the solano county district attorney dropped a d-u-i charge for a fairfield man who only tested >>> a fire tears through a popular sierra resort. >> the solano district attorney dropped a charge against a fairfield man who only tested positive for caffeine. coming up why they still believe he had a drug in his system but had to drop the charge. >> good morning, from the kpix weather center, it's going to be warmer today. much cooler tomorrow. but let's talk about your new year's eve forecast. >> and traffic is light throughout the bay area but we'll have an update on that rollover crash on the sunol grade. >>> good morning. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm anne makovec. >>> a home invasion ends with two people shot and a search for armed suspects. kpix 5's maria medina is live in san jose with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. we just learned in the last few minutes that the victim did not know the suspects. it happened last night on peach court in san jose. police say two men forced their way into a home. they have some sort of confrontation with the two victims before they shot th

a fiery head-on crash in solano county. bay area photographer captured that video just moments after the crash. it happened a little after midnight on peabody road east of interstate 80 near the travis air force base. you see both cars there completely in flames. a man driving ahead of the crash, noticed it going on in his rear knew mirror, stopped and turned around. he said he was only able to pull one man from the car as both cars burned. >>> a deadly shooting at a pawnshop yesterday afternoon. a man along with a dog was killed. he's not been identified. another man was seriously injured. people who work inside the store say there are a lot of surveillance cameras inside the pawnsh pawnshop. that is one bit of evidence police will be looking at in hopes of solving the crime. >>> in mexico investigators are trying to figure out what caused a massive explosion at a fireworks market. so gripping and tragic. 29 people were killed. dozens more injured. that explosion happened about 20 miles north of mexico's capital yesterday.

solano county to the central valley, prime agriculture concerns here. you could see some ice damage or freezing with that hard freeze warning for locations that could have as much as four hours below 28 degrees tonight. coldest spots likely around the north valley. it's canadian air conditioning coming into the bay area, dry north wind, clear skies, will keep the weekend dry. but chilly even during the afternoon. monday morning will be pretty chilly as well, slowly warming as we head towards the middle part of the week. for the morning, upper 20s in livermore, 32 in san jose, upper 30s near san francisco. as we move into the afternoon, notice the temperatures there in the low 50s around san jose. likely still seeing some upper 40s out around livermore as we head towards the afternoon. as we go through the week, there's one chance we could see showers. not on tuesday, but then wednesday night into thursday, here comes the system which we think may bring us some showers. a relatively drier system without access to trip to moisture. if anything, it will br

s a we pass cupertino in to solano county to the central valley hard freeze warning. temperatures below 28 degrees for two to four hours. one thing that has changed is the air quality. in the north bay, with ve the first wintertime spare the air alert for smoke pollutions for the north bay for the next 24 hours. what we need is more wind and moisture and storms to help air quality and temperatures. we are seeing those changes in the seven-day forecast. we will look at that and the time line in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. >>> continue our team coverage with chuck coppola in san jose along 101. we saw a lot of frost and accidents because of icy roads. could be a repeat tomorrow morning for the commute. >> it could be. one of the diceyest places off and on ramps, anywhere where you hit the brakes. between 5:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. before the sun warms up everything. before you get to the freeway black ice may be waiting. ice may form on bridges and tunnels. that's what happened on sunday in vallejo when the highway patrol says a driver on 37 near columbus parkwa

. >> reporter: anne, the solano county district attorney dropped a dui charge against a fairfield man even though she still believes he had drugs in his system. however, blood tests were negative for every drug except caffeine. solano county district attorney abrams believes there was another drug in his system but it didn't show up in the test. toxicology experts say synthetic marijuana, performance-enhancing drugs like steroids and designer stimulants like bath assaults are rarely tested for in a dui blood test. >> so you could test for more drugs? >> absolutely. because then we would know what was in his system. >> reporter: abrams decided to drop the dui charge because she believes they can't proceed without a reasonable doubt. the defendant's attorney says he is relieved. >> when you tell this type of story to somebody, they naturally are not going to believe it. >> he is still being charged with reckless driving a misdemeanor. abrams received a lot of comments critical of the charge but it didn't influence her decision, she says, in this case. live in the newsroom, lisa chan, kp

