in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> sergio, thank you. this just in, vallejo police have arrested this man. they say he fled the scene after wednesday's deadly hit-and-run. that's what 18-year-old was hit by an suv while walking to her friend's home. paramedics rushed to her a hospital where she later died. we have dramatic surveillance video showing part of the crash. there is that suv coming in, rolling down the road there. flipping upside down and hitting buffet. you can see that man fleeing the scene. buffet, by the way, is the seventh person to be killed in a car accident in vallejo this year. >>> the u.s./russia relationship not strong after evidence of russian election hacking. tonight in an exclusive interview, nbc's megyn kelly went to get answers from russia's president, vladimir putin. >> if the 13 russian nationals did interfere in our elections, is that okay with you? >> translator: i don't care. i couldn't care less. because they don't represent -- >> you couldn't care less? >> translator: they do not represent the governmen

nbc bay area sergio quintana with why officers are being turned away. >> reporter: the shop is called -- they did not respond to their policy. if you search through the instagram accounts under a picture that reads -- "talk dwroyour neighbors, not the police," a lengthy post about a -- clearly it states we have a policy of asking police to leave for the physical and emotional safety of our customers, and ourselves. the oakland police officers association has sent the shop a letter asking to open a dialogue about their policy. tonight i was able to talk to the police officer who was turned away by that coffee shop. he can't talk on camera. he's currently on duty. he says he was surprised. he did walk away without incident and without coffee. he's looking forward to talking with the owners of that coffee shop to build a better relationship with them and the community. in oakland, i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> what the mayor of oakland did the other day was a disgrace. >> first, jeff sessions, now president trump himself taking aim at oakland mayor libby shaf. he blasted th

in oakland i'm sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> at 4:34 right now, new this morning, authorities in santa rosa are talking about this week's arrest of an armed robbery suspect. police posted an image of the gun they say he used and the cash in his possession. santa rosa police say the suspect robbed a gas station on wednesday. after following leads on the car used in the crime officers arrested him at a nearby hotel. >>> this morning students at edna hill middle school in brentwood will return to class. thursday police arrested three students for making threats against the school. a classmate reported them after overhearing the threats. neither police nor the school district are talking about the specifics of that threat. those accused wound up in juvenile hall. >> it's important that young people know that actions have consequences. >> i think kids have a heightened awareness of the portrayal of school shootings that have taken place in the media. >> the superintendent says that students are still in juvenile hall this morning. >>> a big question in florida today, will the gover

reporting live in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> after a weekend of winter like weather right now. you may be surprised how warm the temperatures will get the next few days. a look at that in the forecast coming up. >>> the impact of the march, hundreds of thousands of people spending their saturday to lobby for safety in schools, and put pressure on lawmakers. what they have to say about this global movement. >> and not your everyday rescue in the east bay. why firefighters called for back-up to help a fine, feathered friend. he help they )o families in need. and - what i did to help a man - shocked by an insurance bill claiming he owed thousands. that )s monday on )today in the bay ) - even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. i we worked with pg&eof to save energy bec

. >> sergio quintana is in san francisco, and late developments for us. >> reporter: the police were called out here, seems someone in the building thought they saw al-don smith, so they called police. several officers armed with shields and bean bags in the building, they came out a few minutes later. the suspended nfl linebacker took to social media, posting a picture and a cryptic caption. on aldon smith's verified account, this photo of what looks like pavement, the message, wtf, oh, you are all wrong. san francisco want to talk with women on the a domestic violence incident that took place. it came from a neighbor of the victim last night around 8:30. that caller believed the suspect's girlfriend was getting beat up. the second call became from the victim who reported she was bitten, among other injuries. >> they have gone to a black -- >> reporter: when police arrived, neighbor terry graham saw the commotion for her apartment window across the street and decided to get a better look. >> i seen the police car sitting right here and then one across the street, and then the ambula

