frederick salas' body -- if frederick salas' body is here, police will find it today.porting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> several people are stranded on a boat north of concord. they got stuck in sorano county late last night. we received information where crews cannot rescue the boat because it is in shallow water. no one is hurt and the four adults and three children are not in any danger. >>> our time is 6:34. cal trains budget problems could get worse next year. the $2 million budget deficit could grow to $30 million because of a loss of ridership and less state funding. for riders, this could mean cuts to late night service and weekend service. >>> ac transit is also warning of reductions to the night owl and weekend services. ac transit says the problem is the ongoing labor dispute with the drivers. it is costing hundreds of thousands of dollars a week. the ac transit board of directors is expected to vote in three weeks. >>> if you are just joining us, big news. part of 101 is shutdown because of a plane crash. sal. >> it is in salinas. it is near

frederick salas ran to back up his 73-year-old dad. the arriving officers found efren valdemoro face down and naked with the elder salas sitting on him. the father and son claim that they had to subdue efren valdemoro to keep him from attacking them. five days later, police found the body of ricardo salas in his home. he had been beaten to death. police are still searching for his 35-year-old son, frederick salas. >>> 5:02. a decision today from prosecutors in solano county on whether to file charges in the key figure in the complex murder case. charles rittenhouse may have killed his wife and her friend, according to police. their bodies were found in charles rittenhouse's vallejo home at the same time the police found a large amount of explosives. charles rittenhouse is a chemical engineer. the killing spree suspect efren valdemoro, stayed at the same home. >>> a memorial service at the vallejo shopping center at the hair and salon where cindy tran used to work. efren valdemoro strangled cindy tran while she was in his car as he was b

that would be 35-year-old frederick salas.has been missing since saturday, the same day police went to the home that salas and his father rick shared with valdamoro and found the body of 73-year-old rick salas. they suspected one of the salas' to be involved with his love interest, cindy tran. killed tuesday night before officers shot and killed him. friends of tran say they are at the vallejo salon where she worked. the relationship with valdamoro had gone from sweet to very sour. >> the very last time i saw her alive was when he was in there and he just like cowered over her as she worked. >> as you can tell, the problem with this case is almost everyone connected to it is dead including two women that lived in vallejo and knew valdamoro. the only person alive who may be able to tie it all together is in jail right now on explosive charges. eric has more on that. live in hercules, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> thanks, terry. this afternoon the husband of one of the victims is scheduled to be arraigned in solano county supe

dozen volunteers search through tons of trash looking for any sign of the body of 35- year-old frederick salas missing and feared to have been killed by a suspect killed by officers on tuesday. police say he killed salas's father last week. he was found murdered in this home owned by the suspect's girlfriendn. late august he told police the two beat him up during an argument. these pictures were taken and he filed police reports but before police could act the elder salas was murdered and frederick has been missing since. >> unfortunately everybody that is connected with this case is now dead. >> reporter: the idea police have been working under is that the suspect may have left the body in a dumpster at this business park in hercules where a car the suspect was known to drive was found parked. investigators say employees there reported a terrible smell near the dumpster. police weren't able to check it before the trash was taken to this landfill where trash is loosened by this machine and gone through by hand as the dogs sniff for clues. >> it's hot, it's smelly. it is very tedious but they a

they're looking for frederick salas that disappeared last weekend.is father and three women were murdered and police are working on the theory one man killed them all. terry mcsweeney is live at that landfill. >> the search for the body of frederick salas being coordinated just over that hill behind me. 25 people are going to be searching for the decomposing body. among 3,000 tons of garbage. this is where searchers hope to find the body of a man who has not been seen since one of his house mates saw him last thursday morning in hercules. the son of murder victim 73-year-old rick salas, his body found saturday morning in that same house. their common denominator, another house mate, valdamoro. >> we're getting word from the fire district. there will be numerous volunteers as well as investigators assisting with the search today. >> the 3,000 tons of trash searched today covers approximately one acre. general manager rick king describes the terrain. >> the tipping area's dirt over garbage. it's very solid. the garbage itself is compacted in place and

and that would be the body of 35-year-old frederick salas missing since saturday, the same day the herculesolice went to the home that his father and rick shared with valdamoro. police think valdamoro suspected one of the salas. friends of tran where she worked said the relationship between the two had become strange. >> the very last time i saw her alive was when he was in there and he just like cowered over her as she worked. >> as you can see, the problem with this case as vallejo police like to point out is that almost everyone involved in it is dead, including two women who lived in vallejo and knew valdamoro. there's little hope of finding salas alive so the only person alive that may be able to tie it all together, he's facing charges of possession of explosives. >> terry, thank you very much. we're going to move on to this story. an update on breaking news in salinas. all southbound lanes of 101 are blocked after a helicopter either crashed or was forced to make an emergency landing on the freeway just south of airport boulevard. this again is southbound 101 in salinas. we're told f

