. >> reporter: vester's father was an athlete a football player from humboldt state who went on to be drafted by the green bay packers. classmates say vester hm self excelled at san francisco state graduating two years hide of others in his class. his family hasn't spoken out publicly. a family friend though read a statement outside of vester senior's home in vallejo yesterday saying their thoughts and prayers are with the victim's families and with the wdbj television station family. >>> two former teammates on the 49ers are facing sexual assault charges and we are hearing from the attorney for the victim since the charges were announced. kiet do reports from the santa clara sheriff's office. >> reporter: we are talking about famed attorney gloria allred who represents the alleged victim in a civil suit. now, allred says that ray mcdonald carried the woman upstairs while she was unconscious and had sex with her without her consent. that also current 49ers linebacker ahmad brooks also groped her that same night again while she was unconscious. the santa clara county d.a.'s office says

talking north of -- humboldt. cooler in napa. cooler today than yesterday. not much.oday was every bit as hot inland as yesterday. staid hot and muggy. the fog and low clouds tonight. that is tomorrow morning. 70s for most of the bay area. there it is. that is the event. not bad. this is in the fire zone. and then it slides through. at this point -- that is our best chance for a sprinkle. sunday is the best day on your bay area weekend. the five-day forecast. there is the chance. it is not a big deal. other than the pattern, it is loosening it up. doesn't look like the system you will see this time of year. it is early. might be good news for us. the jet stream is reacting this early to weather systems. >> we could use that rain. >> thank you. >>> a northern california college hoping to give back to one of the heroes who stopped the attack on a train in france. the unusual step they are taking a help him during his senior year at sacramento state. >> new at 6:00 p.m. traffic troubles in the south bay prompting mayors to take action. the new efforts to improve thousand

. >> vester's father was an athlete, a football player from humboldt state who went on to be drafted by the packers. classmates say vester excelled at san francisco state graduating two years ahead of others in his class. his family has not spoken out publicly but a family friend read a statement outside of vester senior's home in vallejo yesterday saying our thoughts and prayers are with the victim's families and with the wdbj television station family. >> supposedly he faxed a manifesto before the shooting. what do we know about it? >> reporter: it claims he was attacked himself for being a gay black man and that he suffered racial and sexual discrimination at work. he said he bought that gun two days after the south carolina church shooting and he said that some of his bullets had the initials of his victims. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> switching gears to what was the other big story this week, of course the stock market and the world markets and there is a good time for investors this morning. asian stocks run today following big gains on wall street that ende

this is on humboldt bay in eureka california.ou have a woman sitting on the edge of the water and two young guys behind her, they're up to no good. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> don't know why this woman is screaming, what she's screaming about. >> oh no no no, no. [ bleep ] >> they push this woman into the water and post it on fais cook. somebody on facebook said this woman is a known homeless woman. it was sent to eureka pd. they said they can't identify the woman but if they do find her, they will ask if she wants to press charges because it could be a misdemeanor battery charge these kids face. >> that's a whole different story. i thought they were goofing around kids push each other in the pool for a laugh but that changes everything. >> they're just being bullies and doing it because they think it's funny which is the worst part. >> and it's like we talked about before with homeless people these kids are thinking they are above her. this behavior is so disrespect disrespectful disrespectful. i hope they get caught up with them so

his father was a stand out football player at humboldt state and a former green bay packer. >> now his family is grieving too. >> honestly if i see him i would just go give him a big hug. >> we are also learning more about the victims from those close to say them. wdbj7 anger shared pictures of himself with alison parker, the two just moved in together and had plans to get married. called her the most radiant woman he ever met. alison parker's father spoke out today, he said my grief is unbearable. i am crying my eyes out. i don't know if there is anybody in the world who could be more proud of their daughter and we are learning more about adam ward killed. 27-year-olds. grew up in virginia. he was engaged to the morning show producer. we found these pictures of him proposing on facebook. today was her last day at the station. >> this morning's tragedy is sparking a conversation among journalists. ktvu's azenith smith visited a journalist class where professors are using this as a teachable moment. a story new at 6:00 p.m. >> what else have you heard? what happened this morning? what h

next is humboldt. anne-marie? >> i wonder when that survey was taken. if it was takeen in january, i can understand why california has an edge but the northeast looks good right now. >>> well t hackers who stole information from the ashley madison website say they exposed millions of unfaithful partners. a statement from the hackers says that the websi refused to close down, so now everyone gets to see their data. wyatt andrews reports. >> reporter: some of the names and e-mails are fictitious but still millions of marriages could be in peril as spouses learn what that late night shopping has really been about. >> they weren't counting on a hacker to obtain that data. >> reporter: kim detta reports to another problem. around 15,000 of the e-mails traced to u.s. government accounts including state department and justice department and to top secret defense contractors including rakt on. >> if those are legitimate, if the activity can be matched with real people in government and people who might hold sensitive office, that creates the potential for black

