morning, chp investigating a shooting on southbound 280 in san francisco. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratoscene at alemany boulevard, bring us up to speed on the investigation that's under way, pete. >> reporter: we're going on nearly three hours of the freeway being shut down here on 280 south right before you hit

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live at the scene of that paper mill. what were things like when you arrived at the scene? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris. it was an active scene when we showed up. firefighters were scrambling to fight the fire. that looks like it is santa clara fire. they are trying to put out the fire. we are dealing with the fire may have been knocked down. we know it is no longer spreading. it is contained to this specific building, which is a card board manufacturing plant. our crews are here on the ground after the fire took place just after 2:00 a.m. according to santa clara fire, the flames shooting to the sky. they are saying firefighters arrived on the scene just after 2:00 a.m. the fire taking place in the exterior storage. i mentioned, this is a card board manufacturing plant in santa clara. they are stacked 15 feet high. they were sending up that information via twitter. we are learning all employees have been evacuated and accounted for according to the plant manager. back out here live, the water coming

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos live at the scene at alemany boulevard, bring us up to speed on the investigation that's under way, pete. >> reporter: we're going on nearly three hours of the freeway being shut down here on 280 south right before you hit alemany boulevard and as a result of that freeway shooting, chp telling us that anywhere from through he to six victims may have been hit. i want to show you guys right now the situation, you've got a few lanes blocked off here, folks are being forced to drive off of the alemany boulevard exit and go back on monterey boulevard to continue on to 280 south. as far as the details that have freeway shooting, we're being told it happened roughly around 3:00 a.m. and the number they're saying is between three to six victims may have been shot and they self-transported themselves to san francisco general. now, as far as what's happening right now, why these lanes are shut down, chp is conducting their investigation, they are able to find some casings in the freeway that may have been related or were related to this shooting, but as a r

live in san jose, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> amazing they let you in the hotel. te. >>> just a few miles away from that hotel police are investigating a deadly shooting. it is at the assent apartments. the shooting happened 9:00 last night off of cottle right and raleigh. police say a man was killed, no word on a motive or a suspect. >>> 6:35 right now. to developing news out of our nation's capitol. we are entering day three of the government shutdown. this morning lawmakers on capitol hill are trying to reach a bipartisan agreement on the budget. the senate is expected to vote at 9:00 this morning our time today on a three-week funding bill. senate majority leader republican mitch mcconnell says that he will work on a daca f1 o he will work on a daca reopens. senate minority leader chuck schumer is set to meet with democrats who are skeptical that republicans won't follow through and take action to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. >>> locally a big impact of the shutdown is a closure of the national parks. over the weekend tourists showed up to muir woods not knowing it w

rock slide leaving one person dead along highway 121 in napa county. >> "today in the bay's", pete suratos, joins us live with a reason the crews are having a tough time dealing with this this morning. good morning, pete. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura and marcus. the main concern for the crews is the stability of the road on highway 121. we drove up there not long ago, a few miles up. once you drive on the road, you are blocked off as kenzo estates to wooden valley road as they continue to work on this issue. the concern here is the stability of the road. we'll show you the video from overnight. crews trying to get the car out of the embankment following this deadly incident. chp says it happened around 5:00 p.m. when a rock dislodged, striking a car, sending it into an embankment. now, we are on the usgs website saying it can be triggered by an earthquake, but more times than not, intense or prolonged rainfall, something we saw a couple days ago or yesterday. recently burned areas are susceptible to seeing landslides as well. with the conditions described as dangerous by c

we're live in berkeley, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >>> we will be checking those earthquake kits, i think you will be, too, pete. >>> the quake briefly disrupted the morning commute for a bit this morning. >> it's bringing widespread delays to bart and vta. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in oakland with the impact we're seeing this morning. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, marcus and kris. the good news that bart says is that they've completed all their track inspections and don't expect there to be any delays when this quake struck around 2:40 they did send people out on the tracks which is usual when you have an event like this to make sure there was no daniel. they also had first trains leaving their stations at 4:00 this morning. we had the operators running the trains slow so they could keep an eye on the rails to make sure there were no problems. they didn't find any issues. there was initially the thought they might have some delays, but whatever delays there were initially there are none right now which is great news for people here going to the

. >> "today in the bay's", pete suratos is there. have you been able to find out any new information? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and kris. at this point, we don't know exactly what caused the fire in santa clara. we know it was a card board manufacturing planl manufacturing plant. when crews showed up, they said it was on fire. we have another camera set up where you can see the smoke coming out of that plant, that building right now. they were able to knock down the fire for the most part, roughly, not long ago, in the past hour. at this time, no word on the car. we know, according to santa clara fire, all employees were evacuated safely. we'll show the video of the flames. there's the orange glow. a lot of people saw them from highway 17. the flames coming from the manufacturing plant. there's no threat of the fire spreading. it's contained in this area. they are looking for hot spots tharks is a big concern for them going through all that debris. i spoke to santa claire are fire. here they are explaining that in more

