. >> and i'm heather holmes. 61-year-old cindy lei died tuesdays after she was attacked by robbers outside of that restaurant in alameda. ktvu's paul chambers live for us in alameda with the latest. >>> reporter: it's now a homicide. we are told that the victim is related to the owners of this restaurant and everything took a turn earlier this week when the victim died. take a look at the surveillance video. it's from an incident alameda police are investigating which officers first thought was an attempted robbery. >> the suspects tried to take some property from our victim and a struggle ensued at that point. >> reporter: the original call came in as a fight. in the video you can see five people exchanging blows. one person is thrown to the ground. then someone picks up an item as everyone runs. it happened around 11 p.m. friday night. by the time officers arrived, the suspects were gone and the

i'm heather holmes. frank is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. case has baffled investigators around california for decades. authorities say he targeted the east bay and sacramento area raping women and terrorizing communities in the late '70s. that's when he was dubbed the east area rapist. he moved on began killing, police say in southern california. there, he was named the original night stalker and then diamond knot killer for using an elaborate binding method on his victims. once the two suspects were linked by dna in the early '90s, investigators realized they were talking about the same person and just recently called him the golden state killer. decades after the crimes went cold, a dna match connected all of the attacks and the man was arrested at his citrus heights home. that's the city outside sacramento along interstate 80. our crime reporter henry lee has been talking to the

. >> and i'm heather holmes. guiliani is a former u.s. attorney. >> he says he's known both president trump and special council robert mueller a long time, and that he has high regard for both menful for both menful >> it's my honor to introduce donald j. trump. >> reporter: he was a steadfast supporter of the trump campaign in the 2016 election. now he's one of the president's personal lawyers. he says he wants to negotiate an end to the russian probe led by special counsel robert mueller. the president said in a statement rudy is great. he's been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country. >> maybe if you bring in rudy guiliani as a new face to sit down with mueller and say let's cut a deal of some kind? you can't rule it out, but it's a tall order. >> reporter: guiliani plans to get a list from mueller of what's needed to comply with the rest of the investigation, and compliance might be quick, even as soon as a couple of works. he's joining the legal team along with two former f

i'm heather holmes in tonight for frank. >> and i'm julie haener. was a groundbreaking ceremony today for that new express lane. here's a map of exactly where we're talking about. it stretches from auto mall parkway over the sunol grade. now here's a live look at the conditions in that area right now. at last check, it would take but 30 minutes to drive that 7.5-mile stretch. ktvu's maureen naylor is live in fremont with why the express lane may not solve one of the main problems. >> reporter: behind me is a snapshot. slow going traffic and why this stretch on 680 is so notorious. today the leaders broke ground hoping to help with this. this is not the height of the evening commute. it's northbound 680 in fremont at 1:45 on thursday afternoon. it's a commute dubbed horrible and hellish. this person commutes five days a week in this area. he lives in sacramento and works in fremont. >> it's just totally brutal. i just try to get -- get out of here before 2 or 3 p.m. or you're just done. >> reporter: thursday, transportation officials officially broke

heather holmes has travel to do tomorrow mid morning. it's going to be wet.urself time both morning and afternoon commute, and i'm hoping and as i told heather, i'm hoping it's still spring break for many so maybe the roads won't be as busy and maybe folks will take the day and work from home. i mean, it's not the end of the world but it's the bay area, it's the morning commute, um, and it's rain. and those things equal slow. the rain is falling now. i have rain showing up in the marin headlands and kentfield, greenbrae, petaluma, and santa rosa. so the showers are coming in relatively light overnight. you can see that low grade green. but as we get into the morning hours on that commute, you will start seeing yellows. a little heavier here, that takes us through much of the day. kind of a wet day on and off. but the real pop is going to be late friday night into saturday morning. so the storms kind of -- the wheelhouse of this thing is noon tomorrow, i mean, it's going to start raining before that, but the real heavy stuff about noon tomorrow to noon on satu

