nbc bay area cheryl hurd with the new details in antioch. >> reporter: police need your help to solve this one. hoping to get hands on surveillance video, find a man who used his car as a weapon. warn you again, this video is hard to watch. >> actually happened right here. >> reporter: tatiana and her boyfriend darius taking time to show us where it all happened. >> debris from the park. >> two men arguing on street outside cars. >> actually a guy and female tussling inside the car, told my boyfriend to check it out, if everything was okay. >> reporter: it wasn't. >> guy said stole marijuana from him, trying to get it back. >> reporter: tatiana started recording. what happened next is shocking. >> puts car in reverse and angles it towards other guy and just rams and hit him. we're like whoa, it was crazy. >> reporter: video was put on social media and it's gone viral. >> i was like what in the world is going on around here? kind of scared for my safety a little bit. >> reporter: police are looking for driver of the car who faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon. >> crazy, mind

as "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd reports, protesters with an unexpected move. >> reporter: oaklandool board meeting packed with people protesting school closures. and they came to express anger over what happened at the board meeting last month. on october 23rd parents and teachers angry over the district plans to close and merge a number of schools because of the declining enrollment got into a clash after a protester jumped over a barricade. >> your cops took me to the hospital strapped to a gurney i. >> we've never had it like this where the police have been used against us here. >> there will be an outside investigators coming in to look at what happight of october 23rd to fully analyzewr responsible. >> reporter: as protesters took over the room, school board members feeling there was no order took the meeting upstairs leaving some parents wondering about their children's future with the district. >> as a whole there's a complete disregard for these children and the effect these types of changes have on them. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >>> bystanders rushed

as "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd reports, it may have been retaliation for another crime in san francisco i think we're all also focusing on these families and their loss and their loss is our loss. >> reporter: that's why people, young and old, continue to mourn and bring flowers to this memorial honoring five people shot and killed in orinda halloween night. >> i look at the pictures of the people, the people that were killed and you know there's somebody's child and -- i'll ge. >> reporter: a honors the lives lost, detectives have not let up on their investigation. a car was removed from the home on lucille way, where over atted on social media as acontra cost detectives say the investigation is ongoing, but there are questions about police response time. we've learned orinda police were helping lafayette police in a home invasion that led them to oakland, and nbc bay area has learned the shooting may be tied to a 2015 shooting in san francisco's hayes valley. back in orinda, city officials will be discussing how to handle short-term rentals in their city. >> i don't want there to be a

witnesses tell cheryl hurd the shooting took place at a house on lucille way at a halloween party, up the hill from where i'm standing, rented out as an airbnb, about 100 people were in attendance and some of at tendees included students from laney college in oakland, those are witnesses that told that to cheryl hurd. we're trying to confirm that information with law phone,ment and reached out to the orinda police department and the contra costa county sheriff's office to try to figure out what is going on with the suspect, who is this person, is there a description that we need to be put out or has this person been apprehended? that's information we're still trying to obtain from law enforcement. reporting live here in orinda, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> some of those victims were rushed to john muir medical center in walnut creek. >> thom jensen joins us from the scene where we understand it was very tense overnight. >> reporter: it was, at least earlier, laura, when we first arrived on the scene here at the hospital, anyway. there were several people who looke

and that's where cheryl hurd is right now. cheryl. >> reporter: coulter wanted to talk to the crowd during the&a section tonight but was probably told to leave because of security reasons. like you said, the protesters, their idea was to keep people out. but a lot of them made it in anyway. >> i do agree with donald trump -- >> reporter: when political commentator ann coulter hit the stage, it only took five minutes for a protester to call her names and get escorted from the auditorium. no recording allowed for the 30-minute speech but the question and answer portion was fair game. ironically, the first question from the audience was about immigration. >> assimilate the ones already here. i do believe that anyone can become i think, i hope, anyone can become a great american. >> reporter: during coulter's speech she talked about muslims and how a muslim ban should not be considered racist. she talked about the trade war. >> i don't know why the china thing is taking so long. in oase with him he has to keep his promises. and the