they're looking for this man, frederick salas.hey believe he could be the fifth victim in a string of bizarre murders, possibly at the hands of one man. as cecilia vega reports, the search turned upping in. >> this landfill was supposed to be the biggest lead for investigators searching for salas. after sifting through 3,000 tons of debris in the landfill, there still are no new clues. >> unfortunately all the effort they've put in, they have yielded no results. >> it was a result of a week-long investigation that led searchers to the keller canyon landfill in the first place. valdamora worked at this park. unless something turns up soon, it could be back to square one. >> they're going to continue until they have come to the end, until they have found something or completed a search of the entire area. >> they fear salas could be the fifth victim in the string of murders from valdamora. before they shot him dead following a high-speed chase, they say in a fit of jealousy he likely killed salas' father ricardo and cindy tran. inve

frederick salas has been missouri since august 26th. police believe he has been in the landfill for most of that time. >> they may have found a piece of letterhead that had a hercules address but that is about it. >> reporter: police marked off an acre inside the landfill and are using a backhoe to dig through tons of garbage. they are looking for a body and not a survivor. police say he was brought here by garbage collectors. police say they know who is sponge, the same man who murdered four other people, he stole or borrowed a cadillac, used it to put his body in a dumpster at a business park, where he used to work. >>> police say he was spotted at a home. the home was owned by his girlfriend. but salas and another man rented rooms from that owner. police say he was jealous of tran living with three other man and that is the motive for her strangulation death, the bludgeoning death and the disappearance. hes also dead, police shot him, killed him last monday night following a high speed chase. police say he strangled her during the ch

they're looking for the body of frederick salas.is father was murdered last week and the primary suspect in that case valadamoro was shot and killed last week. more information about the confrontation that may have started the rampage. >> he walked from the fight with a black eye. he told police one of his girlfriend's tenants ricardo salas woke him up and started punching him. the police officer wrote in his report, "i saw ricardo on top of valdamoro lying face down on the floor. valdamoro was completely naked. the son joined in in the fight. but both father and said it was valdamoro who attacked. the officers summarized their side of the story like this. when valdamoro got out of bed, he attacked ricardo by punching him in the face several times. ricardo told me he had to defend himself so he fought back. he went to valdamoro's room to confront him about a letter valdamoro had written ricardo to stay out of valdamoro's relationship with girlfriend cindy tran. in the letter, valdamoro called ricardo a liar and a back-stabber. valda

and if frederick salas turns up dead, too, he would be the fifth. investigators say the motive in two killings appears to be jealousy that, he had fought with the salas' in the past and believed the girlfriend was romantically involved with one of them. >> since all the key players in this incident are now deceased, it's purely speculation at this point. >> reporter: monte francis, nbc, bay area news. >> and that landfill search will resume at 8:00 this morning. so far crews have only assisted through about half the area they are targeting, so the search could continue tomorrow. >>> tonight, a grieving community will gather to remember the lives of the three women and one man killed in last week's rampage. the hercules chapter of filipino americans will host the vigil. it begins at 7:00 tonight. >>> to redwood city, where this morning sections of a small plane that plummeted into a la gone will head to a warehouse for inspection. crews pulled it out on friday. they say the engine of a small plane was intact before it crashed. the ntsb plans to review

today, police say they consider frederick salas missing. >> no comment on that so far. as you know l. >> as far as we're concerned he's still a missing person until we make a positive identification of the body found in the residence. mr. salas is still a missing person. >> ask now, valdmorrow is also considered a person interest of in the deaths of these two vallejo women found dead in the home he occasional shared with one of them f we can come out here live, hercules lease and fbi are out here on the scene. they discovered this body, we're told around 3:00 this afternoon. the fbi were only called into this case today for the last week or so. searchers volunteers and members of the police department have been out at a landfill searching for frederick salas every day they've been coming up empty-handed. police say they they called off that search this afternoon at 4:30. when that is related to the body found afternoon, they're not saying that yet. live in evening in hercules, abc 7 news. >> thank you. and there is renewed optimism tonight that after 13 months, long mon

he's been its -- frederick salas has been missing since august 26th. efrain is suspected of killing salas and three other people. >>> the attorney for 20-year- old charles ritenhouse will have ask -- will ask a judge to reduce his bail. police say they found bomb- making material at his home along with the bodies of his wife and wife's friend. valdemoro was an acquaintance of it those woman and have tied him to their death. >>> well, funding for a b.a.r.t. project could get the green light tonight. jade hernandez is in oakland getting reaction from riders. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. critics say it's too much money but the vote is in three hours. we're live at the b.a.r.t. alameda street location. this is where passengers get off before they can get on to air b.a.r.t. and go to the airport. passengers pay an extra $3, exact change for a bus ride and then wait for the bus to fill. >> b.a.r.t. wants to allocate offset moneys lost in february for a project to oakland international. but it would be between $68 and $100 in taxpayer money per rid