the heavy rain works south into solano county napa county marin county and crossing the golden gate at or 5:00 tomorrow morning setting the stage for a very wet start to your weekend. we'll talk about how long that rain sticks around. that's coming up in about 8 minutes. >>> raider fans caught up in an ugly brawl in kansas city. fists are flying, people tumbling over the seats. we are going to hear from a man who started recording when the heated rivalry got physical. >> a pizza parlor for sale on craigslist. the search for a new owner to take over a beloved bay area restaurant. >> and a kpix 5 investigation exposed the use of oilfield waste water on some of your favorite fruits and nuts. but are those crops safe to eat? what new tests have just revealed. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, ,,,, raiders and chiefs fans in kansas city last night.. it started shove.. toward [ yelling and cursing ] >>> wow! fists were flying between raiders and chiefs fans in kansas city last night. it started with words then a shove and this was all towards the end of the game. soon after that, fans were tumbling down rows

we do have a freeze warning in effect for lake and solano counties below 2,000 feet.tures between 28 and 32 degrees. good morning to linda. she couldn't sleep it's so cold! 29 degrees, thank you very much for checking in our faithful little weather watcher, you! precipitation due west of san francisco. also i got to believe just right here outside of healdsburg that might be the maya kama mountain range where there is light snow falling with cooler air mass in place. this is beautiful. our live weather camera shows that you we're seeing now the leading edge of the clouds that will thicken across the bay area today with the increasing cloud cover it won't be as cold tonight as it is this morning. rain developments by the evening commute. let's get to it. satellite and radar series of storms stacked up out over the pacific ocean. we are in between systems right now. so we have the cold air but we'll see increasing clouds and according to our futurecast there's the rain. evening commute pockets of heavy rain, right there around the carquinez strait and as well as vallejo

we have a freeze warning in effect for lake and solano counties, temperatures between 28 and 32 degreesain, here's what you need to know. rain by the evening commute. pockets of heavy rain tomorrow. and, in fact, dave our weather watcher in napa says it's a cool 30 degrees this this morning with frost on the windshield. thanks, dave, for rolling out of bed and grabbing the extra, like, robe and slippers and reporting in for us here. okay. today's a transition day. we have the cold air today that's going to "pushhhh" out making way for a very active storm track. here is your forecast. this is the evening commute. you can check out theclock, pockets of heavy rain at times. this is tomorrow morning at this time going to be a sloppy morning commute. during the day pockets of heavy rain for your thursday. sometimes you have a little bit of a break. friday morning, some lingering showers, friday afternoon a shower here and there. even into saturday morning, backwash in the form of a shower. overcast. over an inch of rain in many locations by friday, over an inch easily in the santa cruz mount

i neglected to mention my buddies and solano county. vacaville fairfield for my help solano super commute we don't want to forget about you with so few days coming up before christmas. sector 80 in san jose northbound 280 looks good. we're hoping for a light commute. let's go back to the desk. >> happening that is imagined a moment ago hundred of needy families in the south they are getting some much-needed help just in time for the holidays. >> workers for the nonprofit group sacred heart community service by giving away holiday food boxes and janine de la vega is there from san jose with what's going on there. >>reporter: we are inside the warehouse, this giveaway starts 10:00 am for families that preregister to receive holiday food box and what a relief for them because the holidays are a stressful time for low income families -- they are low income families. let's walk over and see what the families will get. >> we have about 3200 families that will receive a food boxes holiday and they get a mix of fresh fruit and vegetables and pan

dangerously cold temperatures, freezy cold in the north bay and out in solano county. bundle up for your evening plans. we'll let you know how long patchy ice will be in the forecast. that is coming up in about ten minutes. >> something to be on the lookout for. when you cam pair california to other parts of the country, we cannot complain about the cold. a winter storm hammering a lot of the country. on the east coast, this happening here. a fuel sanker crashing into the guard rail. this involved about 55 vehicles and when it was over with it killed three people. the nightly news will have more on the deep freeze across the country coming up in about 30 minutes. later in the newscast we'll see how the chill across the bay area is taking a toll on a popular activity, some would say a necessity this weekend. >>> tragedy in a upscale peninsula neighborhood. a young woman dead and police say her boyfriend is behind bars. laura, this is the first homicide in nearly three years there. >> that's right, terry, we have been out here all day long. police are still here, the hou

