from alameda, solana and napa county and fbi all involved in the search for sandra coke. investigators expected back out at 8:00 this morning. live in solana county, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> a summer vacation to hawaii turned deadly for a 41-year-old oakland man. police say son vo disappeared while snorkeling in maui. he was reported missing by friends and rescue crews and launched an extensive search by boat and air. his body was recovered early yesterday morning. police say there are no signs of foul play. >>> an accused serial killer on trial in marin county calling his defense witnesses to day. joseph naso on trial for the murders of four women between 1977 and 1994. he's acting as his own attorney. the marin independent journal reporting his list of witnesses includes a formal model he previously took pictures of, a photographer he once worked with, a fellow flea market vendor and retired sheriff's deputy. naso has not said whether he plans to testify on his own behalf. >>> police have arrested 23-year-old johnny la san know in connection with the kill

investigators now searching solana county.tell you about this search plus a person of interest in the case and his criminal background. that story coming up. >>> the trial against accused serial killer joseph naso entering a brand new phase this morning. >> 8th day of august now and we're seeing temperatures -- excuse me -- 9th day of august, that you wouldn't see until september. i'll let you know hutch longer these fall-like conditions will last of the we'll heat back up to summer norms coming up. >>> i'm anthony slaughter in for mike inouye this morning. we have drizzle outside. you want to allow a little extra time on this friday night. >> we take you where it's friday night right now at the golden gate bridge, a few cars making their way into san francisco on this friday, august 9th. this is "today in the bay." >>> for the record, i want to make it clear you can never say friday enough. >> your favorite word. >> yes,

it's not just oakland police, but the fbi, chp, alameda and solana county sheriff's department.in vallejo, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> also new this morning, san francisco firefighters looking into the cause of a fire that happened overnight. the fire started at golden star laundry near the intersection of california street and 23rd avenue in the richmond district. firefighters say the business was heavy damaged and likely a total loss at this point. so far we haven't heard if there was any damage to apartments above the business. so far no injuries have been reported. >>> raise your hand if you're happy it's friday. >> i'll raise them both. >> i'm talking about, it's on fire. >> we don't need no water. >> raising the roof. >> so many people will be in town this weekend and they're going to want to stay in town once they get a taste of this beautiful weather. a lot happening. you've got the raiders, the giants, outside land, fanfest at candlestick for the 49ers. no better place to be as we get into the second week of fog-ust because of all the low cloud cover. the co

. >>> oakland police say they could be revealing the identity of a body found in solana county.crews found the body on friday in vacaville while searching for missing oakland woman sandra coke. the 50-year-old federal investigator disappeared on august 4th. her ex-boyfriend randy alana is considered a person of interest in this disappearance. >>> a little girl allegedly killed by her own brother. now their family is speaking out. >> i turned isaiah in. most people don't know that. that was hard enough. >> what they say about their son's not guilty plea and why they accuse their community of turning on them since laila fowler's death. >>> we'll tell you about stolen syringes and a hepatitis c outbreak. we'll let you know about a plea deal for a man accused of infecting dozens of patients. >>> the prosecution will start calling e perpt witnesses in the military trial of the soldier accused in the 2009 ft. hood shooting rampage. major nadal hasan is accused of killing 13 people and injuring 30 others. hasan is acting as his own lawyer and has mostly sat quiet, allowing prosecutor t

once again this is in solana county in vacaville not too far from the vacaville premium outlets.m house fire. we don't know word of any injuries. but something we're certainly keeping tabs on. i'm just told, literally right now, that no one was hurt. the neighborhood is evacuateda( and the good news is no one was hurt. we'll keep tabs on that for you. >>> the teenager at the center of a west coast amber alert back with her father this morning. family members say it could be a few more days before brett anderson finally has 16-year-old hannah back home to southern california. until then the family taking time to celebrate her safe return while also mourning two family members they lost. >> the murder of ethan and tina on hold n the back of our minds because we had to totally focus on hannah, period. >> i'm excited for my son who gets to have her at least. he lost his wife and my beautiful, handsome grandson. we've just got to work at getting closure from now on. >> a group of horseback riders spotted hannah anderson and her suspected kidnapper jim dimaggio on saturday in the remot

