he was 56-year-old dennis sandoval. his family reported him missing last night when he didn't come home from work. >> it was raining heavily. rain could have been a factor and that's a factor we'll look at. >> victor hernandez lives across the street and didn't know there was an accident. accident investigators marked the area where it appeared to have jumped the curb. >> something caused the driver to veer off the road, hit a fence and rest upside down. >> maybe wet roads. the reason doesn't change the outcome. >> i can't believe this happened. it only makes this mother wish she could turn the clock back a day to the last time she saw her son. >> i want to talk to you five minutes. >> he said i'm very busy. i have to go. so he left. that's the last i saw him. yesterday. >> investigators letter try to piece together -- will try to piece together what happened. if you were driving by the delta view golf course and saw anything the police want to hear from you. >>> a transformer explosion led to a brief out able. happened

the man who tied in the crash has been identified as dennis sandoval, sr. know -- noelle walker joins us. >> you spoke with the man's mother. >> yes, i did. a maintenance worker reported the car in the canal. it at the edge of a curve that can be treacherous when it's wet. >> we don't know if it occurred two hours ago or if it was last night some time. >> a day long mystery. yesterday i saw him. yesterday. >> came to a sad conclusion with the discovery of a car in the canal. >> the driver was seat belted in the vehicle deceased. >> the driver was dennis sandoval. his family reported him missing when he didn't come home from work last night. investigators marked the place where the car appeared to jump the curb, hit a post and plunged into the canal. >> it was raining, that could have been a factor in the collision. >> the swift water rescue team jumped in to find sandoval and look for victims in the car. police and other people in the area tell us that the curb where he lost control can catch people off guard. >> the news her son is not coming home again ca

he was 56-year-old dennis sandoval.is family reported him missing last night when he didn't come home from work. >> it was raining very heavily last night. the rain could have been a factor in this collision, and that will be one of the factors we look at. >> reporter: victor hernandez lives across the street, and didn't know there had been an accident until he saw the emergency vehicles this morning and the car being pulled out of the contra costa canal. >> something caused that driver to veer off the roadway. hit a cyclone fence post, and ultimately come to rest upside down in the canal. >> reporter: maybe wet roads, maybe something else. the reason doesn't change the outcome. >> i can't believe this happened. >> reporter: it only make this is mother wish she could turn the clock back a day. >> yesterday i saw him. yesterday! >> reporter: there are no known witnesses to this accident. if you saw anything along leyland road near the delta view golf course in pittsburg, police want to hear from you. noel walker, ktvu, c

authorities say, dennis sandoval was reported missing during last night's storm. emergency responders shut down leland road in pittsburg. and called in for more rescue teams authorities believe he veered off the road and into the canal. due to those wet conditions. the city of san bruno is reacting to the federal criminal charges filed against p-g-and -e. for the deadly pipeline explosion. this is video of the explosion and fire that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes in 20-10. the utility company is facing 12 -felony counts for violating federal pipeline safety laws. the charges allege. the utility company did not properly keep records. and failed to act on threats to its pipeline system. today san bruno's mayor voiced his continued frustration with when the company. this was not an accident this could then prevented. eight people back. it could cost p-g- and -e six million dollars. nearly 2-thousand p-g-&-e customers in lafayette were left without power this afternoon after a transformer explosion. valley road. property damage. five people have now been

he was 56-year-old dennis sandoval.is family reported him missing last night when he didn't come home from work. >> it was raining very heavily last night. the rain could have been a factor in this collision, and that will be one of the factors we look at. >> reporter: victor hernandez lives across the street, and didn't know there had been an accident until he saw the emergency vehicles this morning and the car being pulled out of the contra costa canal. >> something caused that driver to veer off the roadway. hit a cyclone fence post, and ultimately come to rest upside down in the canal. >> reporter: maybe wet roads, maybe something else. the reason doesn't change the outcome. >> i can't believe this happened. >> reporter: it only make this is mother wish she could turn the clock back a day. >> yesterday i saw him. yesterday! >> reporter: there are no known witnesses to this accident. if you saw anything along leyland road near the delta view golf course in pittsburg, police want to hear from you. noel walker, ktvu, c

