in the meantime, brownlee will remain in custody at the san joaquin county jail without bail. a san francisco anti open air drug market. activists started using his cell phone camera to highlight the city's drug problem. and now that activists is going inside city hall placing a bid for a seat on the city's reentry. council force has the menu and has more. >> it is so high you don't want to get up to use the bathroom. >> this is how it started for richie with using social media to highlight san francisco's open air drug also right to my >> this is how it's going recently putting in his bid for one of the subcommittees seats on the san francisco reentry council, which coordinates local efforts to support justice involved in formally incarcerated people. >> did you ever think that you would be a person that would be applying to be a policy maker in san francisco city government. absolutely not. just last year i was being charged a career criminal. i thought i was going to spend a decade in prison, but he says a judge gave him a break, offering the former drug dealer and recoverin

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how did y

. >> brownlee was being held on san joaquin county jail saturday without rail and is expected to be arraigned in court tuesday afternoon. dion: that's a story we will continue to follow. tomorrow, another court hearing for the disgraced founder of theranos. she is pushing for a new trial. tomorrow's proceedings will take a look at one of the witnesses. if no trial is granted, homes is set to be sentenced on member 18. a jury convicted her in january on four counts of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars. iranian americans who oppose the government in tehran held a candlelight vigil in san francisco's union square tonight . they came to pay tribute to the inmates who died in iran's evan prison this weekend. officials confirmed four people died from smoke inhalation and more than 60 were injured during the fire at the prison. even so, many believe the death toll is much higher. hundreds of antigovernment protesters arrested over the past month are being held at the compound in tehran. >> we think the only solution is a complete overthrow of the government and establishment of a new d

he is being held without bail at the san joaquin county jail. the district attorney's office says . he is scheduled to be arraigned on tuesday. time now 706 on the drought front this morning, governor newsom is once again urging californians to conserve water. newsome took to twitter yesterday, touting new legislation aimed at encouraging californians to install drought tolerant landscaping. assembly bill 21 42 enhances the value of rebates for installing drought tolerant landscaping by exempting them from taxation. governor newsom says the legislation aligns these rebates with other permanent water efficiency and energy conservation rebates. any water districts are already offering rebate programs for long replacement. and now with this bill, where reinstating a personal tax exemption for those rebate programs the state is facing 1/4 dry year in a row in the state water resources control board has already implemented water restrictions. bart riders in the east bay should expect delays. today. the yellow line is closed in pleasant hill because crews are making repairs on that track.

jobina: 43-year-old wesley brownlee is waking up in the san joaquin county jail. investigators say he is connected to six homicides, five in stockton and one in oakland. there is also one woman who survived an attack. most of the victims were hispanic men. early saturday morning, police got a break in the case when they spotted brownlee driving through stockton. they say he was dressed in black, had amassed around his neck and armed with a gun. officials say reaching out to the community helped catch brownlee in the end. >> we were doing 200 to 500 tips a day to mine that for a nugget of gold, if you will. we just needed a little bit and then we could put the rest of the dots together. jobina: they said ballistics tests and surveillance video link to the crimes. the dr. police chief says brownlee has a criminal history. they are trying to figure out a motive for the killings. reggie: the only known survivor of the serial killer is now telling her story and it is compelling. natasha spoke with a media outlet about the shooting. she says she was unhoused at the time

in the meantime, brownlee will remain in custody at the san joaquin county jail without bail. >> well, they're supposed to be relatively warm tuesday night. this is a live look outside tonight at the san mateo bridge. pretty busy at this hour buddy going kron 4 chief meteorologist that's not why not a could be the one day a second lieutenant to meteorologists. i don't know the ranking system here it's pretty much chief and then meteorologist pretty much. lawrence is the head honcho. but hey, i'll be the honorary chief tonight in his late son. take a look at high temperatures today because it was certainly warmer 5 to 10 degrees warmer. then where we were yesterday, 10 degrees above average along the coast and east bay shoreline. temperatures for downtown san francisco. we should be in the low 70's instead flirting with 80's. but oakland. >> you reach the 80 degree mark 10 degrees above where you should be for this time of year and mid 80's for livermore, concord and santa rose about 5 degrees above average there. so hope you enjoy the 80's because tomorrow you're going to warm up into

