also -- >> >> reporter: i'm jody hernandez. two churches have been hit by vandals multiple times the past few weeks. the cases are treated as hayes crimes. i will have a live report coming up. report and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of world class wine stolen have been recovered in north carolina. the question now, who took it. i'm christie smith. i'll have that story coming up. >> just into our newsroom. star power meets super power. hollywood celebrity joining forces with bat kid. >> then at 6:00 rising star in the silicon valley hits the ipo jackpot. >> great. >> but some tech experts worry this success story could be a bad sign for our economy. that's new at 6:00. >>> there's concern in the east bay. patrols stepping up after vandals repeatedly targeted two churches. you see some of the damage here. disturbing disturbing vulgar showing up on four separate occasions. they are next to each other near granada high school. jodi hernandez is in livermore where police say they are treating this case as a hate crime. >>

jody hernandez is live in oakland with more for us. jodi? >> reporter: the man who took that video found himself stuck in traffic right about here on interstate 880 yesterday afternoon. this is where things got pretty crazy, right in front of that innocent witness. tonight, his video is helping the chp track down those behind it all. you're looking at video of an illegal car demonstration that shut down the northbound lanes of interstate 880 in oakland yesterday afternoon. the man who took it got stuck right on the front line. he couldn't believe what was taking place outside his front window. >> there is a lot of excitement going on. people are dancing and going crazy. i'm not sure people will start pulling their weapons out. >>. >> reporter: the video helped officers who arrived to the scene confirmed the red mustang was taking part. it's been impounded for 30 days. the driver cited for reckless driving. >> they did make statements they were filming a rap video which is why they stopped the freeway. which is a very inappropriate reason to

we begin with jodi hernandez live. talk about exhaustion and elation all mixed together there, jodie. >> reporter: that's right. kevin jurgesen's mother tells me that her son says it still hasn't sunk in. she says that he is happy, relieved and tired. those who have been following the climbers' story are pretty elated as well. >> i just spotted caldwell. >> if you go down a little bit, you'll see the climber in green. >> he's so close. >> reporter: it's been an anxious and exciting day. >> come on baby. >> reporter: for family. >> this is so great. >> reporter: and even strangers. >> right below, just barely to the right. >> reporter: kevin jorgesen and his buddy wrapped up mission impossible. climbing the face of yosemite's el capitan. >> if they had to spend another several days they would find a way to climb together. >> i'm nervous. i want it as badly as he wants it. >> reporter: late this afternoon the wait and the struggle ended. after 19 grueling days the pair made it to the top. as the climbing buddies celebrate

i'm jodi hernandez. a live report from the rescue staging area coming up. >> plus a change in tactics. what california schools have stopped doing when dealing with behavior problems in school. >>> new details as researchers rush to unravel a deadly mystery in the san francisco bay. all weekend long rescuers have been pulling birds from the east bay shore. many hurt. many dead. all of them covered in a gooey substance that nobody can identify yet. jodi hernandez is tracking the efforts to save this wildlife and more on this mysterious substance. >> reporter: it's a huge mystery. rescuers have been working hard to save as many birds as possible. we're standing inside a mobile hospital. this is where the birds are brought in and initially treated. >> we are stilled at responding to oil spills. this is not really oil. we don't know what it is. >> reporter: these folks are dealing sw something they've never seen before. the birds covered in a sticky mystery goo that made it into the waters. >> the birds that

jodi hernandez, were those two kids vaccinated? >> reporter: the county health department says the two siblings were not vaccinated. they're among a pretty big group of schoolchildren here not fully vaccinated because of parent's personal beliefs. tonight, many doctor's offices are getting flooded with phone calls and visits from concerned parents. 15-month-old cyrus is getting his measles vaccination. news of to confirmed cases where he lives has his parents nervous. >> the idea that it's here and people aren't vaccinated is upsetting to me and it's time that we move beyond the faulty research that's kind of led to people not being vaccinated. >> reporter: the health department confirms two siblings contracted the virus while at disney land. because they weren't at school during the time they were infectious, their schoolmates have not been asked to stay home. >> i'm worried that we're going to see more cases of measles. i'm very concerned that a child will get very sick. >> reporter: he's been swamped since yesterday trying to ma