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is in orinda with these late details involving the atf. cheryl. >> reporter: raj, new details tonight about an operation conducted today linked to that halloween night shooting right here in orinda. take a look at these pictures. atf sharing them with us tonight when acts executed warrants obtained by the contra costa county sheriff's office. two people were arrested. a gun was also seized and we are told it is linked to multiple shootings right here in the bay area. now, you may remember coco county's d.a. made the decision earlier this week not to charge five people arrested in the deadly shooting. now, the two people we are told arrested today are different from the five that were let go. again, atf is putting out a $20,000 reward that can help them arrest or convict people connected to this deadly shooting here in orinda. this is all we know about tonight, but we'll have much more for you tomorrow. reporting live in orinda, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> okay, cheryl, thank you. now, we are working both of these stories 24/7, th

her husband was also shot as "today in the bay's" cheryl hurd reports, he is recovering in the hospital. >> she didn't fail to have her little girl finally. >> reporter: dreams will never become a reality for misty smith walton. the mother of two, with one on the way was shot and killed in front of her apartment sunday night. the two were like sisters. >> i didn't think it was real. i called her. she wasn't answering. misty, pick up the phone. she wasn't answering. i knew it was real. everybody started to call me. >> reporter: those calls started coming in when police found walton and her husband shot on 65th avenue and outlook. police aren't releasing any details but through social media, family members believe she and her husband were responding to their car alarm going off, and when they went outside to investigate, misty was dead, her husband seriously hurt. >> doesn't make sense what's happened to her. >> reporter: friends and co-workers in shock, bringing flowers and candles, honoring w who was carl b.muck's pta president. >> we have to go to school and explain miss misty isn't go

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is in oakland for us with the details. cheryl. >> reporter: well, this shooting has shaken an east bay community to its core. i talked to friends and family of misty walton tonight, and they say that a beautiful soul has been taken from him. >> she was about to have her, um, her little girl finally. >> reporter: dreams will never become reality for misty smith walton. the mother of two with one on the way was shot and killed in front of her apartment saturday night. johanna hurtado says the two were like sisters. >> i didn't think it was real. i called her. she wasn't answering. misty, pick up the phone. she wasn't answering. i knew it was real. everybody started to call me. >> reporter: those calls started coming in when police found walton and her husband shot on 65th avenue in outlook. police aren't releasing any details, but through social media, family members believe she and her husband were responding to their car alarm going offer. when they went outside to investigate, misty was dead. her husband seriously hurt. >>

let's begin team coverage with cheryl hurd who is the first reporter on the scene for us last night. cheryl? >> reporter: well, police just left this location not long ago after being here almost 24 hours. the suspect or suspects are still on the loose, and this investigation is just beginning. tonight crews were out in the dark cleaning blood off the streets party shooting at an re. you are looking at video inside that party. video taken just moments before. >> this was a party that had over 100 people in it. and all of those people are potential witnesses to what happened. >> reporter: the event was billed on social media as a mansion party. the flyer inviting over 1,000 people to show up. >> it's a very complex investigation. there was a wide area and a lot of people involved. and we're still trying to wrap our arms around what exactly transpired. >> reporter: deputies say they don't know what triggered the shooting. they say orinda police had been called around 9:30 to respond to noise complaints, but when they finally arrived, just over an hour later, partygoers were running from

"today in the bay's" cheryl hurd spoke with the couple who shot that video. >> so it happened right hereoyfriend darius taking time out to show us where it happened. >> here's debris from the car. >> reporter: two men arguing on their street jute joyed their car. >> [ bleep ] bro! >> a guy and a female tussling inside the car. >> reporter: as it turns out t wasn't okay. >> the guy said they stole marijuana from him, and he was just trying to get it back. >> reporter: tatiana took her phone out and started recording. what happened next is shocking. >> he puts his car in reverse and angleless his car towards the other guy and he just rams and hit him. we're like, whoa! it was crazy. >> reporter: the video was put up on social media, and it has gone viral. >> i was like, whoa, what in the world is going on around here? now i'm kind of like scared for my safety a little bit. >> reporter: police are looking for the driver of the car, who faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon. >> it's crazy. it's mind-blowing. you don't see something like this every day, especially not in our neighborh

now it's back with a new twist cheryl hurd is has the details. >> reporter: it doesn't matter if the big game is at cal or stanford. cal almost always has a big bonfire. they didn't have one last year because of the devastating wildfires, but it's back this year with a 21st century twist. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: it's the buildup before the big game. every year before cal and stanford battle it out on the field for the coveted ax, there's a rally. and the centerpiece, the team and a huge bonfire. >> we would love to have the wood-burning bonfire again. that would be great. >> reporter: but it wouldn't be safe. bonfires have been burning the night before the big game for over a century. but over the past several years, it has been banned. it was canceled in 2015 due to drought and high winds. and it was canceled again last year because of bad air from the deadly camp fire. but this year it's back with an environmental twist. >> we kind of put our heads together and wanted to build a tiered structure that could accommodate for propane or butane and would kind of resemble a wood