but as of now, some light rain moving through parts of northern sonoma county and also solano county as well. that will be what we'll be watching for today. mostly some light showers. and we still see the connection of this storm system well off to the west tapping into deeps of tropical moisture. when it gets here it will be heavy pouring across the area. right now it's in the mid-50s. as you head out the door, it feels mild. we're going have cooler temperatures. take it in. also a chance to dry out. we will be in between rain later on this afternoon and look at what happens as we go into early tomorrow morning. we start to see the heavy rain lining up and then rolling across the bay area and by tomorrow afternoon that's when it will really be pouring along with gusty winds. we see the potential of sustained winds at 30 to 40 miles an hour. may even gust to 50 miles an hour at the peak of the storm and the potential of 2 to 4 inches of rain all across the bay area. some more updates on that coming up. heading over to mike, an update on a crash in san pablo. >> i have an update, khar

." >>> now a chaotic fiery scene in solano county.irectly from a witness who risked his life to save someone trapped inside one of those cars. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live many from the scene where it unfolded. >> reporter: unfortunately that person was not able to save other people in a different car. we spoke with fairfield police who tell us two people were burned to death in a head-on collision that took place about a quarter mile down the road. a third person has been taken to the hospital. if you want to take a lack at your tv screen, you can see how horrific this crash was. both sedans smashed into each other and burst into flames. here on peabody road in fairfield, if you're not familiar, this is a semi rural road near the border with vacaville and the solano state prison. we heard from the driver who happened to see the accident in his rear view mirror. he turned around to help out while his girlfriend called 911. he ran over to the cars, both already on fire, reached into one and helped the driver get out while fl

let's move along to solano county commute and vacaville and fairfield this commute not bad as you drive into the area no major problems on 680 or 788 driving on the commute it continues to look good. bay bridge toll plaza not a bad drive it was spent it is like tting into san francisco than interstate 280 in san jose looks good in both directions in downtown san jose. >>> the bay area is not the only place that is freezing. the midwest and northeast have it worse with colder temperatures and icy conditions. the weather causing flight cancellations and a lot of car crashes. kelly has more from washington dc. >> me a microphone are planning a nice little vacation to vegas and our trip got pushed back two hours and then four hours and notes canceled. >>reporter: brutal winter weather leading to flight delays in the midwest and northeast. heavy snow and freezing rain had a plate runoff the runway. hundreds of flight cancellations. >> got through security my flight got canceled. >> slippery roads causing accidents in connecticut in the weather is being blamed for a roof collapse at a restaur

traffic is going to be okay if you're driving in solano county. and driving through to fairfield, to alejo, not a bad commute continuing to look very good as you drive through and no major problems on 80 getting down to the car keenness bridge. also looking at another commute if you are driving out to the san francisco dr. the northbound 101 looks good. and, you can see the westbound brave -- bay bridge traffic is smooth. it's not quite as windy as it was yesterday. let's go back to the desk. >>> ink you, sal. heavy rain and gusty wind caused problems. caltrans had to use heavy equipment to clean up a mudslide on bear creek road. the rain also cause flooding along highway 17 signs are posted to remind drivers to slow down. people who lived -- who live near the river were also worried about the rain. >> in the past, we have had the rivers come right up to the driveway. >> we had rain a couple of weeks ago it wasn't that bad. it's getting bad. >> people who live in the area where the loma fire burned in september were worried because the area could

it is for solano county and the central valley, comes that you asleep -- conspicuously absent on the bay. there is just enough cloud cover working in from the south and west that will take the edge off of the cold tonight. clouds acting like a blanket, more cloud cover used a milder and we will have just enough to prevent a widespread freeze. how chilly? valeo called 34 but not a freeze. concord dirty three, fremont 37, sonoma county coldest 30 degrees. we will shift our focus from the cold to the rainfall there's a lot of rain in the seven day we will find out which is the wettest coming up.>>> what's in the water?>> why some bay area tapwater smells and tastes so different. >>> one of the ultimate presidential perks, president- elect donald trump's beef with air force one.>>> bay area horses living in deplorable conditions. what one city is doing to improve their lives. ,,,, peninsula are complaining their water tastes funny... new at 5: kpix 5's john ramos went to find the source of the problem. in an idyllic >>> residence up-and-down the peninsula are telling us their water taste