. >> reporter: police say they developed the lead after interviewing randy solana. he is considered a person of interest in the case. >> land did i alana is known -- randy alana is known to sandra coke. they have dated. >> reporter: coke is an investigator with the federal public defender's office in sacramento. she disappeared sunday after 8:30 p.m. leaving her 15-year-old daughter at home. >> she left the house to go to the drugstore on her daughter's behalf and hours later when she didn't come back, her daughter called me frightened. that is unusual. >> information during this investigation was developed that randy alana and sandra coke were seen later that evening. >> reporter: police found her car monday about two miles from her house. they found two cell phones, one near emeryville, another off i- 80 in richmond. this comes as family and friends announce a $100,000 reward for information about her disappearance. >> my sister is an incredibly devoted mother. [ crying ] >> and sister and friend and coworker, which is why there are so many people here today suppo

oakland police say they could reveal the identity of a body found in solana county today. search crews found the body on friday in ville while searching for 50-year-old sandra coke who disappeared on august 4. her boyfriend, randy alana is considered a person of interest in her disappearance. >>> workers at the santa clara county courts will vote today on a potential three-day strike. the sciu represents about 9,000 court clerks. they're voting on whether to strike at the end of the month. about half of the workers voted last night. the rest will do the same today. meantime hayward city employees will be walking off the job today. more than 280 employees expected to start a three-day strike this morning. but the city is fighting back. it has reported the union to the state saying the strike is, in fact, illegal t. union's contract expired back in april. just last month negotiators for the city declared an impasse. hayward says it has a contingency plan in place to keep city services running during the strike. >>> a local school district talking about changing testing polic

also, solana county.andra koch's family released a statement saying they are grateful for all the help they have been given but they have been asked into the to comment any furtherer on the case. live in vallejo, christie smith, nbc area news. >> christie, thank you very much. meantime, police in east san jose investigating a shooting just after 4:00 this morning.iw' officers responding to reports of gunfire at the san jose apartments located on cunningham avenue. police did not find anyone shot there but they also add that wounds. that happened a short time later. so far, they have no motive and no arrests have been made. >>> two men are behind bars this morning accused of leading sheriff deputies on a wild chase through the streets of san jose and it all ended with one suspect handcuffed on the roof of a popular restaurant. santa clara county sheriff deputies say they spotted a stolen honda civic near the willow glenn neighborhood around 6:30 last night. the driver sped off leading deputies toward downt

. >>> solana county firefighters heading to butte county to help battle a wildfire along highway 70. the nearly 2,000 acre fire is threatening more than 400 structures, forcing hundreds of residents there to evacuate t. california department of forestry and fire protection all say erratic winds mean the direction of the fire could rapidly change at any point. beware, as of last check, this one is about 45% contained. >>> at 4:50, we have new information this morning about the san francisco fire department and a controversial de decision involving the airplane crash at sfo last month. the issue centers on a firefighter who used a helmet-mounted video camera during the rescue operation. that camera captured the moment a fire truck ran over and killed one of the victims. these are images some of them from that camera. the fire chief says the department banned video cameras four years ago in facilities. now she says that ban was meant to include emergency scenes as well. critics say the ban is outrageous and aimed only at protecting the department from the lawsuits. >>> legendary blues s

alameda, contra costa, marin, napa, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, santa cruz, solana, san benito, and we have a representative from cal ema who is a nonvoting member. the approval authority provides the policy and direction for the decisions that are made regionally for funding for the uasi. so, while san francisco is the fiscal agent and this year we are getting about $22.9 million, 77% of that money goes out to the region for regional projects. it's subgranted to the other jurisdictions. this is done through a series of working groups that meet on a monthly basis, report back to the approval authority, again, make recommendations based on risk and threat assessments, and ultimately the projects are approved by the approval authority. in terms of our budget sources, in looking at our budget, this bar graph will reflect a primary reason for the change in the general fund support and the increased associated grant revenues. the reason that i so strongly wanted to put that $22.9 million in pass through grant money in our budget which we had never done before is that the federal gov