relleno sanitario donde llegaron decenas de oficiales y voluntarios con el fin de encontrar a frederick salas>> con la ayuda de máquinas excavadoras y perros, buscan a frederick sales que desapareció hace varios días, el sospechoso murió baleado tras enfrentar a oficiales de la patrulla de camino, ahí mismo en el auto de valdemoro encontraron a la novia del sospechoso muerta, por quñ realizar esta búsqueda en el basural. >> portavoz: la conexión es este lugar porque la basura del área que encontraron en el auto era de aquí. >> si hay algo allí que pueda ser encontrado entonces será encontrado. >> según el gerente, valdemoro tuvo problemas con su novia y estas personas porque ñl sospechaba que su novia tenía un amorío con alguno de ellos. >> el marido de la dueña de casa está detenido, pues además de los cuerpos descubrieron explosivos. >> las investigaciones continúan con las autoridades en forma coordinada, regresamos con ustedes. >> un helicóptero se desplomó en una transitada carretera de salinas, el piloto de 62 años solo sufrió lesiones leves, según la patrulla de caminos, el piloto se d

salas' 35-year-old son frederick is missing and feared dead. pected an affair between tran and one of those salas's. where valdamro also says sometimes two more bodies found, both women. the husband, charles rittenhouse kept living in the house after he reported his wife missing sunday. he was aest ared not for murder but for possession -- rather possession of explosive material, c-4 and dynamite found at the house. what is the connection between all this? that's what they're trying to sort out and there is one person out there, frederick salas. they're looking for a body, not really looking for trying to find him alive somewhere. that search will continue today and the investigation continues in these three different bay area studies. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. final check on weather and traffic. >> eric, we've got a 20 degrees spread from the coast to inland valleys. 50 half moon bay, a warmer hot day inland as high pressure controls most of the weather around the bay but a sea breeze cools temperatures at our

they're still looking for the body of frederick salas today and they're going to continue until they find him alive ideally but as time goes by they don't think there's a great deal of chance on that. two more bodies found in vallejo along with other things which makes the story bizarre. i'll tell you, eric has more on that. vallejo police are saying they are not saying who the suspect in these other killings are. eric, you have more on that. live in hercules, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, we do have more. an autopsy will be performed on the bodies of the two women found murdered in the vallejo home. investigators are trying to figure out how efren is tied to the death. the victims are two friends, 63-year-old rita allen and 60-year-old carol smart. neighbors say for the past decade she lived on and off to the home where the two were found. adding to the confusion, allen's husband, charles rittenhouse continued to live in the house after reporting his wife missing sunday. he possessed a cache of highly explosive materials in the home. investigators are trying to determine if

. >> why are you looking for frederick salas here?> we're looking for anything that will lead us to frederick salas. >> he's still missing. his father ricardo was found bludgeoned to death inside this hercules home last saturday. that's also the alast time anyone saw frederick. the owner of the home is cindy tran. she's valdamaro's girlfriend. they believe he attacked his son because one might be involved with tran. police think valdamaro strangled his girlfriend before he was shot to death in a confrontation with police tuesday night. investigators still need answers. they're hoping to find them here. 15 search and rescue volunteers and one cadaver dog are sifting through debris inch by inch. >> you have to search, you know, small areas at one time. with the dog it is very difficult because there are have many different scents. >> the only other place police have to turn is here. the solano county lockup. it's where charles rittenhouse is. the 72-year-old knows who used to stay with rittenhouse and his wife allen. vallejo police foun

authorities fear 35-year-old frederick salas of hercules could be a fifth victim in an east bay killing spree. they found his s.u.v. recently but said it has no evidence of a crime. the missing father is linked to the aspect. valdamoro was fatally shot by police tuesday night. investigators went to the landfill last night and received trash from the park where the suspect worked. an emotional vigil in vallejo. tran and salas both worked at the same strip mall where 100 people turned out on a holiday weekend to mourn them. amy hollyfield reports. >> their murders have made headlines throughout the bay area all week. but the loss of ricardo salas and cindy tran is very personal for this strip mall in vallejo. >> let us all remember cindy and rick not for having died but for having lived. >> 46-year-old cindy was known as jenny to her coworkers and clients at devin's salon. she cut people's hair for a living, but she was also a friend. >> she was so warm. and wonderful! >> she's a lady. she'll be missed. >> 73-year-old ricardo worked as a security guard at the bank. >> and ricardo. just a

they will begin day five of the painstaking search for frederick salas. the 35-year-old nursing aid from hercules has been missing for nearly two weeks. investigators fear he may be the 5th victim of last week's deadly rampage. efrain valdemoro is suspected of killing his father along with three other people. >> we are finding out more about a homicide. police found the victim near the hotel yesterday morning. that victim has been identified as 26-year-old julius hues from the brentwood area. investigators say hughes was a suspect any homicide in san francisco two years ago but the charges were dropped. police say he was attending a big party that ended in gunfire. >> there was a series of between 5 and 10 gunshots very rapid fire and then some very very angry words and they used a racial expletive that you don't want to hear. >> ktvu news obtained this picture of that sunday night pool party on a twitter account. police estimate as many as 400 people were there. investigators tarnow questioning many of those party guests to search for that man's killer.

