he with a wanted in the killing of a 66-year-old woman up in rohnert park. died as a result of blunt force trauma. her car was missing and as far as we know still is but possibly police have found it. we hope to get an answer to the man's identity who was a suspect up in the killing in rohnert park and opened fire on police here in san francisco. >> eric: santa clara fire investigators say they will scour the scene of a fire in santa clara to figure out how i started. it destroyed three large townhomes. this is home video of the fire that had flames shooting hundred feet into the air. it started around 10:00 last night at a residential complex in santa clara. about 50 firefighters battled the flames and took them about an hour to get it under control. they were fortunate there wasn't any wind last night and helped keep the flames from spreading from nearby homes. no reports of any injuries. >> an announcement that he supports same-sex marriage, president obama is coming to southern california for a fund-raiser. >> george clooney is hosting it. katie is here

a murder suspect from rohnert park was shot and killed by san francisco police. the man fired shots inside a tenderloin apartment and tried to set the building on fire. they on opened fire on him after determining he was a threat to public safety. >> a massive fire that ripped through a silicon valley con code complex has been contained. flames shot hundred feet into the air before dozens of firefighters put it out. nobody was hurt and the cause of fire is under investigation. >> bart's board of directors is poised to decide who will build the new fleet of train cars. there is an ongoing debate of how much of the manufacturing work will be done in the u.s.. >> university of california has filed suit against occupy protestors in an effort to move them out of a plot of campus owned land in albany. they are asking for monetary damages and if they don't leave soon, the researchers will miss a crucial growing season. >> number five, just minutes you will be able to catch "good morning america" exclusive interview. robin roberts sat down with president obama in how he

the victim in rohnert park is dianne hughes. also arrested is dennis hughes' girlfriend whose apartment he was holed up in. >>> the flame that will burn during the olympics is now on its way officially to london right now. >> the torch was lit in ancient olympia, greece. the first torch-bearer took it from there. the olympics kick off in london with the opening ceremony on july 27th. nbc bay area is your home for complete olympics coverage. to check out our insider coverage on the 2012 london games, check out our website, nbcbayarea.com. just search olympics. >>> remember a few weeks ago we showed you those four little cute falcons born on top of city hall? they now have names. >> the quartets goes by the name of hope. the three boys are thunder, cobalt and horacio. very cool for the world's fastest animals. >> i like the fifth-grader who named them, jet. >> cool name, too. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we swi

. >> developing news we just learned stunning new information about the rohnert park murder suspect killed by police. terry mcsweeney is fliest tenderloin. >> reporter: first of all his name, 41-year-old dennis hughes shot by police was the prime suspect in the murder of his own mother. he was found beaten to death he lived with her. she wanted to him move out and he killed her and came to his girlfriend's house. here is what happened next. >> i heard about three or four gunshots. >> james jackson lives two doors down where the homicide suspect was shot and killed. they evacuated his building after investigators came under fire and called for becomeup. a neighbor took this picture from the roof of jackson's apartment building, used by san francisco pd to kill the suspect. >> the suspect fires within the apartment. at this point the incident commander made the decision there was immediate danger to life or serious injury or other tenants in the building. >> josh hall lives below the apartment where the suspect fired at police and fired at all directions including the ceiling. >> i saw bulle

. >> developing news we just learned stunning new information about the rohnert park murder suspect killed by police. terry mcsweeney is fliest tenderloin. >> reporter: first of all his name, 41-year-old dennis hughes shot by police was the prime suspect in the murder of his own mother. he was found beaten to death he lived with her. she wanted to him move out and he killed her and came to his girlfriend's house. here is what happened next. >> i heard about three or four gunshots. >> james jackson lives two doors down where the homicide suspect was shot and killed. they evacuated his building after investigators came under fire and called for becomeup. a neighbor took this picture from the roof of jackson's apartment building, used by san francisco pd to kill the suspect. >> the suspect fires within the apartment. at this point the incident commander made the decision there was immediate danger to life or serious injury or other tenants in the building. >> josh hall lives below the apartment where the suspect fired at police and fired at all directions including the ceiling. >> i saw bulle