18 siniestros activos del estado los mÁs peligrosos son en incendio rocky,, en quien - incendio humboldten el norte de california las autoridades arrestaron a un ciudadano por haber causado intencionalmente un incendio en su propiedad. en ese incendio las autoridades hallaron un plantÍo de marihuana. jairo. jairo: se encuentra el hombre tras las rejas porque va en contra de la ley que una persona inicie un incendio aunque el arrestado indicÓ que trabajÓ como bombero cuando vivÍa en mÉxico. ramÓn silva de 49 aÑos de edad se encuentra preso bajo sospecha de iniciar en su propiedad un incendio. en hombre declarÓ que sólo querÍa proteger del incendio su vivienda pero las autoridades creen que ramos silva, quien dijo que trabajÓ como bombero en mÉxico, querÍa salvar un plantÍo mÁs de marihuana en su propiedad. en incendio jerusalÉn es el mÁs reciente que se reportan california siete millas al suroeste del incendio rocky las llamas se iniciaron el domingo a eso de las 13:30 de la tarde y esta maÑana las autoridades confirmaron que ha arrasado con mÁs de 5000 acres en tres horas. se trata de co

. >> reporter: vester's father was an athlete, a football player from humboldt state who was drafted by the packers. vester excelled at san francisco state. >> he was doing well, he was very smart getting his journalism career going. i don't get it. >> reporter: after college, vester fell out of touch today. it wasn't until today that hirvin learned his old friend's life had taken a dark turn. >> i am still blown away. i haven't processed it yet. >> reporter: he came to live here with his family when he was between jobs. contrary to what employers said about his temper, they said he was a gentle giant. christin ayers, kpix5. >>> among those who remember vester from his time at kpix5, barbara rogers. she says she didn't know him very well, but remember l him as a young eager kid who wanted to be on avenue and do a good job. he is now on tv but in the worst possible way. >>> fire tears through a south bay trip mall. tonight, there is little left but rubble t. flames fed for hours by a busted gas main. kpix5's andria borba says a hit and run driver might be to blame. >> it was like domi

good family. [ pause ] [ no audio ] >> reporter: his father was an athlete a football player from humboldt state who went on to be drafted by the green bay packers. classmates say vester himself excelled at san francisco state graduating two years ahead of others in his class. a family friend read a statement outside vester senior's home in vallejo yesterday saying our thoughts and prayers are with the victims' families and with the wdbj family. it claims he was attacked for being a gay black man and he suffered racial and sexual discrimination at work. he said he was motivated by the church shooting in south carolina and bought his gun two days later. >>> firefighters looking for a driver had he say started a fire at a strip mall in the south bay. firefighters say the woman drove up a curb, tapped the gas meter with her car in santa clara. it broke a gas main spreading a fire from a laundromat, liquor store and then a bar. >> we are not sure whether the -- it immediately started the fire or if it found an ignition course and went on fire. >> the gas line was shut off last night. >>> south

his father, vester flanagan, sr., was an athlete, played football for humboldt state and then the green bay packers in 1961. he owns several homes on this block and other family members live here, as well. >> i feel bad for them. i'm a little sad right now. i think everybody knows "mark" is sad right now. >> reporter: all right. there's a little bit of activity right now here -- this is a couple of family homes you might see some photographers here to my left. a person just arrived saying they are going to read a statement by the family. we are going to hustle over there and put our camera in front of them, as well. we'll bring that to you as soon as we can. >> thank you, joe vazquez in vallejo. >>> allison paek and adam ward are being remembered by their colleagues -- alison parker and adam ward are being remembered by colleagues as special people who could brighten up a room. adam was described as a happy go lucky guy evening during the early-morning hours. alison parker was dating a station anchor chris hurst. his facebook today was flooded with photos. hurst says they never shared i