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd in orinda with the very latest. >> reporter: as the memorial continues to grow, the sheriff today releasing more details about what went on inside that house and he's giving details about the five people now under arrest. a race to get away from the law but it's all caught on camera. the sheriff's department releasing new video of one of the suspects trying to escape capture by jumping through a second-story window of an antioch home. these dramatic pictures along with new details as authorities try to paint a clearer picture of what happened inside an airbnb rental halloween night. >> it was a blood-bath inside the home. >> reporter: two rival gangs, one from san francisco, the other from marin city, coming face to face before things turned deadly and chaotic. the sheriff says a number of people were carrying guns. >> some involved in this event went to the party with the intention of causing harm. >> with your hands raised above your heads. >> reporter: in separate raids cred afternoon police arrested five suspects. four of them facing charges of murder a

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live in fairfield for the very latest. cheryl, the woman's car has been spotted, so there may be some good news. >> reporter: there may be. and jessica, this is a very strange story. you have a grandmother and two young grandchildren missing. she told the family that she was going to her sister's house to pick up a turkey, and she never showed. take a look at the picture of the family. sandra young is 75 years old. her grandchildren are 9 and 7 years old. she's had custody of them since they were babies. their parents apparently died in a car crash. now, the family was last seen at young's dialysis appointment on monday in fairfield. she told the family that she would later pick up a turkey at her sister's house in vallejo. but she never showed up. police have been track her license plate, and it was spotted in several different locations. i spoke with her daughter-in-law by phone tonight, and she says the family is distraught. >> fairfield pd, they did a ping on the license plate when she was going through those cameras, a

reporting live in windsor i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> it is a great community. thank you, cheryl. >>> a shooting outside of a fast food restaurant near san diego has left one person dead and two others hurt. it happened this evening at church's chicken near the border in o'tay mesa. police say a gunman walked into the restaurant and opened fire. they say it was at that church's chicken earlier in the day where he bought food with a fake $100 bill and then left. he then came back and opened fire on three restaurant employees. >>> milpitas school district officials held a special closed-door meeting with parents tonight in response to the teachers who wore blackface to class at milpitas high for hal woo halloween. the principal said the conversation is part of the healing process. they wore the blackface to imitate black activists, rappers and common. >> we talked to student leaders, the black student union, as well as other students and gave them about three hours where we really listened. >> reporter: the teacher remains suspended as an investigation of his condu

today in the bay's cheryl hurd was there. ♪ >> tonight, song is healing a community.athering to remember their paradise one year ago today. and through words, reminding the packed audience of the painful past. >> our community lost 85 members of our family on november 8th. some of us did know these people personally. some of us did not. >> the campfire turned paradise into a war zone. one year later, the town is rebuilding. it now has 12 new homes. >> paradise is still here. we never were gone completely. >> today is all about celebration. downtown is showing signs of resurrection. >> this is the rock wall. >> robert beam spending the one-year anniversary reflecting on the home he lost. he hopes to rebuild some day, but is now living on his property calling these four wheels home. tonight, hundreds of people like beam ending their day at the church, giving thanks, breaking bread and sharing stories of survival. >> took me almost five hours to go two miles. >> we're sorry for your loss. >> their night of reflection ending with a song. a song that is now the town's mott

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd live in oakland with the latest on that. cheryl. >> reporter: well, right now, terry, it appears the oakland police department is deescalating the situation. two carloads full of police officers just left about 15 minutes ago. two other carloads are still remaining here. but right now homeless and their allies are chained to their tents and chained to one another. they are waiting for city crews to come in and clear out the plaza. and right now they are vowing to stay. for people here who say that they are forced to live on the streets believe that they have a right to protest in front of city hall and that a curfew for that violates their civil rights. >> the city has criminalized homeless people and herded them from place to place to place. >> reporter: their message tonight, housing is a human right. and, they say, oakland city officials aren't doing anything to help the homeless crisis. >> we have come to the foot of city hall to say people are dying on these streets without shelter, without access to enough food, without