efren valdemoro is suspected of killing ricardo salas and frederick salas. >>> a judge in solano county is reducing the bail for the man linked in the ricardo salas case from $35,000 to $25,000. that was after the prosecutors agreed to a written request to reduce charles rittenhouse bail. he is charged with producing explosives. bomb-making material was found at his home last week. charles rittenhouse has not been charged in the deaths. efren valdemoro was an acquaintance of the two women. investigators are trying to determine if he is linked to their deaths. >>> in vallejo, school officials say a 17-year-old high school student believed responsible for stabbing another teen on campus is now in police custody. the stabbing happened early yesterday before classes at hogan high school on rosewood avenue in a dispute over $3. the principal said it happened over the security supervisor. one teen approached the other outside a classroom and demanded money. an argument over $3 followed and things got violent. the victim suffered cuts on his face and neck. >> there is nothing to note that the

they will begin day 5 of the painstaking search for frederick salas. the 35-year-old nursing aid from hercules has been missing for nearly two weeks. investigators fear he may be the 5th victim of last week's deadly rampage. if rain valdemoro is suspected of killing him along with his father and three other people. >>> we are learning more about a homicide in newark. police found his body yesterday morning. investigators have now identified the man killed as 26- year-old julius hughes from the brentwood area. investigators say he was a suspect in a homicide in san francisco two years ago but the charges were later dropped. police say hues was attending a big party sunday night that ended in terror foying gunfire. >> there was a series of between five and ten gunshots pow, pow, pow, very rapid fire and then very very angry words and they used an expletive that wasn't a racial expletive you don't want too hear. >> ktvu news obtained this picture of the sunday night pool party on a twitter account. police estimate that as many as 400 people were there. in

another man police want to find, the son of this man, 35-year-old frederick salas is the man missing.ou're looking at a picture of 73-year-old rick salas. his body was found saturday at a home in hercules that valdamro also frequented and lived at from time totime. the son is still missing. >> they're continuing to follow leads as they develop speing with family membs and friends to possiy find out where he may be. but ther is continued growing concern that his life may be in danger. >> as for a motive, police think they may have one. valdamro's love affair with 46-year-old cindy tran might be the root of it all. he thought she was having an fair with one of the salas family members. that would explain his activities there. and a high-speed chase ended tuesday night, officers shooting him and killing him with the strangled body of cindy tran. she wanted to reunite with the father of her three children. valdamro did not let tat happen. the focus now turns to the sole surviving suspe who can possibly tell officers more about what the bomb-making activity was going on at that house and e

now, meantime a search continues in a pittsburgh landfill for frederick salas, son of one of the murder victims reported missing the same time his father's body was found in a hercules home. they fear there may be another victim. the search will continue through the end of the week. >> bay area religious leaders are joining forces to denounce plans by a florida pastor to burn the muslim holly book on september 11th. there are several counter protests in the works. and what if we all could read that this misguided, foolish, so off base that, we ignored him. >> too late for that. from various groups gathered in palo alto today, condemning a plan by terry jones to burn the koran in gainsville, fla on september 11th. faith leaders are urging peace and toller yens. >> i wish it hasn't happened. it's an incentive to reaffirm who we are. >> despite world wide outrage and pressure, the pastor with a congregation november more than 50 isn't backing down. >> as of this time, we have no intention of canceling. >> lintv broadcast the reports following the debate about the ground zero mosque in new

another man police want to find, the son of this man, 35-year-old frederick salas is the man missing.ou're looking at a picture of 73-year-old rick salas. his body was found saturday at a home in hercules that valdamro also frequented and lived at from time to time. the son is still missing. >> they're continuing to follow leads as they develop speaking with family members and friends to possibly find out where he may be. but there is continued growing concern that his life may be in danger. >> as for a motive, police think they may have one. valdamro's love affair with 46-year-old cindy tran might be the root of it all. he thought she was having an fair with one of the salas family members. that would explain his activities there. and a high-speed chase ended tuesday night, officers shooting him and killing him with the strangled body of cindy tran. she wanted to reunite with the father of her three children. valdamro did not let that happen. the focus now turns to the sole surviving suspect who can possibly tell officers more about what the bomb-making activity was going on at that