go to solano county first and the traffic will be light taking 27 minutes to drive between the two points and not a big deal on 80 westbound, lot of people drive from far away and get into the bay area. so far so good on this commute. getting out to the 880 freeway, see traffic is moving along very well and it's interesting because right here at the coliseum, the fog isn't that dense but move up closer to alameda and bay bridge, see dense fog and can throw up a picture here of the bay bridge and see what we're dealing with so windshield wipers and fog lights, might want to use n. . >>> okay, we're learning more about the man who ran that warehouse. it was an artist collective known as the ghost ship. >> good morning, alex. >>reporter: good morning to both of you. this was an artist collective where people lived and worked and the man who was in charge of the place was 46 year-old derrick ion. he had somewhat of a strained relationship with some of the tenants here and some of them say at times he was very volatile. here is youtube video of derrick ion. some of his former tenants say he wa

. >>> right now we have a good- looking commute in solano county as we take a look at the commute here between vacaville and fairfield. not a bad drive at all. vacaville and continuing to 27 minute drive and no major problems as you drive through it a couple of early things that cleared out and we have traffic moving along well. ñinterstate 880 off to a nice start. no major problems here. if you are driving on westbound bay bridge approach this is a good time to do it. traffic is light. let's go back to the desk. >>> people in the sierra are preparing for more wintry weather and flooding storms move across northern california pictures last week raised the level of the yuba river ski resorts. schricker flooded and some buildings were damaged. the owner of the rainbow lodge test water swept through his foundation and into his basement. he plans to build a barrier before the next big storm. >>> the body of a skier reported missing after avalanche has been recovered. they found a man under 8 to 10 feet of snow at mount rose ski resort escaping with another man skiing on a closed ski run wh

today we have lisa, jenny they are all from the food bank of contra costa county and solano county. thank you for coming in. hit any rain coming in? no. thankfully. >> okay. all right. so we wanted to educate people a little bit about what we're doing here because we day we come out and present a big check but i don't know if everybody really understands how great the need is here in the bay area as far as feeding people. >> right. so the food bank of contra costa and solano is serving 1 in 8 people throughout the month all year. we are working hard to fill plates and make sure everybody in need has a good holiday meal. >> and you have to remember that the need for food is 24/7, all year round. but right now we are a making a special jab at it, a special go at it, because it is the holiday. so what's our goal? >> we're hoping to raise $3 million for the food bank of contra costa and solano and this promotion that you have going on helps us greatly. so we have been 50% of our money that we raise for the whole year comes in just these couple of months during the holiday season. >> and

. >>> solano county prosecutors are dropping dui charges against a man because of an unusual drug test. police say that joseph schwab was weaving in and out of traffic on it state 680 near fairfield last year when his blood tests came back negative for every drug except caffeine. the d.a. believes he had drugs in his system and didn't show up on the test but after speaking with forensic toxicologists yesterday, she said that she felt that the dui charges had to be dropped. >> we wish we could test for more drugs because then we would know what was in the system. >> when you tell this type of story to somebody, they naturally won't believe it. >> schwab is charged with reckless driving a misdemeanor. >>> new at noon the obama administration just ordered sanctions against russia for hacking democratic computers during the presidential election. the u.s. says it will kick out 35 russian intelligence operatives and close two russian "compounds" here in the u.s. craig boswell has more from washington. >> reporter: officials tell cbs news there will be sanctions targeting leaders in russia's

zena was booked into the solano county jail. >>> in oakland investigators are searching for clues in the shooting that wounded at least one person that happened at 1:00 this morning on mason street near foothill boulevards. police have not said what lead up to the shooting with no arrests made. police are asking anyone who have information about the shooting to give them a call. >>> in san jose a water main break flooded city streets this morning. when the 150-year-old pipe burst it sent water pouring onto the streets, creating a big muddy mess near 7th and -- and alma. it's not clear if they played a role in that failure. >>> close to a thousand highly sophisticated metal detectors are being installed in california prisons. the hope is the machines would detect illegal cell phones to keep them from being smuggled into the prisons. the cell phones could be used to coordinate attacks from prisons to the crimes on the streets. officials say they have been unable to prevent high-security inmates like charles manson from repeatedly getting a hold of those devices. >>> now to the trump tr

