poyner is one of colusa's most popular raconteurs.ffice nearly 30 years, he knows where the skeletons are buried. and know just about every prominent family in the county. including the moores. >> if i said they were on that would be a good way of summarizing. >> odd? >> yes. >> on how? >> you don't hear about a lot of families but you hear about the moore. >> because they complained about other wings about the family? or at least complain in a way -- that >> complain in a way that he will find out about. it >> -- >> he had had a reputation for being a hothead, i knew that since i had been here. he had a lot of mouth. without hardly an effort, pete could pass you off. >> so when paul came to the authorities and said i think pete is responsible for this, did his suspicion seem plausible? >> yes. >> yeah. >> it did. because we knew he didn't get along with his family, we knew that he had a hothead an access to the property. >> and for paul to denounce peter like who is like his brother? it sounded odd but it made sense to the da office,

information coming out about the victims in a deadly helicopter crash near the sacramento river in colusacounty. renee santos reports one of them was an almond farmer. >> reporter: an american flag sways at half staff outside van family orchards as they mourn the loss of bill van. bill and his wife susie along with bobby keaton and charles wilson all died following a helicopter crash in colusa county. the wreckage showing parts of the helicopter, an r 66. bill anders brother garnet started their processing facility in 2012. the organization employs more than 200 people. bills brother describing bill as hands-on, a lover of farming and business, adding in a statement, being actively involved in every step of the operation made bill the happiest. his losses a shock to our family, our employees, and our fellow growers. >> that's there one orchard there. >> reporter: walt see versus the crash is hard to process. bills helicopter went down into his tomato field. >> this sent shockwaves through the whole community. i spoke to several people this morning and you can still feel the sense of loss

switch today and see all the ways you could save. in colusa county.sh happened around 1 15 this afternoonn in the field near highway 45 at reservation road, the federal aviation administration says the helicopter was a robinson r 66. deputies and fire crerews found the passenger still inside thehe helicopter, and all four were dead. the faa and n ntsb are investigating what led to the crash. i knew fire is burning, uh, sonoma couounty tonight the creek fire is burning in cloverdale near the yordy. creek campground, cal fire sonoma lake napa unit is reresponding to this vegetation fire now. right now it's relatively s small, about four acres, and it's 30% c contained. there is no word of any sort of evacuation orders at this time, a little further to the e north. evacuations have now been lifted in s several remote area, a butte and plumas counties. firefighters are getting a handle on the dixie fire with a 33% containment line. nowhat fire has scorched more than 387 square mililes. earned 50 burne. excuse me, 42 homes and other buildings and while eva

. >>> in colusa county, investigators are on the scene of a deadly helicopter crash and we are near the scene with what we are learning about that. >> reporter: we have confirmed four people have died in this crash and that is the latest update from the sheriff's office shared with us in the past hour. investigators say this is how close we can get to the scene of this crash and the ntsb tweeting they will take part of this investigation along with the faa and according to the faa that helicopter went down after 1:00 this afternoon near colusa county and investigators with the sheriff's office are on the scene interviewing neighbors who may have seen that crash and the identities of the people on board won't be released until their families have been notified. just exactly what caused this helicopter to crash remains under investigation. >> this is a story we will follow with updates tonight on our news at 11. >>> and now to the fire watch. cameras captured plumes of smoke rising up over alameda county this afternoon at a small fire sparked but fire crews quickly got it under control. n

now serving at a taco bell near you. yesterday in a remote area of colusa county. crash happened early yesterday afternoon in a field near the sacramento river and highway 45 65 miles northwest of sacramento. we learned today the owner of a prominent almond farm in colusa county, bill van and his wife, susie van died in the crash, along with two friends. family members confirmed the deaths. the faa and the ntsb are investigating the cause of the crash. no one on the ground was hurt. we're learning. for about a wild police chase where the suspects even drove the wrong way on bay area freeways, eventually trying to carjack to other drivers on six etienne contra costa county ktvu crime reporter henry lee, joining us now live from the newsroom with video from the chp's helicopter helicopter that captured all of it. henry yes, alex. this driver has a history of fleeing from police, and during this latest chase, he went the wrong way several times, but vallejo police and chp helicopter we're all over it. we're back on columbus approaching green mountain. now speeds of 90