the driver has been identified as 56-year-old dennis sandoval. his family reported him missing around 11:00 p.m. last night. he's grieving mother came to the crash scene today. streets in the area were wet last night and investigators say that may have been a factor in the accident. >> something causing the driver to veer off the roadway and hit a fence post and come to rest upside down in the canal. >> investigators are asking people who saw him or anyone who may have witnessed the crash to call police. >>> a setback for the san jose police department and its efforts to bring staffing levels to normal. a surprisingly low number of recruits indicate staffing shortages will not be solved anytime soon. >> the crime rate in san jose goes up as the police force goes down. it's one of the main reasons public safety was cited as a top concern in a poll taken by the city. today's numbers for the police academy shook up a lot of people. there are only 29 qualified recruits for 60 slots. which doesn't offer much encouragement for department that is lost h

. >> reporter: this afternoon the contra costa coroner said that 56 year old to dennis sandoval of pittsburgh was discovered inside a car which has apparently driven off lee lin rolled into the canal. >> reporter: wednesday morning pastor buyers reported seeing a car submerged in the contra costa canaille emergency responders arriving on scene shut down lee lin road and deployed rescue teams they went into was called a water rescue and they located a male adult that was deceased in the vehicle. >> reporter: the weather conditions were court tuesday evening. >> were in the middle of a storm it was very wet. >> reporter: after his car was located in the water on wednesday the contra costa county sheriff's department dive team conducted a search of the canal but no other bodies were found. >> reporter: no water customers were affected then has since returned. >> pam: and atm is recovered from a ditch in lafayette. investigators are now looking into whether this one is one of the two atms recently reported stolen and two neighboring cities. the need deal captures the recovery on a story you'll se

. >> reporter:tonight -- the victim has been identified as dennis sandoval. we'll have more on how this tragedy might have played out in a moment. >> pam: first -- grant lodes is here with details on where this happened. >> reporter:this was in west pittsburg. the car went off the road and into the contra costa canal.which runs under west leland road. this is all right next to delta view golf club.all this green right here. family members said the victim called them last night around 5:00 to say he was on his way home from the nearby pittsburg bart station. >> reporter:and as kron four's haaziq madyun reports.when he never showed up.his family reported him missing. >> reporter:it is a very tragic situation here on leland road in pittsburg on tuesday night, while it was raining hard in the area, a vehicle traveling down leland lost control and went over that embankment into the canal >>"we were in the middle of the storm it was very wet very rainy" >> reporter:pittsburg police lt. ron raman says a passerby noticed the vehicle in the canal around 9:30am wednesd

reporter: driver's distraught mother came to the accident scene to see for herself where 56-year-old dennis sandoval lost his life. sandoval's family says the pittsburgh electrician was driving home from the b.a.r.t. station after a day at work last night when he crashed his car into the contra costa canal. >> we don't know exactly when this collision occurred it. aperiod that the driver drifted off of the roadway. >> rescue crews spent the morning in the chilly waters of the canal pulling sandoval and his car out of water. police say yesterday's stormy weather seen on this corel phone video taken by a neighbor very well may have played a role in the accident. hail covered the roadway with a sheet of white. sandoval's family is grief stricken. >> he's very responsible. all the time he worked, even sick he worked. he never stopped work, and now it's bad news for me and for the whole family, you know. this is very bad for us. >> very sad. that was jodi hernandez reporting in pittsburgh. not far away in oakland and berkeley, it's happened again. this spring storm has crippled another tree. last night t

we are told the man who was driving it was 56-year-old dennis sandoval. still not clear why the car went into the water. >>> [ pause ] >> once again, a pittsburg man died when his car plunged into that canal. these are the images from chopper 5 crews pulling the car out of the water at east leland road. the man was reported missing yesterday. and crews eventually got the car out. >>> a major clean-up in oakland after a huge oak tree fell smashing three cars. the recent rain may have weakened the roots. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec says it was a close call for a man who was just walking by. >> reporter: this car is one of three that felt the wrath of this falling oak tree in oakland last night. its roots ripped from the earth in this yard on el dorado avenue at about 10 p.m. >> just missed me. >> reporter: he had just walked past it with his dog. >> heard the crackling, turned around thought it was thunder, saw the transformer blow and everything came down. >> reporter: including a treehouse that once belonged to this 10-year-old who lives in this house. >

