. >> reporter: he handled cases for giants including apple and oracle. his firm released this statement saying jim was an absolute pillar of our law firm. he was our trusted colleague and close friend, as well as a mentor and role model to many. jim will be missed deeply. police investigators say right now they don't have much to go on. >> as of now, there's no suspect information. there's no motive that is known to us, no witnesses. >> reporter: obviously, investigators will have to consider whether a disgruntled client could be behind the murder but will need the public's help. >> by nature the law profession is confidential. if there is someone that knows a case he was involved with will have to call us. >> reporter: they hope the call comes before the trail gets any colder. abc 7 news. >>> now to the storm watch. a life look from our camera. it shows the calm between the storms. more rain and high winds expected this weekend. spencer christian is here with a look ahead. >>> the moment we have a lot of clouds but not much rain. doppler 7, little spott

. >> reporter: he handled cases for giants including apple and oracle. his firm released this statement saying jim was an absolute pillar of our law firm. he was our trusted colleague and close friend, as well as a mentor and role model to many. jim will be missed deeply. police investigators say right now they don't have much to go on. >> as of now, there's no suspect information. there's no motive that is known to us no witnesses. >> reporter: obviously, investigators will have to consider whether a disgruntled client could be behind the murder but will need the public's help. >> by nature the law profession is confidential. if there is someone that knows a case he was involved with will have to call us. >> reporter: they hope the call comes before the trail gets any colder. abc 7 news. >>> now to the storm watch. a life look from our camera. it shows the calm between the storms. more rain and high winds expected this weekend. spencer christian is here with a look ahead. >>> the moment we have a lot of clouds but not much rain. doppler 7, little spotty

. >> handled property cases silicon valley giant including apple and oracle. firm released this statement today. saying jim was salute pillar of our law firm. trusted colleague and close trend as well as mentor and role model to many t.jim will be missed deeply. right now the investigators don't have much to go on. >> as of now no suspect information. no relative known to us. no witness. >> obviously investigators will have to consider whether disgruntled client is behind the murder but they will need the public help. this is confidential a. >> they hope the call comes before the trail gets any colder. >> if again we are always staying on top of all the news and weather so down load our 7 news app. get the push alert to get the updates on the mobile device. >> we had another soggy day across the bay area. rain caused traffic problems all over the place. chp had to slow down drivers on 101 because of the accident in petaluma. >> from the look of this picture the ground is already becoming saturated and that will help give us the run off to fill our reservoir. >

its wide range of products it appears to be taking on a parthenon of silicon valley tech giants including apple and tesla and even they have companies competing for talent. angela has been recruiting in silicon valley for a quarter century. >> for a company that hasn't been recognize and they are very new to the a-year they will have to do a lot of promoting to make sure they get themselves heard in the marketplace. >> that seems to be the stat sdwri behind the high-profile launch with lots of videos to show off their products and job applicants seem to be interested. >> it might not have a name or a big name it. might not be known, but it probably could go take my places and stuff and it -- i would be optimistic about it. >> how fast le eco will hire is unnope. it's estimated to have 250 employees now and could hit double that number by year's end. still a long way from 12,000. in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> tinder is hoping to get some tech-savvy workers in silicon valley to swipe right on working for the popular dating app. the west hollywood-based company is opening its first off

the movement includes more than 300 companies- most of which are tech-related- like spotify and task rabbit, apple has now overhauled one of its main products. products.the tech-giant rolled out its new macbook its the first major overhaul in years.features include a touch-screen that can be used to search the internet and edit photos.and- like the new i-phones- users can log on with their fingerprint.the new laptops start at 17- hundered-99 dollars. a major coffee chain is login with just a fingerprint. the new laptops start at $1799. >>> a major coffee chain is getting into the halloween a frozen drink with white chocolate sauce, mocha and milk. topped with strawberry purie to look like blood. the drink will be available through halloween. >>> and we have a look at the forecast. let's look at the markets today first. markets. >>> a little bit of sunshine breaking out behind the cloud cover. right now, temperatures around 57 at cedar rapids. low 60s in iowa city. dubuque, 53. decorah, 55. when he and warm this afternoon. tracking 70s. upper 60s at 9:00 tonight. there is a satellite and radar. cloud cover still. perfect weather tonight for friday night football. in

giants. in the big apple to face the mets for a spot in the nl division series against the cubs giants and mets fans ready to go, including 7-time gand slam champion john mcenroe and it was a pitching duel top 4th/ tied 0-0 noah syndergaard strikes out hunter pence swinging. bottom 4th/ tied 0-0 madison bumgarner responds by striking out yoenis cespedes top 6th/ tied 0-0 brandon belt hits one deep down the middle, but curtis granderson dives into the wall to get out to end the inning. top 9th/ tied 0-0 the giants with two on base. conor gillaspie hits a 3-run homer. giants take the lead 3- nothing bottom 9th/ 3-0 giants bumgarner trying to get the shutout. t.j rivera on a pop out to center ends the game for the mets final: 3-nothing if you're excited about the giants in the postseason -- show us. send in your photos through the kron4 mobile app. >> gary: that calmed here monday tuesday if they need to one week from tomorrow night the fifth decider when you're confident like they have the core of that team. it was of see a lot of this threat was pretty good >> steve:we'll be posting them online -- and showing some on the a

the tech giant read out a new update tonight that parches a hole in the software that allows malicious jpegs to hack your iphone. >>> apple unveiled a new lineup of mac computers today. it includes a touch bar which allows fingerprint payments and system adjustments. >>> microsoft says it w up to $650 for anyone in the u.s. who trades up a mac book pro or air for one of microsoft's new devices. >>> new appliances that measure, cook your meals for >> a bevy of mistakes, at 3, 3, and 1 the cardinals need pant erps team. larry fitzgerald remembers the awful ride home from the nfc title game. >> realizing the ultimate dream, and it hurts. i was the only one that was hurting. everybody in that locker room was just hurting about the outcome. and about the way we performed on that stage. everybody was disappointed with that. >>> rookie the roster, resigned with the team after working for u.p.s.. >> i mean it's life. people wish they had jobs. when i got the call back, i was real excited, real happy. >> you were the fastest u.p.s. driver? >> i was loading, i wasn't even driving. loading the trucks. >> at some point, the counties will win on the arizona not extending pleasant reese in th