. >>> also developing now, four people are dead following a helicopter crash in colusa county north ofmento. the robinson r-66 crashed yesterday afternoon. the identities of the victims has not been released. the faa is investigating the cause. >>> from the bay area to brooklyn, they're honoring the heros and victims of 9/11. a team of south bay firefighters and military veterans are on a 40-day bike ride across the country. their goal is to reach new york city by september 11th in time for events marking the 20th anniversary of that day. the journey is 3,800 miles. 9/11 is so significant for many team members, they remember the smallest details. >> for many of us, we remember what happened on that day. we remembered where we were. we remembered the sounds and smells. for some, they still haven't healed from it. >> understandably. the group plans to ride an average of 100 miles a day while connecting with other fire departments along the way. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," spotted again, the olympian making headlines for his knitting skills. what he was making this time arou

. >> breaking news in colusa county were four people have died in a helicopter crash.arned from emergency crews. >>> what the future can hold for a san jose sharks player accused of putting on his own team. >>> we begin with a look at our bay area bridges and what could be a relief on bay area roadways. said it could be up and running. thank you for joining us. >>> it is a good sign of economic recovery in the bay area and da lin is live at the walnuts station. >> reporter: big improvements with the bart transit system and times will be cut in half her weight and for a lot of people trains will be coming for 15 minutes instead of 30 minutes. >> i have enjoyed the smaller crowds, and maybe that is why feel safe on them. >> reporter: she likes taking bart even during the pandemic and like donna more people slowly returning to the transit system. >> fairly comfortable and they did a good job with cleaning it and it was probably the cleanest it has ever been. >> reporter: jonathan said it is great timing since he soon has to go back to the office. >> we are supposed to sta

that's bad and reading red bluff down in towards colusa, a little bit of willows, paradise, chico, those areas and a bit reno and lake tahoe as well should get a little better each day, and as we go forward, we've got a nice sea breeze in the bay area, and that's pushing the fog in. i don't suspect. the model says it's gonna be a little further in that, but i don't think it's going to get much over the east bay hills so we won't see that big push of fog, so we wake up tomorrow morning like we did this morning with more sunshine and more sunshine usually equates to a warmer day, and in fact it will. tomorrow should be a few degrees warmer than today. current temperatures, you can see the sea breeze where it is and where it is not. there is the fog forecast for tomorrow morning. it's pretty aggressive in the north bay, isn't it? look at that up and to the nicasio gap and up into santa rosa. okay, that happens, but watch out quickly. it burns off and then watch the reds and the purples. yeah that's that's a hot one. that looks like august, though. quite frankly, we've been kind of on august

about thd in that helicopter crash in colusa county that we told you about yesterday afternoon.a field near highway 45, right by the sacramento river 67 year old bill van and his wife, susie, are among the four victims. a couple was from williams, where bill was a prominent almond farmer. 62 year old bobby keaton, also from williams and 71 year old charles wilson from rockland, died in the crash. the faa and national transportation safety board are both investigating now to mountain view where police say they arrested a man on suspicion of a hate crime. following a crash officers were called to via street yesterday about noon for a two car crash. one driver said the other driver physically assaulted both him and his wife. the couple who are hispanic, said the other driver also made racially charged statements before running off. officers eventually found 37 year old shamir simmons at his apartment about a block away from the crash site. he was arrested on suspicion of dui hit and run and a hate crime, police said. simmons works at the mountain view wissmann school district. we'l

federal authorities are investigating a helicopter crash that killed four people in a remote area of colusaty, about 60 miles northwest of sacramento. the crash happened early yesterday afternoon in a field near the sacramento river and highway 45. the faa says the pilot and passengers were all found dead inside the robinson r 66 helicopter. officials have not released the names of the victims. no one on the ground was hurt a federal crash investigation team is set to arrive later today. the california republican party may endorse a candidate in the upcoming recall election of governor newsom this week, reports say either larry elder kevin faulconer, kevin kiley or doug oc will most likely be the party's choice. delegates of the california gop will take a virtual vote on august seven. that's this upcoming saturday once the party makes a decision that canada it would get support in the form of party money and other resources. ktvu presenting a debate on wednesday, with some of the candidates hoping to replace governor newsom, you'll see it live right here on ktvu fox two from 6 to 7 30, you