he has been identified as 56 year-old dennis sandoval.d missing tuesday night. authorities believe that he veered off the road in wet conditions and landed in this canal. >> five people have been arrested following an attack of a homeless man in a park in campbell last month. a 16 year-old boy was stabbed to death during the fight. kron 4 spoke with the homeless man who was are really taken into custody following the stabbing. he was released after prosecutors thought he did act in self-defense. campbell police released photos of all of these five suspects allegedly associated. two of them are minors but will be charged as adults. they face murder charges under the state's provocative act to doctrine. >> one of the key figures in san francisco's federal corruption case brraymond shrimp boy chow now has a lawyer. kron 4 dan kerman tells us, she was was in charge of fighting organized crime. >> he has an extensive history and it appears that he was the initial focus of the investigation. her documents state that it was construed chow and ja

they found 56-year-old dennis sandoval strapped inside that upside down car. an employee at a nearby golf course called police to report a car in the canal. sandoval has been missing since last night. he called his family around 5:00 to say he was on his way home but sadly never made it. >>> a santa cruz cab driver has been arrested in a sexual assault case that adds insult to injury. police accuse the 53-year-old man of picking up a drunken 30-year-old woman, taking her to a motel and using her own money to rent a room where he had sex with her. police say when they found the driver, he had a key to the motel room and drugs in his possession. officials say he even does not have a permit to drive a cab in santa cruz. >>> happening now, protesters are gathered in several cities around the bay to protest a supreme court decision. justices striking down the limits on campaign donations. lyanne melendez is live with more. >> reporter: dan, there are protests not only here in san francisco but in oakland, berkeley and walnut creek. the one here in front of city hal

they found 56-year-old dennis sandoval strapped inside that upside down car. an employee at a nearby golf course called police to report a car in the canal. sandoval has been missing since last night. he called his family around 5:00 to say he was on his way home but sadly never made it. >>> a santa cruz cab driver has been arrested in a sexual assault case that adds insult to injury. police accuse the 53-year-old man of picking up a drunken 30-year-old woman, taking her to a motel and using her own money to rent a room where he had sex with her. police say when they found the driver, he had a key to the motel room and drugs in his possession. officials say he even does not have a permit to drive a cab in santa cruz. >>> happening now, protesters are gathered in several cities around the bay to protest a supreme court decision. justices striking down the limits on campaign donations. lyanne melendez is live with more. >> reporter: dan, there are protests not only here in san francisco but in oakland, berkeley and walnut creek. the one here in front of city hal

we are told the man who was behind the wheel was 56-year- old dennis sandoval. but there is no word on why that car went into the water in the first place. this car plowed through a san jose shopping center this afternoon hitting planter boxes at the cambrian park shopping center before coming to a stop. a witness says the driver was a 78-year-old woman. and there were four children in the car. nobody was hurt. it appears the driver hit the gas instead of the brake while trying to park. >> a car goes into the water and east bay rescuers rush to help. what they found when divers investigated. >> and coming up in tonight's consumerwatch, how complaining can backfire one consumer's failing fight in the nation's highest court. with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jenni

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an autopsy will be performed on the body of 56-year-old dennis sandoval of pittsburg.erday divers found his body still strapped into his car, which was submerged near the delta view golf course. his family reported his missing tuesday night when he didn't come home from work. the autopsy today may provide some answers in this mystery. >> something caused that driver to vera you have the roadway -- veer off the roadway, hit a cyclone fencepost and come to rest upside down in the canal. it was raining very heavily. rain could have been a factor in this collision. that will be one of the factors we look at. >> pittsburg police say this happened on west leland road near lang road. if there are any witnesses you are asked to come forward. >>> 7:42. a heated political battle involving killer whales. how the debate has moved from seaworld to the state capitol. >>> experts say it's only a matter of time before a major tsunami hits the bay area are. the new tool to help save lives and why the number 72 is so significant. >>> good morning. we are looking at a commute with some l