, 68-year-old dale wondergem.ere killed when a driver lost control and crashed into the pit area. some say it's too soon to have a competition, but others say it's what the fans and drivers wanted. >>> continuing coverage now of march madness and the ncaa tournament is now over for cal. we were at kip's bar in berkeley where some fans who didn't make the trip to san josi gathered to watch their team take on syracuse and cheer them on, but unfortunately it wasn't the result that they were hoping for as the bears saw their championship run end tonight. ktvu's debora villalon is live at hp pavilion where that game just wrapped up a short time ago. such disappoint. >> reporter: yes, heather with the win fans might still be here, but they cleared out fast reflecting on what might have been. >> hey syracuse, good luck success, you guys will run into someone called oregon soon. >> reporter: cal fans did not beat the odds tonight. the exuberance and experience of the orange rewarded. >> i bought tickets to d.c. >> reporte

during a warmup lap on a race track in marysville and crashed into the pit area. 68-year-old dale wondergem of grass valley was also killed. authorities say the boy is the cousin of the driver of the race car.who was not injured. chase johnson was behind the wheel during saturday's fatal crash. the petaluma high school senior has also been a competitive racer since a young age.his website reveals that he comes from 4 generations of race car drivers. the 17 year old lives in penngrove.a town outside petaluma. some of the championships he's won have been at the petaluma speedway. his shop teacher at petaluma high says chase is a good student. one of several kids at the school that are very involved in the sport. to lose a family member is very difficult. 14 year old marcus johnson.known by the nickname m-j was a lifelong racer.starting with smaller vehicles like go karts.since he was five years old.here you can see him posing with a trophy in this snapshot here..alongside his older cousin chase.who you see on the right hand side of the screen. that young man..now 17.was behind the wheel durin

also killed wag dale wondergem of agrees way. chase johnson's family secluded themselves from the media with a sign saying they wanted privacy. friends of the families left flowers and notes at the muffler shop. michael lives in the area and knows the. >> john: -- knows the johnson family. the didn't hassle -- >> marcus was a sweet kid. and i know that his dad loved him very much. >> probably the best person to be around most of the time. he was always nice and nice to talk to. reporter: michael said is sat but will continue to race. johnson had his own close call two years ago, his car flipped over during a race but johnson was unhurt. chase johnson was not hurt in the accident, and no one else on the racetrack was injured. thual ya -- the shakes -- sheriff's department is investigating. >> new tonight at 6:00, four people suffered minor injuries after a small pickup truck slammed into a thrift store in vallejo this afternoon. firefighters evacuated at least 40 people from the store. the impact knocked out a large portion of the

relatives say the cousins were very close. 68 year old dale wondergem of grass valley was also killed. >>> alameda police are investigating a stabbing that left two people injured at a bar. it happened around closing time last night at skobiex's on central avenue will people were out celebrating st. patrick's day. police say the victims were involved in a fight between two groups. one victim was stabbed in the neck. the second was cut on the head. investigators are trying to determine what type of weapon was used. neighbors say this is not the first time there has been trouble at skobie's. >> this violence is it just seems like it could easily be prevented. i don't know why they are serving people when they are clearly intoxicated to the point where they are having street fights in a residential area. >> so far, no arrests have been made. one of the victims underwent surgery and is now in stable condition. the other was treat and released. >>> just about 90 minutes from now, former santa clara county supervisor is due in court and a plea to corruption charges. he is expected to plead

relatives say the cousins were very close. 68 year old dale wondergem of grass valley was also killed. >>> alameda police are investigating a stabbing that left two people injured at a bar. it happened around closing time last night at skobiex's on central avenue will people were out celebrating st. patrick's day. police say the victims were involved in a fight between two groups. one victim was stabbed in the neck. the second was cut on the head. investigators are trying to determine what type of weapon was used. neighbors say this is not the first time there has been trouble at skobie's. >> this violence is it just seems like it could easily be prevented. i don't know why they are serving people when they are clearly intoxicated to the point where they are having street fights in a residential area. >> so far, no arrests have been made. one of the victims underwent surgery and is now in stable condition. the other was treat and released. >>> just about 90 minutes from now, former santa clara county supervisor is due in court and a plea to corruption charges. he is expected to plead

the 14-year-old victim was a cousin of the driver. 14-year-old marcus johnson, also 68-year-old dale wondergemlled. the sheriff's department said they both had a reason to be in the pit area and were connected to the race. what one witness told me over the phone is he thinks he heard what happened. he said the car never throttled down after it hit a wall and crashed right into that pit area. take a look. >> he was not trying to come off the track. he was trying to make the corner. and he didn't make the corner. and it started tumbling, and struck two people. >> it's devastating. coming out to have a good time and fun. you never know what's going to happen because you know, it's racing, so it could be dangerous. >> and more on the 17-year-old driver in this sprint series. it's not unusual to have teenage drivers. he's been at it for four years. his name is chase johnson. considered a star in the racing circuit and his family well known in racing circles. they said this was a bright spot in his home speedway of petaluma. we spoke to an official who said they're deeply saddened by the entire trag