i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville.accused of the two sexually assaulted made his first court appearance today and the judge refused to grant him bail meaning he will sit behind bars while he waits for his trial to begin. our south bay reporter jesse gary is in our san jose studio with more. >>> reporter: frank, good afternoon to you. prosecutors here in this county say they will charge suspect edgardo diaz with crimes allegedly committed in alameda county. i talked to his wife after court proceedings this afternoon, and she says the police have the wrong man and that the husband is not guilty. however, prosecutors say they have dna or forensic evidence and at least two witnesses that strengthen their case. >>> reporter: segregated from other inmates and wearing a brown detention jumpsuit, edgardo diaz sat in a corner partially shielded by his defense attorney. superior court judge vincent chiarello reviewed police reports of two sex assaults, then denied bail saying, there's, quote, clear and convincing evidence releas

i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm julie haener. this year has a different vibe, and we're live at oakland at one of the largest and oldest dispensaries where hundreds of people lined up today to purchase items for the big day. >> reporter: julie, all week they say it's been busier than usual for an industry that's blowing the lid off sales projections during the four months it's been legal. a line like the dmv. >> probably a third here for the special holiday. >> reporter: 4/20 is driving this enthusiasm along with enthusiasm about cannabis. >> something keeping you body buzzed, but still relaxed. >> reporter: this is christina's first time in ray dispensary -- in a dispensary, and it wasn't the 4/20 specials that sucked her in. >> sleep, i need a gentle but good way to put you to sleep. >> reporter: cannabis instead of counting sheep. san francisco's 4/20 celebration is known far and wide, and expected to balloon even bigger than past years. this couple got off a flight from st. louis and came straight to shop. >> we couldn't wait

. >> i'm heather holmes. there are a lot of questions tonight about a shooting that happened in daly city bowling alley last night. >> reporter says that one victim is still in critical conditions and the shooter is still on the loose.>> reporter: regulars and families were eager to get to the lanes this morning at classic bowling in daly city. they had no idea that the sound of falling pens was broken by three gunshots saturday night. this is new video sent to us by witness, felix poplin junior. by sunday morning, wohlers had no idea there had been what please called a attempted murder inside the bowling alley. >> no more sunday for us. if we did, we wouldn't be here. >> daly city police say when officers arrived on scene saturday night, they found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound. he was rushed to the entrance of the general hospital in critical condition. the shooter fled. a witness took the cell phone video after hearing altercation at the opposite end of the building. mac it was a regular

good evening everyone, i am heather holmes into not for frank. >> i am julie haener.ire started just before 1:00 a.m. this morning and shut down a number of roads in the area. fire crews were trying to put out the flames. although nobody was living in the building, more than 250 people in a neighboring building had to be evacuated. county health officials issued a health advisory saying that smoke and other pollutants could impact people. we want to show you a live look now of the building, and you can see the burned-out shell of what used to be the apartment complex. there is still some smoke rising and some water still being put on the fire scene. crews will remain through the night watching for flareups. the apartment building was off of clayton road, just a few blocks from downtown concord. our reporter henry lee has been at the scene, and five just gave an update over the last hour. >> reporter: an official confirmed to us that the national response team and an elite group of fire team investigators will be arriving tonight and investigate the scene tomorrow morn

. >> and i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie haener. here's another look at the suspect.wideman hunt, officials say dustin hamilton a transient and has focused his threats on those in san francisco. maureen naylor is live at police headquarters in san jose with more. >> reporter: police are warning the public and asking for help saying if you see that man, he is considered armed and dangerous. they say don't approach him but call 911. this is the man police are searching for, 44-year-old dustin hamilton, a san jose native now said to be living on the streets of san francisco. it started on this picturesque willow glen street. >> it's very unnerving but it's happening right across the street in our very quiet neighborhood. >> reporter: police say he burglarized a home on the 1600 block of houston avenue tuesday while the family was on vacation, stealing several guns and leaving a note threatening violence. >> it was a note that he left indicating his intent to kill people in the city of san francisco as well as law enforcement officers in general. >> definitely a heightene