jodi hernandez is in san francisco with new details. jodi? >> reporter: folks here are all above aabove after the supreme court says it'll make a designificant soon. folks have worked hard for marriage equality and are hoping their efforts pay off. >> there's been over a decade of activism that led us to this very moment. all eyes are on the u.s. supreme court right now. and we couldn't be more excited. >> reporter: stewart and his husband, john lewis, are full of hope and excitement. after learning the supreme court will rule over whether same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry. the couple legally tied the knot in 2008. but gay couples in 14 other states still can't say, i do. >> we live here in san francisco. we're not just californians. we're americans. and we want and we deserve to have that freedom to be able to be married anywhere under this great nation of ours. >> this is the final question the supreme court could answer about marriage. >> reporter: lawyers at the center for lesbian rights represent the tennessee coupl

in yosemite i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. it is beautiful there.t is tough. they challenge us all to find our own dawn wall. this is right on our front page. you will find the raw video of the interview with the climbers plus the slide show of their adventure. that's at nbcbayarea.com. >> it can be stressful and frustrating for flyers just ahead the reason southwest airlines has been hit with a fine. one of the biggest in history. >> and they didn't think they would ever see her again. the technology that reunited one family with their dog three years after the dog was stolen from their backyard. >>> home at last. an emotional reunion three years in the making after henna was stolen from family's backyard in tracy. henna eventually wound up at oakland animal services. thanks to a microchip, workers there were able to contact the family who raced down to identify her. >> i didn't know by looking at her if she was injured, what she's been through the last three years. it was pretty -- pretty hard to leave her there. >> ian's daughter and son say they

let's bring in nbc bay area's jodi hernandez, who joins us from the cal campus. jodi, this is a nasty and long budget battle. >> reporter: that's right. and students are caught in the middle. i'll tell you, they dongt not like it at all. a possible tuition hike is at stake but so far neither the governor nor the university of california is backing down. >> the budget is tightly balanced and we made the best judgments we could. >> reporter: but the money governor jerry brown is offering to the university of california isn't doing much to end the financial feud between brown and uc president janet napolitano. brown's budget plan gives a $120 million boost to the uc system. >> the $120 million is not chump change. it's real money. and some parts of the budget didn't get any increase. >> i wouldn't call it chump change, but in the scheme of things it is not significant. >> reporter: it's not enough, say uc officials. they say they'd need another $97 million in state funds to keep tuition from going up, starting next year. a plan students have been protesting. >> we're

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez has the story of the bay area friends who are tracking their every move. [ ringing ] >> reporter: the ceiling at santa rosa's vertex climbing center is one of excitement. the sport these folks love is getting pushed in a new direction, as their home-grown hero 30-year-old kevin jorgeson, and climbing buddy tommytom tommy caldwell, take to on an unprecedented feet taking on the face of yosemite's el capitan. >> it's definitely the hardest big wall climb in the world, in my opinion, anyway. >> piece of cake right, tommy? >> no problem. we've got this. >> reporter: for the past 18 days, the pair has been free climbing el capitan's dawn wall. while they have ropes for protection -- >> come on -- >> reporter: -- they're climbing the 3,000-foot vertical route using just the tools within them strength patience and precision. >> to ascend the rock they're not using any aid at all. they're just climbing the rock. >> reporter: jorgeson has made it a nail-biter. it took him an entire week to scale one section. >> and the dedication that he had to have to keep that g