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live at the scene. this is off of alamay boulevard. what do you know so far? >> reporter: good morning. well, i can tell you as you're driving on 280 south three lanes are blocked and they're telling folks to go off of alameni boulevard in san francisco. what we're getting as far as information goes from chp is there was a potential freeway shooting here early this morning. they shut down this freeway at about 3:30 a.m. but apparently this incident may have happened around 3:00 a.m. the most important part right now, guys, is you can see this traffic, it could be a traffic issue this morning as we are actually standing on the freeway. you got about three lanes blocked off. once you're coming off that 101 split, on 280 south, you will have to get off it looks and appears from our vantage point getting off at alamany boulevard. they're investigating a potential shooting incident on the freeway. i'm going to try to grab a person with chp to get more information. we will continue to monitor this. it could be a big time traffic issue this m

we're live in santa rosa, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> a lot of work to be done there. hoping for the best. pete, thank you. >>> the weather causing delays and cancellations at sfo. we just called the airport. at least 54 flights have been cancelled so far and that number expected to go up. oakland airport and sjc all running on time. >>> the south bay there is concerned about homeless during the storm. santa clara county leaders set up about 200 additional beds for people at seven different shelters. this weekend community leaders in san jose handed out blankets, sleeping bags, socks and umbrellas to about 300 people. members for the global organization for community services spearheaded this event. there was a long line of people in need for help at st. james park in downtown san jose. >>> happening now, new concerns for the same areas hitly last month's massive wildfire in southern california. heavy rains over the next two days could lead to potential flooding and mudslides. some of the hardest hit areas are now under mandatory evacuation orders. that includes parts o

pete suratos is live with the progress crews are making. ood morning, pete. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marcus. look, that progress this morning depends on the stability of the road. that's the concern for crews this morning. we are standing along highway 121. as you drive up the road, which we did in the past hour, it stops at kenzo estates. we'll show viewers video from overnight. crews are working in that area, that car drove into the embankment following the landslide incident. chp says it happened around 5:00 p.m. when a rock dislodged from the hillside on 121, striking a car and ending it into an embankment here in napa. own the website, i looked at what can cause landslides like this. typically, landslides or at least some point landslides can be triggered by bigger events like earthquakes. it's triggered by intense or prolonged rainfall. burned areas are sus speptabcep landslides as well. the conditions are considered dangerous. the information on that deceased victim is minimal. >> unfortunately, i don't have the informa

. >> pete suratos is live in berkeley at one of a handful of shops opening. we are expecting big business today. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marcus. that's what they are telling me here in berkeley, big business on the first day of recreational marijuana sales. you can't just walk into any dispensary. there are limited ones selling today. they are starting to line up since doors are going to open at 6:00 a.m. you have people setting up outside the doors. there are only a limited number of dispensaries opening. you will find the dispensaries. greenstate.com you can see the places. san jose, santa cruz, richland and oakland are selling today. there are no dispensaries in san francisco selling recreational marijuana, at least for today. that could be another week before you see that. of course there's a dispensary in berkeley. you have to be approved by the city before getting a retail license from the state. that's why you are not seeing as many dispensaries selling recreational marijuana this morning. >> part of the reason, there's a few permits wi

live in berkeley, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, pete.ow that recreational marijuana is legal, veterinarians are warning pet owners about pot poisoning. a woman says her dog ate something laced with pot found perhaps on a walk and the situation quickly turned frightening. >> a puddle of urine on the floor, which is atypical for her. she also seemed very wobbly. the doctor came out and said we induced the vomiting and the room reeked of pot. >> the dog is okay, as you can see there. vets say if you plan to partake, keep your stash out of reach of dogs and cats. at least that vet that we talked with said marijuana toxicity in animals, well, they expect it is going to be a big issue in the new year. >>> 6:34 right now. happening today, california's minimum wage goes up. there are different salary requirements depending on where you live. statewide, minimum wage is $11 per hour, if they have 26 or more employees. oakland, $13.23 on haur and sunnyvale, $13.50 and san jose, $15 per hour. >>> happening today, it may cost you more to use bpa. far

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live at the scene of the paper mill. we have been seeing the flames and the smoke. the good thing is everyone inside the building were able to get out. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the main fire has been knocked down at this manufacturing plant. i want to get to this video behind me. what you are looking at right now, this, as fire crews are on the ground putting out the hot spots. that's one of the issues they are talking about. talking so much about the card board that caught on fire. they just put this out as we were talking, as we were waiting for the live report. that's what you are seeing from crews on the ground in santa clara. let's show you some of that video. i talked to santa clara fire and their pio on the ground. it happened around 1:06 a.m. it caught on fire, no word on the cause. all employees did evacuate safely. you are talking a big range here on matthew street. they are working to put out the fire. trying to put out the hot spots in this area. i want to point out, there is no threat of the fire spr

