police say colleen waterman's body was found at one of the many motels on lombard street. it was discovered yesterday afternoon. it was three days after the couple was reported missing from riverside county. nbc bay area's maryann favro is live outside the police department to tell us where the investigation standing. >> reporter: tom, i just got an update from police. while they stopped short of calling this homicide, they do say that the death of colleen waterman is suspicious and tonight the search for her husband is intensifying. the manager of the ra mad da limited motel on lombard street in san francisco tells us colleen and billy waterman checked in saturday. police say an employee found colleen waterman's body in her room yesterday afternoon. >> at this point we're waiting for the autopsy results to determine how this person died. >> reporter: police are not yet calling her death a homicide, but they're searching for her husband bill waterman. they live near indian wells east of palm springs. yesterday the deputies skofred the suv parked off highway 1 near devil's

that vehicle is tied to billy and colleen waterman.orted missing out of riverside county in southern california on monday. now, san francisco police are not saying the body found in the hotel room yesterday is colleen waterman, but they are linking the two. now we are waiting for the san francisco medical examiner's office to perform an autopsy to determine the identity of the woman and also the cause of death. at this point police say billy waterman is considered that person of interest in this suspicious death investigation. of course, if you know anything about billy waterman's whereabouts this morning, you are asked to call your local police department. for now, live in san francisco, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> thank you, marla. several cal berkeley sports teams are waiting to hear word on their fate. the university leaders are counting the money trying to see if they can save some of the sports programs that are on the chopping block. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live with the latest on what's going on at berk

could she be colleen waterman? and will they continue to search for the couple here in this area of san mateo county today? a lot of questions. we'll be following this for you today. sydnie. >> anne makovec at devil's slide, thank you. >>> the attorney for barry bonds is back in court this morning. he will be asking a judge to prohibit secret recordings of a conversation that took place in 2003. it involves a business partner and a sports trainer who talked about steroids and needles. today's hearing comes one day after federal prosecutors dropped six charges against bonds in his perjury case. the former giant is accused of lying to a grand jury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. that trial is supposed to start march 21. >>> special patrols in the east bay. christin ayers is in richmond where bus drivers are worried about being shot. >> reporter: good morning. i just got off the phone with an a.c. transit spokesman. he said in north richmond there have definitely been some targeted violence involving a.c

now, san francisco police are not saying the body found inside the hotel is colleen waterman, but they are linking the two. the san francisco medical examiner's office will perform an autopsy on the woman to determine identity and cause of death. now, at this point police say billy waterman who is missing is a person of interest in this death investigation. he is 51 years old, 6 feet tall, thin build and balding. now, anyone with information about billy waterman is asked to call san francisco police or their local police department with any information. of course, we will continue to follow this story and work to bring you the very latest. live in san francisco, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >>> thank you, marla. now the state attorney general is dropping all charges zbens one of the suspects in a high-profile south bay murder. prosecutors say they do not have enough evidence to charge 29-year-old or a 29-year-old man. the mercury news reports that the decision comes after a public defender discovered flaws in the information, including an informant who admitted to being motivated

the watermans live east of palm springs. colleen's daughter reported the couple missing on monday. san mateo county sheriff's deputies discovered the watermans' suv yesterday off highway 1 near devil's slide. deputies conducted an intense search for billy waterman last night but couldn't find him. motel manager vino patel says the watermans checked in saturday. employees heard no arguing. jane fong works two doors down from the motel where colleen was found dead. >> it's really scary. i walk through here almost every day. >> reporter: today detectives visited the motel again. >> are there other deaths? >> we don't know. >> reporter: for now the search for billy waterman continues. police are convinced he can answer critical questions about how his wife died. today we spoke with a neighbor of colleen waterman's in riverside county. and he described her behavior of late as odd. he said she recently quit her job and then just disappeared. reporting live in san francisco, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you. >>> tonight a san jose family is hoping a sketch will hel