the highest rate in our area is solano county at 5.1.r this to be a full employment meeting everyone in the bay area who wants a job would have one. on wall street, the stocks closed lower today, falling eight points, up by 19. s&p 500 lost by four. they lead the markets lower over concerns on political tensions between the united states and china. >>> star wars fans headed to san francisco's mission bay tonight to celebrate the opening of the new star wars movie rogue one. >> i heard there would be a bunch of jedis. we wanted to see what would be happening. >> the light-hearted glow saturday battle that would -- sword battle that would happen. from life saber battles. now a part of the sales went to the oakland ghost ship fire victims. >>> stolen goods recovered. how deputies caught six suspected package thieves. how one family got their packages back. >>> late word on the two deputies seen on camera beating a suspect in an alley. (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, a

it's going to be quiet, which is nice if you are leaving the house and driving, let's say, to the solano county commute but let's take a look, shall we? traffic between vacaville and vallejo, nice looking into hercules, not a bad commute with no major problems as you drive on 680 away from the interchange and the traffic looks good and vallejo as you drive across the bridge. the whole thing is not a bad commute if you have to go to work. driving into east bay, looking at interstate 880, traffic is light in front of the oakland coliseum and it continues to be light to hayward or downtown oakland. the bay bridge toll plaza, we don't expect a big crowd. it will look like this on a normal day. we will see what it looks like in one hour and that we can tell if we have one of those lighter than usual days. 4:32 let's go to the desk. >>> this morning, police in concord are looking for a man who they said stole more than $200,000 worth of jewelry from the sears store. as ktvu reports, police believe the man was hiding inside the store when it closed last friday night. >> reporter: holiday shoppers purc

maybe a view from high atop the tallest point in solano county. mount vaca, as we look toward the sunset a beautiful finish to thursday and changes ahead for the weekend. we'll have the forecast coming up. >> coming up all new at 6:00 tonight, a flight to california diverted. a couple on board involved in a midair meltdown. what happened on board that ended with the couple being removed in handcuffs. >> but first, the markets closed down today. here's a look at the closing numbers from wall street. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, plaza has blocked three lanes. >>> we have a traffic alert on the bay bridge. look at the backup. there's an accident just west of the toll plaza. it has blocked three lanes at this point so that means what you see here, gridlock heading into the city. our cameras at the toll plaza shows you the backup. and that's a heads upcoming into the city. >>> what's the weather going to be like? >> they will be sitting in very beautiful weather as they -- [ laughter ] >> looking very nice. golden gate bridge by contrast is looking good. these

two people are dead after a fiery head-on crash in solano county.area photographer captured this video moments after the crash. simply tragic. it happened a little after midnight on peabody road east of interstate 80 near travis air force base. a man driving ahead of the crash noticed it in his rear view mirror. he turned back around. he could only pull one victim to safety as both cars burned. authorities have not identified the two people who died. traffic on peabody is still closed in both directions as they continue to investigation. >>> let's check the forecast now with kari. the first official day of winter. >> it is. we have such a beautiful sunrise and some milder temperatures, too, in the peninsula. we start out at 53 degrees, 45 for the north bay -- south bay, rather. the north bay at 38 degrees. in san francisco it is 48 degrees with highs today reaching the upper 50s to lower 60s. it will be actually warmer than average reaching 62 degrees in the tri-valley. a nice and calm day. we're gearing up for a storm in time for the holiday weeken

solano county sheriff's deputies and chp detectives did probation compliance check in the 3400 belong of ramsey road and found 11 stolen vehicles that were being stripped and all four were also arrested for unrelated warrants including the property's owner. napa police recovered $2,500 worth of stolen tools after their owners spotted them being sold online. the tools went missing over the weekend from a construction site on jefferson street. officers pretending to be buyers arranged a meeting with the sellers shown in this photo. 32-year-old william thomas of napa. he was arrested after arriving with the stolen saw. san francisco's muni transportation system has had a notoriously high rate of absenteeism, so high in fact the agency asked for an audit to find out why and then to make some changes. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler is live on market street with the story tonight. carolyn? >> well, you know, it is a chronic problem. we told you just last week how some bus routes had to be disrupted or cancelled because so many drivers were missing in action. now this audit gives us some