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how did y

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete review of brown lee's mental health history.

he is currently in the san joaquin county jail due in court at 1 30 today, the d a says once he's arraigned today that will most likely be more charges added later. we'll have updates from that hearing during our afternoon newscast on and on ktvu dot com gasia back to you, amanda quintana. thank you, 7 33 , homicide detectives and contra costa county of now joined the investigation into the discovery of a woman's body in antioch's the body was found early yesterday morning on a hiking trail just north of lopez drive. investigators say it appears the woman died from injuries she suffered at the scene. they have not yet determined how she died. investigators are now working to identify the victim and interviewing people who live nearby. 7 30 for more details now about to illegal pop up gambling casinos in the south bank. last week, san jose police raided two casinos. one was on capitol avenue. the other was on march and drive. seven people were arrested. authorities say one of the people arrested had a gun. the accused operators of the casinos were among those arrested, and police say one sus

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possession of crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how d

san quentin. and then in 2014, he was arrested again in alameda county. this time for selling crack cocaine. now he's in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges without bail. legal analyst steven clark tells us that the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with victims, families but says that the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence while the defense will have to do a thorough review of brownies, mental health. >> how did you get to this point where you're now accused of committing this number of murders from what we've seen in the reports, there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. >> a series of recent deadly shooting started back in april of last year in oakland. 6 days later, police responded to the first shooting in stockton tied to that suspect. the victim in that case survived. then there were 5 deadly s

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how did y

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how did y

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how did you g

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how did y

brownlee is now in san joaquin county jail facing 6 murder charges. his criminal rap sheet dates back to 1997 when he was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. court records show he served 2 years in san quentin in 2014, arrested for selling crack cocaine in alameda county. now back in jail. no bail. this clearly is the potential for the death penalty because it's special circumstance involving multiple murders. legal analyst steven clark says the district attorney is likely to decide on pursuing the death penalty after speaking with families of the victims. >> but he says the prosecution's case will have to rely on circumstantial evidence from what we've seen in the reports. there are no eyewitnesses to these killings and they're going to have to build their case piece by piece to show that he's responsible for every one of these killings because the defense is going to say. >> if he's not responsible for all of them, he might not be responsible for anyone. clark says the defense will have to do a complete brown lee's mental health history. how did y

in the meantime, brownlee will remain in custody at the san joaquin county jail without bail. just seen back to you. >> thank you know, while the funeral that's planned for the 2 berkeley high school brothers killed at a house party has now been postponed. the alameda county sheriff had to delay the funeral at the last minute because the autopsies were not finished. the county sheriff's coroner says a shortage of doctors is the cause of the delay. the autopsies are usually done in about one to 3 days and it has been 2 weeks now since the shooting at a house party in oakland. the family has not announced a date for the new funerals. in the east bay police are investigating homicide after finding a woman's body on fire. officers say they found the body monday after responding to a report. a small fire on the paved trail. north of lopez drive. firefighters did put the fire out, but the victim died at the scene. investigators are working to identify them and a suspect is still at large. in the east bay. a man is now facing attempted murder charges in the shooting that injured a mot

brownlee is in san joaquin county jail. he has not yet been charged. he's expected to be in court to face murder charges tomorrow in the newsroom. brooks jarocz ktvu, fox two news homicide detectives in antioxidant, a woman was found dead at the site of a small fire along a walking trail crews discovered the body early this morning on fire on a trail north of lopez drive between gentry town drive and control aloma boulevard. no arrests have been made. investigators now working to identify the victim in our interviewing witnesses and residents in the area. anyone with information is asked to call the antioch police department. one person was killed in a car crash that was the result of a police chase in the city of oakland, and the police chief says that crash happened as officers were in pursuit of another driver. who was wanted for a previous hit and run collision. ktvu crime reporter henry lee has the story. chased by oakland police have an armed suspect ended in a crash that took the life of an innocent motorists in east oakland. unfortunate my hear

