next june. outgoing chancellor announced last march that he would step down after more than eight year

now, we're going to hear a lot more from police about this later on this morning and we'll have that for you on cbs 5 at noon. live in vallejoe makovec, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> at the right place at the right time, a police officer nabs a suspected oakland gang leader. the place is a steakhouse on van ness avenue in san francisco. that's where the off-duty oakland officer recognized the suspect when he walked in the door. >> an alert officer who was off duty tonight at ruth's chris restaurant having dinner with his wife for her birthday saw the suspect and his entourage enter the restaurant. he notified the oakland police department. we got a hold of our brother officers at the san francisco police department and put together a tactical plan to arrest him when he came out of the restaurant. >> he and the people with him were arrested without incidentful he is -- incidentful he is figuring charges on burglary and other charges. >>> 18,000 workers will be laid off as the company that makes wonder bread and twinkies is closing. they announced the decision this morning, in response to a strike. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran in s

meantime a judge in solano county will determine whether the man charged with shooting and killing a vallejo police officer will stand trial. henry albert smith is accused of killing the officer during a chase last november. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. >>> rescuers ending their search for a teenager this morning, the last of a family of three still missing after being swept out to sea on the northern california coast. the 16-year-old boy jumped into the water trying to save his dog from that high surf over the weekend. the boy's father and mother went in after them. his sister stayed onshore and called 911. search crews recovered both parents' bodies. the boy is still missing. the dog is safe. >>> happening now, demonstrators gathering in cairo to protest egypt's new president. overnight protesters fought with riot police in tahrir square angry with mohamed morsi's decree granting himself more power. it includes a statement that his decisions cannot be overruled by the court. protesters say morsi is leading them into another dictatorship. president morsi has said the powers are t

. >> 44 your or randy williams singers auto vallejo police then arrested the wrong man for the shootingth of 17 year- old gary wright was killed while attending a party early sunday morning. williams' wife fearing for her family's safety of agreed to speak with me as long as i did not show our image. >> she cannot bhe cannot be in o places at one time. he was here with me. my son cannot sleep with our debt he has to have his dad here all the time. >> he is a good guy he is not this person he is not a violent person. he is not a mean person. heat would not want to see a kid not seek the rest of his life. as for why she think williams is held responsible for the teen-ager's death. >> i do not know if he is being framed or if it ais a misunderstanding. i want him to be free of want the truth to come out i do not want him to go to jail for something he did not do. my son does not deserve to lose his that oversaw the did not do. >> in vallejo kron 49. >> and that happened at a house party early sunday morning. >> police are looking for two men in gilroy suspected of robbing a convenience sto

testimony starter for a man accused of killing a vallejo police officer during a police chase.robbery. henry albers meth is charged with officer, whose murder. he could face the death penalty. he led the police on a car chase following a bank robbery. the officer chased smith into a backyard where they say he shot and killed be better an officer. a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to hold smith for trial. still ahead at road rage it turns to armed robbery on the streets of oakland. it was all caught on camera by the victim. did the white house brought ms. represent? republicans lashed out at one of the president's potential replacement for hillary clinton. a toddler nearly caught in the crossfire, coming up next. >> cellphone video used to capture to armed robbery suspect driving erratically in east oakland. you are looking at that cellphone video now. this happened yesterday about 4:00 p.m. on high street near foothill boulevard. at one point the suspect punt pointed guns at the victims demanding their cell phones. they refused, something the oakland police dep

vallejo police are looking for a third suspect in a recent home invasion.he robbery happened last week in the 700 block of pope drive. two suspects show up at the hospital with serious injuries. that would not tell the police how they were hurt. after interviews and a phone call both were arrested for armed robber. 24 year-old terrance scott is considered armed and dangerous. they want to question him in relation to this crime. brought yesterday's a sketch has been the release of the suspect brawler who was injured in a confrontation with two women in their home late tuesday night. the armed men entered the apartment inaround 1030. he was confronted by the women. one call the police and said there was a fight between the suspect and the other one in the home. the man ran away after being injured. the word what he may have been staffed by the lawman. he is described as his panic age 18-25 yearhispanic, 21 to 2s ago. the two were rested in washington state after being spotted driving the victim's car. both the husband and wife could receive the death penalty

. >>> napa valley college is airing a documentary about a student shot and killed by vallejo police two years ago. officers said they fired on him because he had a loaded gun. many of his friends and family don't believe that. the documentary made by his friend will be shown next wednesday at 7:00 p.m. >> a michigan man accused of shooting at drivers is facing 60 felonies. he was arraigned yesterday on charges including assault with intent to murder. the detectives shed new light on several of the shootings on interstate 96 from the types of cars the victims drove to where the bullets hit. >> a fired bullet was recover from the passenger of the chevy. this bullet went through the driver's side front door. >> police also say they recovered a spent shell casing on the outside of the car. it was a nine millimeter, same type used in the shootings. he could be sentenced to life if he is convicted. >> controversial tax on guns has been approved in the chicago area. the cook county board of commissioners said for every gun purchased in the county there will be a new 25-dollar tax. the tax is m