thank you. >> reporter: billy and colleen waterman were reported missing on monday by their daughter. soon after the body was discovered, the couple's car was found parked on highway 1 at devil's slide. there was no trace of the husband. >> we are still looking for billy waterman as a person of interest as well as following up on other investigative leads. >> obviously when you find a dead body in a hotel room, a relatively young woman -- she is only 47 years old -- it's suspicious. and to be there alone again suspicious. so we would like it talk to mr. waterman. >> reporter: san mateo county sheriff's deputies flew alongside the cliff off highway 1 to search for waterman. investigators are convinced if he had jumped, his body would not have hit the water because the slope area is graduated and the water too far out. hotel management said the couple had checked in earlier this week. other guests were shaken by the discovery. >> it's discomforting you know. i'm from out of town staying in a strange hotel. and the first person you see is the medical examiner, so... >> reporter: san fran

it may or may not be that of colleen waterman. they found the car just off devil slide and believe that belly waterman may be in the area. now, of course, they conducted a search off devil slide yesterday. it started around 6 and went until 9:30. if mr. waterman fell or is trying to escape, he could still be in the area. they don't believe he survived the fall or he is not dead. they believe he could be in the area still. that's why they're looking there. we're trying to find out where the suspicious death was on lombard avenue. we're live in san francisco, kraig debro, ktvu news. >>> inappropriate actions by a hospital employee has caused action. a patient raised some concerns following a routine procedure. the details of the alleged incident are being withheld because of patient confidentiality. at this point we don't know if the accused employee is still on the job. >> as early as today people at a homeless camp in concord could be forced to move out. they were living in a tent city. claudine wong joins us live from the area. th

billy and colleen waterman reported missing four days ago in riverside county. eir daughter tells abc 7 news san francisco police told her this is a homicide investigation, and the victim could very well be the mother colleen. back to the search out here along highway 1 where a sheriff's department spokesman tells us the main focus is on finding billy waterman, not colleen. but no sign of him despite a search of the cliffs and the rocks below. search crews are going to be back out here this morning but we are getting word this morning from the california highway patrol that as far as they know there are no plans to close down highway 1 again. investigation will continue but apparently there will be no disruption of vehicles, at least the chp has not been notified they're going to be needed this morning. live in san mateo county, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks so much for the update. overnight some a. c. transit buses came with a new feature: police escorts. the transit agency says sheriff deputies are assigned to an eight block area in north richmo

this is billy and colleen waterman of palm desert in southern california missing for four days now. san francisco police telling their daughter, she tells us that police are calling this a murder case and the victim may be colleen. that's what san francisco police are reportedly saying. we have some video of the scene out here last night after crews found the couple's car parked illegally near devil's slide. no sign of anyone. crews repelled down the side of the cliffs to search the rocks below. nothing down there. a sheriff's department spokesperson telling abc news the search is an effort to find billy waterman, not colleen. if you add the homicide investigation and this being more of a search for the husband, maybe investigators have found colleen's body or evidence that there was foul play. we don't know. but we do know investigators say the investigation is going to continue this morning down here. we don't know if that means that more closures for highway 1 down here near devil's slide. i'm terry mcsweeney. back to you. >> thanks, terry, for the update. an employ at kaiser is u

the body of 47-year-old colleen waterman of riverside county was found in the room yesterday by house keeping staff. >> i have no comment at this time. but thank you. >> reporter: bill and colleen waterman were reported missing on monday by their daughter. soon after the body was discovered the couple's car was found parked on highway 1 at devil's slide. there was no trace of the husband. >> we are still looking for billy waterman as a person of interest. as well as following up on other investigative leaders. when you find a dead body in a hotel room, a relatively young woman, she is only 47 years old, it is suspicious. and to be there alone, again, suspicious. so we would like to talk to mr. waterman. >> reporter: san mateo sheriff deputies flew alongside the cliff off highway 1 to search for waterman. investigators are convinced if he had jumped his body would not have hit the water because the slope area is graduated and the water too far out. hotel management said the couple had checked in earlier this week. other guests were shaken by the discovery. >> it is discomforting, you k

billy and colleen waterman have been missing since monday. and last night sheriff's deputies found their vehicle parked at highway 1 near devil's slide. they closed the road in both directions while they searched the area but didn't find them. the road re-opened around 9:30. then the body of a woman was found in san francisco at around the same time in a motel room on lombard street. billy waterman, who you see there, is wanted for questioning in that case which right now is being called only a suspicious death. so is that woman found dead potentially his wife? and will they continue the search here in this area for the missing couple? a lot of questions this morning. we'll be on it for ya. sydnie. >> thank you, anne makovec at devil's slide. >>> special that patrols in the east bay aimed at stopping violence around a bus line. christin ayers reports from richmond, where drivers are worried about being shot. >> reporter: that's right. bus drivers and riders alike fed up with some of the violence in this area. they say they will not drive thro