the quake was centered at the claremont hotel in berkeley and that's where "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live there. not seeing a lot of damage there at this point, pete. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, kris. not much damage at all here. we are criteria cross the street from the claremont hotel in berkeley. we've been showing you guys this storefront here where they would have items that would typically get knocked over, these books are still in place, we've got the glass, that obviously is still in place, wasn't knocked down as a result of the earthquake. but let's show you that video. this was tweeted out, this was at a san leandro safeway. i know because i live not too far from there, there's two safeways there, but that's one where you see some of the items that were knocked down as a result. as you mentioned these reports, people feeling this earthquake around the east bay because the epicenter is where we're standing in this area in berkeley. we talked in the past hour with a sergeant with berkeley police who said he felt that -- the shake from the earthquake as he was in his p

. >>> our team coverage continues with "today in the bay's" pete suratos he is live in san francisco with a warning for people to really continue to stay away from the water. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yeah, we just spoke to the department of emergency management here in san francisco, a spokesperson that we've talked to and they said they are still telling people to stay away from the coastline for at least the next 12 hours despite the fact that that tsunami watch was canceled. here he is moments ago explaining the importance of staying away from the coastline because of those dangerous currents. >> as of 4:00 a.m. this morning the tsunami watch was canceled for the u.s. west coast and that including san francisco, however, you know, there's always the possibility of dangerous currents in the water even though the watch has been canceled. so it's advisable that you stay out of the water at least for the next 12 hours. in the event there is some dangerous currents out there that, you know, you can get in trouble in if you are in the water. >> reporter: so i want to point out

right now we want to go to pete suratos who is live there right now. pete, what are things looking like in that area? >> reporter: well, marcus and kris, i'm not seeing much damage or any damage at all here in the berkeley area. we're near that claremont hotel right across the street from it on this area. you've got coffee shops, you have book stores like you see right here. we showed you earlier this morning when we showed our show at 4:00 a.m. none of the items have fallen over. you have books here, you have some glasses that didn't fall over as a result of that earthquake. we actually walked around the block as well and didn't see much damage as well, but of course folks woke up to this, including myself, i was awake at the time and you felt a little bit of a rumble, but no major damage at least in the oakland hills where i live where we felt that earthquake. we will show you nice some video, i believe you showed it not too long ago in san leandro in that safeway, some items in the aisle way, at least the person who tweeted out this video is saying t

. >> pete suratos, i spoke to you a little earlier, in that cut-in just around 3:30 and you said you felt it in the oakland hills area as well. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, i felt it in that oakland hills area. for all of us working this shift we are up around that time. as i'm getting ready for the stories we were originally going to do i felt a little bit of a shake. no damage in that oaklabservina area but you did feel a 4.5 earthquake, that epicenter in that claremont area. we are on the backside of the claremont hotel. you have the pete's coffee, another restaurant and even this store here, just to show you guys, obviously there is no damage in this area, you've got some glass right there that didn't fall over as a result of this earthquake. other items in here that appear to be in place, looking at it right now, as we drove up. so the good news is at least here in what's considered the epicenter of that earthquake in the claremont area there appears to be no damage to the store months in this area. aud aud. you see that there is a little bit of things maybe falling o

pete suratos is live at the school. we have seen the video and police really want to find the suspect. >> reporter: that's right, marcus. they want the public's help in finding the suspect before he strikes again. i happened around the same time yesterday morning here at harker middle school in time for students and teachers as they returned from winter break. we'll show you the video. that video viewers are looking at now is surveillance showing him walking around slowly here on campus grounds before he carried out or allegedly carried out that attack. according to san jose police, the assault happened yesterday morning around 6:30 a.m., an hour before students arrived here on campus for classes. police say he robbed and sexually assaulted the teacher alone at the time inside her classroom. they are hoping the video you are looking at will catch the suspect. in the meantime, it has rez don'ts in the area concerned. >> most of the times i'm alone. sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the evening. >> now, it's more sca

live in san jose, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> we all know teacher who is work in their classrooms before school starts and after. hopefully they will find this guy soon. thank you, pete. >>> new this morning, berkeley police are looking for possible witnesses to a hit and run crash last month. a woman was really hurt when a car hit her on december 18th an san pablo avenue. officers believe there may have been other drivers in the area at the time who witnessed the crime. so far, no information and that's why they are asking for help. they would like to come up with a suspect vehicle description. in pleasanton, police are looking for burglars, here on the screen. surveillance trying to break into a home near fairlands and churchhill drive. they knocked on the front door, looking official. when no one answered, they went around the back of the home and tried to open a locked slider, but were unsuccessful. >> bay area district leaders are investigating a recent flair incident. chevron refinery in richmond. the airmanagement district says they briefly exceeded state limits. it happene

