kpix5's joe vazquez picks up the story from santa rosa tonight. ditch ... police say the driver apparently took off running; 'ditching his two friends ... sgt. dan m police d it >> reporter: it was dark, 9:15 at night. the driver was speeding through the intersection and watch. this surveillance video shows the mazda sedan diving straight into a large watery ditch. police say the driver apparently took off running ditching his two friends. >> we have some investigative leads we're following up on right now in hopes to identify the driver of the vehicle. >> reporter: by the looks of the video it appears the driver thought that colgan avenue here continues right through the intersection, but it doesn't. so he crashed into a fence and plunged 12 feed down into this flood control canal. the car floated down a ways. a male passenger got out. a female passenger stuck inside was rescued by the fire department. paramedics took them both to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. police say the driver could face criminal charges. >> if there is a driver and

kpix 5's joe vazquez on the jaw- dropping stunt. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the video is stunning!ooks like it's straight out of a movie a man flying in a wingsuit disappears into the clouds. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: video comes from a social media account belonging to brandan weinstein. he is one of two men arrested after flying off the top of the hilton hotel in san francisco. >> what happened? >> just a guy on a night. >> reporter: the hotel is 493 feet high in a densely crowded area a few blocks from the tenderloin police station. they landed safely right into the arms of the police. >> there were some officers on patrol in that area when they observed several people descending from the sky with parachutes and they ended up landing near their patrol car. >> reporter: brendan, 25, was arrested alongside a 26-year- old man. police confiscated their skydiving equipment. >> hey, brendan, this is joe vazquez. >> reporter: brendan couldn't talk about it it. both are listed as tech engineers on linkedin and both have photos and videos promoting skydiving and base jumping. police say ba

joe vazquez is digging for more details. we will get an update from him at 6:30 p.m. >>> tensions between the assistant district attorney and oakland over the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. they are still waiting for the city to turn over the fire department's report on the investigation. experts say a delay in handing it over may be a violation of the law. a spokesman said the city is waiting for a final report. 36 people were killed during a concert held in the warehouse last december. >>> two alarm fire ripped through home this afternoon. firefighters arrived at the scene on seal tv find flames shooting through roof. no one was home when the fire erupted. investigators are trying to pin down how it started. >>> menlow park, the fire department showed us the progress on the new downtown firehouse. drone footage. the footings being poured. construction should be finished by the end of the year. >>> final good-bye to a popular san jose little league coach killed in cold blood. kpix 5's maria medina was there and shows us

kpix5's joe vazquez talked to the a's president in oakland tonight. >> reporter: it's a slightly awkward situation here in oakland tonight always the city's baseball team, the oakland a's, are unveiling a giant mural beginning a week of fan celebrations on the exact same day the football team announced it's leaving town. >> i don't stand for it. i don't approve of it. quite frankly, the raiders, the nfl are dead to me. >> we love them to death. we want them to stay here, but if they got to go, they got to go. i recognize they wanted a new stadium and that's what they got. >> we feel really bad for the hard core raiders fans, raiders nation, but at the same time we're making sure we have success on and off the field. >> we had a viable deal on the table, fully financed, shovel ready. that speaks for itself. >> we've done everything that the nfl asked us to do. >> reporter: city leaders are frustrated, oakland city councilman jerry reed said he ordered a review of the raiders lease seeing if they can be evicted right away. >> i don't want them there. they can go down to santa clara to play

joe vazquez is there live with what we know so far. joe? >> reporter: liz, sacramento police are not sharing very many details, but it has become abundantly clear there is a strong bay area connection on this case. he quadruple homicide case. bing it as an arre sacramento police are referring to a man taken into custody here on pierce street and golden gate avenue by san francisco police as a person of interest in the quadruple homicide case. instead of describing it as an arrest, police are saying the man is being detained. e was their mother ic: 1:10:47 she was a good fri our cbs station in sacramento is also reporting sacramento police spent part of their day at this home in san pablo investigating the murders. you know why we're here. the folks inside told me they didn't want to talk about it and threatened to call 911 on me. early this morning somebody called sacramento police and asked them to check on the house on 35th avenue. when officers went inside around 7 a.m., they discovered four people had been killed. >> this does not appea

