inside the court, the 33 -year-old hamid zaid face as long list of charges. ce say zaid was high on drugs easter sunday when he crashed the red oldsmobile into a san jose walmart store front and customers say it did not end this but three got out and starting hitting people including a cashier with a blunt object. the 33-year-old zaid is from seaside near monterey and is an auto mechanic and never been in trouble before according to his mother. he faces a number of charges including hit-and-run charges and suspected assault with a deadly weapon. police still have no motive or answers why this happened. officers say up until this point, getting any information out of zaid has not been easy. >> he is not talking. he has been uncoughive and -- uncooperative so until we can talk and he is will to talk about his state of mind we will not know that information until later. >> this is cell phone video of walmart customers that jumped in to help. they jumped on top of zaid that day holding him down on the ground until police could arrive. officers say their acts brave

again, the very latest on this is that hamid zaid will be arraigned later today in a santa clara countyroom. >> 4:31. a cab driver is under arrest and being investigated for possible d.w.i. he ran his vehicle off the road in burlingame on southbound 101 near millbrae at 1:30 this morning. c.h.p. cleared the scene a few minutes ago. the cab cut across all lanes and went down a ditch on the other side of the road. firefighters checked the driver out at the scene and took him into

he is hamid zaid. >> big question this evening is why?or answers we have team coverage with mark matthews at san jose walmart. david louie is family home in sea sied. mark, let's begin with you. >> reporter: you never know it from looking at the store right now, except for those wooden doors that are now up over where the glass doors were. yesterday, there was pandemonium scene, this guy racing around the parking lot in his oldsmobile cutlass he hit cars and driving right through the front of this walmart store. >> witnesses describe a wild scene inside the store. >> there was panicking. you could see the fear on their faces. everybody was running toward the exits. >> he climbed out of the cutlass armed with a metal rod and hit the first man that came up to him. >> he believe the mexican guy an older man. >> the victim was a store employee that suffered a serious wound to the head. what happened next is remarkable. >> when one of the victims was struck customers in store decided to go ahead and prevent the suspect from creating further ha

the 33-year-old hamid zaid is facing a number of charges for driving into a busy walmart storefront.s happened on easter sunday when zaid drove the red cutlass through the parking lot driving in circles be first, hitting cars and then crashing into the glass front door of a san jose walmart. customers say he jumped out, then, and started attacking people with a blunt object including hitting a cashier on the head. the 33-year-old zaid now faces charges of hit and run, being under the influence of drugs and suspicious of assault with a deadly weapon. police still have no motive as to why this happened or why zaid targeted this store in particular. zaid's mother did tell abc7 news he is an auto mechanic and never be in trouble. the true heroes were inside the car and stopped zaid and held him down. >> a few stepped forward in an effort and actually subdued the suspect. his legs were tied with belts they pulled off of their waist. >> this is cell phone video of the brave customers inside walmart holding zaid down until police could arrive. officers say because of their brave efforts, no

hamid zaid is, indeed, facing even more charges. this time they are charges of completely unrelated to what happened at the walmart on sunday. the 33-year-old, zaid, today, facing charges of using oh -- oh case and giving false information to a police officer an incident that happened prior to sunday's walmart incident the he is the same man who drove through the front door of a san jose walmart store on easter sunday terrorizing customers. officers say he none jumped out and started hitting people with a blunt object and injured four people on sunday. several customers had to physically hold zaid down until police could arrive on the scene. garcia was one of those customers that came to the rescue and he tells abc7 news about the chaos and the fear inside that store. >> we tried to grab him. then we tried to follow him. we managed to knock him down and hold him until the police came. the police came and they arrested him. >> police say that no doubt the bravery of the customers helped to keep others from getting help or possibly ki