. >>> let's get to "today in the bay's" pete suratos, he is live in san francisco. pete, what's the warning officials have for people about the water right now? >> reporter: good morning to you guys. as you mentioned, that tsunami watch has been canceled but they still want folks to stay away from the coastline here in san francisco for at least the next 12 hours. right where we're standing near the marina in san francisco you see the water here, this is considered what would be a tsunami zone so folks would have to be prepared to evacuate. as we swing over to our right side, this is where you would see the homes that would have to prepare for an evacuation. let's show you guys that tweet where the department of emergency sent out that tweet saying that the tsunami watch had been canceled but to stay away from the coastline for the next 12 hours. these are the areas that would eventually have to evacuate if a tsunami was to hit. they're always telling folks to prepare in those areas in the event of t you can see the marina green in that presidio area is one of those

pete suratos is live at uc berkeley and is watching all of this for us. pete, there's really a lot going on with this this morning. >> yeah, that's right, a lot going on on this specific issue surrounding daca, but as you mentioned you've got uc president janet napolitano who will hold a news conference regarding the dak ra applications. this comes on the heels of the report from the san francisco chronicle of a potential massive sweep of undocumented workers throughout all of northern california. here is the details that we're getting in that san francisco chronicle report. according to a source familiar with the operation, they're telling the chronicle that agents with immigration and customs enforcement are planning to arrest 1,500 undocumented workers in the coming weeks. we've heard tough language from the acting i.c.e. director in the past who has said, quote, california better holded on tight. i.c.e. did not comment on this specific operation according to the chronicle. if this does happen it would mark the first wide ranging sweep since california

"today in the bay's" pete suratos is live outside ofext.. hall where this all happened. pete, certainly a talker this morning. explain the controversy behind all of this. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. yeah, we're definitely going to see fallout from that controversial vote as the board of supervisors decided to replace acting mayor london breed with a fellow supervisor mark farrell. it remains to be seen if this will benefit herer in her run f mayor come june, but there were a number of people i'd say there were here last night at city hall that were not happy about that decision, they didn't hide their feelings. that was the scene at city hall that you guys were looking at last night when the board of supervisors voted in mark farrell as the acting mayor replacing london breed. breed took over that role following the up expected death of mayor ed lee last month. this is according to the city charter, her current role as the president of the board of supervisors made her next in line to take over for mayor lee. at the same time she kept her role as board of su

nbc bay area pete suratos joins us live from richmond. >> reporter: good morning. in the past hour we got some new information from the contra costa sheriff's department. they're the ones handling this investigation. they told us it started about five miles east from where we're standing. we're near the off ramp. it actually dumps you off here on barrett avenue for folks familiar with the area. this is one of the busier streets where the crash took place. this happened all last night on the off ramp. according to the sheriff's department, they're saying they were dispatched to a shoot go around 10:00 p.m., over there in el sobe rante. there was an indication someone may have been shot and then there was someone leaving the scene shortly there after. they were notified of a car collision and they said there was a driver there suffering from a gunshot wound. the sheriff's department at this time believes both those incidents are connected. when it comes to that victim, we're being told it is richmond at a hospital. in critical condition whiflt comes to the suspect, t

. >> pete suratos is live with how this happened. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and marcus. the suspect is in custody and the mother of that 4-year-old and sibling still in the hospital recovering from the injuries following this crash in antioch and, of course, the same can be said for the 4-year-old who passed away from those injuries at a local hospital. according to the contra costa sheriff's department, noe saucedo of pittsburgh, was spotted by deputies driving a stolen ford pickup truck on bailey road. he was followed by deputies heading eastbound on highway 4. that's when saucedo immediately accelerated and ran a red light at somersville road colliding into another pickup truck which was the pickup truck carrying the mother and her two children. saucedo has been booked on one count of murder and two counts of felony evading. our crews did speak with a woman in the area when this all took place. >> the guy slammed right into him and threw him from this side all the way over to the other side of the road. he had to have

pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. >>> we continue to monitor the developments out of southern california this morning where we are now entering day four for the search for victims in the deadly mudslides in montecito. 17 people are confirmed dead and 43 people missing. >> this morning, we are getting a better look at the devastation left behind. "today" show's miguel almaguer is in montecito with the clean up ahead. >> reporter: good morning. they are calling this is search and rescue mission. in neighborhoods like this one, it looks like a recovery. massive amounts of mud and boulders rolled down the hill here. they are literally covering home after home up to their rooftops. we know 43 people are reported missing, another 17 are dead. coming up on the "today" show, we'll take you up in the air to give you and aerial perspective. authorities say when they first got to neighborhoods like this one, the mud was six feet deep. authorities say they are looking for survivors today. back to you guys. >>> new this morning, changes could be coming to who gets to see police