i'm jodi hernandez in livermore. i'll tell you why police are treating the cases as hate crimes. >>> and good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. clear skies across san jose. right now 58 degrees. however, as we head throughout this weekend, it's not going to be all clear. we'll talk about the pollution levels and where it's expected to be worse in just a few minutes. >>> police announced a big break in a south bay nightclub murder case. san jose police and u.s. marshals arrested a suspect at sfo on monday just as this man got off a flight from vietnam. officers say he is connected to a new year's day shooting outside the reign lounge in east san jose. two people were hit. one man died at the hospital. that was the first homicide in san jose for 2015. >>> police are also looking for one additional person. they say he may be armed and dangerous. investigators have not released a motive in that shooting. >>> two churches are being targeted in livermore. tonight police are stepping up patrols, looking for the vanda

reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> and you can see that sideshow right there right outside the exit that leads into the oakland coliseum. thank you, jodi. >>> a chain reaction crash in pittsburgh injures five people including a police officer. it happened as the officer was rushing to a bank robbery at the wells fargo bank on railroad avenue. its police cruiser ended up crashing into a car a mile and a half away. that caused the third car and a motorcycle to collide. we're told all of the drivers are expected to survive. the chp is now trying to figure out who was at fault. meanwhile, pittsburgh police are looking for the bank robber who in all that did manage to get away. >>> big names and big money. late word this evening that will reshape california politics. as we mentioned a few minutes ago, kamala harris will run for senate. gavin newsom said he will not, therefore paving the way for a like ily run at governor. larry gerston is with us now. a lot happening the past few hours, seemingly a coordinated plan and effort between harris and newsom essenti

jodi hernandez is there.ast one family now is demanding some answers. >> reporter: raj, we've talked to several family members today who are frustrated by a lack of information from the windsor manor rehabilitation center. we have seen masked workers coming in and out of the facility all day. but so far, some families say they're being kept in the dark. >> frustrated. scared. >> juan is worried about the health and safety of his 61-year-old sister. maria picasso has been quarantined at the windsor manor rehabilitation center in concord where she's recovering from heart surgery. she says she and other patients have been forced to stay in their rooms since thursday because of an outbreak. an outbreak she says she's not being given any information about. >> what was goi

jodi hernandez joins us from oakland with more on the cheers and jeers for the new mayor. jodi? >> reporter: and raj, she is getting a taste of both. she arrived to critics and supporters. tonight she's officially oakland's new mayor and she says she is ready to tackle the city's problems. >> i hope to convey that it is oakland's time. this city has many challenges but we are ready to take them on to turn this city around and become the incredible creative city oakland should be. >> that's the message oakland's new mayor wants to send tonight. as she officially takes the helm -- ♪ justice for us all ♪ >> protesters want her to hear and see her message. >> we have a mayor that voted against a civilian review board of the police department. >> dozens lined up outside the theater where the swearing in ceremony took place. the new mayor says she's listening. >> i take what they're saying seriously. i'm not here to just listen. i am here to take action. i believe we as a community need to come up with the solutions collaboratively and move forward together. >> he says shaft needs to

let's bring in nbc bay area's jodi hernandez from oakland. jodi?r: raj, for a brief time today, there was a lot of hope and excitement here in oakland that the bay area's olympic bids could perhaps help save oakland sports. it appears now it's back to the drawing board. >> the thing is that the olympics will be here would be very positive to oakland. >> reporter: but those hopes have been dashed. less than 24 hours after learning san francisco's bid to host the 2024 olympic games included holding part of them in oakland. the u.s. olympic committee selected boston instead. >> that would be a bummer, a real bummer, yeah. because, i mean i would love to go see olympics up here. >> reporter: fans and city leaders were especially hopeful that the olympics would finally bring the funding needed to build a new stadium and keep oakland sports teams from leaving town. but the column cites easy access to bart freeways and the airport. the mayor called it a win-win all the way around. >> the timing couldn't be more perfect where the opportunity to build an ol

i just didn't know what to do. >> jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> now to an aboutface from the university of virginia. they're reinstated the fraternity that was suspended two months ago amidst allegations of sexual assault and rape. kristen welker is in charlottesville with that. >> it was a bombshell report that shook the university of virginia to its core. in november rolling stone magazine published an article about a student named jackie who alleged she was gang raped at a fraternity part in 2012. all greek life was suspended as police launched an investigation amid cams wide protests. now a major turn of events. the university announcing this week it's reinstating the fraternity after charlottesville police told the school their investigation revealed no substantive basis to confirm the allegation. students are reeling from it all. >> it's been heavy, the atmosphere on the grounds has been negative. >> for the guys who are really happy to hear this news i'm happy for them. >> this announcement comes less than a week after fraternities were allowed to resume social activit