i talked to folks in forestville, colusa, chico, the humboldt fire, a lot of burning, a lot of smoke, a lot of poor air quality, especially northern california right now. the reason we had a run for firefighters is this rotation here. a weak low-pressure system. enough to -- to bring a lot more cool air in. a lot more moist air. doing had forecast for the fire zone. the firefighters are happy with the weather pattern. they are not happy with the weather pattern showing up friday and saturday. that will create problems. friday temperatures in the hot zones, mid-90s. saturday, low 100s. in the fire zones. humidities with 100 degrees, humidies single digits. it will get real dry. that will be a problem. -- humidities single digits. it will get real dry. that will be a problem. 79 degrees. heat inland. microclimates tomorrow, a lot like today. slightly warmer. another day, really. humidities in the fire zone over night were over 50%. amazing for this time of year. firefighters have a good run. but tomorrow, low 90s inland. san jose, big city, 80 degrees. nice tomorrow with good air qualit

was a standout football player at humboldt state and a former green bay packer, described as a fixture in this neighborhood. >> the grandfather of the block, like a huge security blanket for us. >> reporter: now his family is grieving too. >> honestly, if i see him, i will just go give him a big hug. >> reporter: the flanagan family asked for privacy all day. but this evening, a car with family members and a spokesperson stopped at the house to make a statement. >> it is with heavy hearts and deep sadness we express our deepest condolences to the families of alison parker and adam ward. we are also praying for the recovery of vicki gardner. our thoughts and prayers at this time are with the victims' families, and with wdbj television station family. >> reporter: the family didn't want to answer questions, but said they are heartbroken. in vallejo, noel walker, ktvu, fox 2 news. >>> it's been 20 years since flanagan worked at kpix in san francisco, and former anchor woman, barbara rogers issued this statement. like so many other new employees, he just wanted to be on tv and do a good jo

no one answers the door at the home, his father was a football player at humboldt state and a former green bay packer, a fixture in the neighborhood. >> like the grandfather of the block. a huge security blanket for us. >> reporter: now his family is grieving too. >> if i see him i will just go give him a big hug. >> that was noelle walker reporting. this afternoon the family released a statement saying it is with heavy hearts and deep sadness we express our condolences condolences to the families of alison parker and adam ward and we are praying for the recovery of vikki gardener. words caninous express the hurt we feel for the victims. >> the reporter and photographer were just starting their careers, alison parker and adam ward worked as a team at the cbs station wdbj7 in virginia. they grew up in virginia. adam-- the two were the kindest and nicest people at the station. they had something else in common, they were involved with co-workers. parker with the anchor man. they just moved in together. wanted to get married and ward was engaged to a producer. today was scheduled to be

. >> humboldt county. >> how you getting there? family picking you up?s. >> step there. >> i'm hoping this is the last time i'll ever be behind bars. hopefully this the last cage i get locked in. i'm ready to get out and start over. >> so, what are your chances you coming back and seeing us again? >> no, i'm done. >> you're done? you got -- >> i got a job. >> hooked up, everything? >> i got a lot of family support. >> they tell me that but i see them back in a few months. they'll be with to you process you out. >> okay. >> this is the information on three strikes laws. make sure you read that before you go out. what i need you to do is sign your name here and print your name right underneath there for me. >> okay. >> i got $200 on you. i give you this money for the train station, all right? do you have any children? >> yes, i got a son. >> how old is he? >> 18 months old. >> that's your best bet you don't come back. be a good role model for your son. okay? >> i will. >> all right. you ready to roll? >> yes. >> i have responsibilities, i got a son now, i

was a hall of fame football player from humboldt state university and played for the green bay packers under vince lombardi. again, he lives here. a sister also lives here. a very difficult time for this family. and all involved. in vallejo, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> tonight as you can imagine, tributes are pouring in for those two victims. reporter alison parker and cameraman adam ward. the two young journalists were just starting out in their careers and their lives. here's abc news reporter lindsay davis. >> reporter: this virginia news station shaken tonight. >> we're all in a state of shock here. you can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. >> reporter: alison parker and adam ward, the early morning team reporting together every day for wdbj. >> adam ward and i are putting the final touches on our special report. >> reporter: in the moments after today's shooting, parker's boyfriend, anchor chris hurst, sending a series of tweets revealing they just moved in together. he describes her as the most radiant woman i ever met. he says they wanted to get married. parker's

he was a football player at humboldt state and a green bay packer under vince lombardi in the '60s. to a person everyone we talked to said the same thing. he was a gentle giant, soft- spoken man, and they said they can't believe he would do this it's so out of character. >> thank you. >>> abc news in the meantime says it received a 23-page fax from someone claiming to be the gunman saying he was attacked for being a gay black man. in a letter flanagan cites the june church shooting in charleston, south carolina saying, the church shooting was the tipping point. but my anger has been building steadily. i have been a human powder keg for a while just waiting to go boom!" >> well spoken, very polite, educated, i never seen this coming. i don't know why -- i never seen it coming. >> vester? little vester? no. i mean, it's -- right now i can't wrap my head around it right now. it's a nightmare. >> he is a family friend. they were neighbors in oakland since the '70s. we have a lot more information on the shooting on our website, cbssf.com including the full interview with the gunman's bay

