so coppola primarily shot his scenes in close-ups and in shadows.set, coppola encouraged improvisation, but he couldn't come up with an ending for the film and the experience was was increasingly troubling to him. "he thought he was not only making a bad picture, but a pretentious picture and he felt that he was not going to come out of this alive. there were even times where he considered committing suicide." coppola was finally able to finish shooting by 1977, but post-production took another two years. "there was a number of different concerns with the post-production. one, obviously all the amount of footage that was shot and trying to get it down to a manageable length." by this time, the director noticed that the film had morphed into something more than just a conventional war epic. "it had become a broader, more philosophical, even surreal operatic film. and when we cut it together, we realized that we were already you know two hours and 15 minutes and we were right at the edge not only of length but also of, you know, what people expected a

i'm chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, chuck. >>>candle forced 25 heel out of their home in san francisco. one of our twitter followers sent us this video. the fire broke out just before 2:00 in the morning near geary and 23rd avenue. firefighters say the candle it will a blanket and the fire raced through three buildings. two residents and a firefighter were hurt but not seriously. >>> back to our weather. just look outside and you can see the impact of last night's storm. trees down, power outages, and mudslides. a lot of families impacted and more rain is expected. cheryl, a lot of damage there in oakland hills, are there red tags there for people's homes? >> reporter: five homes evacuated yesterday. three homes red tagged. and this is one of them. public works spent the entire day trying to figure out what homes are structurally sound. a wall of mud didn't make it into this part of diane henderson's home, but mud did come through the roof and down the hallway. >> you live on the hills with hillsides that are full of trees and

. >> and chuck coppola joining us now with the latest. and there is new news about the search this afternoon. >> reporter: very late news this afternoon. right now i'm standing alongside the highway 680 bridge over the carquinez straight and a group of family and friends are still here packing up after the search began today. however a large amount of searchers have left for vallejo where they say he was spotted walking along the 1400 block of georgia street and in a business in the 2000 block of solano avenue. police have not yet confirmed this, but if true it is far from this location where he went missing on wednesday. the initial reaction, cheers that kevin red rico had been found but caution also because police had not confirmed it. >> thank god he is finally home and we could take care of him again and start over again and tell him how much he love him and care for him. >> reporter: today jonathan red rico gave instructions for those who widened the search for his missing brother. >> i can't tell you the mental state he is in. he is

chuck coppola is live at the park. >> reporter: san francisco police seized a car in connection with this case. we just learned this within the last couple of days and the fbi will reexamine dna evidence. where i'm standing in mclaren park is near the spot where the body of 32-year-old any cofitts was found. it was in a shallow grave. she was last seen alive at 9:0030 at night april 1st of last year. her daughter who would now be 3 1/2 hasn't been seen since. her disappearance has left relatives feeling helpless. >> just waiting for that call each day. waiting for arianna to be found. >> she could be anywhere in america. she could be across the border. >> reporter: last year, san francisco police revealed piece of plywood used to koufr the body of the child's mother in the hopes that someone may recognize paint splotchings on and it where that plywood may have come from. today we reached out to the attorney of a baby-sitter who had been questioned by police. the attorney for her says he knows where his client is but he's not making her available for interviews. the candlelight vigil

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chuck coppola is live at the park. >> reporter: san francisco police seized a car in connection with this case. we just learned this within the last couple of days and the fbi will reexamine dna evidence. where i'm standing in mclaren park is near the spot where the body of 32-year-old any cofitts was found. it was in a shallow grave. she was last seen alive at 9:0030 at night april 1st of last year. her daughter who would now be 3 1/2 hasn't been seen since. her disappearance has left relatives feeling helpless. >> just waiting for that call each day. waiting for arianna to be

in san bruno i'm chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >>> up next, what's happening in the bay. a sinking barge prompting environmental concerns. clean up crews are working around the clock. >>> assessing the damage from the overnight storm in the santa cruz mountains. i'm damion trujillo live at the base of those mountains. a live report is coming up next. >>> and that cleanup continues as a new storm arrives. right now we are seeing light rain in hillsberg. and for the north bay tomorrow a similar picture as rain begins the day. and we could see a chance of thunder showers as this next storm sweeps through the bay area. how strong the winds will get and how much rain we are expecting when we come back. >>> it is a race against time to keep fuel from oil from polluting san francisco bay. you are looking at video from nbc bay area's sky ranger of the coast guard working to contain what's leaking outs of a capsized barge. nbc bay area's christie smith is live on yorba island. this barge rolled over in last night's storm? >> reporter: that's what we are hearing. the coast guard is