live in san jose, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> all right. pete, hopefully they find him soon. thank you. >>> a new and disturbing twist in a recent arrest of a north bay man accused of peeping through the bedroom window of an 11-year-old santa rosa girl. authorities individually booked the man on a misdemeanor charge nearly two weeks ago, but now police believe cortez and the girl exchange numerous messages on snapchat. some were sexual in nature. he was rearrested and faces sexual assault charges. >>> new at 11:00. arrest numbers from local law enforcement. the santa rosa chp says that they made 22 dui arrests over the new year's weekend. officers made 14 arrests over the christmas weekend. those are up as the chp usually makes about 12 dui arrests per weekend. between november 22nd and january 2nd, santa rosa police made 74 dui arrests, up from 64 in the same period last year. >>> happening today. the head of homeland security department is set for a visit to the bay area. she will visit neighborhoods damaged in the north bay wildfires. sec

reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. 6:05 now. and freedom for a uc berkeley student. released by the immigration officials near the mexican border. mora spoke to reporters shortly after his release yesterday. >> i can only hope that one day [ inaudible ] they treat them like criminals. >> an immigration judge released him on bond while his case is pending. agents detained mora at a border protection checkpoint in san diego. mora is undocumented but he was protected under the dream act which was rescinded by the trump administration last year. mora says he will spend the rest of the week in san diego with his family and then head back to uc berkeley where the spring semester started this week. >>> i.c.e. is firing back at oakland. the deputy director of the immigration and customs enforcement agency is taking aim at city leaders for refusing to cooperate with agents. it comes amid fears of a mass sweep. i.c.e. plans to arrest 1,500 undocumented immigrants in the coming week. oakland mayor libby schaaf reiterates oakland police wil

nbc bay area's pete suratos joins us live from napa. pete, i know you've been there throughout the morning. we saw you on "today in the bay." how much progress have they been able to make? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. they're still making progress. as you can see behind me, the road is still closed, but the biggest concern remains to be the stability here on highway 121. i did just speak to caltrans. they were planning to reopen this road at 7:00 p.m. he said that's not the case. still yet to be determined. chp is on the ground conducting their investigation and you have the geologists with caltrans here and they're checking out the stability of that hill side. highway 121 behind me is closed, at least up to kenso estates. they're going to hit the estates and hit a u-turn because it's closed from kenso estates to wooden valley road. caltrans workers have been driving towards the scene all morning long to look at this incident. here is the video from overnight. according to chp, they're saying this rock slide happened around

nbc bay area's pete suratos is live at the headquarters this morning. you just spoke with the chp. do we know how the officer is doing? >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, laura. i just spoke with chp not too long ago and they tell me that officer martin lenway will be in surgery at some point today for those injuries to the lower half of his body. they say it appears he may have broken both legs as a result of this accident. but they are sharing this picture of officer lenway during better times, on the facebook page on the contra costa page during the fourth of july event. he's worked for the decision for nine years. as i mentioned, both legs could be broken as a result of this accident. the scene from highway 4 it happened on the eastbound side of highway four near the port chicago exit. he was in the center divide with his parked motorcycle helping two motorists in a non-injury accident. they were driving a pickup truck and lexus. he's helping them and erratic driver of a chevy trailblazer who police say was driving under the influence comes speeding up the center divide hit

. >> let's go to pete suratos in san francisco, live. still reports of flooding, the morning after the city shattered a rainfall record. pete? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, scott. at least, at this point, it doesn't appear to be a flooding concern. we are not seeing much rain in san francisco, but as you mentioned, there was a record that was broken. when it comes to daily rainfall in san francisco, since 2014, the previous hie was 2.36 inches. yesterday, we saw rain reach 3.15, so, almost an inch increase from the record. right now, 17th and fulton street, it's prone to a lot of flooding. in the past few years, they set up flood barriers to protect homes and businesses. roughly at 4:00 a.m. driving on the 101 south onramp, there was flooding on the freeway at the 101 south 80 split. you saw crews working on that area. you tend to see a lot of flooding there and on cesar chavez street. back out here live, the barriers are set up at 17th and fulton, an area with a history of flooding. the city is offering funding to retro fit this area,

nbc bay area's pete suratos joins us live from seton medical center. pete, you talked with the chief nursing officer there. can you tell us what the hospital is seeing so far? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris. well, you know what, it's busy like we're seeing at many hospitals right now because of this flu season but right here at seton medical center, they're saying they're seeing a 10% increase compared to last year when it comes to the flu cases. when it comes to folks coming in with the flu, it's not who you would think. >> this time we're seeing a lot of patients under the age of 65 being affected by it 40 and 50-year-olds and 20 and 30-year-olds. that's unusual and being admitted to the hospital for it. >> reporter: hitting all populations. some interesting stuff there from the chief nursing officer. he said that 10% increase is a combination of respiratory complaints and flu illnesses. as a result they're making sure they're staffed correctly, even bringing in more travel nurses here to help out at the seton medical center. more than two doz

