police announced today an arrest in the killing of a respected community activist. 58-year-old gregory elarm was arrested. he has an extensive criminal history and has connections to ties to east palo alto and the victim, david lewis. he is accused of shooting and killing lewis in june following a verbal dispute. police say they received several leads that directed them to elarm. >> we were able to follow down leads throughout the weekend that conclusively identified for us that we believe that greg elarm acting alone with a motive that is still unclear gunned down mr. david lewis. >> david louis was an ex- con ex-conturned activist. >>> today is expected to be the biggest day of the year for the u.s. postal service. today's numbers are staggering. tom joins us now and has a look at the action. >> reporter: it takes a lot of really heavy machinery and a lot of smart people to do what they are doing here. processing mail at the rate literally of 50 pieces per second, some of it addressed in an almost indecipherable form, and that requires many extra temporary workers. but the rush is on. at t

they say 58-year-old gregory elarms killed david lewis in june. investigators believe elarms followed lewis from his work to the hillsdale shopping sent per. they say words were exchanged there before the killing but they don't know why elarms shot lewis, allegedly. his daughter says news of the arrest is a relief. >> i'm very happy that they found his murderer and it's like one of the best christmas presents i could ever ask for, like the chief said. >> police say elarms voluntarily came to the san mateo police station for questioning over the weekend and was arrested on sunday. friends of lewis say he and elarms grew up together in east palo alto, but they don't know why elarms would want to hurt lewis, they say. lewis was a reformed drug addict who devoted himself to helping people get clean. >>> well, from north to south, a fierce storm has left much of california under water and covered in mud and there's a lot more rain on the way as well. here in the bay area, the cleanup continue from strong winds over the weekend that blew trees down. alo

they announced the arrest of gregory elarms. he killed jeffrey hugh which is outside the mall. the two had known each other since they were teenagers and he had been helping him in the investigation. they had not given a motive for the killing. >>> stephen cassidy, the new mayor, has been sworn in. he defeated santos in the first ranked choice mayoral election. he beat santos by just 232 votes out of more than 23,000 that were cast. santos has considered challenging the vote but decided not to. however, he reused to -- refused, rather, to concede saying the ranked choice voting system is flawed. >>> and it looks like san francisco has got some real competition from newport, rhode island, in the race to host the cup. they say they are serious about working with rhode island on its proposal and the state could do good things for the cup. riled says hosting the race cory inquire as little at $10 million in improvements a fraction of what changes would cost in san francisco. a decision is expected by december 31st. >>> well if you have spent any time in san francisco's mission dist

>> reporter: we are learning tonight, this man, 58 year old gregory elarms was a childhood friend of the man he's accused of murdering. they both grew up in the same neighborhood and were said to be very close. >> we believe that greg elarms acting alone with a motive that is still unclear, gunned down mr. davis lewis in the parking lot of the hillsdale mall on that june evening. >> reporter: six months ago, an east palo alto community activist was gunned down in the parking lot of the hillsdale shopping center. police believe elarms went to the medical center where lewis worked in the aids outreach program and followed him to the mall. chief said elarms told police he had relevant informing. >> in our discussions with him as a potential -- as potentially having information, we determined that there were things that did not sound right about this. >> reporter: tonight at the drug rehab program lewis cofounded we learned elarms did hang out here before the shooting. a friend says both lewis and elarms had drug habits they kicked. >> david was such an instrumental person, you know, in

>> reporter: we are learning tonight, this man, 58 year old gregory elarms was a childhood friend of the man he's accused of murdering. they both grew up in the same neighborhood and were said to be very close. >> we believe that greg elarms acting alone with a motive that is still unclear, gunned down mr. davis lewis in the parking lot of the hillsdale mall on that june evening. >> reporter: six months ago, an east palo alto community activist was gunned down in the parking lot of the hillsdale shopping center. police believe elarms went to the medical center where lewis worked in the aids outreach program and followed him to the mall. chief said elarms told police he had relevant informing. >> in our discussions with him as a potential -- as potentially having information, we determined that there were things that did not sound right about this. >> reporter: tonight at the drug rehab program lewis cofounded we learned elarms did hang out here before the shooting. a friend says both lewis and elarms had drug habits they kicked. >> david was such an instrumental person, you know, in

investigators believe 58-year-old gregory elarms followed lewis to the hills dale shopping center, shot and killed him in a parking lot. police say words were exchanged but they don't know why lewis was targeted. lewis was a well-known community activist dedicated to helping people get sober. after his murder dozens of people canvassed the area, hoping someone would come forward with tips. his daughter says six months is a long time to wait for an arrest. >> it's kind of frustrating knowing that the killer was still out there and they hadn't found anyone yet. but now that they have somebody, it's more of a relief. >> reporter: police say elamrs voluntarily came to the police station for questioning and was arrested sunday. friends of lewis say the two grew up together in east palo alto but they don't know why elarms would want to hurt him. he's in protective custody because heck be targeted by inmates who were close to lewis. elamrs is expected to answer to serious charges in court tomorrow. >>> now to a developing story in oakland. one person is dead, a search continues for a man polic

gregory leon elarms, had special circumstances but did not enter a plea.elam followed david lewis as an aids prevention counselor to the hillsdale mall in san mateo march sixth. investigators believe the two men got into an arm and elarm shot lewis. elarm was arrested after a six month investigation. >>> there is a new reward tonight involving a killing of a state official. police are now offering a $6,000 for information on the killer of ivan orozco. police say he died trying to protect his girlfriend. >>> it was an emotional scene today on capitol hill as speaker of the house nancy pelosi put her signature on landmark legislation. >> isn't this a wonderful day. >> frank is openly gay and said the agenda is to protect homo sexuals against violent crimes fueled by bigotry to allow gays to marry, to get a job and to fight for their country. >> for those who are worried about the radical sexual agenda, two down, two to more. >>> california's population is increasing but not as rapidly as it used to. it puts california at 37.3 million people. it's a 10% incre

gregory leon elarms, had special circumstances but did not enter a plea.elam followed david lewis as an aids prevention counselor to the hillsdale mall in san mateo march sixth. investigators believe the two men got into an arm and elarm shot lewis. elarm was arrested after a six month investigation. >>> there is a new reward tonight involving a killing of a state official. police are now offering a $6,000 for information on the killer of ivan orozco. police say he died trying to protect his girlfriend. >>> it was an emotional scene today on capitol hill as speaker of the house nancy pelosi put her signature on landmark legislation. >> isn't this a wonderful day. >> frank is openly gay and said the agenda is to protect homo sexuals against violent crimes fueled by bigotry to allow gays to marry, to get a job and to fight for their country. >> for those who are worried about the radical sexual agenda, two down, two to more. >>> california's population is increasing but not as rapidly as it used to. it puts california at 37.3 million people. it's a 10% incre

. >>> this suspect, 58-year-old, gregory elarms of pittsburg, was reportedly a childhood friend of the man he's accused of m urdering it was six month ago that david lewis was gunned d own. police arrested him on sunday saying the suspect was telling him he had relevant information about the case. >> we believe that greg elarms acting alone with a motive that's still unclear gunned down mr. david lewis in the parking lot of the hillsdale mall on that june evening. >> san mateo's police chief would not confirm if elarms confessed to the crime but says they have solid evidence to believe they have their man. >>> well, holiday travelers should expect delays again t oday. stormy weather here at home and across the country has resulted in dozens of flight delays and even some cancellations. last night, the delays at sfo were one to two hours. 124,000 people are expected to pass through the airport today that's up 25,000 more than a typical winter day. according to triple-a more than 11.6 million californians will travel leading up to christmas and through new year's. >>> well, british prime