. >> and i'm heather holmes. this is all hatching at the youtube headquarters in san bruno. businesses escaped to nearby businesses. some of them located across the street looking for help. >> we begin with andre senior who is at the scene where three people were shot and suspected shooter is dead with a self- inflicted gunshot wound. andre, motive and relationship remain a bigamistly tonight. >> reporter: that is true. there are several issues happening at the scene. this road leads up to the youtube building. at the very ends of the street and there is still a large law enforcement armored vehicles stationed inside of the building. several members in front of that building. i spoke with the wife of a man that was in the building and heard the gunshot. she told me that her husband described to her she heard ten pops and then nothing for a couple seconds. and then shooting again. there was discussion about whether there was use of a an automatic weapon or a small handgun. she heard the woman had a small handgun and possibly reloaded the weapon at that time. this was the wife

welcome to the four on two, i'm cristina rendon in for heather holmes. >> zuckerberg said it was a mistake to believe the mining company deleted data it had gathered in an attempt to sway elections. >> and the facebook founder is insisting the company is in the process of investigating apps that had access to user data. >> andre joins us with more. >> this testimony has been going on for hours. some lawmakers grilled him about his company views privacy. at 11:30 tuesday morning facebook founder mark zuckerberg arrived at a hearing on capitol hill -- [ no audio ] >> mr. zuckerberg, thank you for being here. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein was one of the 44 lawmakers on the senate judiciary and commerce committees to question zuckerberg, many saying that his company did not do enough to combat fake news, foreign interference with the election and mishaps with data privacy. >> we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake and it was my mistake, and i'm sorry. >> reporter: while use data was supposed -- user data was supposed to be a central team, we

. >> the holmes heather holmes forecast. >> really something when you think about how productive apriln for us. >> considering we are in bad shape, now we're not in great shape but not bad shape, better shape. >> i love how green everything is. >> thanks, bill. >>> ahead of earth day this weekend, which is looks like it's going to be a nice weekend for, san francisco mayor mark farrell today announced a plan to plant 2,000 trees in the city. he said it's part of an evident to eliminate the city's carbon footprint by the year 2050. he says a zero emissions goal is in line with those outlined by the paris climate accord which president decided to withdraw the u.s. from back in june. >> the -- coming out of washington, d.c. is unacceptable. in san francisco we'll steer a different course. we must create a different future for our city and be a beacon not only for our country but again the world as it relates to climate. >> under farrell's plan, the 2,000 trees will go up over the next two years to absorb carbon dioxide. funding for the project is expected to be worked into the upcoming bu

i'm heather holmes. >> and it happened today after he encountered the snake on a trail in mount tam. here's more on the warning for hikers. >> reporter: authorities say that the 79-year-old man from sonoma county visits mount tam often. this is the first time in 40 years he's ever seen a rattlesnake. he was curious, he let his curiosity get the best of him. the mountain is known for its breathtaking views. with the sun out plenty of hikers are soaking it in, and so are the snakes. >> yeah, it's pretty scary because i had no idea you would find them around here. >> reporter: around 2:00 sunday afternoon, a 79-year-old man was hiking alone and saw what he thought was a harmless gopher snake. it wasn't. we spoke with the paramedic who assisted him. >> he saw the snake and thought it was a different type of snake, he thought it was a nonvenomous snake, so he reached down to pick it up and it bit him twice. >> reporter: it turned out it was a baby rattlesnake. the man was bit one in each hand on a fire trail. >> he had obvious wounds to each hand, and they were both swelling and he was fe

good evening, i'm heather holmes. frank is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener.o build apartments there. the encampment is on sebastopol road in santa rosa. happening now rob roth is live at the scene where the efforts to clear out the site continue. >> reporter: there are a lot of people with a lot of stuff here. people have been packing since this morning. people have been living here for months. but it seems clear that clean- up won't be done today but no one will be allowed to sleep here. but the question is, where will everyone did? -- where will everyone go? for about 70 homeless people, today was moving day. this woman said she had been living in a tent here for months and her neighbors here are like family. >> i'm sad. i don't know where my friends are going to be going. we're all splitting up today. >> reporter: the camp is on sonoma county property behind a dollar tree property. the move while difficult and messy has been problem-free. >> we have had no issues. we have had no arrests. it's gone very smoothly. >> reporter: outreach teams from catholic ch

i'm heather holmes. frank is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. the case has baffled investigators around california for decades. authorities say he targeted the east bay and sacramento area raping women and terrorizing communities in the late '70s. that's when he was dubbed the east area rapist. he moved on began killing, police say in southern california. there, he was named the original night stalker and then diamond knot killer for using an elaborate binding method on his victims. once the two suspects were linked by dna in the early '90s, investigators realized they were talking about the same person and just recently called him the golden state killer. decades after the crimes went cold, a dna match connected all of the attacks and the man was arrested at his citrus heights home. that's the city outside sacramento along interstate 80. our crime reporter henry lee has been talking to the suspect's neighbors and joins us now live from citrus heights heights. >>> reporter: they are stunned that the suspect lived at this ranch style home behind