of crashing into a san jose walmart and hitting four customers with a metal object. 33-year-old hamid zaidges as well as charges of being under the influence. we showed you exclusive video of a similar crash in december where zaid drove a silver lexus into a car wash. he was not in custody because he was out on bail. he'll be sentenced for the december incident later this month. >>> we have a follow-up on a smooth-talking thief that's been ripping off electronics from businesses in south san francisco and burlingame. it turns out he may be taking his act to other parts of the bay area. the man turned into the bay area. he has long conversations with the employees. when they are not looking, he rips off their cell phones or tablets. south san francisco police say they have been getting some calls in los altoes. >>> 6:49. a temporary phone outage at the fremont police department will soon be over. crews have been working trying to upgrade the headquarters phone system. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago joins us live. an update on the phone outage there. any problems? >> so far, we north h

she and other family members are still trying to digest what happened. 33-year-old hamid zaid may not have had any previous brushes were law but under the influence of drug charges and facing hit-and-run and resisting arrest. >> cheryl: thank you. >> sky7hd takes us to breaking news a deadly accident near the altamont pass. one person has died. another suffered very serious injuries when a car went off the road apparently off the overpass of the railroad tracks along interstate 580. it happened around 3:00 p.m. and crash is not blocking lanes but traffic is slow along westbound 580 because drivers are slowing down. >>> it has been a wild weather day today. most people were prepared for this morning's rain and check out all the umbrellas as people headed to work. and it slowed the morning commute. here is a live look at current conditions in san francisco from mount sutro camera. no rain right now. let's get the latest from meteorologist sandhya patel. >> let's check out live doppler 7-hd. you notice we have a few showers still east of san jose in the hills and very isolated in nature

hamid zaid is, indeed, facing even more charges. this time they are charges of completely unrelated to what happened at the walmart on sunday. the 33-year-old, zaid, today, facing charges of using oh -- oh case and giving false information to a police officer an incident that happened prior to sunday's walmart incident the he is the same man who drove through the front door of a san jose walmart store on easter sunday terrorizing customers. officers say he none jumped out and started hitting people with a blunt object and injured four people on sunday. several customers had to physically hold zaid down until police could arrive on the scene. garcia was one of those customers that came to the rescue and he tells abc7 news about the chaos and the fear inside that store. >> we tried to grab him. then we tried to follow him. we managed to knock him down and hold him until the police came. the police came and they arrested him. >> police say that no doubt the bravery of the customers helped to keep others from getting help or possibly ki

the 33-year-old hamid zaid will be arraigned in santa clara county court. police say he rammed his ran through the double glass doors at walmart and attacked the customers. zaid was out on bail for a similar incident that happened last year. video shows the car being driven by zaid crashing through the front of a car wash in san jose in december. police said he was high on methamphetamine. he tossed a chair through a window at an irish pub two months earlier. >> drama teacher accused of molesting two underage girls in the fall will appear in court this morning. he talked acting in walnut creek where the incidents allegedly happened in november. he was charged in february with felony abuse involving two female students. he has entered pleas of not guilty, two felonies and two misdemeanors. city employees at the center could face charges after they failed to report the suspected sexual abuse to police after they found out. >> family and friends are paying a touching trish out to a college student killed in front of his san francisco home. the 19-year-old was

. >> police say the man was 33-year-old hamid zaid who witnessed say was hitting people with a metal object, a 61-year-old employee was hurt. >> to see the man hurt on the floor and he was there working the day off, his day off, easter, it was not good to take him down. >> it was among several drug fueled outbursts that authorities accuse zaid of committing, he has a history of erratic behavior. police show up, many police show up in the neighborhood on several different occasions. >> art is glad he showed up when he did. >> i home the judge theys the book at him. he needs to be locked up. >> zaid is only accused. he has not been convicted. he will face a judge on thursday to hear the charges. he is in jail on $200,000 bail. in san jose for abc7 news. >> the board supervisors approved legislation requires buildings especially vulnerable in earthquakes to undergo upgrades by 2020 and all costs could be passed to renters except those with financial hardship. 3,000 buildings in the city that have garages or store fronts are required for the retrofit that can cost $130,000. the san franc

