live in palo alto, nannette miranda for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much nannette. >>> policee until tomorrow to give prosecutors the case against a man accused of leaving a suitcase full of body parts. close trend of andress is not the killer. he was arrested on saturday after police spotted him onsaur valence video near the suitcase. >>> an actor who played a power ranger on television is in jail this morning accused of stabbing his roommate to death with a sword. police say ricardo medina stabbed his roommate during an argument that turned physical n los angeles county. after the stabbing, medina called police and waited at the apartment where he was arrested. medina played the red power ranger in the 1990s tv series. >>> today san leandro city leader also vote on a plan to equip police with a new state-of-the-art vehicle. they were awarded a grant from homeland security to arm a bearcat personnel carrier. the car would streamline medical treatment of people in high-risk situations. the vehicle will increase -- critics responded the vehicle will increase militarization of t

live in sclan, nannette miranda for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much nannette. >>> a woman is suing radio shack and one of its employees, this after she says racy photos were stolen off of her iphone. the woman took her phone to the radio shack store in corte madeira in november because the screen was broken. when she got the phone back 17 of her photos had been texted to an unknown number. last week prosecutors charged that store employee who helped her. >>> happening today, three high profile court cases grabbing national headlines, two happening in massachusetts are massive storms buried the region in snow. jury selection is said to resume today in the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. the second of the murder trial of former football star aaron hernandez, he's on trial accused of killing semipro football player oden lloyd in 2013. >>> in southern california rap mogul suge knight is expected to appear in court on a murder charge. police say he hit and killed a man with his truck. his lawyers say he was trying to escape an attack. >>> prosecutors

live in san leandro, nannette miranda for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, nannette. >> just frightening there. >>> a woman is suing radio shack and one of its employees after she says racy photos were stolen from our iphone. the woman took her phone to the radio shack store in november because the screen was broken. when she got the phone back she realized 17 of her photos were texted to an unknown number. prosecutors charged the store employee who helped her. >>> robbers are keeping san francisco police busy this morning. four home invasion robberies have been reported in the past four days. the series of attacks started friday morning in oceanview, then saturday, sunday and monday in diamond heights, lower hait and visitation valley. the suspects in each case roughed up the victims and stole valuables. neighbors are think being security. >> we think we will probably have another safe watch meeting. just at the moment to be informed. >> police are trying to figure out if the attacks are linked. no arrests have been made so far. >>> despite protests from the public, the city

"today in the bay's" nannette miranda joins us live from palo alto.is expected to happen here? obviously he is refuting some of the charges here. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sam. definitely refuting the charges. it's doubtful that the former stanford swim team star will say much in court today. it's just an arraignment where defendants are informed of their charges and asked to enter a plea. 19-year-old brock turner faces five felony counts related to the rape of an unconscious and intoxicated woman who is not a stanford student. they were at an oncampus fraternity party january 1th and according to a report from the santa clara county sheriff's office brock admitted to sexually fondling her after having nine alcoholic drinks but denids raping her. in a statement to investigators she said she downed four whiskey shots in less than two hours. two cyclists ran into the alleged attack and chased turner down, holding him until police could arrive. after being highly recruited, turner did resign, did withdraw from stanford university. his arra

thanks nannette. >> 5:33 right now.gunman is on the run this morning after a shooting in the east bay. detectives say the shooting happened just north of highway 4 in bay point, just before 8:00 last night. two young women were taken to the hospital as a result. we're told they should survive. >>> a convicted sex offender just released on parole will be back in court faces new charges. carlisle villazon is accused of molesting a little girl inside a 99 cent store in hayward earlier this month. in 2010 he was convicted of molesting a girl at a walmart in san leandro. he served time in prison and was recently released on parole when this recent attack happened. >>> class will be in session at claremont middle school after all in oakland this morning, despite a large fire there yesterday. that fire caused about $1 million worth of damage to the cafeteria. investigators say it looks like someone broke into the building and they're now trying to figure out if it was intentionally set. the school is making arrangements to mak

. >> nannette miranda is live. how did we score? looks like good progress but more needs to be done. >> a good summary. more needs to be definitely done. governor brown asked all californians to cut back water usage by 20% because of the drought, and we find out that it's easier s

. >> "today in the bay's" nannette miranda is joining us live from oakland. the president is sending the u.s. secretary of labor in hopes he can kick-start discussions. >> reporter: good morning. people have high hopes that the labor secretary can somehow broker a deal to end this labor dispute. tom perez is expected to meet with both sides today, with the shipping company's bargaining agent. the pacific maritime association and the international long shore and warehouse union, the last contract expired in july. negotiations are stalled on things like pay and arbitration changes. the results are work slowdown. that has had a crippling effect on moving cargo through the west coast seaports from southern california to seattle, including oakland. the ports are a critical link to trade for nature's sun-grown foods. it has been really tough on them. profits are hurting. it hasn't been able to ship products to asia in a timely manner for months. >> we're afraid that if our products don't arrive in our particular countries in east asia, that our customers will have

frightening case, nannette. >> reporter: oh, very frightening and disturbing.this case is definitely scaring parents and authorities hope to catch the suspect immediately. they hope you can help. here's a look again at the suspect. the man that was suspected of groping this girl. this picture was taken from store surveillance cameras released last night. he's about six feet tall in his late teens, an african-american with a light complexion and a flat top haircut. the almeida county sheriff's office says he was in the 99 cent only store sunday afternoon in unincorporated hayward inside the creekside shopping center. deputies say he cornered an 8-year-old girl and forcefully put his hands down her pants. he then fled. search of the area turned up nothing with the suspect still on the loose, parents plan to be more vigilant. >> iright next to me so i alway look around suspicious activity. anything can happen anywhere, any time. >> reporter: the girl's mother was nearby in the next aisle and did not see the attack. deputies say this should be a wake-up call to par