brownlee is in san joaquin county jail. he has not yet been charged. he is expected to be in court to face murder charges tomorrow in the newsroom. brooks jarocz ktvu, fox two news brooks. thank you. san jose police today released new information about a raid and arrests at two illegal pop up gambling casinos in the city. those two casinos located on capitol avenue, the other on merchant drive, or marchand drive, were rated last thursday . a total of seven people were arrested, and authorities say one customer who was arrested had a gun. the accused operators of the casino were among those taken into custody, and police say one of the suspects had also stabbed a homeless man, which drew attention to those close by complaints from residents and neighbors in the area. like i said one of the things that was brought to our attention during this investigation was the stabbing that happened. police called the casinos dens of criminal activity. they say they needed to use several large vehicles to haul away all of the machines and gambling paraphernalia. lead

brownlee is in san joaquin county jail. he has not yet been charged. he's expected to be in court to face murder charges tomorrow in the newsroom. brooks jarocz ktvu, fox two news. new attend tonight in san francisco nearly twice as many people died from drug overdoses, then from covid-19. during the same time period, data from the medical examiner released today shows more than 1800 people have died from drug overdoses since january of 2020 about 1050 people were killed by covid during that same time frame. so far this year. the number of drug overdoses compared to last year is down. 451 people have died so far this year from overdoses. during that same period last year, the number was 490 governor, newsom announced the covid state of emergency for california will end in february. the governor's office says the state will continue what's called the smarter plan designed to maintain preparedness to support communities and quickly respond to outbreaks. governor newsom says the state's pandemic response saved tens of thousands of lives, protected the eco

he's currently in the san joaquin county jail due in court at 1 30 today, the d a says once he's arraigned, there will most likely be more charges , added later. we'll have updates from that hearing during our later newscasts today and ktvu .com. live in the newsroom . amanda kane thornton ktvu fax two news. san jose. police are searching for the person who fired a pellet gun from a passing car into a classroom at willow glen middle school on capitol avenue. it happened yesterday. luckily no one was hurt, but the pellets did damage several windows. police say the shooter or shooters were riding in a gray mercedes suv. in oakland, the parents of an eight year old autistic boy are demanding answers after the child walked out of his school and went missing for hours. we've been looking for you for so long, dude. oh, my god. we've been looking for you for so long. this was the emotional scene on friday as the parents of eight year old dish on witten reunited with him after a frantic search. the third grader was found at a wendy's drive thru near international boulevard. he had walked away from

he is currently in the san joaquin county jail due in court at 1 30 today, the d a says once he's arraigned most likely be more charges added later and we'll have updates from that hearing during our afternoon newscasts and on ktvu .com. all right, amanda. thank you very much. in oakland, the parents of an eight year old boy with autism or demanding answers after the child walked away from his school and was missing for hours. oh, we've been looking for you for so long, dude. oh, my god. we've been looking for you for so long was the emotional scene on friday as eight year old sean whitten was reunited with his parents. the frantic search lasted more than two hours until the third grader was found at a wendy's drive thru near international boulevard. he had walked away from his care program at manzanita community school, almost a mile and a half away. that school has no excuse. for what they did, and we went back up there today. they're solution was to put a chain around the gate, and then that's it. that's not acceptable. the oakland unified school district issued a statement saying the di