we're learning more tonight about the four people who died in a helicopter crash in colusa county yesterday afternoon. this happened around 1 15 in a field near highway 45, right by the sacramento river. 67 year old bill van and his wife, susie, are among the four victims. the couple was from williams, where bill was a prominent almond farmer. 62 year old bobby keaton, also from williams and 71 year old charles wilson from rockland, also died in that crash, the faa and the ntsb are both investigating already checking out our weather. we had a pretty nice day today. last couple days have been okay temperatures warmed up a few degrees inland. today, the main weather players right now is that big low behind me. see that big. it's on that side that big blue blue, though this guy is hanging out, and it's enough, it's not. it's not making it cold around here. but it's enough that's keeping the coastal onshore flow going. it's keeping the air quality really nice is keeping temperatures down, is keeping fire danger slightly away in this pattern is going to be with us for a while. so with that said,

federal authorities are investigating a helicopter crash today that killed four people in colusa county. that crash happened around 1 15 this afternoon and a field near highway 45 reservation road, the federal aviation administration says the helicopter was a robinson r. 66 deputies and fire crews found the passenger still inside that helicopter and all forward ted, the faa and ntsb are investigating what led up to that crash. oh, crews have a brush fire in sonoma county surrounded tonight. coming up firefighters work to quickly get the upper hand on the creek. fire it was a pretty nice cool weekend out there today, but temperatures are going to start to change a little bit. as we go into the next week. i'll have the workweek forecast coming up in just a minute. and u. s senators roll out a bipartisan plan to pump $1 trillion into plan to pump $1 trillion into infrastructure projects. if you smell gas, you're too close. leave the structure, call 911, keep people away, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. one of the most important things you can

. >>> developing now four people dead in colusa county north of sacramento.ern california movie theater died. 19-year-oldanceny barahas and 18-year-old riley goodrich were watching a they were shot. goodrich died at the scene. the shooting appeared to be random and unprovoked and working with prosecutors to add a second murder count against the suspected shooter. >>> and right now, new york city police are searching for at least four people in a shooting that injured ten people. two men opened fire on a crowd near a laundromat in queens saturday night. the suspects fled the scene on mow peds. police are calling this a brazen and coordinated attack. they believe it's gang related. >>> san diego leaders discussing a possible ban on so-called ghost guns, essentially the do it yourself firearms built at home using untraceable parts bought online without background checks. a proposal would make it illegal for unserialized gun kits to be sold in the city, on-line or in stores. >>> this comes through months after a deadly shooting in the gas lamp district where a gh

my name is megan colusa, and i'm behavior analyst working at schools across the district. i'm here urging the district to strengthen the school sites [inaudible] as an itinerant staff, schools don't have enough information about me, what i do at my job, to inform me if i've been exposed. we need a uniform way to track exposure that takes the onus off of school staff so they can do their job of supporting our students every day to learn. we need regular testing at all sites for all students in our community. i'll be getting tested regularly, and i hope that districts follow this lead. thank you. >> operator: thank you. hello, gregory? >> i just want to mention that a lot of elementary schools have their start times moved from 7:40 to 8:50, and this is done without any input to the community. people chose these schools based on their times, and the district went and changed this with no feedback from parents whatsoever. how are families supposed to handle that in the morning? was this even considered? i don't know, and it's so infuriating that you would do this to families.

my name is megan colusa, and i'm behavior analyst working at schools across the district. i'm here urging the district to strengthen the school sites [inaudible] as an itinerant staff, schools don't have enough information about me, what i do at my job, to inform me if i've been exposed. we need a uniform way to track exposure that takes the onus off of school staff so they can do their job of supporting our students every day to learn. we need regular testing at all sites for all students in our community. i'll be getting tested regularly, and i hope that districts follow this lead. thank you. >> operator: thank you. hello, gregory? >> i just want to mention that a lot of elementary schools have their start times moved from 7:40 to 8:50, and this is done without any input to the community. people chose these schools based on their times, and the district went and changed this with no feedback from parents whatsoever. how are families supposed to handle that in the morning? was this even considered? i don't know, and it's so infuriating that you would do this to families.