((kendis/vo)) apple plans to have some new products for you to take home for the holidays. diane the tech giant will reportedly introduce new macs next week, including updated mac book pros. be a mac guy! kendis belichick tossed a microsoft surface tablet a few weeks ago... and now says "no more". ((stop for sot)) ((oc:...it anymore.)) > high pressure taking back the southwest allowing for sunny skies but with northeast, high temperatures will only reach the lower 80s. winds are expected between 10 and 15 mph with gusts between 20 and 25 mph. winds will lighten moving into tomorrow as high pressure centers between over southern nevada and high temperatures begin to climb. mid to upper 80s are looking common friday into saturday but by sunday, a new disturbance comes from the pacific northwest. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy we have a lot more to come on good morning las vegas at 5.. emails from the clinton campaign. next--hear the big names who were reportedly on her short list for vice president. plus we're hearing from state election officials who are responding to voters' fears that the election could be rigged. marissa adlibs parker adlibs happe

. >> apple plans to have new products for you to take home for the holiday. >> the giant will reportedly introduce new macs next week includinged mac book pros. patriots head coach bill bell check keeping things low tech. >> he tossed a surface tablet a few weeks ago and says no more. >> there isn't enough consistency in the performance of the tablets. so i just can take it any. >> he's going back to the paper. microsoft says it respects his decision but stands by the surface. >> and those are your tech bytes. >> have a great day. >> ♪ when you make a pb&j with smucker's, that's the difference between ordinary everyday and exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. because with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. and exquisitely delicious in an everyday sort of way. only abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. it penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells.. don't tough it out, knock it out, fast. abreva. experimenting is the most fun part.is a classic. what have we got here? hardboiled egg. brie is a really soft cheese. avoc

including our conversation with twitter cofounder biz stone and why he hopes twitter stays independent. ♪ emily: the information is reporting apple has a seat on the board of a chinese ride hailing giant regulatory filings saying apple got the position a few weeks after investing in the company. alex webb joins us now. tim cook will not be taking a seat on the board. but who is this person and why are they on the board? alex he is the head of the apple :'s m&a team. he is a very important person at apple. he is a former investment banker. but the reason i think it is telling he is taking the seat and not another executive is that it kind of hits at what apple's motivation is. it's a financial investment, not about technology tieups. there have been two motivations, maybe getting some map data out of china or trying to cozy up to the relevant authorities, showing they are investing in the country. emily: there are still a lot of questions around, will apple give them some kind of special treatment and how will it pay off other than a billion dollars? alex frankly, it is the other : way around. didi is well-positioned in china and apple is not. it is hard for american companies to make

giant. the country's online market is expected to grow about 45% per year until 2020. we will discuss the crossovers and evolution of private equity. and apple's first original show has an all-star cast including trial and jessica alba. we will be talking to ben silverman. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: this is "the best of bloomberg west." i am emily chang. we take a deep dive into the world of the private market. how tech investing has evolved with some startups commanding multimillion dollar valuations, disrupting often heavily regulated parts of the economy. they are attracting private equity players to the tech space. -- andl's scott partner at tbg. -- of whethern at or not to go public has so many angles. while the markets be receptive? as long as they are investing privately, what is the hurry? the point you are making about valuation is a key one. ahead not want to get to of yourself because the public markets will probably be more disciplined about valuation than the private markets where we are seeing that with the proliferation of unicorns. if they were all to be public overnight, we would probably see a correction in several numbers of those. you have got these companies like airbnb a

side effects may include headache, upset stomach, maria: big focus on apple today. the technology giant prepare to go report fourth quarter earnings after opening bell tonight. the first peek of new iphone 7 and whether apple is benefiting from galaxy note 7 recall. joining us right now paul meeks. great to see you. >> good to see you. maria: is this the report that we should focus on that will likely set the tones tonight? >> i don't think so. i think the numbers will be solid but, remember, this is a company that is expected to do revenues and eps down from last year. as far as the iphone 7, i never thought that was a really a compelling product. i don't see evidence that it is particularly compelling. as far as samsung recall issue, what we have to remember is the initial news to the recall came on september 3rd and apple's quarter ended september 30th, i don't think there's a lot of opportunity there with three weeks to gain share, what will happen is what did they say about share gains from that recall for the december quarter. i think that's the key. maria: don't you think, dagen,

apple's q-1 guidance. the tech giant expecting revenue between $76 and $78 billion. piper's gene munster says that is about 77 million iphones, but this year's q-1 includes a week of sales year's did not. after subtracting that extra week, apple's guidance approves growth of about 1%. that suggests an iphone business that is stabilizing, but after the stock ripped 20% in three months, some seem clearly disappointed this morning. for investors there are two ways to look at apple's challenge. if apple does remain supply constrained and that has a negative impact on overall growth, on the other hand bulls say what's important here is that there is demand for these new iphones. and cook will figure out this production problem eventually. that's why munster is estimating iphone unit growth of 13% in the march quarter. guys, back to you. >> josh, thank you for that. our josh lipton out west. we'll talk to you later on. for more this morning we're joined by citi's director of investment research and lee portfolio manager of the river park wedgewood fund. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> good morning, great to see you. >> you too. we had a robust debate this morning abou