sergio quintana is live with the details. >> these meetings have been kept pretty quiet. but this is actually the second time national security adviser h.r. mcmaster has come to san francisco for international meetings about north korea. this weekend san francisco meeting between national security adviser h.r. mcmaster and delegations in south korea and japan are important steps leading up to the summit with president trump's meeting with kim jong-un. >> they have to be on the same page, especially how to make north korea give up their nuclear weapons. >> professor gee shin heads up -- president trump's planned summit is a high stakes gamble, a sitting u.s. president has never met with a leader of north korea's regime. >> i'm quite worried and concerned, but at the same time i'd like to be, you know, optimistic. >> adding to the complications, days ago there was speculation that h.r. mcmaster was about to be fired by the president. still, this meeting between mcmaster and his japanese and south korean counterparts is the first time they've been able to come together on th

san jose, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> a line of ambulances of san jose airport. passengers on a delta flight say a kid vomited and then several others got sick. paramedics met the plane as it arrived. >> half a dozen, perhaps eight people they asked to stay on the plane to be looked at by paramedics. >> one person treated and released. not believed to be serious. no other details released. >>> family says he was doing what he loves. driver killed in sonoma raceway. james rambo died when his ford pinto slammed into a wall in wednesday night drags. son said something went wrong just after the finish line. races do go about 100 miles an hour in this event. >>> mystery on the coast is deepening. searched washington state home of family of eight. two mothers and six adopted children presumed dead after suv plunged off a cliff earlier this week. social media paint picture of happy family but neighbors say they called child protective services. >> devante telling you he was being starved to death. >> investigators had few clues at scene and no skid marks. working to ret

here is "today in the bay's" sergio quintana. >> reporter: mike diamond came here to leave candles and flowers, foster knew the victim and their work to help veterans with ptsd. >> they were some of the most loving people i had ever met. they dedicated their lives to helping guys like me and some of my buddies and good friends. >> reporter: he said he had sought treatment with christine loeber after his tour in iraq and interviewed with his colleague jennifer gonzales and jennifer block lick to enroll in a pathway home project. the three were killed when albert wong arrived on campus with a rifle. wong was also found dead after an eight-hour standoff. investigators spent some of the day investigating evidence from inside the building. this is a facility dedicated to helping war veterans. they helped staff cope. >> most of us are used to this type of stuff even though it's been decades since we had to deal with it. the ones that are really hurting hard are the civilian employees. >> we have teams of people through the employee assistance program that are coming here, they're already on

nbc bay area's sergio quintana is live in san francisco with their story. this is remarkable. >> reporter: remarkable story, both of them are avid skiers, they're on their way to aspen right now. they talked to me by phone tonight because they want all skiers to make sure that they take every precaution possible before hitting the slopes. in the video of evan huck's rescue, you can hear one of the skiers who's digging him out mention how they spotted him. >> if i'd never spotted that snowboard sticking out -- >> reporter: evan and kaylin huff heard people yelling about an avalanche. >> we looked back. over my shoulder, saw a ten-foot wall of snow barreling towards me. 60, 70 miles an hour. >> reporter: he said he was pinned headdown in the snow. he tried not to panic. >> at that point i just tried to kind of slow down my breathing and conserve air and just relax. i ended up passing out probably in 30 or 40 seconds after that. >> reporter: huck was buried for about five minutes. he woke up just after this video starts and says watching this clip of people sa

reporting live, i'm sergio quintana. nbc bay area news. >> thank you, sergio. the quote of the day was that voice. i don't want to pay extra. >> i don't want to pay extra, dad. >> coming up in the 6:00 hour, full highlights of the game between the giants and the a's. they play each other tomorrow and tuesday before the regular season starts on thursday. >>> not so fast. a group of neighbors in san jose jumped in to detain a driver they say smashed into several parked cars on their street. nbc bay area's marianne favro is live where it happened in san jose. marianne? >> reporter: this went down at 2:00 this morning. a red car was racing down the street going very fast when it plowed into several cars, including this black ford. you can see where the ford was hit so hard, it jumped the curb here and hit this parked car and the back end here is crushed. it didn't end here. neighbors say the driver proceeded to plow into a total of ten vehicles parked here. that was enough to wake them up and they sprang into action. >> the whole neighborhood was trying to stop him