jodi hernandez spoke with students at uc berkeley who say they are the real victims of a nasty budgete fees are hiked, i can't count how many fee hikes i've seen already. >> reporter: uc berkeley says opportunities are bracing for just that. after uc officials claim the budget plan governor jerry brown unveiled won't deliver funding boost needed to keep a five-year tuition hike from kicking in. >> the governor ignored the allocated funding, tuition will rise by 5%. >> i'm trying to find some way to make a balance. it can be a fine university living in the funds we appropriated. >> reporter: the governor says the budget remains tight. his plan would give the university of california system a $120 million boost. >> the $120 million is not chump change. it's real money. some parts of the budget didn't get an increase. >> i wouldn't call it chump change, but in the scheme of things, it is not significant. >> reporter: officials say it's not enough. while the governor and uc president janet napolitano continue a financial feud, students are left to sweat over an uncertain future. >> studen

"today in the bay's" jodie hernandez has more. >> destructive, it's diminishing and degrading. >> reporterndals left vulgar and disturbing graffiti on sidewalks and walls, not just once but on four occasions over the past two weeks. >> got people that are expending energy that could be used in more productive ways that are sandblasting concrete, power washing walls. >> reporter: the holy cross lutheran church has been hit twice in recent days. as has the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. livermore police aren't taking it lightly. >> one of the churches, it was, you know, derogatory remarks about the church, about god, about heaven. >> reporter: >> we are classifying it as a hate crime. we're doing more to locate the suspects. >> we've lived across here almost ten years and never had any issues like this. this is a big deal. >> reporter: folks in the neighborhood are feeling rattled, too. they can't believe someone would target places that should be off-limits, houses of worship. >> churches especially, obviously they're going to do what they're going to do. for the sake of god i

that's where nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us. jodi, what is the protocol now, and what do we know? >> reporter: raj, when somebody shows signs and symptoms of ebola, the protocol is to transfer that person to a specially designated ebola treatment center. now uc davis medical center here is one of four such centers in northern california. the patient has been transferred here. now tonight that patient is in isolation here at the hospital. the hospital says that nobody is in danger. still, there are a lot of folks that are feeling nervous. >> sure i'm nervous. i'm really nervous, really nervous. >> reporter: that's how patients at uc davis medical center in sacramento are feeling tonight as they learn a patient displaying symptoms consistent with ebola is being treated and tested at the hospital. >> it's in the same building. it's in the same building. anything can happen. >> reporter: the patient was transferred to the uc medical center from mercy general hospital this morning. a team of highly trained nurses jumped into action. >

jodi hernandez is there. at least one family now is demanding some answers. >> reporter: raj, we've talked to several family members today who are frustrated by a lack of information from the windsor manor rehabilitation center. we have seen masked workers coming in and out of the facility all day. but so far, some families say they're being kept in the dark. >> frustrated. scared. >> juan is worried about the health and safety of his 61-year-old sister. maria picasso has been quarantined at the windsor manor rehabilitation center in concord where she's recovering from heart surgery. she says she and other patients have been forced to stay in their rooms since thursday because of an outbreak. an outbreak she says she's not being given any information about. >> what was going on. but nobody seems to know. and the person that does know won't tell us anything. >> it's scary to think about it. my sister is in there. we just fear that something is happening far more worse than they're telling us. >> juan says the

we have jodi hernandez there on scene. she will have the wrap-up tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 and of course, there are a number of awesome stories on this feat on nbcbayarea.com. >>> just in to our newsroom san jose police are suspected the nightclub where chris brown performed over the weekend. you might remember five people were shot during a small concert at fiesta nightclub. san jose police say the owner accepted a 60-day suspension of his entertainment permit and will also get a 60-day suspension from alcohol beverage control. that means that concert scheduled for this friday is now canceled. all people who were shot are going to survive. no one has been arrested. >> and we have new details in a scary scene that played out at a bay area mall. a car plowed into the macy's in newark injured six people this morning. the store already back open. >> nannette miranda is live with the latest and how it all happened. good morning. >> good morning, kris and scott. sometimes an inner voice diverts you from going from where you're g