kpix5's joe vazquez is in union city tonight with what police believe set off the suspect. joe? >> reporter: police say the woman was trying to return some batteries to the wal-mart, but when the clerk wouldn't give her back her money, she went off. 6:00 on a sunday evening, you tonight expect to see this at a wal-mart parking lot, an enraged shopper nearly runs over a family of five and police say the person behind the wheel may not be old enough to drive. she's about 5 feet tall, possibly a teenager wearing a t- shirt with a batman logo. investigators say she was angry when she left the store. she got in her car and first she backed up quickly and crashed into a family of five knocking down a 3-year-old girl in the process. that's when police say she went from angry to ballistic. >> the victims were actually saying that they was yelling and screaming in the car pounding her fists on the steering wheel. >> reporter: she peeled out of her parking space right into the family again. >> thankfully mom had the presence of mind to reach down, pick up her daughter, move away because a

kpix 5's joe vazquez reports on what allegedly set the suspect off. >> reporter: police say the woman was trying to return some batteries to the walmart but when the clerk wouldn't give her back her money she went off. 6:00 on a sunday evening, you don't expect to see this at a walmart parking lot. an enraged shopper nearly runs over a family of five and police say the person behind the wheel may not even be old enough to drive. she is about 5 feet, possibly a teenager, wearing a t-shirt with a batman logo. investigators say she was angry when she left the store. she backed up fast and hit a family of five knocking down a 3-year-old girl in the process and that's when police say she went from angry to ballistic. >> the victims were actually saying that she was yelling and screaming in the car and pounding her fisting on the steering wheel. >> reporter: next she peeled out of her parking space right into the family again. >> thankfully, mom had the presence of mind to reach down pick up her daughter, move away because as soon as that -- as soon as she was able to pick her up the girl g

joe vazquez, kpix5. >> all right, all right. we'll take one. paul?> i'll take the last 25, done, problem solved. >>> it's not the dog days of summer, but it will be warmer the next couple days. we're in the 50s now, milder tonight. it's 58 in oakland, 56 in san jose, currently 54 in concord. don't worry about rainfall. we have had plenty. we'll be good for the next couple months regardless of what happens over the next couple months. livermore right now 79% above average, santa rosa 82% above average, even san jose 30% above normal for this time of year. the drought is done. so enjoy the sunshine. tonight partly cloudy skies, mild oakland, 49, mountain view 51, napa 48, upper 40s for concord and santa rosa, 50 the low tonight in san francisco. we have some big storms heading toward the west coast. that meant the past 2, 2 1/2 months they were coming right for your backyard, pouring rainfall, flooding problems. this time the storms hit a big ridge of high pressure, a wall in the atmosphere. means rain for seattle, portland, eugene, medford and ashland

tonight the teen's parents tell joe vazquez school officials mishandled the entire thing. >> reporter: the napa unified school board met tonight in special session to decide whether to expel two students. the allegation from the district? that a group of as many as 11 students were involved in what they call a serious hazing situation last october 31st. napa police say some of the football players that go to napa high held down some of their younger teammates and assaulted them. sophomore johnny torres is the jv quarterback, an honor roll student never in trouble before. his parents insist he is innocent. >> we still feel our son didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: johnny told school investigators he saw some of his teammates getting a little rough with some of the freshmen players, so he abruptly left the locker room and did not participate in any hazing. three other students have already been expelled. the school board met tonight to decide punishment for johnny and three other students. two of the cases are unrelated to the alleged hazing. >> the expulsion of students a and c. >