. >> the search for the body of frederick salas beig coordited just over that hill behind me. 25 peoplere goin to be searing for the decomposg body. among 3,000 tons of garbage. this is where searchers hope to find the body of a man who has not been seen since one of his house mates saw him last thursday morning in hercules. the son of murder victim 73-year-old rick salas, his body found saturday morning in that same house. their common denominator, another house mate, valdamoro. >> we're getting word fromhe fire distri. there will be numerous volunteers a well as investigators assiing with the search today. >> the 3,000 tons of trash searched today covers approximately one acre. general manager rick king describes the terrain. >> the tiing area's dirt over garbage. it's very solid. the garbage itself is compacted in place and they'll be searching through that as we support them with our equient as best we can. >> he said the search could take two hours or two days. poli are here because trash from the hercules business park comes here. a business park where a cadillac escalade was foun

police suspect frederick salas coulding one of the victims in a string of murder that's left four others dead. flif pittsburgh tonight, how long the investigation will stave focused there? >> investigators just told us another two more days. that is how long it's going to take searchers to get through the piece of traffic that has come in here from herk you'll ease over the course of a five-day period thchl sk done by volunteers who are here at this landfill on their labor day holiday. for the fourth day, trucks went into the keller canyon landfill but not much in the way of clues came out. >> they're hoping to get to the last piece of debris. >>> a team of 20 tipped through 3,000 pounds of trash in the hunt, police say they did find one lead late yesterday. >> the only thing they've found is a piece of letterhead with a hercules address on. it's not related to this case. >> it's not much but enough to confirm they're searching in the right place. the one acre area is where trash was dumped. preem bli the same trash from the business park where he once worked and a car he drove was disco

authorities and volunteers will be back out tomorrow morning searching a landfill for signs of fred frederick salas. he hasn't been seen his his father was found beaten to death a week ago. today authorities said the keller canyon landfill. they are focusing on an acre of trash using eyes, and a dog and equipment. they picked that because it gets trash from the north shore business park in hercul es. police found a car there owned by one of the two women found dead in vallejo. it's parts of a murder spree that ended with five dead, one missing one man left to answer questions. that man, charles rittenhouse found living in the home with the body of one woman inside and the body of another in the backyard. he was arrested for possession of explosives and had his first court appearance today. simon perez was there. >> possessions of ingredients to make a device. >> reporter: he stood silent before a judge. the she said he had no bad motives november the depleted uranium. he remains in jail on charges of possession explosive devices. >> i don't think he has done anything wrong. he is a victim. >> repor

it was wrapped in plastic and hidden in a large closet believed to be that of 35-year-old frederick salas. both are believed to be victims of efran vald moreo, sheath at the end of a high seed chase. >> tomorrow's plan quran burning has been called off. sounl bay religious leaders are going ahead with an inner faith rally none theless. it's now underway, at the james mcafee plaz yachl leaders organized this rally to show support for muslim americans, as you can see from this live picture it's well attended. yesterday a florida pastor backed down on plans to burn 100 qurans. terry jones did not rule out holding the event at another time. >> and as we go to break, we want to share more images from our viewers of the san bruno fire. >> ...berber carpet. it was a whole bowl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! how about a nice home f

frederick salas has been missing for more than a week. he may have been killed by efren.uspect in sales murder. an escalade that valdemoro was found driving was found there. >>> 72-year-old charles rittenhouse pleaded not guilty to charges of having explosive devices. his attorney said he had nothing to do with the murder of his wife and friend. the lawyer also said that she has reason to believe the bodies were place at the house some time tuesday the bay of -- the day of his arrest. >> why did he wait five days to report his wife miss something >> he and his wife had different work schedules. plus because of the fact that mr. valdemoro would fill his wife car, his wife would leave the car at a friends house. >> why didn't rittenhouse call the police? >> he has not been charged in the killings. just in the connection of chemicals found. >>> livermore police are looking for a teenager of beating a 89-year-old woman. this is the sketch of a boy that is 13 he calls himself cameron. he tells the victim he was in the 7th grade. he approached the woman when she was walking on

. >> reporter: frederick salas remains missing its feared he is at the landfill. the missing 35-year-old is the son of a 73-year-old who was found beaten to death a week ago. the younger one may be the 5th murder victim in a string of killings that appear to be linked to one man. he was shot and killed by police on tuesday after a high speed chase. in the car was the body of cindy tran kidnapped as she left work tuesday evening. the bodies of two other women were found in his home monday. the vigil ended with a wish to help those who might harm others. >> hope that one day anybody anyone who is upset or worried can find someone, someplace where they can go to get help. >> reporter: searchers say they will be back at the landfill tomorrow morning. i asked one officer how he can be sure that the body is in the dump . he said they aren't sure but with the information they have they have no choice but to keep looking. >> seems like so much ground to cover. how long do you think? >> they have 244 acres of dump site but they have patterns and have an idea of where the t

they're looking for a body of frederick salas. authorities believe he may be a fifth victim of a murder spree. the chp killed him falling a high-speed chase. >> police are looking for a high school senior who slashed another student as school is getting underway. police say the 17-year-old was cut several times in the face and neck with what they believe is a pocketknife. a spokesperson thinks the victim and suspect may have argued over the weekend. the suspect also stole $3 from the victim. he was treated at the hospital and released. >> in i had x news, a charter school in san francisco will combine online instruction with a traditional teacher in the classroom approach. and we take a look at the new school and is here to explain how goitsing to work. >> there is educators saying haftful public schools will be partly online in the next decade or two. we mean students following cirriculum on computer that, is what flex academy set out to do this morning. this is california's first hybrid school. 80% of the instruction taught onli