brownlee is in san joaquin county jail he has not yet been charged, is expected to be in court to face murder charges tomorrow in the newsroom. brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news a lot of people breathing a lot easier knowing that a suspect is in custody. has there been any type of statement brooks from the family? no statement that we've been made aware of. but what police have said is that brownlee randomly targeted each of these victims. alright we're waiting to learn more brooks jarocz in the newsroom forest tonight. thank you. second base. so the oakland a's taking hang on what we're having. 33 years ago tonight 504 pm the loma prieta earthquake hit the bay area that earthquake killing 63 people and cause major damage to highways. a section of the bay bridge, san francisco neighborhoods and portions of santa cruz and monterey county's christian captain live tonight in san francisco and christian first responders there have an important message tonight. yeah, they sure do. might give you take a look right now. you can see that, especially a ceremony underway to unveil officially unvei

he's currently in the san joaquin county jail and due in court today at 1 30 this afternoon.l have updates from that hearing on our afternoon newscast and on ktvu dot com. live in the newsroom. amanda quintana ktvu fax tunis. thank you. time is 5 33 more details about two illegal pop up gambling casinos in the south bank. last week, san jose police raided two casinos. one was on capitol avenue. the other was on march and drive. seven people were arrested. authorities say one of the people arrested had a gun. the accused operators of the casinos were also among those arrested. the police say one of the suspects stabbed a homeless man, and that attracted the attention of people nearby. complaints from residents and neighbors in the area. like i said one of the things that was brought to our attention during this investigation was a stabbing that happened. police called the casinos dan's of criminal activity. several large trucks were used to haul away the machines and gambling materials witness stood by his previous testimony in the trial that led to the conviction of former th

he is held in the san joaquin county jail without bail police officers in chicago also looking to seennected to a series of killings there. as well. we'll let you know once we have updates, gasia send it back to you, james torres. thank you with just over three weeks to go until the november election election workers in the east bay are dealing with threats and anger, the result of misinformation about election software computer system used by the contra costa county district to schedule paul workers is now under scrutiny after the software company's ceo was arrested in los angeles county. the d. a says he's investigating the possible theft of personal identifiable information of poll workers there. by law enforcement and election officials say the software isn't used to count votes. they're still getting threatening emails and messages. and it makes you feel that you have to be guarded, or, you know. just be looking over your shoulder every time you step out of the office because you don't know who's around. we're doing the best job we can do. we're focused on the november 8th electi

he is held in the san joaquin county jail without bail. send it back to you, pam. thank you, james.other court appearance for elizabeth holmes, the founder of theranos, who was convicted of fraud and is now trying to get a new trial. a judge is expected to review evidence about a key witness for the prosecution, who, according to attorneys for homes now regrets his testimony . now the sentencing date for homes was pushed back to november 18th because of today's hearing to review testimony at her trial. holmes was convicted of defrauding investors for theranos, the blood testing company she founded. she could get up to 20 years in prison. alright our time is 603 will happening today secretary of state antony blinking blinking will be right here in the bay area, he'll be highlighting growth in america's technology, especially in silicon valley. blinken later this morning, will speak with former secretary of state condoleezza rice at an event at stanford's hoover institute, and he's also scheduled to visit stanford's nationally accelerator lab. and the chip making plant in sunnyvale. a

brownlee is booked on suspicion of at least one murder and assorted weapons offenses in the san joaquin county jail, held without bail when taken into custody, police said he was wearing dark clothing, a mask around his neck, and was carrying a gun law enforcement says the suspect's pattern of preying started in his car before he stalked his victims on foot. police followed this exact path. they arrested him right here at 2:00 a.m. on saturday. they said he was on a mission to kill, just blocks from where some of the attacks took place >> he was out hunting. we are sure we stopped another killing. >> reporter: according to public records, brownlee has a criminal history across california and arizona, connected to past drug and traffic violations and a dui. most of the victims were latino men. several of them homeless but officials say there is no evidence the killings were race-based or targeted >> i was here at work, and got a call from my nephew. he told me that paul had been shot multiple times and that he died in the hospital. >> reporter: greta bogrod is the mother of paul who was killed in ju