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez joins us in the castro district of san francisco. and jody big announcement today and big decision coming in the next few months. >> reporter: that's right. i'll tell you, raj, that folks here in the castro are definitely excited to learn that the u.s. supreme court will soon rule on an issue that many here have mobilized around for years. the right to marry, and for those marriages to be recognized across the country. tonight the nation's highest court is close to ruling. >> we got married in san francisco city hall. >> reporter: stuart gaffney and his husband john have been legally married since 2008 when they said i do at san francisco's city hall. well, same-sex marriage is legal here, it's not in 14 other states. >> we live here in san francisco. we're not just californians. we're americans. and we want and we deserve to have that freedom to be to be able to be married anywhere in this great nation. >> reporter: now the u.s. supreme court has agreed to make a final decision on the issue. they'll rule by the end of june whether sa

reporting live in sacramento i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi thank you. it's been a few weeks since we focused on ebola. here's the latest. it's widespread and continues to be in guinea liberia and sierra leone. there are 22,000 probable suspected and confirmed cases. nearly 9,000 people have died. in the united states there have only been a handful of cases. two ebola victims have died on u.s. soil. not just ebola, the measles outbreak is also making news. tonight at 5:30 brian williams tells us about an urgent warning from public health officials as the super bowl approaches. that's at 5:30 on nightly news. >>> new details on that deadly fire that ripped through an apartment building in san francisco's mission district. this is a live look from our nbc helicopter of what's left of this building located at 22nd and mission street. last night it was a fiery inferno. tonight people who lived and worked there are telling horror stories about the obstacles they faced when they tried to escape. nbc bay area's is live at the scene. >> reporter: seconds really

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez talked to them in yosemite today. >> crazy. it's crazy. yeah. i mean i -- i haven't had much time to process even the fact that we did this thing yet, you know. i'm on three hours of sleep since we topped out. >> reporter: santa rosa's kevin jorgensen still trying to wrap his head around the feat he and his climbing buddy tommy caldwell have accomplished free climbing the face of yosemite's el capitan. >> this has been such a rad adventure, such an amazing thing. we're going to remember this for the rest of our lives. >> reporter: the pair talked about the experience today facing a throng of cameras after spending 19 solitary days facing the side of dawn wall. >> i never thought rock climbing could garner so much attention from the world. it's kind of crazy and a little uncomfortable. >> he inspires me. because it's a monumental feat. >> reporter: jorgensen's parents couldn't be prouder. they say the first sign he had an aptitude for climbing came at just 3 years old when jorgenson climbed up to the rooftop of his aunt's healdsburg home when no

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez has the story of the men who may be celebrating an historic climb as early as tomorrow. ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus. >> reporter: the feeling at santa rosa's climbing center is one of excitement. >> yeah. >> reporter: the sport these folks love is getting pushed in a new direction. as their homegrown hero 30-year-old kevin jorgensen and jorgensen's climbing buddy tommy caldwell take on an unprecedented feat scaling the face of yosemite's el capitan. >> it's definitely the hardest big wall climb in the world, in any opinion, anyway. >> right, tommy? >> no problems. >> reporter: for the past 18 days, the pair has been free climbing on el capitan's dawn wall. while they have ropes for protection, they don't use any for the climb. instead, they're scaling the 3,000 foot vertical route using just the tools within them strength, patience, and precision. >> so what they're doing is they're actually like gripping the rock with their hands and feet. >> reporter: jorgensen a santa rosa native who got his start at just 11 years old has made it a nail-b