"today in the bay's" sergio quintana has that part of the story. >> reporter: as fire crews were stillnd just minutes after fire chief joanne hayes white gave us a briefing on her department's response supervisor aaron mess skin calls for her resignation. >> it starts at the top. i called her during this event repeatedly. her voicemail was full, but even her high ranking staff realized they were not on the job. >> reporter: he says the sponts by the fire department was slow. he did not see crews shooting water at the building for about 20 minutes. the fire chief says her crews got water on the fire within six minutes of the call. they began fighting pretty quickly inside the building. >> what people might have mistaken is they didn't see fire water like this when we -- because at that point we were offensively fighting the fire, ie, from inside the structure. >> reporter: interim mayor mark farrell and london breed stood behind firefighters and the chief. >> any talk like that during a time like this i think is inappropriate. >> the good news so far, no injuries and that is what's most

at the sonoma raceway, sergio quintana, "today in the bay." >>> the violent attack that leads to a manhunt that still continues on the peninsula this morning. palo alto police say the suspect grabbed a girl and pulled her to a grassy area where he sexually assaulted her while holding a gun to her head. this happened near several major tech companies at arastradero road yesterday afternoon. people nearby were alerted right away. >> the next message we got, it's right outside not just palo alto but on our doorstep. i'll keep my eyes more open for unusual things off the side of the road. >> police say the young victim is now in stable condition, and investigators are hoping to release a sketch of the suspect very soon. we'll get it to you when they do. >>> 4:33. investigators in san francisco are looking for a motive after a man plowed a van into a group of people. one person is dead and four others are in the hospital. this happened in san francisco's bayview district yesterday. we first brought you this story as breaking news during our midday newscast. witnesses tell us that driver first s

we start with sergio quintana, who spoke with an iraq war vet who paid his respects to two of the people who ran the pathway program, live at the veterans home with the latest. >> reporter: anoushah, the veterans who were actually part of that project right now, of that program, they're actually at a different building because building "g" right now is still technically a crime scene now that veteran that i talked with a little bit earlier this evening wanted to come pay his respects to the three women whose work he says he has benefited from firsthand. sean foster and friend mike diamond came to leave candles and flowers. foster knew the victims and their work to help veterans with ptsd. >> they were some of the most loving people i've ever met. they dedicated their lives to helping guys like me and some of my buddies, some of my good friends. >> reporter: he says he said sought dream with christine loeber after his tour in iraq and interviewed with her colleagues jennifer gonzales and gofr golick to enroll in the pathway home project. the three women were killed yesterday when former a

. >> sergio quintana has more on what happened. >> on aldon smith's verified instagram accounts this photo of what looks like pavement and the message wtf oh, you are all wrong. this post made while the football star is on the run. san francisco police want to talk about him about a domestic violence incident that took place at a resident on bush street. a second call came from the victim who reported she was bitten, among other injuries. >> bit her on the wrist and climbed out the window. >> reporter: when police arrived neighbor terry graham saw the commotion from her apartment window across the street and decided to get a better look. >> when i came out, sat outside to have a cigarette, i seen the police car sitting right here, the one across the street and then the ambulance and then a few minutes later the two officers came out with the girl and put her in the back of the suv. >> reporter: smith has an ext t extensive rap sheet with other investigations involving domestic violence, he has faced charges ranging from hit and run, making false bomb threats at lax, possession of ill

we go to sergio quintana. >> reporter: the highway patrol has been out in force this evening. have seen two officers conducting traffic braeaks in a effort to slow down traffic. and it's cold enough to see yourself breathing out here. throughout the evening, there were moments of hard rain and sudden stretches of calm conditions. slick roads made way for traffic accidents. and crews spent the day clearing up this mess. >> one went through the house. >> reporter: for several hours, bob and his crew buzz sawed apart the massive redwood and the smaller trees that hit. the house has a gaping hole in the bedroom. >> it knocked the house off of the foundation. the whole interior of the house is just crushed. it's not livable. stuart fishman was not home when it happened. but his eight dogs were. they are all okay. today, fishman tried to salvage as much as he could from the bedroom. and crews pulled plastic over the hole in the roof. the crew will have to return. >> pushed a whole grove. and that's pushing on a redwood tree. that's another danger we'll have to look at tomorrow. >>>