the search for sandra coke ended last friday in solana county but her body was not identified until today. as mark matthews explains there are still a lot of unanswered questions. >> oakland police say very also about the investigation. >> coroner office has identified the woman as sandra coke. at this tile the oakland police department will not be releasing any additional information other than the identification. >> coke left her oakland home sunday evening august 4th. she told her 15-year-old cause she was going to the drugstore then to talk with someone who had called about information on their missing dog. when she did not return that night family and neighbors put up missing poster. daughter reportedly used a find my phone application on the internet to look for her mother cell phone. it was cell phone signals that led search teams to this area near lagoon valley park in vacaville. they found coke body friday near an interstate 80 on ramp. police are questioning former boyfriend who dated coke years ago. randy has a long criminal history including arrest for rape kidnap and murder c

. >>> police say they could reveal the identity of a body found in solana county today. search crews found the body on friday in vacaville while searching for missing oakland woman sandra coke. the 50-year-old federal investigator disappeared on august 4th. her ex-boyfriend randy alana is considered a person of interest in her disappearance. >>> the time is 5:50. coming up, how about this? facebook playing love doctor, hell ching you with date night. that's up next. >>> apple looking into replacing knock-off chargers. we'll take a look coming up in business. >>> facebook trying to help you with last-minute dinner reservations. they've teamed up with open seat. the booking service will be available only on facebook's mobile site and newly updated apps. facebook will see how it works before they move to it the desk top platform. >>> apple is expanding the program to replace the knock-off iphone chargers, replacing them with the real deal, coming after at least one electrocution. >> that's right. starting this friday, if you have one of those third party iphone chargers, yo

. >>> solana county firefighters are heading to butte county to help battle a wildfire along highway0. the nearly 2,000 acre fire threatening more than 400 structures, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate. california department of forestry say erratic winds mean the direction could change rapidly. as of last check, it is 45% contained. >>> happening now, 34 wildfires continue to burn out of control in the western united states. one o of the most severe is the beaver creek fire in idaho. more than 2,000 homes have been evacuated. now that fire is threatening new communities. "today in the bay's" jay gray at the fire camp in haley, idaho, joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, laura. crews getting ready to fight day 12 of the blaze here. a lot of fire in the rugged idaho mountains here. it's being pushed by winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour, can push the embers for miles. it's a constant battle here both from the air and on the ground. we expect to see ten aircraft in the air today. helicopters and planes dumping that fire retardant liquid on the flames. we've go

with children 7 to 12 years old who have pimples, they suggest starting with an over-the-counter bon solanae product along with a gentle cleanser. also being told to be very patient here. experts point out acne generally doesn't clear up overnight and it could take up to three months to notice any improvement. >>> okay. this is shocking. you told me there may be showers. i have on my notes that christina mentioned showers possibly. >> you don't want to talk about acne? >> are you noticing any? >> i struggled with it. you're right on. 5:46. good morning to you. part of life as well as the weather. you can never really make those plans. 20 days out knowing what the weather is going to hold. hey, maybe you have family coming into town. all flights are right on time this weekend. we're still in our festival season in the bay area. we have the fremont festival, the santa clara county fair this weekend. temperatures are going to be comfortable for everything. watch out, though, chicago o'hare reporting flight delays this morning trying to get over to the midwest. it could be problematic. 55 in sa