the man killed has ties to a deadly attack in rohnert park.riarty joins us from the scene of last night's shooting on nob hill. tara, we understand that you have new information? >> reporter: that's right. i do. i'm gonna get to that in a second. right now i'm just gonna show you there are police officers here still guarding the apartment where the man went on a shooting rampage, shooting the floors, walls and even lighting fires. now, sources within the department say this gunman was a relative and a person of interest in connection with a woman murdered in rohnert park last week. it was a very tense situation here off hide and post for more than an hour last night. just before 9:00, police cordoned off this entire block after a visit to the man's girlfriend's apartment took a turn for the worse. police say the woman answered the door and was talking to investigators when the man apoored with a gun. gunfire was exchanged. he shot at officers. after about an hour, the man was shot and killed. no one else was hurt. as we mentioned, the man was

they shot and killed a man believed to have killed a rohnert park woman. terry is live on post street. >> post near hyde and homicide investigators are still on the scene and so were san francisco firefighters, all of them played in a role what happened here last night. take a look at some pictures of the scene. about 9:00 last night shortly after police from rohnert park up in sonoma county had come to a three-story apartment building to talk to a man about homicide in their area. the man's girlfriend answered the door. man opened fire on police. rohnert police backed off. called on san francisco police for back-up. here is what happened next. >> over the course of the next hour, the suspect fired multiple shots through walls and floors, the building had other people in it. at some point in time, the suspect set fire in the apartment. >> they decided to take the gunman shooting and killing the man. police are still not releasing his name. he was wanted in the questioning of 66-year-old diane hughes. she died from blunt force trauma. police tried to county

>>reporter: rohnert park police found the body of diane news her home tuesday night. she had been beaten to death. family members told investigators her son dennis lived with her and was missing. they also said his girlfriend lived in this apartment building in san francisco. detectives knocked on her door. at about 9 last night. >> mary the girlfriend came to the front door. she was ashen. she seemed very nervous and anxious. >>reporter: the rohnert park detectives while still outside the apartment unit began to talk to deny is in hughes who was hiding inside. >> at some point during the conversation some rounds were fired. we believe from dennis through the wall. >>reporter: the detectives got mary out of the way and called san francisco police for back up. monica kelly lives in the apartment building. >> we were sitting in the apartment and all of a sudden you heard a gunshot and then that's when we heard all the s.w.a.t. team and the cops all the just running in our apartment building. >>reporter: san francisco homicide lieutenant hector sign tells us what happene

. >>> violent crime that left a rohnert park woman dead.hat investigators are searching for in connection with the crime. >>> preparing to pay more for a uc education. the proposed tuition hike that could increase the cost of going to college >> reporter: i'm amy hollyfield live in concord, a little girl was hit by a truck and the driver left the scene. next, you will hear what surprised witnesses. >>> newark and philadelphia flight arrival delays wet weather heading to the east more delays are possible. flight tracker abc7news.com. >>> good morning. it is the 9th of may. that's what the fancy watch says. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. blue skies, sun and fog-free. mike here with a quick look at what is happening. >>> fog along the coast some stilling across san francisco now going to make a late surge into the bay but won't last long. by 9:00 back to the coast, 10 tops. doppler quiet even at the coast, as you step out 45 santa rosa, napa 48, 47 half moon bay, san francisco and oakland 51 to 54 warm spot san