humboldt is actually 75 lightning strikes that are all in the same general area that con fla grated intoge infer know there. and that fire alone i think was burning -- gosh, i don't remember the acreage on that but i think it was around 2,000 acres just from those lightning strikes. so it is really, really hard to keep track of. and the resources are stretched to the limit. but as you mentioned, the air national guard and air farce fo coming in to help. the governor declared a state of emergence on friday and that is crucial in this type of fire fight, the air is the way to go. >> thank you for that live update. >>> a very different story on the east coast of the united states. particularly down in florida. a flood watch is in effect until 9:00 tonight. evacuations due to severe flooding in tampa bay. in newport richie, the flooding has forced people from their homes in three florida counties. less rain is expected today but flood risk remains with multiple swollen rivers and saturated land. >>> coming up a story that has ignited the internet. why this eight-year-old was handcuffed by th

on an innishive at looking at the banner of income and inequality and there folks working humboldt county, eureka, california, all connected because they have the ability to connect to people, they're on the ground, in physical communities face to face. so i think that's something that could be very different the con funs of online and offline activity. >> i think we're not trying to reinvent the wheel, but we're going from a carriage from a prius. we're no longer using the -- the hash tag black lives matter, that hash tag has to do with black lives matter in terms of access to affordable housing and higher education. i think those issues while maybe they aren't coming out with how we're speaking on the social media level about it, underlying all of that movement are the issues that you brought up that are important. income inequality is a huge problem in this country. i don't think anyone in this room would argue with that. but the way this generation is choosing to move behind it is in a different vehicle than perhaps generations before us. >> yeah, maybe in the front. [ inaudible ] >>

an accident over by mcginnis humboldt. 42 minutes at laguardia on arrivals, one hour at jfk. newark reporting 90 minutes, so definitely call ahead. route 1 and 9 closed between the tunnelly circle, there's a downed wire. trains, metro north, the danbury branch, 40 minute delay. equipment problems earlier. long island railroad, high water conditions affecting the port jefferson branch, that's a 30 minute delay. greg and rosanna, back to you. >> all right, cool. we are still -- well, i guess >> we are. today. >> yeah. we took a couple of tumbles. this is fly boarding done at the expert level. that's jimmy from fly board li. >> me headaches it look so -- makes it look so easy. >> watch this. now watch us as we were struggling to learn how to do it. [laughter] boom, boom! >> that's the reality of it. >> boom! >> it definitely -- >> boom! >> -- took a few tries. >> however -- >> ooh! you went facedown. >> yes. after trial and error, look who made it up? who's airborne or water born? whatever it is? >> you did it. you were up there for a good minute, i would say. >> i want to go ba

burning, but to put that in perspective, some of the fires are called complexes, for example, in humboldt the one fire there is actually 75 small fires that are so close together because of lightning strikes, that they're categorizing it as one big incident. so dozens and dozens of fires literally burning across the state at this hour. andrea? >> jennifer bjorklund, thank you so much. as you point out the rocky fire is the largest of a dozen blazes in drought stricken california. for more on this huge challenge, i know you busy you are so thanks for taking time to talk us to about what the strategy is now. how do you get control of this? >> yeah, well, with right now 23 active fires up and down the state we're definitely very busy. we've been moving resources from southern california up to northern california, ahead of this little siege. we actually increase our staffing, bring in firefighters back on duty, keeping firefighters who would have gone off duty. in fact, we've canceled all days off. that has given us even more of a workforce to use. plus, we've now been bricking in resource fr

special correspondent joanne jennings reports from humboldt county, california. it's the latest in our "breakthroughs" series on invention and innovation. >> reporter: dr michael fratkin, an internist specializing in palliative medicine, is making a house call to a terminally ill patient. >> this is where i'd like to die when i die in my own bed, in my own home. >> reporter: at 73 years old, kristi is confronting her mortality. six months ago, the retired school guidance counselor was diagnosed with an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer. her oncologist recommended surgery and chemotherapy, but chose to forgo treatment. >> my husband was in the hospital for a long time before he died and it was painful. i don't want to live the rest of my life like that. if i have three months, six months, i don't care. i want quality of life with my family. >> reporter: now home, goechel is savoring every moment. >> where's the pain? >> reporter: like most palliative care doctors, fratkin does manage pain. but he also tries to get his patients to focus beyond the physical. >> h