jodi hernandez was in the courtroom, and you also spoke to the victim about the attack? >> reporter: that's right, jessica. the attack happened not far from the victim's san francisco neighborhood here. she is still very shaken and couldn't bring herself to go to court and face her alleged attacker and sat down with us after court to share her story. >> it was probably the most terrifying thing i've been through in my life. i didn't think i was going to come out of it alive. >> reporter: 24 year old samantha holsy shows us the stab wounds she suffered at the hands of a man who specifically targeted her and her transgendered partner as they rode a muni bus home. >> he started saying hateful things toward us. >> reporter: she and her partner tried to get off the bus when they say a man pulled a knife and stabbed holsy. >> i tho

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is in san rafael and obviously the marin cases could be worrisome for a good chunk of people there because a lot of kids there are not vaccinated. >> reporter: that's right, jessica. marin county has the highest rate of unvaccinated school children in the entire bay area. and you can bet that is causing a lot of concern tonight as the county health department here confirms that two children here have contracted the virus. 15-month-old cyrus is getting his measles vaccination. news of two confirmed cases of measles in marin county where cyrus lives has his parents a bit nervous. >> so the idea that it's here and people aren't vaccinated is -- that's upsetting to me. i think it's time that we move beyond the faulty research that has kind of led to people not being vaccinated. >> reporter: the marin county health department confirms two siblings contracted the virus while at disneyland. but because they weren't at school during the time they were infectious, their unvaccinated schoolmates have not been asked to stay home. >> i'm worried that we're going to s

i'm jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> so nice to see the mom so is happy there. one question for you. describe the cold weather. seems very cold where you are especially up there. how did that help the hikers? >> reporter: oh, my goodness. it has been freezing out here. and we are told actually the freezing cold temperatures may have been the secret to their success. it was so cold that their fingertips couldn't get sweaty and soft and that actually helped them scale the wall, their shoes were also hard and it made it harder for the sharp rocks to penetrate. one of the mothers told me she believes that is the secret to their success. >> very fun to watch. thank you. >>> as you can imagine, this is bringing lots of attention to the sport. the owner of planet granite says the exposure has been great. >> the explosion on facebook and social media sites has been really interesting. and really good to see. >> people are calling up saying i want to do that? >> absolutely. as crazy as it sounds yeah it's a really fun activity. >> when you're really up high the other peo

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is in san rafael and obviously the marin cases could be worrisome for ak of people there because a lot of kids there are not vaccinated. >> reporter: that's right, jessica. marin county has the highest rate of unvaccinated school children in the entire bay area. and you can bet that is causing a lot of concern tonight as the county health department here confirms that two children here have contracted the virus. 15-month-old cyrus is getting his measles vaccination. news of two confirmed cases of measles in marin county where cyrus lives has his parents a bit nervous. >> so the idea that it's here and people aren't vaccinated is -- that's upsetting to me. i think it's time that we move beyond the faulty research that has kind of led to people not being

reporting live in hayward, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> hopefully, they'll figure that out. thanks jodi. >>> well power is restored in the east bay after things went dark this afternoon. approximately 38,000 customers were left without power shortly before 2:00 this afternoon. outage also forced the closure of the downtown berkeley b.a.r.t. station. seven cities were affected including oakland, berkeley and richmond. at the height of this 38,000 like we said were without power. the good news all power has been restored. there is still no word on what caused this outage. >>> just into our newsroom a freak accident in santa rosa after an suv flipped on to a person, a person who was walking on the sidewalk. this accident unfolding at third and b street near the santa rosa plaza shopping center in santa rosa. at this point, we don't know what caused the driver to lose control of that suv and then have it flip over but we do know that that person who was walking on the sidewalk is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >>> new at 5:00 caltrans is hoping metering lights