low 80s around rohnert park. out at the coast low to mid-50s on the bay side. near 70s to 73 in sausalito. mid-80s in the north bay. mid-50s out at the coast. it wouldn't be nearly as breezy as yesterday. mid to upper 70s along the east bay shore. mid-80s in east bay valleys in concord and walnut creek around 85. mid to upper 60s around monterey carmel. salinas, 72. mid 80s as you go to deeper into morgan hill few clouds. low to mid 90s in the central valley. heading to the sierra, 68 in tahoe to 80 in yosemite. heading to the a's game, we lost 10-6 last night. dropping down to 61. few clouds along the coast. temperatures in the low to mid-50s and tomorrow will be the warmest day with near 90 inland and mid-50s at the coast. will it be coolest on monday. >>> i was telling you about the road work in the santa cruz mountains on highway 17. apparently those orange cones are in the lanes of traffic and some of them are getting stuck in their cars but highway at the summit this is highway 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains heading to downtown san jose, south

. >>> rohnert park police hope to name a suspect as they continue to investigate. the family had not heard from the victim since thursday and they asked police to check on her. once inside her home, officers say they found evidence of a violent crime. police say the woman's white toyota highlander was missing. the license plate is 5 sgc 869. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> richmond police say a shooting this morning left a man in critical condition. officers say they found a man in his car on an drade -- andid the rade -- andrade avenue. investigators don't know who shot him. >>> another search is underway for sierra lamar but there's new home. police found a major clue. alex savidge joins us live from near morgan hill to let us know what searchers are focusing on today. >> reporter: well, when i talked to sierra's mom this morning, she had a new sense of optimism and that's because investigators found a car any believe is directory lived to her abduction -- linked to her abduction. and we saw volunteers searching for evidence most varied by th

he was wanted for murdering his mother in rohnert park. he was holed up in his girlfriend apartment he set a bedroom on fire and shot at police s.w.a.t. team took him out. police say he had become a public men as. >>> the gang member convicted yesterday of triple murder in san francisco spoke exclusively with 7 news about the verdict. ed ramos will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the l murder of 3 people he admits niece a gang but told carolyn he is not guilty of murder. >> i was in part of like -- i mean part of like i complaint our want it to hachlt i say yes it's kishltion do you know how many people are in jail who say i'm in the i'm innocent. >> 99.99 percent. yes. >>reporter: he claims fellow gang member alfredo reyes pulled the trigger. ramos believes the jury convicted him to give the family closure. >>> president obama told hollywood supporters tonight that supporting gay marriage and all that means is the basic difference between him and mitt romney. here's the president's motorcade on the way to the fundraiser at

he was wanted for murdering his mother in rohnert park.t a bedroom on fire and shot at police s.w.a.t. team took him out. police say he had become a public men as. >>> the gang member convicted triple m triple murder in san francisco spoke exclusively with 7 news about the verdict. ed ramos will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the l murder of 3 people he admits niece a gang but told carolyn he is of murder. >> i was in part of like -- i mean part of like i complaint our want it to hachlt i say yes it's kishltion do you know how many people are in jail who say i'm in the i'm innocent. >> 99.99 percent. yes. >>reporter: he claims fellow gang member alfredo reyes pulled the trigger. ramos believes the jury convicted him. >>> president obama told hollywood supporters tonight that supporting gay marriage and all that means is the basic difference romney him and mitt romney. here's the president's motorcade on the way to the fundraiser at george clooney home. guest included a who is who of hollywood elite. barbara stris arranged

this started with rohnert park police and 800 -- 8:45 p.m. last night. the suspect opened fire on the officer police chief explains what happens next. >> at a round 10:00, so they set fire to the apartment. made a decision that there was a serious danger to other people. opportunity presented itself and the suspect was neutralized. police to get toward automation and nobody else was injured. >>darya: the dow jones is up 86 points. president obama and is exchanging some regulations it says it will cost the economy $6 million over five years. it will require agencies to search their rule books for unnecessary mandates that might be costing money. from street sign requirements to other kinds issues. >>mark: here is the view from the mt. tam camp. back a minute. >>darya: president o bonnie is going to be and lost angeles today -- president obama albee and loss angeles today at nick clooney is office -- house. mitt romney aide against gay marriage. he >> romney-i believe that marriages between a man and a woman. this may be a sensitive issue but that's what i