humboldt county is preparing to launch a first of its kind regulation for large scale pot farms.t's a series of environmental rules that are going to governing waste disposal and other water related impacts. the party board members are expected to vote on those new rules later today. >>> the jerusalem fire has now reached the perimeter of the rocky fire in lake county, however, they have not merged. charred brush is keeping them apart for now. more than 30,000 acres have burned had that jerusalem fire but there is some progress it's now nearly 20% contained. >>> keeping a very close eye on weather conditions right now. of course as we head into the weekend. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall >> conditions are still favorable today for them to rye to contain that wildfire but we will have high heat this weekend. right now as you head out you we see the low clouds in san francisco and a milderer start to the morning than we had yesterday. skies will gradually clear and a little bit warmer in in spots and then the clouds roll back in tonight, sunset will be at 8:02 in san j

here's a copy of the program used to advertise his appearance in humboldt, iowa. today it's only got about 6,000 residents. it had an opera house, probably back then there were probably no more than 1500 residents in town. and you can see at the bottom a collection will be taken to help pay for the hall. dressed in a plain, brown sack suit, mills seemed unpretentious to the core. to his audience, he appeared as a happy, enthusiastic, down-to-earth, plain-speaking man of the west, with a formula that worked to perfection. mills projected much the same image and persona in his published writings. by now, mills was making a name for himself as an author by publishing essays on nature and conservation topics in such national big-circulating magazines as the saturday evening post, atlantic monthly, collier's and american boy. he would bring these essays together in popular anthologies beginning in 1909 with the miss laney he entitled wildlife on the rockies, a volume which he dedicated to john muir. a dozen more books, mostly mixing topical essays with personal experie

. >> pam: he played his college ball at humboldt state and was inducted into the school's hall of fame pam: his family still lives in vallejo. >> pam: within the last hour.the family of vester flanagan broke their silence on today's tragic shooting. kron 4's alecia reid just finished talking to them.she is live in vallejo tonight. >> pam: alecia.what did the family have to say? >> reporter: with a statement from the family, this was the first time they broke their silence basically told reporters that they were just as shocked as the rest of the world at the double homicide. and turning the gun on himself soon after it. >> reporter: this was the first time that we action spoke with someone. >> we are also plant of the recovery of vicki garden up and train for the families of allison parker and adam ward. some was-home-- --we are also praying for the recovery of vivki gar dner and for the families of the victims. >> pam: several public figures took to social media to express their condolences over today's tragedy in virginia. >> pam: maria shriver tweeted out >> pam: "my thoughts and pr

and new york and california and humboldt county in eureka, california, which is by almost nowhere all connected via online platforms because they have the ability to connect to people but they're still working on the ground in physical communities face to face. so i think that that's something that could be very different is that confluence both online and offline activity. >> and i i don't think we're trying to reinvent the wheel but we have to go from having a die carriage to a prius. we're no longer using the same tools to reach people. but i will say, things like black lives matter, that hashtag has to do with more than police brutality. it has to do with the fact that black lives matter in terms of income inequality, in terms of access to affordable housing and access to higher education and i think that those issues, while maybe they aren't coming out within how we're speaking on the social media level about it, underlying all of that movement are the issues that you brought up that are important. income inequality is a huge problem in this country. i don't think anyone in this

working on an innishive at looking at the banner of income and inequality and there folks working humboldt county, eureka, california, all connected because they have the ability to connect to people, they're on the ground, in physical communities face to face. so i think that's something that could be very different the con funs of online and offline activity. >> i think we're not trying to reinvent the wheel, but we're going from a carriage from a prius. we're no longer using the -- the hash tag black lives matter, that hash tag has to do with black lives matter in terms of access to affordable housing and higher education. i think those issues while maybe th

so really say in humboldt right now is classified as one fire but it's 75 separate lightning strikes that are all out of control at the same time. so these are unpredictable very very difficult to fight. >> big fire but a whole lot of space there with the 65,000 acres burning. >>> thank you for the update. let's get right to the weather channel's general carfagno. what say they about the weather? >> in the west we have cooler conditions and this will help firefighters somewhat. not looking at any marked rain coming in to help them there. the northeast, we've got more thunderstorms. this will be round three in less than 24 hours for us here in the northeast. we've got that red zone on our map indicating where we can see severe weather from maine all of the way down into the carolinas. i wanted to show the visible satellite. this is what the sky is already starting to do. kind of bubble up out here with clouds with cumulous clouds those thunderstorm clouds building already in the northeast. so we're in for a rough afternoon. severe thunderstorm watch out for storm prediction center unt