reporting live at uc berkeley i'm jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jody thank you. >>> calling it extremely rare. marine biologists hope to learn more about a whale beached at the national sea shore. hikers came across the sperm whale yesterday near abbot's lagoon. the site was difficult to access. marine experts couldn't make it there before dark. the whale died overnight. marine biologists say it may have been sick because it came so close to the shore. >> can be harder to spot. they don't breach very often. they are deep divers. we don't see them very often around here. we don't know what their status is if they are endangered or not. we just don't have enough numbers, population numbers. >> they will get answers, hopefully. the last known sighting of that kind of whale in that area is 1998. biologists want to do tests at the mammal center of sausalito. >> coming up a new study that tells you about the worst congestion hot spots and how that list might lead to slicing. >> and a change in rank and file. where the chp is trying to recruit and why. >> good evening. in our weather

jodi hernandez was in the courtroom, and you also spoke to the victim about the attack? >> reporter: that's right, jessica. the attack happened not far from the victim's san francisco neighborhood here. she is still very shaken and couldn't bring herself to go to court and face her alleged attacker and sat down with us after court to share her story. >> it was probably the most terrifying thing i've been through in my life. i didn't think i was going to come out of it alive. >> reporter: 24 year old samantha holsy shows us the stab wounds she suffered at the hands of a man who specifically targeted her and her transgendered partner as they rode a muni bus home. >> he started saying hateful things toward us. >> reporter: she and her partner tried to get off the bus when they say a man pulled a knife and stabbed holsy. >> i thought oh, high god, i've just been stabbed. and then i noticed, wow, i'm not dead. most people that get stabbed in the chest twice die. there was so much blood, i was almost slipping on it. it was terrifying. >> reporter: today, the suspect, a 54 year

reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> such a difficult situation to be in. all right. thank you very much, jodi. >>> still ahead, a bay area company announces a new round of layoffs. >> and he promised savings but may have delivered financial ruin. the scheme a south bay lawyer is accused of and who he was targeting. >> reporter: and drivers say they've noticed more people speeding over the golden gate bridge since that new barrier was installed. i'm christie smith. we'll have the message from the chp. >>> consider this your fair warning. if you're driving on the golden gate bridge, watch your speed. there's a chp crackdown right now. turns out more people are speeding ever since the installation of that new movable barrier. nbc bay area's christie smith is at the bridge. how fast is fast? >> reporter: many drivers tell us they've noticed other drivers going maybe 20 30 miles over the posted speed limit and one theory is people are feeling more secure with this new barrier in place, but the chp is out here reminding everyone to slow down. the speed limit

jodi hernandez is in santa rosa. she'll bring us more information the minute it comes. thank you for joining us i'm scott mcgrew. >> turning now to our forecast a departure from the deep winter freeze some people have been complaining about, not me. spring-like conditions hit the bay area as we give you a closer look at san jose. you can see the haze that's sticking around. meteorologist christina loren says because of that haze it is the sixth straight spare the air day. so the good news is it's warm but that's part of the problem, right? >> yeah, if we could get rid of this poor air quality we would have a perfect forecast, but unfortunately, it is still hazy. i want to show you where you can get some relief if you're looking for big deep breaths of air, you can feel comfortable about it. head up to the high elevations. you can see we're seeing a really pretty blue sky. it's down below where all that particulate party gets trapped. let me show you what it looks like on the east shore where you can see the visibility dropping off as that haze gets even worse for today.

. >> well, that was jodi hernandez reporting there. we lost our satellite feed. if this does turn out to be a confirmed case of ebola, the one that jodi was talking about in the sacramento area it would be the 11th such case treated in the united states. this map shows the ten cases two of which turned out to be fatal. >>> agony and outrage over the death of a young woman run down while jogging by what police say were two illegal street racers is shining a spotlight on that dangerous practice. tonight we have learned there is actually a special unit devoted to stopping the fast and furious. what exactly are they doing? damian trujillo is live near the scene of the deadly accident. the city has just installed a temporary speed radar there? >> reporter: yeah, the hope is that this radar will help slow drivers down. street racing is a growing concern here in san jose. tonight we have exclusive footage of an organized illegal drag race. police are trying to stop. >> here are two street racers ready to go. your flag man gets them lined up and drags on. >> reporter: thi