rohnert park police investigating what appears to be the city's first homicide of the year.year-old woman was found inside her home on bernice avenue yesterday morning. police -- were called by family members who hadn't heard from her since sunday. once inside if a search warrant was obtained up -- a search warrant was obtained. >> we're hoping that based on the information collected -- collected at the crime scene, we may be able to develop leads with that information. >>> police say the we'll white toe lapd he is dealing. 5 s g8 69. p you have any envelopele vehicle, contact hone et -- rohnert police. >>> the latest teeth in san francisco involving -- involves a -- the latest in san francisco involving a homicide. the man's name is being withheld until his family has been notified. anybody with information is asked to contact the san jose police. >>> a problem on ti. and why now people were set if. >> also the security square involving tweet. blame is this where we're at now, we don't care anymore? we just eat whatever tastes good? excuse me? [ man ] like these sweet honey

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and told us to leave because there is a murder suspect. >> they say hughes killed his mother in rohnert parkesday. they say he flew into a violent rage after his mother told him to move out of the home they share. >>> the as have an atms game tonight -- the as have a game tonight and there's also something going on. >> yes. there is a concert going on at at&t park. just be aware of that. you are thinking the giants are out of town. it will be nice and quiet. well, not quite. by the way, the giants come back to town after the weekend. and then we'll get more giants' traffic. just keep that in the back of your mind. >>> this is 237 westbound. we have a little bit of slow traffic finally appearing here. it had been light until now. they removed an accident nearby. you see some of the tow trucks and the the bottom of your screen. this is a look at 880, we did mention that there is an as game at the coliseum. the traffic starts earlier than that. and the morning commute at the toll plaza, all of a sudden, we have a big backup. remember it was very, very light coming across. well, now, westbound i

. >> hughes killed his mother on rohnert park. he flew into a violent rage after 66-year-old dianne hughes told him to move out of the house they shared. >>> squatter encampment is causing a lot of frustration for nearby neighbors. paul chambers joins us now from san jose. good morning, paul. >> reporter: good morning, pam. residents are saying they are worried about squatters that live out in the neighborhood. this is coyote week. this is where they are citing. now yesterday there was a fire at an a homeless encampment. it was a small vegetation fire where there was burning trash. people in the area are not happy about that because they worry things could get a lot worse. and there is a lot of vegetation out here. there is also a barbecue grill in the area. firefighters were able to knock it down quickly. the major concern for people out here is the proximity the place where the homeless people are living in. it's right across the street. people are afriday for not only their public safety but what they do around here. the main c

rohnert park bliss found a 66-year-old woman -- police found a 66-year-old woman dead in her home.y members asked them to check on her because she lives alone. investigators say there appears to have been a violent struggle they noticed the victim's car was missing license plate on your screen. >>> this morning the fbi is investigating threats made against southwest airlines' planes that caused three jets to be searched at two airports last night. officials say nothing suspicious was found. one jet returned to the gate and was isolated at john wayne airport last night after officials learned of a threat of a possible explosive or hazardous material on flight 811 bound for phoenix. they say the same time a similar threat was received about two other planes at sky harbor international airport in phoenix those jets were searched after they land safely in phoenix. tsa officials say southwest deemed the threats as noncredible. >>> investigation comes as intelligence officials reveals the man selected by al-qaeda to carry a bomb on a jetliner was a cia operative, identified as a saudi ar