but during the day today, we did have some showers in marin, sonoma and solano counties.ight along the silverado trail east of highway 29 we are seeing some showers up valley from the city of napa. futurecast shows a wet picture tonight. 8:00 the rain crosses the border from mendocino county and lake county into sonoma county. look what happens if you are going to be out around midnight. some parts of the bay area it is already going to be pouring and the heaviest of the rainfall will cross the golden gate at about 5:00 saturday morning setting the stage for part of your weekend to be a washout. we'll talk more about that and when the sunshine returns coming up in about 10 minutes. >>> all right, paul. see you then. thanks. other bay area headlines, a north bay family is in the hospital after getting carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty wall heater. firefighters called to an apartment on leafwood drive in novato last night. they eventually evacuated more than 20 people from the rest of the complex. >>> and concord police want your help to find this guy. they believe th

pouring through lafayette, linden and con, marin, napa and so he -- and concord, marin, napa and solano county getting men it i of rain. overnight -- plenty of rain. overnight more to come. when you get up tomorrow morning, that's when the soaking rain hit you in livermore, hayward, south to san jose, redwood city. , stanford and palo alto. the rain is coming if it's not raining in your backyard already. we'll talk about how much of your weekend will be a washout coming up. >>> now to the latest on the warehouse fire, there's a new focus in the investigation. kpix5's christin ayers is outside the warehouse tonight and investigators have ruled out one possible cause of the fire. >> reporter: yeah, liz. federal investigators on scene tonight saying a faulty refrigerator did not cause the ghost ship fire, but other electrical items might have. the community meantime is calling on the city to take responsibility for what happened. >> we're going to honor the live that were lost on the fire -- lives that were lost on the fire. >> reporter: it's an event that happens every friday, native dancing. th

we're off to a decent start here in solano county starting on interstate 880 westbound, it is not a bad commute at all. driving from vaccaville, fairfield into vallejo and continuing through this area, it has been a very nice drive and there have been no major problems driving through and the cordeliahad junction where traffic splits off still looks pretty good driving on 680 or 80 heading down to either of the bridges. also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza and traffic is light. now normally it is at 4:30 in the morning or so we'll see what happens at 5:30 and be a biggest to see how many people are actually going today. northbound 280 in san jose, that looks good which is that's 280 on the right and it looks good getting up to highway 17. at 4:33 let's go back to the desk. >> sal, thank you very much. >>> now to breaking news we first told you about at the top of the newscast. the search continues for a possible third shooting suspect at a san jose car dealership. >> yeah, ktvuhad is there on scene now. what can you tell us about what's going on? >> reporter: we just got here in th

in solano county it does not go away. it will be very windy. matt hamilton will be quiet when the all day today even into saturday morning till noon. ready for school forecast windy to start the afternoon. temperatures reaching the lower 60s. winds will be with us in the east bay. by the weekend it will be a sunny saturday. some clouds for your sunday and a sprinkle on monday followed i some cold arctic air. the next three days we are 64 come saturday. there are years gotthard clouds on sunday. >> in the kron 4 more than 600,000 cars. the 20 13th through 2015 mkc. there's a problem with tension on the seat belt and may not hold during an accident. the company says they will fix the problem at no cost to the owner. the recall expected to begin january 16. >> to more people have been identified that have become ill from a thanksgiving meal. >> three people died. health officials say they still do not know what caused those folks to get sick. investigators did send samples of the food to the cdc. they will be doing additional test and will let you

the solano county commute is moving well down to the bay bridge toll plaza.a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza before you make it on to the span. lets go back to the desk. >>> students at san jose state university are on alert after a seerdz of sexual assault -- series of sexual assault acquisitions on campus. >> reporter: good morning, we are back on this story after reporting it yesterday because we found out that sexual assaults here on the campus of san jose is happening more frequently. there have been 17 sexual assaults on women this year and six since october. three of the attacks happened this week. one happened at duncan hall. a woman was groped on a stairwell. the same thing happened earlier in the week in the student hall. >> it seems like it happens daily. it seems like it only happens to women. >> reporter: surveillance pictures captured a student's pictures. he is a student and he has been arrested. it's not clear if the person is connected to other cases but the police here are saying that they have other sexual assaults and they believe that