the solana county coroner's office has conducted an autopsy on a body found last friday in a rural part of vacaville where investigators were looking for 50-year-old sandra coke who disappeared on august 4th. police are talking to randy alana in connection with her disappearance. they say he's a person of interest in that case. >>> attorney general eric holder in san francisco this morning calling for major changes to the criminal justice system. he wants to scale back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug-related crimes. today in the bay's bob redell is live with the reason for this change. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. later this morning, attorney general eric holder will address the american bar association. during this speech he's expected to announce a major new policy change on the war on drugs. holder will direct his 94 u.s. attorneys to stop charging people with low-level drug crimes that result in mandatory minimum sentences as long as the of ferns is non-violent and not tied to a gang or drug cartel. instead he'd charge them with less serious offenses tha

crews will resume their search at the solana city council ti fair grounds in vallejo this morning lookingen missing since sunday. police are not say ing who provided information that led them to the search areas. they are questioning 56-year-old randy alana, a registered sex offender who is in custody on an unrelated offense. he was seen with coke the night she disappeared. yesterday her family announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to coke's return. >>> friday morning commute. how is it looking, leyla? >> we have a new serious accident? south san francisco southbound along 101 south of bay shore boulevard. six to seven cars involved, one of which could be an airport shuttle. heavy backups from the 80 ex tension. also don't forget the outside lands musicfest value starts tonight and runs through sunday. expect heavy delays around golden gate park. >>> good morning. temperatures are finally moving off their lows. we had some 60s in antioch and mountain view. everybody else mid to upper 50s. as we look at the clouds and drizzle around the bay, we'll be 3 to 10 degrees b

after the search teams from alameda and solana searched an area and found the body, the search crewsd in a rural area and awill tell you it was on the other side of the freeway here. it was an area that was specific in our search scope that we determined while still in vallejo. >> coke's family says she has been missing since sunday. police have called randy alana, a high-degree sex offender a person of interest in the case. he was arrested tuesday on a parole violation and being held without bail. >>> it seems that commuters will be spared another b.a.r.t. strike at least for a while. governor brown says that he will use the executive powers the order a cooling off period if b.a.r.t. and the unions don't reach a contract agreement this weekend. the one-week contract extension ordered by the governor last sunday will expire monday morning. san francisco superior court is ca calling an emergency session tomorrow to consider the governor's request. the court ultimately has the power to grant that order. the order will keep the trains rolling by b.a.r.t. even if an agreement is not reac

last night i could tell you we had napa county, contra costa county, alameda county and solana countyhing a of live press conference there. we will be monitoring the situation as it develops for it right now with a quick look at weather and traffic john l. afternoon highs running below where they should be for this time of year but we will see a couple of 80s out there. upper 60s for the east bay shores and the north bay, widespread '70s and the coastal areas, low 60s. we do have a warm up and store. we will look at that closely but for now we will have to george. >>george: we are tracking a couple of no accidents late and the commute that both have the potential to become hot spots. first in hayward. an accident on 880 southbound at a street that is blocking a lan. already slow from to 38. and an accident here on 11 southbound at oyster point. it is backing up traffic in both directions. this one of major concern because there could be as many as six vehicles involved bridge already slow along the candlestick causeway. if you're heading to as a fall to catch a flight, by yourself an

search dogs have arrived at the solana county fairgrounds as search crews are looking for missing 50-oke. police have named a person of interest, high-risk sex offender randy alana. police say they dated 20 years ago and they met right before her disappearance. >>> police investigating a shooting in east san jose just after about a/a4:00 this morninn cunningham avenue. police did not find anybody shot there. but they do say three people walked into a hospital suffering gunshot wounds a short time later. at this point there's been no motive revealed, and this time there's still noiw' arrests. >>> b.a.r.t., along with union negotiators meeting once again to try to reach a new deal for a contract. the union says if it doesn't make considerable progress today, it will be issuing a 48-hour strike notice. even if they issue the strike, however, the governor can step in and make things smoother with an order for a hf760-day coolin off period. because it is feel-good friday, we should check out how good lit feel outside. christina loren is here for show and tell. >> good morning to you, jon a