. >> vallejo police on the lookout for a possible arsonist after three suspicious fires in 12 hours. you into the home of one of the victims. >> the entire downstairs is a complete loss. >> he is on the registry of sex offenders but had legal permission to volunteer at this catholic school and san jose. >> it is a pictorial of the public trust. >> child advocate marc lkaas says the law--klaas.. says the lot needs to be changed. >> we have the latest of his condition with terisa estacio. >> the word on the street is that he was not feeling well and that he seek medical attention. and if it was sent to just a minor investigation minor- procedure to undergo this one in regular heartbeat. and his sideline passionate demeter he does not hold back his emotions. his demeanor. he has been the coach for the last 1.5 years and before that he was at stanford and as well as an n f l player for 15 years. at the training camp earlier the surprise players react. >> he seemed fine to me. i have been near him in meetings and the seen falling. i did not know anything was wrong but as far as his health

. >> the man accused of killing a vallejo police officer last year has been ordered to stand trial. 39 year-old henry albert smith will be eligible for the death penalty if he is convicted for the fatal shooting of an officer last november. prosecutors say smith led police on a car chase after a bank robbery. the officer chased him through a back yard were police say that smith shot and killed a veteran officer. >> off the time is 5:22 a.m. we will be back in a couple of minutes will take a live look of of our roof cam in san francisco. on this avenue of a strike at the moment. w >> we're looking live from the embarcadero and the water is, but kind of when the out there. the daily round no. 2, a strong around. we can already see it on the radar here to the north. >> it is pretty close but it will not hit us until later on tonight. the heaviest rain will fall during your to meet tomorrow morning. there is a live picture of the waterfront and the high surf is certainly a concern as we head into the weekend. we have the potential for some flooding. the russian river is being monitored for

a vallejo police officer also took the stand and said he heard three shots during the foot chase beforet's body. the hearing continues today. >>> 8:36. the weather is really affecting us. in fact, tara, you are saying -- it's getting ugly out there. >> it is. a half-hour we saw a ton of -- a ton of accidents all over the bay area. we have roadway flooding in marin county, northbound 101 on sir francis drake. be careful of that. let's head outside. we can take a live look at the san mateo bridge. you can see the backup there, westbound as you make your way towards foster city. it's very slow going. there is a high wind advisory in effect. at the bay bridge toll plaza. there's backup here. the fast track lanes, you will be sitting in there for another 15 minutes high wind advisory across the span, also. 680 at the sunol grade, southbound traffic towards fremont, you can see the tail lights at the top portion of your screen. so definitely -- definitely show going there as well. >>> cazadero and the russian river has picked up rain. the first of what looks to be three systems today, thursda

reporter: this broke out in the past 15 minutes, as if you look over here, you can see this the have vallejo policedepartment, and -- where you can seek the ladder up there. this fire broke out around 7:45, 740 temperature-ish, and we don't know if this was an intentionally set fire as investigators believe the two previous fires, the one that happened last night and then as well as early this morning, but you can see that they were cutting a hole in the roof, they were trying to ventilate it and get some of that smoke out. we're not sure if this started on the outside or the inside. it's difficult to still from our vantage point. but there have been a string of fires over the past 6 to will months, about 30 myers -- fires, that police believe an arsonist is responsible for, so they've been working diligently to try to find this person, on surveillance tape, and the only description they have is that he was wearing a hoody. so obviously, they are going to need to make a map of all of the difference places that have been targeted over the past 8 months, and figure out if there's more of a pattern he

this is the same house where a vallejo police officer was killed over 12 years ago. no one was home when the fire broke out. the paper reports that neighbors called for help at 8:30 last night after seeing smoke coming from the garage. firefighters knocked down flames in about 90 minutes. the same house made headlines back in april of 2000 when the veteran police officer was shot and killed while serving a warrant at the property. joseph robert teakin was convicted of the officer's murder and is serving a life sentence. >>> 7:06. new this morning, palestinian militants in gaza fired a rocket towards jerusalem and there was an explosion moments after air raid sirens went off all over the city. we're told the rocket did not reach jerusalem it landed in the field outside of the city. this is the second time rockets have been aimed at jerusalem which is about 50 miles from ga days. it's the most distance city those militants have targeted. all of this comes as secretary of state, hillary clinton, is on her way now to jerusalem. she will be meeting with the israeli prime