hamid zaid was taken in after the ordeal.st imagine the panic as this red cutlass is side swiping cars. he apparently swerved to try and hit pedestrians before slamming 30 feet inside of this walmart store. >> it's remarkable that no one was run over as the car came into the store. most serious injury happened when zaid got out and attack a 61-year-old store employee. he hit him with a metal rod or a metal pole. the worker had just clocked out and had stepped up to tell the young man to calm down. >> he hit the cashier. i believe that mexican guy, old are man. >> he had a serious wound to his head. in the cellphone video you can see customers went after the attacker. they are holding him down until police could arrive. >> a few of them stepped forward and actually subdued the suspect. there was some mention his legs were tied with belts that they pulled off of their waist. they are placing the customers that stepped up and so is shoppers we talked to today. >> the customers are heroic. they fought for what they believe. >> it

hamid zaid is in the santa clara county jail on $200,000 bail.say he crashed the car into 9 walmart store and attacked customers. several people stepped in to stop him including the man if this video in the red hat lying on top of zaid. art says he jumped into action. >> i said "stay down" and he looked at me and said "what did i do, credit do nothing wrong." i am like, look at this carnage. >> zaid has a hit of drug-related problems. documents show he drove through the front of a car wash in san jose in december while high on methamphetamine and he tossed chair through a window at a pub two months earlier. >> san jose mayor is putting new pressure on major league baseball to make a decision on a plan to move the a's to his city. the mayor says he wants a face-to-face meeting with the commissioner to kick start the process that has been dragging on for four years. the giants are opposed to the off because they have territorial rights to san jose but city officials are threatening to go to court to challenge the giants' claim and bring the a's to

"today in the bay's" arturo santiago is live with more. >>> 33-year-old hamid zaid is scheduled to facesed of driving into the parking lot on sunday morning and crashing into a couple of cars. police say he then drove through the front entrance of the store ending up some 30 feet inside. he allegedly got out of his car and started attacking people inside the walmart with some kind of metal bar. four were hurt and send to the hospital. others were able to wrestle him to the ground and hold him there. >> we were all blessed. no one in the parking lot was hit by this person. only four people were acosted. it was an easter miracle. >> he has been in custody in the santa clara jail since arrested. the charges he faces are four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run. being under the influence of drugs and also resisting arrest. we are live in san jose, i'm arturo santiago, nbc bay area news >>> it is 6:45. right now, a judge deciding if there is enough evidence to send a san francisco sheriff's deputy to trial on charges of robbing a bank. police say surveillance pictures and fin

hamid zaid is in the santa clara county jail on $200,000 bail. several people stepped in to stop his attack on sunday including the man you will see in the video with the hat. he laid on top of zaid. he is from san jose. >> i told him to stay down and he looked at me and said, what did i do? what did i do? i didn't do nothing wrong. i am like...look at this carnage. >> zaid has a history of drug-related problems. court documents show he drove through the front of a car wash in san jose in december while high on methamphetamine and tossed a chair at a window at a pub two months before that. >> in san francisco, buildings are especially vulnerable to earthquakes and they must go under retrofitting and the owners can make the renters pay, with property owners allowed to pass on the coast to renters except those with financial hardship. 3,000 builtings that contain garages or storefronts on the ground floor are required for the retrofit which can cost up to $130,000. >> oakland city workers step up demand for pay raise as the city council begins budg

the suspect, 33 year hamid zaid plowed around the parking lot. been going as fast as 40 miles an hour. suzanne, this is where it gets really bizarre. police say he got out of the car, picked up a blunt object in the store and began attacking customers. as you can imagine, it was a very scary scene for those inside. >> he almost ran me over and some guy picked my bike up and it hit the back of his car and he was going inside the front door. i mean he was in there to hurt people, you know. >> there was about 70 people inside the store, now they played an instrumental role in subduing the suspect. police when they arrived, they didn't have to use force, he was already tied up by dust hers. he's being held in a santa clara county jail and he's being charged with assault with a deadly weapon. >> is he connected to the store in any way? was there a motive? >> we talked to the police in san jose, and they were very limited with the details they gave us, so far they haven't released a clear motive. just a business saturday -- they said this appeared to b