we are going to check out the solano county commute.ic looks good as you drive on 80 westbound between vallejo, fairfield and vacaville. you can see some slow traffic as we drive through the 80 near the bridge but other than that it's fine. this is a look at 880, it looks good near the coliseum. the metering lights will be going on near the toll plaza. less go back to the desk. >>> people in the sierras are getting ready for more winter weather and possibly more flooding. last week storms raised the level of the south yuba river. river waters seeped through people's foundations. more snow is expected by tomorrow. >>> the body of a skier reported missing after an avalanche in the sierras has been recovered. the sheriff's office reported that they found a man buried in eight to 10 feet of snow. he had been this with another man skiing on a closed ski run of the resort when the avalanche hit. the man was about 60 years old, his name will not be released until his family is notified. >>> frol investigators have finished collecting evidence

sonoma county, napa county, solano, marin county, just about to cross the golden gate.ery, very slow morning commute in the north bay tomorrow. look at the rain fill in after lunchtime. south of the golden gate, that's you oakland and hayward and union city and san mateo. and look at all the heavy rainfall for the evening commute. the north bay is drying out at 6:00. so it depends where you are what the worst part of the day for you driving is going to be. all the rain is gone by 11:00 tomorrow night. sunshine is back by friday. so let's break it down for you. north bay tomorrow morning 7 to 11 a.m. heavy rain gusty winds. the central bay including san francisco and oakland east to walnut creek, 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and the south bay we're looking at 3 to 6 p.m. how much rain? in just about two, three or four hours, up to an inch of rain in the south bay, up to 1.5" of rainfall for the east bay, the city and the peninsula. up to three inches of rainfall in the north bay. it's not going to breakfully records for rainfall totals, but it's going to come down so quickly, we

solano county is looking good if you are driving on the 80 westbound.also good if you are heading down the venetia bridge. 880 is not as crowded as you head into fremont. the bay bridge toll plaza, there is now about a 10-minute delay before you make it onto the span. >>> thank you. recovery efforts at the ghost ship warehouse were halted last night because of a cracked wall. crews brought in a large crane to stabilize the wall to keep it from crumbling. fire investigators say they have been able to determine that the fire started at the rear of the building on the ground floor, but they are still working to try to determine the exact cause of the fire. the loss of so many lives is on the minds of everyone working there. >> you may not know anybody personally, it still may bother you throughout the day as what took place. 36 bodies have been recovered. one victim has not been identified. to officials from the district attorney's office are investigating the fire and treating it as a crime scene. >> they are searching 25% of the building that has not bee

four men are under arrest in solano county after a chop shot bust. vehicles, some being dismantled, on a property on ramsey road in fairfield. >>> one of the two men accused of fatally stabbing a father while he was christmas shopping with his son at a heart target store heads to court today. police say tyrone griffin was killed friday after he asked one of the suspects to turn down music on his cell phone. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning" a conversation with grammy winner and kennedy center honoree james taylor. traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. it's 8:27. before we get to your "holiday light" roads let's check mass transit. we have a capitol corridor delay train 527 running 18 minutes late but bart, ace train, muni and caltrain are on time. express buses for muni are not running for a holiday schedule. slow traffic at the altamont pass, trouble along the altamont pass all morning long due to two earlier crashes. both have been moved off the roads but you're traveling at just 36 miles an hour once you hit north fl

let's start in solano county.we are ready have slow traffic on 80 westbound driving toward the cartoon is bridge which is typical highway 37. -- carkiness bridge which is typical highway 37. we had a crash northbound 101 at the san bruno exit. let's go to the macarthur maze, westbound 80 as you drive around the corner to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is going to be okay. the lights are on and traffic is beginning to back up at the toll plaza. at 5:32 let's go back to the desk. >>> students at san jose state are being warned about 3 sexual assaults that happened on campus in the past 2 weeks. we are there on campus this morning talking about the latest thing that happened yesterday, and it happened during the day; right? >> yes, and all of these 3 incidents that happened in the last 3 weeks happened during the daytime and in public places . where trying to find out from campus police if they think any of these are connected . the latest incident happened in duncan hall which is a science building. just after one ye