cheryl hurd is live with the latest. >> reporter: protesters are set up here in frank ogawa plaza and there are a dozen tents set up. the homeless and supporters say they have a right to be here. the city might feel differently because there is a police presence. the message tonight, housing is a human right and the city is not doing enough to combat the homeless problem. the people here tonight say they need help from the city. >> we have come to the foot of city hall to say people are dying on these streets without shelt shelter, without access to enough food, without access to sanitation and we need help. >> regardless what she says, they are -- they are not allowing us to exist as best we can. >> now, the city has been working on solutions to this growing problem but the folks here tonight say the city is not doing enough. meanwhile we did reach out to the police department and the mayor's office. we did hear back from the mayor's office but they're not giving me a clear-cut answer. they tell me public works will clear out the area by 10:00. reporting live in oakland, cheryl hurd,

today in the bay cheryl hurd explains it is back with a modern twist. >> it's the buildup before the big game. every year, before cal and stanford battle it out on the field, for the coveted ax, there is a rally. and the center piece, the team and a huge bonfire. >> we would love to have the wood-burning bonfire again. that would be great. >> but it wouldn't be fake. >> bonfires have been burning the night before the bill big game for over a century. but over the past several years, it has been banned. it was canceled in 2015, due to drought and high winds. and it was canceled again last year, because of bad air from the deadly campfire. but this year, it is back. with an environmental twist. >> you got to put our heads together, and we wanted to build a huge structure that could accommodate everyone and resemble a wood-burning bonfire. >> pretty cool. >> environmentally safe, and sustainable. >> you can't beat that, you know. especially taking a break from studying, you know, every day studying, every day grinding, every day trying to get those a's, you know, time to relax and enjoy

cheryl hurd is live where the congressman held a meeting tonight. >> he did. he said he wants to follow in san francisco's footsteps. he thinks that e-cigarettes are dangerous. he thinks that the fda is going to do one. >> reporter: now, east bay congressman is introducing legislation to immediately stop the sale of e-cigarettes nationwide. >> it will ban e-cigarettes until the fda, the federal drug administration, does their due diligence and tells us whether they are safe or not. >> reporter: the congressman believes they are not safe. >> we have people dying and getting sick, permanent lung damage. >> reporter: according to the centers for disease control, there's been 2,000 vaping-related illnesses since it began keeping track. at least 39 people have died and it ingredient or brand is becausie in causing injuries. the vapingant among cigarette teenagers. >> there's a lot of things that we don't know about. for me, that's really scary. >> reporter: those who vape, disagree with that. >> when you vape, you know what you're putting in your body. it says it r

reporting live in colfax, cheryl hurd. >>> los angeles, making a mad dash to get out of town for holiday week. in los angeles, traffic at crawl both directions 405 in west l.a. aaa says nearly 50 million travelers will be hitting the road to join family and friends. >> what a mess. >>> at home, blessing and curse, rain is causing concerns near the burn zone of the kinkaid fire. it's hard to catch a break in that community. >> reporter: absolutely. fire threat is gone because rains have come. but now comes threat of pollution from runoff in the russian river. too much rain too quickly could be a disaster. in sonoma county, the rain celebration tempered by the threat of toxic runoff from the kinkaid fire burn zone into the russian river. >> over a million people swim in the river, 700,000 people get drinking water here. >> reporter: nonprofit set up toxin barriers around homes 50 feet from the river. >> homes and cars. average car has as many toxins as house. plastic and petrochemicals and when you light them on fire, bad things happen. >> blessing and curse. >> reporter: former hieldsbroo

reporting live in union city, cheryl hurd. >>> 22 protesters were arrested in downtown oakland, part of a demonstration calling attention to oakland's homeless crisis. they pitched tents but an hour after our news cast they in arresting them for staying past curfew. they already have another demonstration in the work withes they say. >>> and a homeless shelter may onnen at the end of the year after court blocked another move to stop it. they said the project doesn't need approval. so building a shelter can move forward. people say they're concerned about their own personal safety. >> putting 300 or 200 people in one place is kind of crazy. >> the groups say they can appeal today's ruling but construction is continuing. the mayor tweeting she nexmonth. >>> three new public restrooms oped mayor says they recorded more than 10,000 nighttime flushes since they opened in august. it's now considering adding another seven toilets for 24 hours a day as well. >>> violent crime on bart has more than doubled thov past few years. so how did we get here? coming up we investigate how a world-class