the 33-year-old hamid zaid will be arained in santa clara county court this afternoon, and police saidd his car through the double glass doors at the story road walmart on sunday and began attacking customers. he was out on bail for a similar incident that happened last year. new video shows the car being driven by zaid crashing through the front of a car wash in san jose in december. police say he was high on methamphetamine. two months earlier documents show zaid tossed a chair through a window at an irish pub. >> east bay drama teacher accused of molesting two underage girls will appear in court this morning. he was a teacher at walnut creek when the incidents occurred. he was charged in february with abuse involving two girls students at the school. he entered not guilty pleas to four charges two misdemeanor and two felonies. city employees could face charges after they failed to report the suspected sexual abuse to police after they found out. >> family and friends are paying a touching tribute to a college student killed in front of his san francisco home. the 19-year-old was sho

this is a live report. 33-year-old hamid zaid faces several serious charges including hit and run and a deadly weapon. investigators say he was on drugs when he deliberately crashed his car into the store started to attack people inside with a blunt metal object. four people were hurt. one seriously. >>> a new state audit reveals the iz soo of california's -- the size of california's debt. according to a report, california had a negative net worth of $127.2 billion for the fiscal year ending june 2012. the state auditor says that's largely because the state spent more than it received in revenue. governor brown says with the passage of prop 30 last november, the increase in sales and income taxes will help to gradually reduce what he calls the state's wall of debt. >>> stockton is now the biggest city in the u.s. to go bankrupt. a judge ruled the city of 290,000 people will be allowed to work out new deals with people and organizes owed millions of dollars by stockton. the mayor wants to raise taxes so the city can put more police on the streets. other terrific leaders say that could

this is a live report. 33-year-old hamid zaid faces several serious charges including hit and run anddly weapon. investigators say he was on drugs when he deliberately crashed his car into the store started to attack people inside with a blunt metal object. four people were hurt. one seriously. >>> a new state audit reveals the iz soo of california's -- the size of california's debt. according to a report, california had a negative net worth of $127.2 billion for the fiscal year ending june 2012. the state auditor says that's largely because the state spent more than it received in revenue. governor brown says with the passage of prop 30 last november, the increase in sales and income taxes will help to gradually reduce what he calls the state's wall of debt. >>> stockton is now the biggest city in the u.s. to go bankrupt. a judge ruled the city of 290,000 people will be allowed to work out new deals with people and organizes owed millions of dollars by stockton. the mayor wants to raise taxes so the city can put more police on the streets. other terrific leaders say that could send t

hamid zaid will be arraigned in the attack that left four people injureed.ing arrest, and being under the influence of drugs and hit and run. the mother says her son has never been in trouble before and what he did is out of the control. and now a sig-alert. leyla gulen? >> thank you, there is a live shot from sky 7, a cement truck that overturned on the transition from southbound 280 to northbound i would we with a wide shot you can see how it is impacting traffic and that transition completely shut down until further notice, it will take some time to get this out of the lanes. you can see plenty of backup as a result of the accident so avoid this at all costs. eric? >> when we come ñ@ñ Ñ,ÑzÑpríÑit >> welcome back, low clouds arriving late in the bay but will not keep us from being warmer from one degree warmer in san francisco to four degrees warmer in santa rosa and the temperatures outside right new show most of us in the mid-40's to 50 at richmond and half moon bay at 51 and union city is the warm spot at 53 and in the 60's everywhere and warmer to ♪ i

. >> good morning, john. 33-year-old hamid zi eed has been in court ever since he was arrested on sunday. he is facing a number of charges. zaid is accused of driving into the parking lot on sunday morning and crashing into a couple of cars. after hitting the cars, he allegedly drove into the walmart coming to a stop 30 feet inside the store. then, witnesses say he picked up a metal bar and started attacking people in the store sending four to the hospital. other people grabbed him and held him until police arrived. >> i thought maybe it was road rage, because he came twice past me and hit my car twice. >> a lot of things coming in my mind. something fell and then it was an earthquake or terrorist attack. >> reporter: he faces four counts of assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run, being under the influence of drugs and resisting arrest. he is currently being held on $200,000 bail. again, 33-year-old hamid zayed will have his first court appearance at 9:00 this morning. i'm arturo santiago, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. >>> we want to check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. >> i like the way you