. >> nannette miranda is live. how did we score? looks like good progress but more needs to be done. >> a good summary. more needs to be definitely done. governor brown asked all californians to cut back water usage by 20% because of the drought, and we find out that it's easier said than done. californians month after month failed to meet that goal and finally, for the month of december californians met that goal cutting water usage back by 22% state-wide when compared to the same month in 2013. if you look at the individual usage, that progress looks good as well. according to that new report released today by the california water resources board, the average californiaen used 67 gallons of water a day. that's down from 88 gallons a day the prior month in november but before we can celebrate, remember, december was a really rainy month for california so the state is actually attributing the wet weather to

you saw that beautiful light there behind nannette. she was there at port. >> there's more. >> this is san jose. after 70 degree temperatures this weekend though a change is coming. meteorologist rob joining us. any rain drops? >> we saw a few today but the theme was the wind becoming strong. 64 degrees in san francisco. wind speeds at 30 miles per hour. up towards napa. you see santa rosa. notice the wind direction out of the north. we're not seeing any fog. no sea breeze pushing in the marine layer for us tonight. and gusty to tomorrow morning. increasing slightly after day break. briefly at 40 miles per hour. with that in mind, a wind advisory up now, extended beyond 6:00 tonight. and now through 10:00 tomorrow morning. a little bit in lower elevations, below 500 feet and much like we are seeing outside right now. we did have showers earlier around morgan hill areas south and you had pretty good brief downpours. that is the outer fringe of a weather sift weather system bringing thunder and just the outer edge of this may clip the ba

live in palo alto, nannette miranda, "today in the bay." >> thank you, nannette. >>> today the san leandro city council will vote on whether to move forward with purchasing a controversial armored vehicle for its police department. the vehicle would be paid for with a $200,000 homeland security grant and is similar to the one used by officers during unruly protests in ferguson, missouri. critics say the vehicle will increase the militarization of the police force. >>> workers at the tesoro refinery in martinez are on strike this morning, the union is seeking a new contract to focus on working conditions, worker safety, understaffing and fatigue. the tesoro refinery will continue to operate as a terminal during the strike. it's going to take in products and ship them out but not actually going to be producing anything. >>> all right the bay area's own tom brady and the patriots are elated about last night's results. on the flipside you can see it and the pained look on his face, sorry richard sherman and the rest of his crew in seattle, they leave arizona deflated. shocking finish to one of

live in ocean beach, nannette miranda, nbc bay area news. >> it could be hawaii. we're not sure. we'll check exactly where she is. thanks very much. right now, look at highway 17 packed for much of the day. everybody thinking like nan net, let's go to the beach. a great day. people from all over the area doing just that traveling to and from santa cruz. earlier today a lot of people stuck in traffic for hours. they tried to get to the beach and cool down very much like that summer situation you always find yourself in trying to get over to santa cruz. >> i have been in traffic many times. >> police are asking for the public's had ep in tracking down two men involved in two incidents. the sketch of the man who groped another man inside a macy's bathroom at the stanford shopping center. on monday a different man tried to record a woman inside a bathroom stahl with a cell phone at the cumberly community center. >> a presidential farewell this morning. president obama left the bay area today. air force one taking off from sfo about 8:30 this morning. he spent yesterday in silicon val

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live in san francisco, nannette miranda, nbc bay area news. >> incredible pictures. thank you so much. the break in the weather is a big relief for power crews working hard to restore power to thousands. pg&e says they are also getting ready for the next round of rain. christie smith is live at pg&e headquarters in san francisco. the company even opened up emergency operations? >> yeah that's right. they have a room full of people doing things like ordering new utility poles, utility lines when necessary. they say they're using this break in the weather to try and restore power to the majority of their customer that lost power during the storm. their emergency operation center actually open yesterday morning around 6:00 a.m. it's going to stay open through monday. it was last used during the rain in december. they say in the bay area about 96% of the impacted customers, their service has been restored now after strong winds and rain washed across the bay area toppled trees on to power lines leaving thousands of customers in the dark. more than 2,000 pg&e workers have

nannette miranda joins us with how silicon valley is reacting to the decision. >> good monrning. invogt was close. the fcc decided 3-2 in favor of net neutrality which essentially means treating the internet like a utility. today's vote caps off more than a year of heated debate on the issue. the fcc received more than 4 million public comments. on the one side content providers like netflix and google which favored net neutrality. the opponent like time warner and comcast, wanted to be able to charge more for so-called fast lanes, faster connections to the internet. in the end, the fcc said no to fast lanes saying it is a utility. there aren't faster ways to get water and electricity. they all reach the consumer in the same way at the same speed. equal access. >> it's a real question and what is unclear is how it's going to affect us as consumers, do we have to pay more because now these internet companies are making less money? we don't know. but it's going to be interesting to see how it shakes out. one of the things we know is we all get water and it doesn't cost that much an

nbc bay area's nannette miranda joins us live with hot is in those pamphlets. >> well good morning.

nannette miranda joins us with how silicon valley is reacting to the decision.

. >> nannette miranda is live. how did we score?