billy and colleen waterman reported missing four days ago from riverside county.heir daughter tells abc 7 news, san francisco p. d. told her this is a homicide investigation, and the victim might be the mother. now, back to some video we have out here, back to the search along highway 1 where a sheriff department spokesman told us the main focus is in fact on finding billy waterman, not the mother, billy waterman. but there's no sign of him despite a search of the cliffs and the rocks below. the search teams are going to be back out here this morning resuming their search. we do not know if that means more closures for highway 1. live in san mateo county, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. it's 4:35 let's make it. the san francisco police commission has a little more than a month and two community meetings to help find a new police chief. the commission held their first public meeting in the sun set district what they would like to see in a new chief. many said they want someone chosen from within the department. >> move them from inside.

billy and colleen waterman of riverside have been missing since monday. yesterday sheriff's deputies found their car parked on highway 1 near devil's slide. last night they closed the road in both directions while they searched that area. and this morning police in san francisco say billy waterman is a person of interest in connection with a body found at a hotel on lombard street. anne makovec will have a live report coming up in 30 minutes. >>> another memorial is planned tonight for the 4-year-old who was kidnapped and killed in the central valley. tonight's memorial will be at the community stadium in patterson. that's at 7:00. juliani cardenas was grabbed from his grandmother's arms nearly a month ago. her mother's ex-boyfriend was the suspects. the boy's body was found in a canal near patterson. and the suspect is believed to have also died in the canal. >>> a san francisco man will stand trial for the beating of a priest at a retirement home in los gatos. a judge ordered the trial yesterday for 43-year-old will lynch. he is charged with felony assa

searching for a southern california man whose wife was found dead yesterday in a hotel. 47-year-old colleen watermanand her husband billy checked into the ramada inn on saturday night. authorities found the couple's abandoned car yesterday near devil's slide. billy waterman was nowhere to be found. after a search of the area, authorities said they don't believe he jumped or fell from the clip. instead, they're searching the coast side including homeless en campments. the couple is from river side. investigators say waterman is a person of interest in his wife's death. >>> chandraly 53's killer was sentenced to 60 years in prison for a crime that has been in the headlines for nearly a decade. the man was already in prison for attacking women in the same washington d.c. park from levy's remains were found when he was charged in 2009. in court today, levy's mother susan cursed her daughter's killer. chandra levy was from modesto and worked in washington as a government intern. her disappearance drew national attention because of her relationship with a married congressman. >>> former giants slugger bar

. >> san francisco police are still working to see if the body they found is in deep colleen waterman. here is a picture of the couple, billy and cali bottom of. their daughter reported them missing after they found of welfare check cashed. they believe that billy what a man may be connected to her death. they believe that he is still alive this morning. reporting from san francisco i will tran for kron4 news. >>james: we're going to take a quick break. i want to shave more pictures that of egypt. this is a major story that we're following. it has national combat global implications. more and rest in egypt. cairo. 10 hours ahead of us as they're getting into the evening hours. protesters are walking through the streets and have to the fact you chips president, and said is stepping down and really, he is transferring was as hard to the vice president and will stay in office until september. this is not what thousands want to hear. we will have much more coming up through the morning. >>darya: welcome back good is 6:39 a.m.. your watching and listening to what is light on in cairo right

waterman was reported missing yesterday. san francisco place say a vehicle associated with him and his wife colleen was found near devil's slide. a half hour later a maid working a hotel here found a body of a woman in a room here. the woman's identity has not been established just yet. waterman's wife is also missing. now deputies searched the area near the road and water off devil's slide for about three hours looking for mr. waterman. they called off the search around 9:00 p.m. yesterday. devil's slide was shut down. so far, this morning i have called san francisco police i have called river side county, sheriffs dep dis, i -- deputies, i have called the san mateo sheriffs office. they told me the search will resume some time this morning. they also said that the area near where the car was found is survivable. in other words if someone did fall off a cliff or climb down a cliff, the person would not be stuck. the person i talked to said there are levels down there. they are not in recovery mode. so far they are looking for mr. waterman off that cliff this morning. reporting live in san francisco kraig debro. >>> your time