pete suratos is headed there and will bring us a live report in the next hour. >>> we have developing news out of central america. a magnitude 7.6 quake hit between honduras and cayman islands. no threats of dangerous, large waves. no reports of major damage. >>> a plan to use drones to detect quake damage. the examiner is reporting commissioners unveiled the plan yesterday. the camera equipped drones would examine piers and walls. they usually conduct inspections by boat. >>> u.s. figure skaters got a look at car break ins. she said someone broke into the suv her parents rented and parked in japantown. they were in town after competing in the championships last week. her ice skates were stolen and two custom skating dresses. this is video of her competing in one of those dresses. they are worth more than $1,000 a piece. >> the dresses are very personal to me and mean a lot to me. if they could please return it that would be very much appreciated. i love those dresses and wish i could have them back. >> more than 30,000 break ins were reported in san francisco alone. we have been tell

year-old who they say was under the influence of drugs and alcohol for those charges are -- to pete suratos live at chp headquarters in vallejo. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. the news conference wrapping up not too long ago in the past hour from chp regarding the charges for that 22-year-old, muhammad ali of hayward is charged in connection to the death of chp officer andrew camilleri killed in the line of duty on christmas eve. something we've covered extensively here on nbc bay area. let's go ahead and show you guys the charges that he's facing. of course the biggest charge there is facing a felony charge for second-degree murder. that was discussed during this news conference that just wrapped up. also a number of charges regarding driving under the influence of alcohol, causing injury to both officer andrew camilleri and his partner officer jonathan velazquez who survived that crash. when it comes to the dui i don't know charges of ali driving with a 0.08 blood alcohol percent or higher. as well as driving with drugs and alcohol in his system. we asked chp what drugs,

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live in martinez with what happened. pete, this happened while that officer was writing a ticket. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. yes, that chp officer was simply doing his job last night when it took place and the last time we checked in with chp we know that he was in recovery at a local hospital and when you hear the details of this incident, you realize he's lucky to be alive. let's show you the scene from highway 4 overnight after this all took place. according to chp they're saying the officer was parked on the side of the highway writing up an accident report involving an suv which was parked on the side of that highway. while this is taking place chp says another driver hits that parked suv, that suv flips over and eventually rolls on to the officer. now, this collision pushed the officer's parked motorcycle into traffic lanes causing a chain reaction involving eight cars, shutting down the highway. our crews did speak with a driver in one of those eight cars who helped get the suv off of that officer. >> and the

live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you. meanwhile in the north bay, folks holding their breath as rain pounds the area by october's wildfire. they are worried about mudslides and erosion. we spoke to a homeowner in fountain grove, a home narrowly avoided by being destroyed by the flames. >> i was driving and hit a puddle of water that has never been there in the ten years we have been here. we have lived through a lot of rain. it's a shocker. >> they have been spraying a green absorbent over the area to keep the rain in place. our team coverage continues now. >> we want to bring in meteorologist, kari hall with a look at the overall rain totals. surprising ones. >> yeah, daily rainfall records were set. we have one south of the viewing area around big sur that reached nearly ten inches. >> really? >> yes, in just this one storm. as we look at san francisco, santa rosa, over three inches of rain. san francisco, with a storm total of 3.37. napa over two inches of rain there. oakland, over two inches of rain, almost three ther

. >> pete suratos is live at walnut creek intermediate school with an incident that happened this week. what are police telling us to be watchful for? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and marcus. first, thoey want folks to help them find the person connected to this. at this time, they don't believe the two incidents are connected. they are concerning, nonetheless. we'll show the maps. both of them happened within a mile perimeter at walnut creek intermediate. the first is taking place monday around 4:30 p.m. you can see it on the map. less than half a mile east from where we are standing at the school. they are saying an adult male approached a group of students in the area. the students reported it to the school, the district reported to walnut creek police and two days later, a mile north of that location on wednesday, near the 7-eleven on pacific drive, an adult tried to engage a male student roughly around 4:00 p.m. and showed the student a sexually explicit text message on his phone. the student went inside a nearby business and waited for the man to leave and reported it t

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos just arrived on the scene. you tell us what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. we're just getting here at the wyndham garden san jose silicon valley. right behind me you can still see there is a heavy police presence, you still have san jose police, santa clara county sheriff's department as well as san jose fire here for what we're going told is a standoff inside of that hotel. now, i did go inside the hotel where there were negotiators in the lobby area. what they're telling me at this point is that there is a subject in there, we don't know if it's a male or female, with a felony warrant. that's what they're telling me as of this morning. what they're doing right now, what they're saying they are negotiating what they're referring to as a peaceful surrend surrender. at least they confirm to me there is a person inside that hotel room with a felony warrant they are negotiating with at this time. now, they told me they've been here for closing in on double digits when it comes to the amount of hours

