now with one dead in oakland and five dead in stockton, reporter julie watts looks into his past and why he wasn't caught sooner. >> reporter: well he does have criminal history, but appears t be non-violent. records indicat he a misdemeanor dui in 2009 an a felony possession of cocaine in 2019. in 2017 he was cited for failing to obey a traffic stop. there were two traffic citations in 202 it 1 and 2022. brownlee recently formed a single member llc called solid blue transport. it's incorporated with the office address listed at his home in stockton. several possible relatives in chicago. we're in the process of confirming that now, but of course that would b significant because the suspected stockton serial kille seen here in video in the left is the same man suspected of similar shootings in chicago back in 2018. that suspect seen here in the right. >> police are looking at other possible crime connections. police are working closely on that. we'll keep you updated. >>> in a place we all call home in fact look at this and consider all of this in september, just in september, 5 peop

julie watts, kpix 5. >> happening torment, a hearingo decide if convicted thermos four elizabeth holmesl get a new trial. she was convicted in january for defrauding investors investors in her now defunct bld testing company. asking -- a new trial now based on new evidence and according to holmes, the former theranos lab director who testified at the trial recently visited her home and said the prosecution made everything appear worse than it was and said he was losing sleep losing sleep over the testimonye had given. > >> other news, meta the parent y of facebook and instagram, is bg for layoffs for the first time n its history. according to a number of reports, this week, meta announced a hiring freeze and budget cuts because of shrig revenues. their stock was almost almost $340 a share at the start start of the year. it closed on friday more than $200 lower than than that at $135 a share. > >> and looking live at san frano where many stopped showing up for work at the start of the pandemic and they have not come back since. and a big impact on downtown. more than 22% of office space