. >> authorities say this may be his missing son, frederick salas. investigators have been searching a landfill for the body all week long. >> and did not find him there. >> and we'll continue to follow this story to bring you new developments soos we get them. >> stunning developments including a -- involving a plan by a florida pastor to burn the muslim holy book. >> he announced he will call off the plan to burn copies of the book this saturday. >> there have been a lot of late afternoon developments on this story. what is clear is that the planned burning of the koran in gainsville, florida creating so much outrage has been cancelled. pastor terry jones held a news conference to say a deal has been reached. jones says that it was a sign from god he had been waiting for that the imam in new york was willing to moist location of the mosque planned for ground zero. >> the imam agreed to move the mosque. we have agreed to cancel our event on saturday. and on saturday, i will be flying up there to meet with him. >> the imam, however, has said there is

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. >> today hercules police will resume their search for frederick salas but hope is running thin as time goes by finding him alive. tran's family says that she broke up with valdamro a couple of weeks ago. she wanted to get back with her ex-husband, the father of they are three children. there were also two more bodies found in vallejo yesterday tied to all this. eric has more. for now live in hercules, terry mcsweeney. >> terry, thank you. the two other victims terry mentioned in vallejo will be autopsied in hopes of determining a specific calls of death. police say the victims are friends 262-year-old an lan and 60-year-old smart. neighbors say for the past decade they lived off and on at the vallejo home where the two were found. that was owned by alan and her husband charles writtenhouse. they're not sure what the suspect's relationship with the homeowner was but say police visited the home on several occasions and have reports he fought with them, stole money and disturbed the neighborhood. rittenhouse lived in the house after reporting his wife missing on sunday. >> all i can say i

investigators say baldemmoro may have killed both men and then disposed of frederick salas' body in ampster. >>> it has been 90 days since someone shot and killed a respected community activist in the parking lot of a hillsdale shopping mall. and the case is still unsolved. last night, about 40 people held a vigil, remembering the victim. 54-year-old david louis. louis was well-known for his work in helping recovering addicts and parolees, trying to reenter society. police say that night he was shot in the back as he was going into that mall. >> i think it was somebody that actually was still in the disease of addiction, and you know, probably couldn't help the guy. >> the volunteers also went through the shopping mall, passing out flyers and letting people know there's a $50,000 reward to solve this case. louis's friends say they will not allow this case to go cold. >>> 7:36. a plan to open a new center to help state parolees is causing some real concern. in one oakland neighborhood. planning commissioners have already approved the project on telegraph avenue at 33rd street. it's in

>> we're looking for anything that will lead us to frederick salas. >> frederick is still missing. his father ricardo was found bludgeoned to death in this home last saturday. that's the last time anyone saw frederick. the owner of the home is cindy tran. she's valdamaro's girlfriend. he felt one of them might be involved with tran. police also think valdamaro's strangled his girlfriend before he was shot to death in a confrontation with police tuesday night. now four days later, investigators still need answers. they're hoping to find them here. 15 search and rescue volunteers and one cadaver dog are sifting through debris inch by inch. >> you have to search, you know, small areas at one time. with the dog it is very difficult because there are very many different scents. >> the only other place police have to turn is here. the solano county lockup is where charles rittenhouse is. the 72-year-old used to stay with rittenhouse and his wife allen. police found allen and her friend smart dead tuesday. right now rittenhouse is charged only with having large amounts of explosives in th

. >> police will not confirm that body is that of frederick salas.s father was found dead in his home. >> it's the latest turn in an unusual case. we are live at hercules with the latest for us. >> it seems this bizarre case just captivated the bay area over the last couple weeks just got more mysterious. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see the see the crime scene here, poli

searching a landfill for a missing hercules man, hoping to find clue that's will lead them to frederick salas whereabouts. and splees say so far the search yielded one clue. >> only thing they've found is a piece of letterhead with a hercules address on it. it's not related to this case. >> the letterhead does confirm investigators are searching where trash was dumped possibly the same collected from the business park where he once worked and where a car was diskaufrd band oned last week. >> there is more to bring thu labor day. coming up fate of a richmond high school a vote that could decide whether it will be forced to shut down. >> plus, an extra dimension for sports fans. a collegiate football game being shown in 3 d. >> today's weather had sizzle but there is a change on the way. it's in the accu-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> we're following breaking news in hayward. you're looking at the end of a chp chase that sent two people to the hospital. sky 7 was at the scene. officers tell us they tried to pull a car over that you just saw overtu