live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> interesting report. hank you, pete. >>> tomorrow a couple of fundraisers being held for the family of two young antioch sisters who were killed after a suspect crashed a stolen truck into their family's car. four-year-old lenexy and two-year-old camila cardoza died shortly after the crash on highway 4 last week. the girl's mother who was driving was also injured but she survived. tomorrow there is a fundraiser in union city at noop, it's happening at charles kennedy park and they will have a celebration of their lives happening in bay point from 1:00 to 8:00 tomorrow night. >>> police in pacifica are investigating a violent home invasion robbery, it happened yesterday on fire crest avenue. bliss say three men entered the home, used a gun to pistol whip the homeowner, he was not seriously injured. >>> continuing coverage of the bay area housing crisis. one city is making an effort to help teachers find affordable places to live. the santa clara county supervisor wants to develop a plot of land to build hom

pete suratos is live at that scene with the major progress firefighters have made overnight. pete, it looks like they have things under control at this point. >> reporter: yeah, marcus, things are definitely under control here on south fourth street in front of that metal facility that caught on fire yesterday. of course, it's a much different scene here. look, as we're standing here you can still kind of smell that odor in the air but i confirmed with richmond fire that there are no longer high levels of chemicals in the air since that fire is under control. no shelter in place for folks in this area. you guys are taking a look at the scene yesterday when those flames were very high. according to richmond fire they're saying this all started just after 5:00 underneath a pile of scrap metal at the recycling facility. it's too early to tell what caused that fire, but immediately fire officials ordered five neighborhoods in richmond to shelter in place. basically right now crews are working with the facility to move piles of that scrap metal looking for any hot spots. fire crews

"today in the bay's", pete suratos is going to bring us a live report from berkeley coming up in the next half hour. >>> other laws, employers can no longer ask you about your prior salary. bus passengers already required to use seatbelts when available. they can't be cited for parking at a broken meter. state minimum wage is $11 an hour. >>> it will cost you more to use vta. it increased by 25 cents, $2.25 a ride. it dropped to one dollar. they are offering free transfers to certain customers. the trains will run longer and more frequent between mountainview and winchester. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," starting the year off on the right foot financially. we have tips that could help you with your new year's resolution. >> a live look outside in san rafael. mild start. kari is watching that forecast for us. you are watching "today in the bay." ♪ this little home of mine, ♪ i'm gonna let it shine. ♪ it's energy saving time, ♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ unplug chargers - g

in san francisco, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >>> thanks, pete. >>> it's also a big day in oakland for the raider nation because in less than an hour, former head coach john gruden will be reintroduced today as the coach again. >> that's right. everybody knows his name. he signed off as a broadcaster for espn's "monday night football," getting back in action after ten years. he's reportedly getting paid $100 million for a decade of coaching. by the way, the raiders were the first team to give him the head coaching job back in 1998. he'll be introduced today at noon at raiders' headquarters in alameda. reintroduced. >> do you think we'll have -- >> i would imagine. >> you think? >> a whole raider nation as well. >>> coming up, fighting addiction. parents are growing increasingly concerned about the time that their kid are spending on their smartphones. what apple is doing after investors stepped in. >>> plus, a fight over the remains of charles manson. the reason one friend says he wants the remains of the notorious killer. you could save energy by weaving your own shoes... out of f

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live at the scene in richmond just off of interstate 80. pete, what have you been able to learn this morning? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. in that past hour we were able to get some type of information although it was limited from a sergeant with the contra costa sheriff's department who is handling this. they cannot comment as far as if the shooting happened on the freeway or if the driver that was shot eventually drove on to the freeway following the shooting. we are still waiting to get more details on that, but let's show you the video from the scene. this was roughly around 11:00 p.m. here in richmond just on the off ramp off of 80 west if you're heading off of san pablo avenue. it drops you off in that barrett avenue area of richmond. an officer on the scene told our crews that there was a driver in that car who was shot inside of that car and apparently crashed the car just off that off ramp, but as i mentioned we don't know if the shooting originated on the freeway or if that driver drove on to the freeway afte

. >> pete suratos is there with what we discovered overnight. pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. we're working to get more details from chp oakland as well as the contra costa sheriff's department which are handling this investigation, but at least from the scene on san pablo avenue i can tell you that the scene is clear, won't affect any traffic in the area. there are reports of a shooting in richmond with at least that driver crashing their car just off the off ramp off of 80 west. we will show you video from this scene. this is from roughly around 11:00 p.m. so the scene has cleared for quite some time, but information that we're getting or our crews got from officers on the scene is that apparently the shooting happened just after 11:00 p.m., it's unclear if that shooting happened on the freeway but that convertible, that crash just off the off ramp off of 80 west and san pablo avenue. we do know that the victim was transported to a president who, do not know the extent of the injuries or if the shooting actually took place

pete suratos is live at uc berkeley with what this could mean for d.r.e.a.m.ers. morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. the uc president, university of california president napolitano will hold that news conference later this morning in sacramento to discuss the renewal process for daca applications but this all comes on the heels of this report coming out of the san francisco chronicle of a potential massive sweep of undocumented workers throughout all of northern california. let's break down what's in that report. in the chronicle they are reporting that a source familiar with this operation says that agents are planning to arrest anywhere from 1,500 undocumented workers in the coming weeks. i.c.e. did not comment on this operation according to the chronicle but if this does happen it would mark the first wide ranging sweep since california gained sanctuary status in october. when it comes to those daca renewals requests are going resumed following a preliminary injunction over the weekend after lawsuits were filed by the university of california and