. ♪ paradise lost >> reporter: in paradise, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> so many of the peopledise haven't returned but piece of their legacy is part of a powerful piece of art that will live there. artist jesse mercer lost her family home and art studio in the camp fire, her parents made it out with just their key. collected 18,000 keys from people with no doors torive ande phoenix. sits on power line with the phoenix rising above. we'll hear from her and the healing she hopes the piece symbolizes. >>> lot of reaction from exclusive interview with the teacher from milpitas hospital, wore black face in class. david carter says hrry, is it enough to save his job? >> community and naacp weighing in as district continues to investigate. there's been mixed reaction to the whole thing. >> even the mayor says his office is flooded with calls, majority supporting the teacher. nccap chapter president does not. hard to tell if the reaction will sway the school district. >> i feel i have opened up something i didn't want to open up. >> reporter: david carter made emotional apology in int

our own cheryl hurd was out here last night. witnesses told her the shooting took place 10:45 last night at a halloween party at a house on lucille way, again which is up the street from us. this was a house that had been rented out as an airbnb, about 100 people in attendance. witnesses say some of at tendees included students from laney college in oakland, that's information that cheryl dwayne gained on the scene. we have video of what appears to be a mother and father at the crime scene tape, it's heartbreaking to watch, they're begging law enforcement for information about their daughter. the mother says "i heard she was shot dead. is she?" the deputy told him he did not have any information. as far as the suspect is concerned we've reached out to law enforcement to get information on that person as far as a description or who they are. they have not reported yet whether or not that person has been arrested or if they're still outstanding. reporting live here in orinda, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, at this point,

. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >>> 4:35 for you right now. nearly three years after the deadly ghostship warehouse fire where 36 people died, state regulators today will release the building's electrical records n. september a jury acquitted max harris on manslaughter charges connected with the fire. they could not reach a verdict on co-defendant derick almena. a retrial for almena could happen by next spring. >>> new overnight a 16-year-old is in custody tied to a deadly double shooting in antioch tuesday night. we told you about this yesterday here on "today in the bay." a 17-year-old girl died and a 17-year-old boy is recovered. investigators now believe it was tied to a drug deal. authorities arrested the suspect in oakland yesterday. >>> a follow-up on the teacher who wore black face with mi classmates. they are still trying to decide the punishment. leaders held a closed door meeting. the teacher was trying to dress as an activist. the superintendent believes conversation will help the healing process. >> we talked with student leaders,

witnesses told cheryl hurd last night that many attendees are from lany college in oakland and a farther who lives nearby with his wife and kids said a number of neighbors were upset beforehand before the shooting because party was so loud, when the shooting happened he locked the doors to his house and hunkered down. >> everybody moved to orinda for the same reason, because we want the quiet, we want the family-oriented neighborhood so this type of things jars everybody out here. >> reporter: we've asked lawmaker about the shooter but they won't confirm if a suspect is arrested or still outstanding. a source tells us that the people who rented the airbnb lied to them and the owner and their excuse was they wanted to get out of the fire with a family member with bad asthma. airbnb did release a statement. we're horrified by this tragedy and we're in close clungs with chief david cook of obehind are you police as who committed this violence and our thoughts are with the loved ones of the victims of the act and as well as neighbors of the home. the owner of the house did not authorize this

witnesses tell our own cheryl hurd, who was out here last night the shooting took place around 10:45 at a halloween party at a house on lucille way. this was a house rented out as an airbnb. we believe there were at least 100 people in attendance. some included students from laney college in oakland. we have video of what appears to be a mother and father at the crime scene tape begging law enforcement for information about their daughter. the mother says "i heard she was shot dead, is she?" the deputy did not have information. there's been no information about the suspects, who they are or whether or not they have caught. we've been in touch with the orinda police department, the police chief trying to get more information. we also reached out to the sheriff's office pio, public information, still waiting to hear back from that person. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. the shooting victims have always been brought to the trauma center in walnut creek. >> let's go to "today in the bay's" thom jensen outside of the hospital. we understand it's been a little tense

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd joins us from oakland to tell us late details of what happened tonight, cheryl. >> reporter: you may remember nghectober meeting there was a heavy police presence. tonight police were here but out of sight while protesters took over the meeting. tonight's oakland school board meeting packed with people protesting school closures. and they came to express anger over what happened at the board meeting last month. on october 23rd parents and teachers angry over the district's plan to close and merge a number of schools because of declining enrollment got into a violent clash with police after a protester jumped over a barricade. a number of people were injured. tonight at least one person demanding an apology. >> your cop took me to the hospital strapped to a gurney in handcuffs. >> i've been coming to school board meetings most of my life. we've never had it like this where the police have been used against us here. >> there will be an outside investigator coming in to look at what happened, fully analyze if things went wrong, why they went wrong, who's responsibl