volunteers will spend another two hours looking for the body of frederick salas. if they turn up nothing, they will be back at it at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it's been almost a week since they started to look for him. he's been missing since august 26th. investigators fear he may be the fifth victim of a deadly rampage. efrain valdemoro is suspected of killing his father and three other people. he was shot by police during a car chase. >>> solano county prosecutors agreed to a request by ritenhouse's attorney to cut his bail in this case. police bound bomb-making materials at his home along with the body of his wife and her friend. ritenhouse is not charged with the deaths. >>> it's now up to the california supreme court to hand down its decision on governor schwarzenegger's order furloughs. >> the governor has already admitted that he lacks the authority to do this. >> how? >> they made their cases for and against the furloughs. at issue here is whether the governor has the authority to force workers to take days off. they claim the state constitution does not

they're looking for the body of 35-year-old frederick salas.week and the primary suspect in that case valdamoro was shot and killed by the chp on tuesday night. >>> welcome back. poor air quality possible in the east bay valleys and the santa clara valley again today. clara valley again today. hottest terse valleys, i dislocated both my ankles. i had my first heart attack when i was 35 years old. - we have asthma. - when i found out i had cancer, i was so scared. announcer: at sutter health we share our expertise and invest in new technologies. because everyone has a story. and our story is you. - we can be boys... - cowboys. i can run again. they gave me a new heart. i am so happy to be alive. >>> about 4:30 in the morning, it was pretty much the worst earl could offer. when north carolina seemed to say, this is all you got? some came out to greet earl. >> you have to love jim dolan. he is in kill devil hills, north carolina. >> was that trash-talking? >> hurricane earl, battering the shore and pounding waves. fierce storm. i'm george stephano

they are looking for any possible sign of a 35-year-old frederick salas, a missing man. police believe he play have been killed last week by a man who is a suspect in the death of salas's father and as many as three others. >> west nile virus is back. two dead animals were picked up last month, both had west nile. a raven and a squirrel. vector control is telling people to report dead bird to officials. they also want people to take proper precautions, reporting neglected swimming pools or radio water sources where mosquito can breed. >> a major recall underway impacting wal-mart customers. >>> also ahead fort first time we are getting a look at a key piece of equipment that could pope investigators determine what went wrong on that bp oil rig. >> and the president said he has a new plan and that he will reveal it in three days. the measures he says will stimulate the nation's economy. . >>> we are gets our first look at the blow out preventer that failed and led to the world's largest accidental oil spill in the gulf of mention do. the coast guard released video of the

. >>> this morning a police resume their search for a peod of missing man. 345-year-old frederick salas could be a fifth victim of an east bay killing spree found his suv that shows no evidence of a crime. the missing man's father is linked to the murders. they went to a landfill fill and received trash from a business park where the suspect worked. >> 46-year-old cindy tran and ricardo worked at the same strip mall where hundred people turned out to mourn them. amy hollyfield reports. >> their murders have made headlines all week. but the loss of ricardo salas and cindy tran is very personal for the strip mall in vallejo. >> remember this, not how they died but for how they lived. >> 46-year-old cindy was known as jenny to their clients at the salon. she cut people's hair for a living but she was also a friend. >> she was so warm and wonderful. >> she was a special lady. >> ricardo worked as a security guard at the bank. >> he was wonderful man. highway was so gracious. >> police believe that cindy's boyfriend murdered ricardo because he thought he was getting involved with cindy. they

so far there is no positive id on this second body but authorities fear it may be the body of frederick salasdo salas. >>> and the florida minister threatening to burn the koran and said he would not do it now says he is reconsidering. he said he only cancelled because he says he was told the planned site for a proposed mosque would be moved. now he essay in he has found out that is not the case. >> next to our -- back to our top story here. the deadly explosion in san bruno. we want to check in with the people evacuated. jade hernandez is there. >> reporter: good morning. just in the few hours we have been here we have seen many residents come out here to drop off items. we can show you we are at the rec center. this is the veteran's memorial rec center. this is just one of the several shelters set up by the red cross, volunteers started aarriving and got to work. there are piles of clothes. volunteers have been sort in these all night. they have been organizing the food and clothes. as for needs, monetary donations in care of the sun bruno fire effort. the support is also walking in. self c

but they are waiting for more information about the autopsy to find out if the body belongs to frederick salas. if not they will resume looking in the landfill. live in hercules. >> the president tonight is pointing fingers. why he said putting republicans in power would leave this nation in a tougher economic spot. >> we currently have mostly clear sky across most of the bay area. the warmest day in the weekend forecast. . >>> it was a full court press at white house today as the president challenged congress to approve his economic initiative. the president made the comments at his first major news conference in months and craig boswell has more. >> reporter: keeping the theme of the week the president stressed efforts to revive the economy, jump start hiring named a new top economic advisor beforeacing questions. >> the president once gena tacked republicans but took a more measured approach as he laid out the differences between democratic and republican i can economic plans. >> if you want the same kinds of skewed policy that led us to thiscrisis the republicans offering. >> reporter: the