thursday an employee found the body of the 47-year-old colleen waterman at a room in a hotel. the couple's suv was later spotted abandoned in san mateo but there was in sign of the 451-year-old billy waterman. . >> march general manager facing a fragile future. she is still in charge but a majority of the board of directors tried to get rid of her. during thursday's closed door meeting a majority of them voted to request her to resign. however the board later took that back because it may have violated california's open meeting law because it wasn't on the agenda. >>> oakland city and school leaders held a town hall meeting to help plot the course of the public schools. several dozen people showed up to learn about the district's five-year strategic plan. parents and students were encouraged to share their thoughts and vision for oakland schools. officials say the goal is to make schools more like community centers. >> we really want the schools to become more than nine to three school buildings but places where the community comes and participates both in helping the schools

. >> reporter: at 1 yesterday afternoon, a hotel worker found the body of colleen waterman at a room of a ramada in san francisco. police are waiting for a coroner's autopsy before they call it a homicide. one and a half hours later, county sheriff's deputies found the couple's tan chevy blazer near devil's slide, but they haven't found 51 year old billy waterman. >> we searched the entire cliff area where the vehicle was found yesterday about 150 feet down the cliff, no sign of anybody. >> reporter: the watermans are from near palm springs. the family says they disappeared in january, but no one got worried until this week. >> it's odd right now because there's a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: we're learning tonight the surface could be back on the coastline tomorrow morning, including going through homeless encampments. anyone with information can call either the san francisco police or san mateo county sheriff's department. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it was a day of delays for riders on san francisco's metro trains when a light rail vehicle derailed before

. >> reporter: at 1 yesterday afternoon, a hotel worker found the body of colleen waterman at a room of a ramada in san francisco. police are waiting for a coroner's autopsy before they call it a homicide. one and a half hours later, county sheriff's deputies found the couple's tan chevy blazer near devil's slide, but they haven't found 51 year old billy waterman. >> we searched the entire cliff area where the vehicle was found yesterday about 150 feet down the cliff, no sign of anybody. >> reporter: the watermans are from near palm springs. the family says they disappeared in january, but no one got worried until this week. >> it's odd right now because there's a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: we're learning tonight the surface could be back on the coastline tomorrow morning, including going through homeless encampments. anyone with information can call either the san francisco police or san mateo county sheriff's department. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it was a day of delays for riders on san francisco's metro trains when a light rail vehicle derailed before

a worker fun to the body of 47- year-old colleen waterman in a room thursday in san francisco. later the couple's suv was found abandoned at devil's slide along the coast. and that is where police are focusing their search for the woman's husband, 51-year-old billy waterman. >> we searched the entire cliff area, about 50 yards north and south of where the vehicle was found yesterday, and about 150 feet down the cliff. there was no sign of anybody on the cliff. >> the couple is from bermuda dunes near palm springs. family members say they haven't been seen since january but no one was worried until this week. officials aren't sure when they can resume the search. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office or san francisco police. >>> it's game over for some uc berkeley athletes now that budget cuts have axed some of the programs there. yesterday the university announced enough money has been raised to save the men's rugby team, women's gymnastics, and women's lacrosse. but there was not enough to save the men's gymnastics and baseball teams. university officia

. >>> police searching for the -- colleen waterman was found inside a room at the ram today limited on lumbar street thursday. she and her husband were reported missing in riverside county on monday by their daughter. soon after the body was discovered, the couple's car was found on highway 1 parked near devils slide. there was no trace of the husband. right now, police say they are looking for this man, billy waterman, as a person of interest. >>> police have arrested a teenager in connection with the shooting of an ac transit bus in richmond. a tip led officers to richmond high school yesterday, where they took that teen into custody. they say he had a gun with him at the time on the school campus. the shots fired on wednesday night shattered a bus window and broken glass then hit a passenger in the face. now, buses traveling through north richmond have some added protection. the alameda county sheriff's department is escorting ac transit buss in that area after dark. on thursday, bus drivers refused to even drive the route because of safety concerns. >> it's enough. it's, it's -- no