kpix 5's joe vazquez has the incredible video this morning. >> reporter: it was dark. 9:15 at night, police say the drive was speeding through the intersection at santa rosa avenue at colgan drive and then watch this! the surveillance video shows the mazda sedan diving straight into a large watery ditch. police say the driver apparently took off running, ditching his two friends. >> we have some investigative leads that we're following up on right now in hopes of identifying the driver. >> reporter: by the looks of the video, it appears the drive thought that colgan avenue here continues right through the intersection. but it doesn't! so he ended up crashing through a fence and plunging 12 feet down into the flood control canal. the car floated down a ways, a male passenger got out. a female passenger who was stuck inside had to be rescued by the fire department. paramedics took both of them to the hospital with injuries that are non-life-threatening. police say the drive could face criminal charges. >> if there is a driver who leaves the scene of an accident it's a crime and dependi

kpix 5's joe vazquez reports. >> reporter: sacramento police are referring to a man taken into custody here on pierce street and golden gate avenue by san francisco police as a person of interest in the quadruple homicide case. instead of describing it as an arrest, police are saying the man is being, quote, detained. our cbs station in sacramento is also reporting sacramento police spent part of the day at this home in san pablo investigating the murders. you know why we're here. the folks inside told me they didn't want to talk and threatened to call 911 on me. somebody called sacramento police and asked them to check on the house on 35th avenue. when officers went inside around 7 a.m. they discovered four people dead. >> this does not appear to be random. we believe the victims were known to the suspect. >> oh, my god. [ crying ] >> oh, my god. >> reporter: of the four victims, two were children. one was their mother. >> she was a good person. [ crying ] >> she was a good friend. [ crying ] >> reporter: neighbors say the girl was an 8th grade soccer player who planned to enroll in r

kpix 5's joe vazquez shows us what she had to say. >> reporter: for over a year if i came home alone i would grab a knife and look behind every door. denise huskins told matthew muller in open court. i have a hammer by my bed that i reach for in the worst of my nightmares. he broke into her house, tied up and drugged her boyfriend, then kidnapped denise and sexually assaulted her. prosecutors asked the judge for a 40-year sentence for a crime so twisted and bizarre that police called it a hoax that the couple still finds appall. >> they should have figured 20 minutes into this that these people were victims and the horror that these folks went through is just all about their incompetence. >> reporter: muller had pretended he was with a group of gentlemen criminals tried to convince denise he was just following orders. later wrote strange letters to law enforcement and the press. he was finally caught after a attacking another couple in dublin. at one point today denise was so emotional aaron held her up. she told muller to stop making excuses including bipolar disorder and military s

joe vazquez, kpix5. >>> it would be a first for the university of california system. school officials want to cap the number of students from other states and countries at 20%. a state audit last year found that uc of hurting california students by admitting too many out of state applicants. state lawmakers threatened to hold back $18.5 million if the uc system didn't limit that number. the uc board of regents will consider the proposal next week. >>> people in san jose tell us they got no warning ahead of last month's devastating flooding. now there's word the city had a way to send text alerts to everyone, but they didn't do it. kpix5's devin fehely asked why. >> we received no warning, no notice or anything saying that we have the flood coming in. >> reporter: that's because the city of san jose relied on an emergency warning system so antiquated and ineffectual that it virtually guaranteed people were not warned before last month's catastrophic floods. >> there's no question that the warning systems were totally inadequate in the situation and we've got to fix thi

joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> staff at the fresno zoo say it's time for a baby rhino to clomp around. six weeks of family time the 310-pound boy just made his debut. this rhino doesn't have a name for now. but the zoo is letting visitors vote on six choices by dropping a coin. >> this newborn is the first rhino calf in the fresno zoo's history. >> cute. >> love that. >>> time now 4:57. >> a few hours ago the congressional republicans wrapped up discussion on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> it may cost more on bart. coming up why the system is in dire financial straits. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and i'm kenny choi. let's start with a .. the mo >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, march 9. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside. the morning rush about to start. a live look at the bay bridge on the left. and a shot of dublin on the right. it's looking like it's going to be a good morning. >> pretty good morning. >> how can you tell that by that shot? i'm just asking. >> because i have seen the shots of the bay bridge this morning. it looks beautiful