marcus and a 68 year-old man named dale wondergem from grass valley were killed when a race car wentinto the pit area. the driver of the race car who was not injured was marcus is cousin 17 year-old he is not injured. >> petaluma police responded to a string about all related accidents over the weekend and made for arrest. the first crash happened saturday night around 6 in the evening and petaluma boulevard in washington street. >> a 22 year-old man was arrested. >> the second crash happened on whether drive and was taken away, a 17 year-old arrested in that incident. >> off and a third accident happened early sunday morning near sutter st., and a 19 year-old was taken into custody. >> a d.u.i. license checkpoint in santa rosa leads to multiple arrest over the weekend. santa rosa police arrested five for driving under the influence. >> 74 cited for driving without a license. >> for other for driving with spent a license. complete bay area numbers are expected to be released soon. >> an elderly man was found shot dead at a vallejo home over the weekend. it happened in a home on hichb

grader who was in the pit area when his cousin's racecar went off the track at hit him -- and dale wondergem he also died. the family says that the driver. a 17-year old petaluma high school student. was like a brother to the victim. >> jacqueline: heavy rainfall that we it will be moving onshore we will talk more about that, coming up. >> catherine: it's the 10th anniversary of the u-s invasion of iraq. coming up - honoring the memory of those who have died. and the colleagues who are still dealing with the war's aftermath. also - what went wrong during a training exercise in the nevada desert. that led to an explosion killing 7 marines. and a new study shows fewer kids are getting hurt playing all sports -- except for football. details ahead! we'll be right back. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...yo

. >> if a 68 year-old dale wondergem of grass valley was also killed.horities say the boy is a cousin of the driver of the race car. he was not injured. >> the petaluma high school senior has also been a competitive rate since a young age. his website revealed that he comes from four generations of race car drivers. the 17 year-old lives in a pen growth a town outside of palo. >>--penngrove a town outside of petaluma. >> some of the championships he's one have been on the petaluma speedway. his shop teacher at petaluma high school says chase's a good student. one of h several kids at school better very involved in the sport. >> chase johnson's website list marcus as a crew member but the yuba county sheriff's department reports that marcus was not an official member of the pit crew, and its presence in the pit is being investigated. >> vallejo police are investigating a deadly shooting. please respond to reports of shots fired on hichborn street in vallejo just after 5 last night. when they arrived on the scene they discovered an elderly man dead inside

racetrack with his cousins read car went off the track and hit him along with another victim, dale wondergemr.. he also died. the family says that the driver, a 70 in your petaluma high school stood was like a brother to the victim. >> more and more elegant pop seals are being taken in by the marine mammal center in marin county. pups are being abandoned by their mothers are showing up malnourished. >> the center says storms of people may be to blame for separating the pups from their mother. so the pups evidence of a shark bites. the centers did you see an injured pub, call them. >> there are 19 elephant seal pups on site right now. the center says there could be as many as 60 in a month for to. >> rain fell in the bay area over night. it should be wet this morning. we will have eight of them on the forecast with erica. >> is 4:15. thus it to the forecast. the rain has arrived just as erica had expected. good morning erica. >> the rain fell overnight. storm tracker 4 shows we're not done just that. we're just getting started for some of us. heavier rain for the north bay coastline north of

. >> the other person killed in the crash, 68-year-old dale wondergem was in the pit area and owned carsce. >>> now, the yuba county sheriff's office is investigating the cause of the accident but the young victim's father says his nephew, the driver of the car involved, told him that the steering people had whopped off and that's why -- wheel had popped off and that's why he lost control of the car. the 17-year-old was not hurt in the crash. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening right now -- president obama is announcing assistant attorney general tomas perez as lane -- thom as perez as labor department secretary. >> their efforts at the department of labor have given young people more of a chance to earn more skills. they've looked out for worker safety from construction sites to coal mines. they have stood up for women he a rights to get paid equally for the work they do. they've done an extraordinary job fighting on the behalf of the working families. i'm proud to nominate a leader, tom perez. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> you see the president there on the left and his nominee

. >> the other person killed in the crash, 68-year-old dale wondergem was in the pit area and owned cars scheduled to race. >>> now, the yuba county sheriff's office is investigating the cause of the accident but the young victim's father says his nephew, the driver of the car involved, told him that the steering people had whopped off and that's why -- wheel had popped off and that's why he lost control of the car. the 17-year-old was not hurt in the crash. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening right now -- president obama is announcing assistant attorney general tomas perez as lane -- thom as perez as labor department secretary. >> their efforts at the department of labor have given young people more of a chance to earn more skills. they've looked out for worker safety from construction sites to coal mines. they have stood up for women he a rights to get paid equally for the work they do. they've done an extraordinary job fighting on the behalf of the working families. i'm proud to nominate a leader, tom perez. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> you see the president there on the left

cousins raise car went off the track during a practice lap and struck and killed markets and also dale wondergeml student is the cousin was like a brother to markets. it was very difficult for the family. >> it will be quite a bit logger for anyone being availabl to get a reservation at the chez panisse because of a fire on march 8th. >> it turns out there with a lot more damage and repair work that they have to do. the front part of the buildings around here by scaffolding will have to be torn down and rebuilt. other structural work is needed to bring the 1970's restaurant up to cold. >> a lot of the electricians, plumbers, all that kind of stub it is a normal job but it will be going seven days a week. >> at first they thought they would reopen next month. that is not going to happen. at this point they have no date for reopening. >> ought to the south bay were city leaders and santa clara believe there one step closer to hosting the super bowl in 2016. city council members unanimously approved to exempt the nfl from paying millions of dollars of hotel taxes and other fees. all in exchange for