now confirm the man killed by a sharp shooter was accused of fatally beating his own mother in rohnert parkey say 41-year-old dennis hughes barricaded himself inside his apartment he began lighting fires and shooting through walls, floors, and ceilings when officers tried to arrest him. >> he continued to shoot out of the apartment, through the floors, walls, >> they knocked on our door and told us to leave because there is a murder suspect. >> reporter: hughes killed his mother on tuesday. they say he flew into a violent rage after 66-year-old dianne hughes told him to move out of the home they shared. >>> 5:35. a memorial will be held tonight for a teenager from newark that was stabbed to death last month. osana futi was killed at a house party. he was star football player and just about to graduate from high school. today's memorial begins at 6:00 at newark memorial high. he will be buried in american city moe a that is where he was born. >>> a woman is accused of dousing her boyfriend's bed with gasoline and setting it on fire. jacqueline believed her boyfriend was cheating on her. this

now, the two lived in the same home in rohnert park. he drove off in her suv after killing her. investigators tracked down hughes at his girlfriend's apartment in san francisco on post street. when police approached that apartment, hughes opened fire on the officers leading to that standoff. 200 neighbors were evacuated from the apartment building and surrounding buildings. hughes also started several fires inside of that apartment. at that time, police said he was an imminent threat and then shot and killed him. >> the fact that the shooter was contained without any other injuries. the fact that the fire was extinguished as quickly as it was, this was a testament to our men and women in uniform and their leadership. >> police say hughes had no major criminal record. investigators believe he killed his mother aer she asked him to move out of their home. >>> new at 6:00, life in prison without the possibility of parole. that's the sentence for the man convicted in the murder for hire killing of the los gatos owner mark akile. today the district attorney convinced a jury that paul

catherine russell of rohnert park when 90 mph in a construction zone friday night. by the time she was up to speed she was going 100 m.p.h. and she said that she was late for the birthday party. however, her blood all galvan level was twice the legal limit! with bloc -- alcohol level and over twice the legal limit and driving without a lolicense. >> this teacher has pleaded " not guilty " to having sex with a minor. this, if you recall has been recently married to a former student. they split up after his recent arrest however they have reconciled. bill all lanes westbound. light traffic. we will be back. [ male announcer ] sizzler's new ultimate steak combos. hand-cut, tri-tip sirloin, plus choose shrimp scampi. or grilled malibu chicken, or bacon-wrapped shrimp. starting at just $11.99. >>grant: this just in to the kron 4 news room alameda sheriff's officials holeare loog for this burglary suspects and the castro valley. they've apprehended/arrested one of these suspects ceiling thing out of a car. there is not an official search. they do not think that there is a

the mother was found killed on tuesday and rohnert park. % dennis use was the person that was killede apartment. office is had to pursue when he started setting fire to the complex at everything it the pleas of identified has pointed to the sun as been the killer of the mother on tuesday. >> police officer-dennis did reside in his mother's house. i'm everything we been able to find out show that the mother and son disagreed a lot irian this land and the result of the killing. in the card -- the vehicle the belongs to hughes's mother was found in the area it neared the apartments emphasis. we will be back in a minute. >>mark: welcome back up 60 nfl players are filing a lawsuit against the nfl they say that they have not a done done enough to protect them in the past and concussions and not enough has been done to help resolve issues the because i accosted concussions in the future. >>darya: we are about ready to see some cyclists from around the world. they will be competing in the tour of california cycling race it starts in santa rosa. and here's or else they go. payless cross the s

well, the plans to build a casino near rohnert park are moving ahead after clearing a major hurdle.proved the plan yesterday. the fed rated indians of rancho rio plan to build a casino off highway 101, just west of the scandia family fun center. the 700 million casino would have 3,000 slot machines. the plan has to be approved by the machine industry and then it goes to the interior department. >>> the city of willits is about to start work on a replacement building for howard memorial hospital. the plans for the $64 million project have finally received approval by the state. construction on a replacement for the 84-year-old hospital building will begin this summer. howard memorial hospital is the largest employer in the town of willits. >>> 7:38. the san francisco board of supervisor the is expected to pass legislation next week to allow muni riders to board buses through the back door. the change would go into effect july 1st. riders paying cash will still need to board on the front of the bus. if you have a clipper card, pass or valid transfer you will be able to use the back do