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reporting live in albany, chuck coppola, today in the bay. >> thank you. >>> 5:36 now. also happening today, petaluma boys and girls club employee benjamin gorki is expected to hear two photos posted on a chat room. the child's name, address, and phone number were also included. >> continuing coverage right now about b.a.r.t. crimes. we're now getting numbers to back up what we have been hearing. there's a 22% spike in crime on b.a.r.t. just in the last several months. that information comes courtesy of b.a.r.t.'s police. that information was made public during a rare b.a.r.t. board meeting last night. the crimes they were talking about mainly include robberies and also assaults stemming from robberies. this update comes after a mob of teenagers, about 50 of them, jumped the fare gates, hopped on a b.a.r.t. train, and robbed and even ined passengers last weekend. >> new details this morning, wheel we're talking about b.a.r.t., b.a.r.t.'s santa clara expansion is ahead of schedule because of the drought. while california was dry for five straight years, construction crew

. >> and chuck coppola joining us now with the latest. and there is new news about the search this afternoon. >> reporter: very late news this afternoon. right now i'm standing alongside the highway 680 bridge over the carquinez straight and a group

chuck coppola is following it for us. he joins us live right now.tell us what is potentially the second scandal to rock the same high school in the last few months. >> reporter: that's right. good morning, sam and laura. the pictures of students on instagram are described as sexually exit. a new interim prince pal wai waist'ing wasted no time in reacting to this after his predecessor was reassigned over last year's protest over racist pictures posted on instagram. the outrage then made its way all the way to the district superintendent. >> what was made clear from these separate but related actions is that our student body stands tonight in this message that our school stands for inclusion. >> reporter: now, parents of students at albany high school have received a letter yesterday from interim principal ron rosen bomb reprinted in the east bay times that, we are encouraging students who may have more information to immediately contact me or one of our assistant principals. the letter adds that police were contacted and had students have begun to re

i'm chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >>> and an alert for those in the loma linda area triggering mudslides. the mountains have been pummelled by rain and how is it looking now? >> reporter: the rain arrived about 25 minutes ago and it is steady ever since. but no winds at this point. you could tell by the top of the treeline up here in the summit of the santa cruz mountains that they are pretty calm right now. no wind. but this is a community that has been oversaturated by all of the storms. there are countless road washouts along bear creek road in the santa cruz mountains. this one is near bolder creek. a temporary stoplight now directs traffic around the slide. with no timetable for crews to begin repairs. >> we deal with it. fortunately i'm close enough that i can walk to work. >> reporter: the big slide is still on skyline boulevard near black road. the road gave way in mid-february and crews haven't begun the repair work. one problem is getting heavy earth movers through the narrow roads leading up to the slide. at 3000 feet, the wind bends the tall trees, some in danger of toppling

. >> maybe in the classroom, the next coppola or scorsese is drawing inspiration from the world around them. joe rhizoto jr. >> love that story. it may be one of the few classes students try to sneak into. great piece. >> okay, we're going to check the weather with vianey. i think you're going to like what she has to tell us. >> we're going toend the weekend with a bang and a warm bang because we're seeing slightly warmer temps in the valley areas. and yes, we're waking up to overcast skies and some of that fog, especially along the peninsula and san francisco. but in the south bay, 51 degrees. partly cloudy and overcast in the peninsula at 51. nice and clear in the tri-valley. san francisco, 50 degrees. north bay, 46, and look at the east bay, beautiful at 55 degrees. your temperature trend right now is looking very promising, especially when it comes to the temperatures. by 11:00, 12:00, you're going to notice that a lot of the high clouds associated with the trough off the pacific northwest will start to break down and what's going to happen is that's going to make room for some sun

joining me is the independent banking analyst frances coppola. thanks for coming in this morning.etty good performance, really. it is looking quite promising for the future. while most of the big banks are closing high street banks, metro bank is pushing forward, wanting to open more. they have 50 and want open more. they have 50 and want open another ten this year because they say the future is on the high street, while the bigger lenders in the future is online. who is right? they are probably both right. there clearly is a demand for some kind of personal service in banking, so metro bank may be saying these are small little shops that they do, which are very friendly to customers, having a famous dog biscuits and so forth, actually there is a market for them and anisha there. we had an announcement from credits weser saying they plan to raise £3 billion from shareholders. this came as a surprise, didn't? not really because credit suisse was in trouble so it didn't come as a particular surprise to me that they were going to have to me that they were going to have to raise capit