joe vazquez shows us >>> reporter: no, it's not a fewistic space station station. this is charleston east. google's proposed new dome shaped office complex. the wavy scalloped canopy design includes solar panels tiled into the roof and skylight windows. google's plan is to build it along north bayshore in mountain view. nothing quite like this has ever been built. >> it came about because we really started to design from the inside out. wanted to find out how we could get a space to be very, very flexible and it wouldn't have a lot of walls and it's typical type of restrictions you have. >> generous consistent support -- >> reporter: the mountain view city council met to decide whether to green light the building which would be 595,000 square feet. 110 feet high. about a dozen people lined up to speak their minds about the project. but not a single voice was against it including cliff chambers with the mountain view coalition for sustainable planning. >> traffic is, you know, the number one concern and google, to their credit, have really addressed it in a very pro

joe vazquez has the story. >> two of our journalists went undercover. >> reporter: project veritas's video shows a teacher union leader in san francisco joking with about how he sometimes gets physical with children. >> reporter: antonio mankini is on leave from james lick middle school. he is the staff organizer and treasure your of united educators san francisco, the teachers union. the undercover videographer pretends to be a teacher asking advice after hitting a student. >> reporter: san francisco school district officials are investigating and take the allegations very seriously. >> i can only speak to the comments on the video. >> reporter: the teachers union also says it's investigating and has placed mankini on leave. >> when we do our full investigation, if it's determined that they are accurate that you know then we'll take action if necessary. >> my first concern as a parent and as an advocate for public schools is that every student is safe and well taught. >> reporter: annie is the spokesman for the nonprofit parents for public schools. she says given project veritas' hi

she spoke with kpix 5's joe vazquez about the experience. >> reporter: ebbie was 16. she had recently confided in her cousin that she was pregnant. [ crying ] >> all just trying to be there for ebbie. >> reporter: she was in a car yesterday with three others including her cousin, arianna cabrera. arianna says an unmarked car began chasing her friend's car and that's when she says the driver of her car sped off and clipped an undercover police car. >> the cops were shooting at the car. >> reporter: arianna says her car was still driving away when bullets started flying. >> i just heard gunshots and i didn't think anybody got hit in the car so he made that right and my cousin grabbed her left side and she started screaming. she's a can't take you, i can't take you and her head, like, falls. >> reporter: according to hayward police fremont police were tracking a vehicle that was connected to a string of armed robberies. >> when they go to contact driver, the vehicle takes off, rams the detectives' vehicles. the detectives return fire trying to strike the driver of the ve

in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. ♪[ music ] >> "hamilton" technically starts today with the seriespreview shows. >> the formal opening night is march 23 through august 5. we have the details on our website, cbssf.com. >> just email me. i know all the details about "hamilton." >> we have been hearing about it for months. maybe a year, right? >> very long time. about a year. >>> all right. it is 4:42. ♪[ music ] >>> still ahead, the price to ride bart. ticket prices aren't going up, but riders could end up paying more anyway. we'll explain. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, new hampshire! the "mount washington observatory" posted this on their facebook page yesterday. wind gusts were around 110-miles per >>> contagion a look at this crazy wind in -- take a look at this crazy wind in new hampshire. wind gusts on mount washington up to 110 miles an hour. a man holding the red flag to show sure how strong the winds were but we think we got the idea by looking at him and this video. >> we need to get roberta doing that sometimes. >>> a manmade history on his paddle board the first to stand-up paddle board