good evening i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm frank somerville. in the last 15 minutes we learned the person shot had an active felony warrant for illegal possessionof a firearm, and according to police he pointed a begin at officers. police say the man died at the scene. witnesses say they saw him lying in the street. we also saw police put a tent over the body to shield the scene from the rain. the shooting happened around 7:00 this evening in north fremont right in front of an arco station on a busy stretch of fremont boulevard. we've been talking to witnesses about what they saw. >> reporter: frank, as you can see this is an active investigation. you could see behind me a heavy police presence. let me step out of the way so you can see it. it happened near the arco gas station. the area is blocked off, covered with crime tape, and witnesses tell us a tent is covering body. it's raining right now, and the body is in the middle of the street near a u-haul. now a resident of a nearby apartment complex shared this cell phone video with us of the g

good evening, i'm heather holmes. >> i'm frank somerville. 9:45 last night on 680 near treat boulevardut creek and the second on highway 4 near port chicago highway in concord, two shootings. ktvu's henry lee reports. the number of these shootings is adding up. >> reporter: and there's no end in sight. no one was hurt in these back to back incidents overnight. but there have been 53 freeway shootings in contra costa county since 2015. more car-to-car shootings on the freeway, but instead of feuding gangs, the shooters were upset over perceived satellites behind the -- slights behind the wheel. the first shooting happened about 9:45 wednesday night on northbound 680 near treat boulevard in walnut creek. but it wasn't reported until later. >> the victim was driving and got into a road rage altercation, it appears this time, with another vehicle. the other vehicle first threw bottles at him. then the victim's rear window shattered out. he initially thought the vehicle was struck by a bottle and broke the window so he drove home. about 11 p.m. at night he discovered a bullet fragment in hi

. >> i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie haener.ys the move is meant to help combat transnational crime and not to help enforce federal immigration laws. in a letter addressed today, the governor wrote, quote, let's be clear on the scope of this mission. this will not be a mission to build a new wall. it will not be a mission to round up women and children or detain people escaping violence and seeking a better life. and the california national guard will not be enforcing federal immigration law. we get new details now from cristina rendon live in the newsroom with more. >> reporter: heather, the 400 members of the california national guard will join 55 others already deployed at the border. the white house today applauded the governor for his cooperation and the decision to deploy troops. the governor's letter was addressed to homeland security secretary nielsen and the defense secretary james mattis. he wrote, quote, your funding for new staffing will allow the guard to do what it does best, support operations targeting the transn

. >> and i'm cristina rendon in today for heather holmes. this comes as the social media giant alerted the 87 million users who had their personal information shared. >> caroline shively has more on zuckerberg's latest testimony and the latest steps taken by facebook to try to win back public trust. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg heads to washington to answer questions about privacy concerns surrounding the social network. facebook's mastermind on capitol hill today, mark zuckerberg meeting with lawmakers before two days of testimony on the privacy scandal plaguing his company. the 33-year-old holding separate talks with senators bill nelson and john thune who invited him to testify. >> if we don't watch out with social media and platforms like facebook and the mistakes that they made in the past, then no american is going to have any privacy anymore. >> reporter: the social media network facing criticism after british firm cambridge analytica gained access to the personal information of 87 million facebook users. this comes after concerns the

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for those who lacked flood insurance and heather holmes damaged or destroyed, they recede fema assistance. that assistance averaged $4000. for those who have flood insurance, the average payout on their claim was $110,000. so unless you think you can rebuild your home for $4000 i suggest everyone have insurance, including flood insurance because amy home can flood. related to insurance, mitigatio mitigation. we need to build more resilient communities to reduce the risks to people, property and taxpayer dollars. developing a resilient community at a time reduces loss of life and economic disruption. when communities are impacted they should focus on rebuilding infrastructure smarter and more resilient to reduce the risk of damages to protect taxpayer investments and promote economic stability. as we are aptly calling a moonshot, we aim to quadruple the nation's investment in mitigation by 2022. why are we focusing on mitigation? let me point to a study that will tell the story. many of you in this audience at least, our emergency management experts pick you know interfere with and talking