sergio quintana is live in hayward. the family announced they're filing a federal lawsuit? >> reporter: yeah, a wrongful death claim against two fremont police officers and the city of fremont. you can see there are still candles and flowers left here from this evening's memorial. mondrag mondragon's mother told me she is still in disbelief that her daughter is gone. sisters, cousins, uncles, grabbed parents all emotional as they lit candles and set up a small memorial for elena mondragon. >> we're not okay, nobody in the family is okay. there's a huge void. it can't be filled. >> reporter: she was a passenger in an suv driven by her boyfriend, rico tiger. >> the southern alameda county regional task force was tracking a vehicle in hayward that they believed to be involved in several armed robberies. >> reporter: two fremont police officers tried to corner the suv, they fired when they say the vehicle came at them. ebbie, pregnant at the time, was hit five times and died. at a news conference announcing a federal lawsuit, attorney john burr says the attempts to arrest her b

. >> reporter: sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >>> the fire has left dozens without a home tonight in fremont. sky ranger was over the scene about 3:00 this afternoon while firefighters were dealing with the hot spots. this is wood creek apartments after the 680/emotimission boul exchange. it could have been much worse. >> it was pretty aggressive fire and got up into the attic. late in the afternoon is a pretty stiff wind. so we had some concerns that the fire might breach across a freeway. >> because of that fire under investigation, no one was hurt. >>> it was supposed to reopen monday. but late tonight we learn that the oakland dmv will be closed another week. last month as we told you, thieves pulled copper pipes from the ceiling. and that triggered massive flooding and forced the office to close so they could clean up and do some repairs. the dmv is still honoring appointments at the other offices. >>> i'm tracking very heavy rain right now across the interviews santa cruz mountains, headed right towards san jose. this is the second round you've been hit with tonight. we'll p

nbc bay area's sergio quintana joins us with the details. how this story will continue to evolve?> california, we have a problem. that was one of u.s. attorney general jeff sessions' lines as he derided three sanctuary state laws he hopes to challenge in court. u.s. attorney general jeff sessions railed against california state law, then local sanctuary city policies. >> there is no cessation. federal law is the supreme law of the land. >> reporter: as demonstrators protested the u.s. attorney general's visit, sessions spoke to a room full of local law enforcement officials. the u.s. attorney general made special mention of lieutenant governor gavin newsom and oakland mayor libby schaaf. >> how dare you needlessly endanger the lives of our law enforcement officers to promote a radical, open-borders agenda. >> how dare you vilify members of our community. >> we reject this lawsuit. we reject jeff sessions. we reject the rhetoric. >> reporter: the lawsuit claims three california laws hinder the ability of i.c.e. agents to do their jobs. >> they force our officers to conduct more dan

sergio quintana is live in sonoma with the details. >> reporter: this was the first night of the season that amateur drivers were able to come here to the sonoma raceway and get onto the track. unfortunately, the night ended when that crash happened. the experienced driver unfortunately died in the crash, according to the sonoma raceway. his souped-up hot rod was going more than 100 miles an hour. we're told the 75-year-old driver was the only one on the track when he crashed. it happened just after 6:15, only a couple hours into the event. >> this particular participant had a full roll cage, had all the proper harnesses, proper helmets, all the safety gear appropriate. >> reporter: the event is called drags and drift. anyone can pay a fee, get a safety inspection, then speed down the drag racing track. it's a popular night at the raceway that up to now had a clean safety record. >> we've been doing this 30 years and it hasn't happened on a wednesday night. that speaks for itself in my mind. >> reporter: jerry starks says the car has been in the driver's family for years, the '76 pinto