and heather somerville, yes, of reuters formerly. i mean, honestly that has to have gone through your head. i mean, "the martian" wasn't your first book or your first story, but it was so big. andy: it was just this ludicrous success that, like, no writer has a right to have, right? it's like the daydream that you have when you're fantasizing about what it would be like. and then--and then, so then i had to follow that up with another book. scott: and what do you think? andy: well, i mean, it's--the general consensus is, "oh, it's not as good as 'the martian,' but it's still good." i'll take it, i'll take it. scott: is that on the blurb, is that on the inside? "it's not as good as 'the martian'"? andy: look, let's keep our feet on the ground. no. yeah, i'm really happy with how it's turned out. and between "the martian" and "artemis," i was 70,000 words into a different book that i'd written. yeah, originally i was writing a different book called "zhek," z-h-e-k, and i got 70,000 words into that. for reference, the entire book "the m

our reporters, jon swartz now with barron's, and heather somerville of reuters this week on "press:here." ♪ scott: good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. i appreciate all of you watching, but i really have one person in mind this morning, amy mek. good morning, amy. how are you? amy has a twitter account, there she is. she posts largely anti-islamic messages and she tweets a lot, on average 24 tweets a day. she also indicates she's part of the rair foundation, that's resistance against islamic radicals.

our reporters kate conger from gui gizmodo and heather somervil this week on "press:here." good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. there are two kinds of successful ceos in silicon valley. the hard working quiet type and the personality. mark zuckerberg is the hard working quiet type, there is no question steve jobs led through personality. now, when he started to go down the list of successful silicon valley ceos, most of them, nearly all of them, are more like zuckerberg than jobs. successful leaders, but the hard worki ining quiet type not the of personality type. if we're being honest with ourselves, technology doesn't often attract showman or show women. and to those who try to cross that gap, who try to fake their way into showmanship, well, you get this. >> developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers. >> and you don't want that. there are a few people in silicon valley who can take a stage without a sweat, who can fire up developers and employees and clients. people like nick mehta. >> who is excited! who's fired up! >> mehta is ceo of ga

somerville. >> 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

our reporters, jon swartz now with barron's, and heather somerville of reuters this week on "press:hereorning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. i appreciate all of you watching, but i really have one person in mind this morning, amy mek. good morning, amy. how are you? amy has a twitter account, there she is. she posts largely anti-islamic messages and she tweets a lot,

our reporters kate conger from gui gizmodo and heather somervil this week on "press:here."ne. i'm scott mcgrew. there are two kinds of successful ceos in silicon valley. the hard working quiet type and the personality. mark zuckerberg is the hard working quiet type, there is no question steve jobs led through personality. now, when he ste

good evening, everyone i am heather homes. frank somerville is off tonight. good evening, i am julie haener. >> the concord fire started just before 1 am. the complex was being built here. we have live coverage from ktvu . is that building still smoldering tonight? here is debora villalon. >> reporter: it is still smoldering. take a look, there is heat behind the walls it is a big wooden debris pile. take a look next-door, take a look at these apartments, they were evacuated not because of the fire but the danger of the hard building falling down. -- charred building falling down. >> they had it in the construction phase. >> reporter: fire crews could see the glow before they even left their station. 100 firefighters were there and there was nothing that anyone could do but to contain a. hours later looking at the scorch shall -- scorched shall having gratitude for it not spreading. a five-story scuffling collapses here if that were to happen that is why they are staying way. they only had a few minutes to retrieve pets, and essentials, maybe things they may

heather holmes. >> i'm frank somerville. 9:45 last night on 680 near treat boulevard in walnut creek and the secondway 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 his vehicle so he called us and s

somerville. >> 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

somerville. >> 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

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

somerville. >> and i'm heather holmes, in tonight for julie haener.'s a look outside from our san francisco camera. >> you can see the gray clouds over the bay. we have only see drizzle here so far but that's expected to change with the flash flood watch already up for parts of northern california. >> let's bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin now to talk more about this. how long until the rain gets here, how much you think we'll get? >> we'll get a lot and it's getting here now. we are looking at rain in the north bay and marin county and parts of san francisco up by the cliff house. we could see in the heaviest areas half foot of rain in the coastal hills not unexpected for a system like this with the atmospheric river. last time one of these came through, if you can remember this a few weeks ago, it hit big sur, dropped 12 inches of rain. that's where it focused on. this one is more focused on the north bay. it's forecast to drop about 6 inches of rain but i would not be surprised at all if we do see areas isolated areas especially around

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