. >> pete suratos is live in san jose. we've seen a little bit of the video that you sent in. a colorful fleet. >> reporter: good morning. yes, that future fleet, bart's future fleet, is expected to roll out later this morning. of course, it was expected to roll out back in the fall, but it needed more testing with those pilot cars. looks like the testing is done and we are going to see those new cars later this morning, but here is a sneak peek from july when our crews were able to check out these cars. now, the train is expected to leave roughly later this morning, it's going to be the first of 775 new bart trains going into service later today. it's been a comprehensive process getting this fleet going which included more than 75,000 miles of testing for the pilot cars and 20,000 trading hours for operators. as far as what will be different with these cars, it's going to be more quiet, comfortable and cooler due to the set up, you will also have digital signs showing where your destination is going, more priority seating for certain people as well as more doors. there will

. >>> "today in the bay's" pete suratos is live at chp headquarters in martinez this morning with the new information just into our newsroom, pete, about the suspect in this case. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. since our last live report chp contra costa posting this information on their facebook page saying they have arrested the driver who allegedly is responsible for causing this accident in the first place and her name is tammy walker of pittsburg, she's 52 years old. among the charges she's facing it includes potentially driving under the influence. so it appears either drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in this accident. of course, that was different from information that we were working off of in our last report. let's show you guys the scene from last night, this is highway 4 that you guys are looking at where this all took place. according to chp that officer parked his motorcycle on the side of highway 4 near the port chicago highway exit to write up a report reporting a pickup truck and another vehicle. now, while all this is taking place that driv

. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from the richmond police department this morninge latest on the investigation and an update as well on the officer's condition this morning. what do we know, pete? >> reporter: good morning. let's hope that that officer is doing well. i did reach out to richmond police, waiting to hear back, of course it is pretty early in the morning. at last check we do know that that officer was recovering in a hospital with serious injuries, but they are still looking for the suspect who caused all of this during that sideshow that took place in richmond over the weekend. i know we showed you guys a clip of that instagram video, we will show it to our viewers once again. this was a scene near the richmond police department when this all took place off of cd[ç boulevard. officers were able to get there quickly because it was so close to the police station and that's when that officer got injured as he was waving the drivers to stop this sideshow when it was taking place. his injuries include broken bones, cuts and a road rash, but its the proximi

"today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live in san francisco this morning to explain why. know someone who has been the victim of a car break-in, pete. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, laura. continues to be a problem there in the city of san francisco and in that new report that came out from the "san francisco chronicle" we're seeing a very small percentage of arrests when it comes to car break-ins. of course, their data is based off of online claims which make up a majority of the claims that people are claiming when filing those reports of those car break-ins. in that report that we're seeing this morning they're saying that 13 arrests out of more than 81,000 online claims have been made. that's between a seven-year period. that's according to data they're getting from the district attorney's office. in 2017 they are reported more than 30,000 car break-ins took place. you compare that to 2011 where there were fewer than 11,000 break-ins. as of right now san francisco is seeing an average of 85 car break-ins a day, that's a pretty big number. let's show you a map right n

"today in the bay's" pete suratos is live there right now. this is one of a dozen homes on that cliff that had to be demolished but this really is a part of a bigger problem here. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. of course, yeah, that cliff side here in pacifica has taken a beating over the past couple years with the combination of heavy rains and the king tides but the home behind me here is this 500 block. it will be demolished like many of the others we've seen over the past couple years here in just a few hours but a couple years ago our crews were here with that homeowner when they tried to essentially save this home, they slid the home 15 away from the cliff. obviously that plan that they had in place did not work out, the owners finally selling the property to the city of pacifica last year and it's going to be incorporated into the esplanade beach trail. the cliff started eroding back in 1998, it caused more than a dozen homes to fall on the beach or eventually crews bulldozed them to prevent that from happening. a new report

"today in the bay's" pete suratos is live outside that home on esplanade avenue and why that home has to come down and new concerns as well surfacing along the california coastline. we have covered this area for years now on "today in the bay," pete. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura. yes, a very familiar location, as you mentioned, covering this area whenever we have those heavy rains or those king tides in the area here in pacifica, but as you mentioned this home behind me to my left is one of the last homes on the 500 block of esplanade avenue, it will be coming down in a matter of hours. in fact, our crews were here a couple years ago when that homeowner tried to save the home, we have that video for you, they tried to slide it about 15 feet away. obviously that plan did not pan out and the owners finally selling the property to pacifica last year. now, this cliff where this house was located started eroding back in 1998, that was during the el nino storms and caused more than a dozen homes on this block to fall on the beach or eventually get bulldozed to prevent it fr