francisco police, dive team san francisco police, dive team, they were all looking for billy and colleen waterman of palm desert. reported missing three days ago in riverside county. tonight colleen daughter told us san francisco police told her that they are investigating a homicide and that they believe the victim might be her mother. sheriff spokesperson told me tonight the main focus was on finding billy waterman. they found no sign of him, though. this is video from sky 7 as sheriff's deputy and the san mateo county harbor patrol search the water and rock below devil slide for any evidence of waterman. but againjf they found nothing. deputy say they found the couple car empty and illegally parked on highway 1. earlier today. now the reason that i'm told that highway 1 was closed for so long is because officers were actually repelling over the cliffs and the ropes were on the roadway. so really hit to do with officers safety that's the reason that the roads were closed for so long. i am also told tonight that the search will resume tomorrow morning but not clear if highway 1 will be shut down

police are not saying the woman found dead is colleen waterman but they are linking the two. we will, of course, continue to follow this story. for now, that's the latest from san francisco. laura? >> thank you, marla. >>> also, following the forecast is christina loren this morning. let's check in with her. >> good news for the next few days. we'll see beautiful days ahead, but then the rain comes back into the mix as of monday. it looks like heading through the next ten days rain chances each and every day after. 41 degrees in oakland. a lot of sunshine today provided by high pressure. temperatures end up in the 60s. 64 in los gatos. 68 in oakland. 67 in san jose. now the rain arrives late monday into tuesday. and it will continue all the way throughout the next workweek. we'll find out how we are doing on the roadways this morning with mike inouye. >>> good morning, christina. it is friday, friday light. it is holding up for most of the bay area freeways. we'll get a look, we have the slowing for highway 4, but it has not extended much beyond antioch. a little slowing thro

waterman and his wife colleen were first reported missing monday. sheriffs deputies in san mateo county found their car parked off of highway 101 in devil slide. search teams are expected to do back later this morning. ac stan sit becauses are gets an expert. he tells usn't the driver demand. they want to know what kind of protection they will receive on a daily basis. >> reporter: specifically the 376 route. these drivers knew they had temporary protection because they demanded it. last night several sheriffs deputies tailed bus drivers to make sure drivers didn't run into any trouble like they did on wednesday night. that's when bullet holes riddled one bus which left one of eight passengers on board hurt from flying glass. they reported a group of eight men approaching his bus and one man that got on and off of his bus. he heard gunshots and saw bullet holes in his windows. this is the fifth violent incident. young men pretend then they are riding but then pray on people who are on board. >> they will get on a bus and raise up their shirt and sho

police found 51-year-old -- waterman's wife colleen was found dead at the ram ma da hotel on lumbar street. police first reported the couple missing on monday. though waterman is a person of interest in the death, he is not a suspect. >>> police say they chased a car driven by a 45-year-old man from the country club crest neighborhood to the intersection of corcoran and cobb avenues yesterday afternoon. when they pulled the car over, the driver started firing at the officers. the man was regional jackson who jumped out of the car during the pursuit. he was originally questioned by the police then they released him. however police now want to talk to him again about this place. this is the second deadly officer involve shooting since september. >>> also this morning $50,000 in reward money to the person who can bring peace to a grieving family. that is the rebarred now attached to the killing of a young man who was killed by his would-be robber. why the reward now in this cold case that is still ongoing. >> i just don't like to see anybody going through the same thing that we're going throu

colleen moore reported missing on monday. yesterday afternoon, san mateo deputies found a waterman's car, parked and on occupied on highway onews looked around the area to see if there were signs of the couple. nothing was found. we were told this morning san francisco police found the body of a woman in a hotel room on lombard in san francisco. they believe billy watermen may be connected to her death. there is no idea on that woman. the sheriff's department would like to hear from anybody who has here from billy waterman. >> james: we will will take a quick break the latest from cairo. the latest on the up rising in just a moment. the president did not step down in not he had told protesters he would meet their demands. major position leader is warning of violent unrest. what he said is he is a gamble in with his country. in order to stay at the helm. he treated egypt will explode. the army must save the country now. we got mixed messages yesterday. the people were happy, but things quickly turn when they found out the president would not be stepping down. it was just handing over power to the vice president waiting for ele