then we have frederick salas, still missing so up to five people now may be connected to this person was shot and killed by police. the officers involved are put on paid administrative leave pend in the outcome of an investigation. there will be parallel investigations going on. reporting live in richmond, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we will continue our live team coverage of this still developing story. you can also get more information by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. >> tonight senator barbara boxer and her republican challenger carly fiorina will face off in their first debate. the debate will take place at st. mary's college. the moderator is ktvu's political editor. you can watch the debate live right here at channel 2 tonight at 7:00. >> 6:05. this is the first day of september and it is another spare the air day. the bay area air quality management district says the awill be unhealthy today so they are encouraging everybody to avoid driving if you can and use carpools or mass transit. this is only the third spare the air day of the summer. the previous tw

half of this murder mystery, there is a search for salas, the man beaten to death over the weekendful police say he killed him and may have harmed frederick. now new information on that missing man. >> reporter: we are live here at the medical center in san pablo where salas works now. a statement from the hospital declares that it is against hospital policy to talk about personnel matters, including answering the question of when salas actually record to work here last. but what they have been able to say is that the hospital staff is very concerned about him. had lease police say they continued to scour the city for 35-year-old frederick sales. his father and he rented room at this hercules house from cindy tran, the homeowner. police say that the saleses approach the boyfriend while he was sleeping at the house at least ten days ago to talk about some conflicts in the home and statements valdemoro may have made about the men. police say that's when a physical altercation began which may have led to the murders of tran, the elder sxaelz the disappearance of frederick sales, all of which police believe valdemoro may be responsible for. >

they searched the landfill looking for the body of frederick salas who was reported missing a week ago, about the same time that his father was killed at a home in heck less america less. people suspect both were killed. the man was shot and killed by the highway patrol following a high-speed chase on tuesday night. authorities suspect the 38-year- old man may have killed as many as five people. two of those victims were remembered tonight at a candlelight vigil. it was held at the strip mall where they both worked. one was the father of that missing man. the other was his girlfriend. police say he strangled her inside her car as the police were chasing him. ktvu's amber lee is there with our report. amber? >> reporter: frank, friends created this memorial tonight to remember two people who worked here just steps from each other. people have been dropping by to look at this memorial. friends say their devastating loss is compounded by the many questions surrounding their violent deaths. >> let us all remember how much they meant too each and every one of us. >> reporter: at the glenco

they're focussed on a one-acre stretching hoping to find clues that led to the whereabouts of frederick salashe may be the fifth victim in the string of murders all at the hands of valdemoro. police say so far the tedious search has yielded just one clue and it's not much. >> the only thing they have found is a piece of letterhead that had a hercules dress but it's not related to this case. >> investigators are searching in the right area where trash from hercules was dumped. possibly the same trash from the business park where valued marrow once worked and where the car he had was abandoned last week. a man killed in newark over the weekend has been suspected of murder two years ago. the body of 26-year-old contra costa county resident julia hughes was found. she couldn't get into a private party inside the hotel celebrating the start of the nfl season. when police arrived they reported hearing several shots fired but didn't find any victims. hughes was previously accused of gunning down a man during a robbery outside a san francisco cannibis club in 2008 but a grand jury refused to indict h

authorities fear this may be the body of frederick salas, the son of homicide victim ricardo salas.he florida minister who had threatened to burn korans and then said he would not do it, now says he is reconsidering. the reverend terry jones says he only cancelled the burning because he was told the planned site for a mosque in new york would be moved. now he says he has learned that is not the case. >> we want to bring you the very latest information on the fire and explosion in san bruin o we are joined on the phone by jeff smith. a spokesperson for pg&e, jeff, good morning. can you hear me? jeff, are you there? [ inaudible ] >> okay. we are going to try -- we are trying to speak with jeff smith from pg&e. are you there, sir? >>> okay. we are still trying to get ahold of again jeff smith has been the spokesperson for pg&e, of course last night pg&e crews were there. there were there overnight saying they were not sure what caused the explosion but of course, the reports are that it was a gas main that break. >> yeah. >> and the very latest information from pg&e because that seems

the coroner is trying to determine if it's the body of 35-year-old frederick salas.s not seen since his father was found bludgeoned to death in the same home two weeks ago. police say the body was wrapped in plastic and hidden behind a make-shift wall. neighbors cannot believe officers missed something that big. >> i probably have the same model house. there are not that many places to hide. >> the home is probably 2,400 square feet. even the smell of a dead body in a home. i can see if it's buried somewhere. >> investigators have been searching a pittsburgh landfill for salas the past week. that search has been called off. the chief of the hercules police department says he is disappointed his officers did not conduct a more thorough search the first time around. >>> what about weather conditions today? >> we'll still see windy to breezy conditions tonight. that is a cause of concern for the firefighters. we have plenty of hot spots. they are treating it like a wildfire in some areas. you still have so much green vegetation nearby. let's take you in closer and what