he mab identified as 54-year-old rodney brinker hoff but the bomb squadpickup. >>> southbound traffic has been diverted. we will bring you updates here on abc 7 news app. >> dozens of students family members and friends gathered to mourn a pittsburg principal shot and killed. >> anser hasan joins with us more. anser. >> well, dan and alma dan potswell's funeral was yesterday. with you today a celebration of life, base rating the life of a man with a big impact in pittsburg. >> this should be a good time to honor the life of pauly shotswell. >> if you knew him you knew how great he was, right. >> the hugely popular pittsburg principal was shot annual killed allegedly by his wife following a dput. he leaves behind eight children. his son jonathan spoke. >> he was an inspiration for all of us whether to do god or make better choices in life. that's his goal. >> a teach he were at the school wants people to remember how paul was always willing to help. >> outgoing, helpful be okay let me help you with this. >> he loved education but if it was up to him he probably would have been a rock s

i want to show you video from the standoff that took place in benecia. 54year-old rodney brinker,hoff - firearm was threatening to harm a relative he was living with. they were able to negotiate on the phone and got him to peacefully surrender just past 11:00 p.m. they located multiple unloaded and loaded firearms con fist stated as evidence. this happening two weeks after a previous incident on the benecia martinez bridge with the same suspect. let's go to that video of that incident. that took place april 5th. they had to close down the bridge for hours due to a bomb and suicide threat involving the suspects. there were no bombs -- no bombs were located. no injuries were reported. after the confiscated firearms, it is unknown if they were registered to the suspect. pete suratos for tod"today in t ba bay". >>> an alert if your morning commute takes you through eastern contra costa county. brentwood police are cracking down on distracted drivers. according to the east bay times, starting today, officers are going to be looking for drivers working their phones behind the wheel. this is

the suspect is identified as 54-year-old rodney brinker hoff. he is expected to face multiple charges. >>> repairs are under way on the richmond-san rafael bridge after chunks of concrete fell once again. it happened on the west end of the span. back in early february it was the east end. lu luis luz pena has more. >> sky 7 caught the moment the concrete fell on the eastbound lanes backing up traffic for two hours. >> it's basically reaching the end of its life and they've been patching it for years. >> reporter: he says this bridge needs to be replaced and the cal trans director says that's the plan. >> developing a study for the beach replacement and this year we'll be requesting the sums to do that study. >> a piece of concrete fell and this incident was not the same. they were doing demolition work on some of the sliding plate expansion joint and some of the concretes fell on that barrier system. >> there were no injuries today and they were planning to avoid this bridge. >> i'm worried of something dropping on me. >> ironically, richmond's

the suspect is identified as 54-year-old rodney brinker hoff. he is expected to face multiple charges. chunks of concrete fell once again. it happened yard on the west end of the span. span. lisa pena has more. >> concrete fell on the lower level of the san rafael eastbound lanes backing up traffic for two hours. >> they've been patching it for years. >> reporter: the mayor of richmond is an architect on the site and says this bridge needs to be replaced. the caltrans director for district 4 says that's the long-term plan. >> developing a study for bridge replacement and this year we'll be requesting the funds to do that study. >> tony tavares mentioned in february when a piece of concrete fell on a vehicle. this incident is not the same. >> they were doing demolition work on one of the sliding plate expansion joint and some of the concrete spell concrete fell on the barrier system. some were planning to avoid this bridge. >> i'm worried about something dropping on me. >> richmond's mayor joked about the bridge closing on april 15. >> i didn't m

the 54-year-old benicia resident rodney brinker how have li hoff now in custody. >> a surf advisory at the beach tonight for much of the bay area coast and beyond. the danger comes from increased risk of sneaker waves. the advisory is in effect until 9:00 tonight. well, the rain is gone for now. skies are going from gray to blue. here is meteorologist viana arana. >>' we saw shower this morning and but right now the westerly swell. that's kicking up the waves on the coast again the beach hazard is in effect until 9:00 p.m. for those worning if it was feeling muggy. it was we had a bit of humidity from subtropical moisture bringing the rainiest and the temperature trend right now, turnt 69 overnight lows not cold. dropping only into the 50s. now as far as the rain goes, runt, i do want to show you the storm ranger radar we are not tracking anything in sight. there is a chance we might get light showers, very, very late overnight. mainly for the far northern california area, no measurable amounts of rain. but we have. taking over which means things dry out and warm up just in time for th