,,,,,,,,,, so far - joe vazquez reports, dozens o >> an east bay elementary school has a possible norovirus out break. dozens of kids turned out sick. >> reporter: so far, there is one confirmed case of norovirus, but several dozen children have called in sick here to dublin elementary school. >> the district says studented started getting sick on friday. the district immediately began sending home notices advising parents to keep their kids out of school if they have flu like symptoms. the principal says 35 children called out today. plus the one whose doctor yesterday confirmed the norovirus. >> about three dozen students are out with it. vomiting and diarrhea. those are the symptoms we have been tracking. some have a fever. and one student does have the norovirus for sure at this time. >> reporter: they have performed a deep cleaning of the campus. the hope now is to keep it from spreading. the norovirus is often a type of food poisoning that happens on cruise ships. it is highly contagious. it is passed along by food service worker who's have not adequately washed their hands. one confi

kpix5's joe vazquez on the picture that prosecutors are painting of the attacker to get the judge to thrown the book at him. joe? >> such a memorable case. according to these court documents we obtained today, prosecutors want to make it clear to the judge although nobody was killed in the commission of this crime, the criminal is extremely dangerous. matthew muller has pled guilty to kidnapping and raping denise huskins and tying up and drugging her boyfriend aaron quinn. now prosecutors want to put muller behind bars for 40 years. in the sentencing memorandum prosecutors coal the judge muller is so dangerous public safety requires that he be imprisoned until he is old and weak. muller committed the crimes two years ago this month. first he broke into the couple's vallejo home and blindfolded and drugged them. then prosecutors say muller was able to convince the couple he was one of a group of criminals by playing prerecorded audio that sounded like several people loudly whispering during the crime. prosecutors say muller also brought along a mannequin dressed in camoflauge to make i

joe vazquez reports. >> reporter: dozens of police officers and investigators spent the evening gathered around 3 vehicles. two police vans and a mercedes parked under an awning at the city view apartment complex in hayward. fremont police were conducting a robbery investigation. at least one officer fired a weapon. >> it was pow, pow, pow, pow, pow. we heard about four or five gunshots. i looked at my best friend and i told her i was, like, was that a paintball or real gun? i realized i live in hayward so no, it was a real gun. >> reporter: it happened next door to cal state east bay. the university quickly called for a "shelter in place" for a student housing complex called university village but that was lifted. class was not affected. people were never at risk on the campus. so far hayward police have made two arrests and spent hours searching for another suspect who they described as armed and dangerous. >> this is the second shooting that's been in our apartment complex since last year. we have only lived here for a little over a year and this is our second shooting and we have had

in san francisco joe vazquez, kpix5. >> technically the curtain goes up on hamilton tomorrow. the formal opening night is march 23rd through august 5th. >> i'm doing that lottery. it sounds good. >> good luck. >>> check this out. it's like a scene from the wizard of oz, except this little girl is not in kansas. she's in ohio. watch again always she tries to open that -- as she tries to open that orshe's blown away with the wind. all that with a cell phone in her hand, crazy. >> not dropping that thing. 80 mile-per-hour winds in places like cleveland and buffalo. the weather is crazy back there and right when our things are calming down, their weather is getting nuts back east. we can enjoy the calm through the weekend. curb it. s outside 50s -- current temperatures outside 50s for you, concord 74 74 at buchanan field today, -- 74 at buchanan field today. lows tonight upper 40s, low 50s, concord 50 degrees, napa 48, san francisco and san jose around 50. st. patrick's day parade, i know it's early, but it's the weekend before st. patrick's day. saturday a couple days from now, s

joe vazquez is digging for more details and we will check in with him coming up at 6:00 p.m. >>> a community's may way out and closed tonight, a month after a mudslide but just for today people were able to use a temporary route. kpix 5's jessica flores joins us live to explain why resident are still impatient for a permanent fix. jessica? >> reporter: this is morgan territory road right here but it is closed right now but for six hours today it was open and for the first time in weeks resident were able to drive up to their homes. >> reporter: temporary relief for hundreds of resident who live up morgan territory road . for weeks cracked and crumbling, the road now matched up. contra costa county says it is enough to allow resident to drive through for the day. michael with public works shows me the short term fix at the landslide. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> movement and right here is for the construction itself that we put holes into the ground so they are monitoring the slide here. this is where they are showing the movement. >> the slide moving a foot a day. the county can't st