. >> we had a minor accident in solano county. we always look at that commute.ere going to start on interstate 80. as you can see the crash that is not very serious, they had pulled it off to the parking lot but traffic is so slow in this area and 37 westbound leaving the vallejo area head over to sonoma and marin county. we will see some slowing there as well but as you mentioned most of the area not getting any rain. we're expecting it later on and that is why you should plan accordingly. you can see traffic here's moderately heavy. it is going to be okay as you head out to the macarthur maze. it is about a 20 minute delay. the metering lights have just gone on. there is a small delay of the toll plaza. is warning drivers about gusty winds on the bay bridge . >>> happening today, city leaders in pacifica will meet on the stormy day to discuss demolishing another apartment complex that sits on top of a crumbling crust. we're joined now from pacifica with more on this ongoing story. good morning we're talking about this apartment complex behind me. the cliff und

the salon no commute if you're driving to work and your coming into the fairfield vacaville and solano county it's not bad. it's off to a very nice start. usually by now on a normal day when it's not two days before christmas you will see stop and go traffic but today it's lighter. also looking at a commute at the bay bridge which has built- in a little bit. metering lights are on and it's about a 10 minute delay. slightly lighter than usual. i have a feeling a lot of these people are driving to the airport. this is a look at 880 north and southbound past the coliseum right here know the oakland airport no troubles getting to this area. 5:35 let's go back to the desk. >>> happening today get ready for some big crowds at the airport. 2.4 million americans expected to fly today alone. today and tomorrow expected to be the busiest day for flyers over the holiday season. aaa expects more than 103 million americans to travel over the next two weeks rising salaries and low gas prices means more people looking to get away. ktvu janine dela vega joins us live at mineta san jose airport which is expec

we have traffic in solano county.he traffic is moving along pretty well in vacaville in fairfield but it is already getting a little bit slow in vallejo. as you drive through and see it is slowing approaching the interstate and see it is slowing approaching the interstate 80 connector. there was an earlier accident i was found 80. it is clear now but it was therefore long time. traffic is backed up on highway 4 as you drive into richmond. that is an unexpected early backup. when you get to the bay bridge you will see traffic is backed up already. there was a stalled vehicle just on the other side of treasure island, the san francisco side of you will. westbound 80 will be slow. this is a look at interstate 880 n. and southbound. the traffic is moving along pretty well in front of the oakland coliseum. i know that kevin has reached the bay bridge. if you could put up our emeryville camera -- i need to give them a 2nd for that because we can see the stall is beginning to affect traffic getting into san francisco westbou

if you are driving solano county it is going to be busy as you drive between vacaville and fairfield.st of that comes in vallejo where it is getting slow on 80 westbound approaching 780. let's talk about the other key that is already beginning to see some chronic conditions. highway 24 driving between walnut creek and the tunnel. a little bit of slow traffic, no problems. we have 10 minute delay before you make it onto the stamm. let's go back to the desk. >>> more on the deadly oakland warehouse fire. investigators indicate they may be close to knowing for sure how and where the fire started. the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is focusing on a back wall of the building where appliances and one refrigerator in particular was located. reportedly that refrigerator had been shorting out in blowing fuses. the city of oakland is declaring a local state of emergency to help pay for the fire response. we will bring a live report from the command center at the scene coming up at 6:00. >>> this morning there is rising pressure on the city of oakland to deal with ot

the evening commute with some mild temperatures and the heaviest rain continues to move out of solano county towards sonoma and napa and into marin counties. this is where we're seeing the bulk of the heavy rain as it continues to move just to the south of santa rosa and vacaville. heavy rain will push farther south. we're seeing the slow progression. still a bit of a break for the south bay. while the peninsula and over towards the east bay seeing some light showers, at times taking a little bit of a break. we will once again see the heavy rain making its way farther to the south and causing a lot of problems on the bridges. 101 and then moving from san quentin over towards richmond. it's really pouring there right now. some standing water on the roadways. not only that, we have the flash flood watch in effect for the santa cruz mountains, expecting anywhere from 2 to 3 inches of rain. and we're really concerned about the loma fire burn zone where there could be some debris floes and the water causing the rock slides and the loose sediment. we have an urban and small stre stream advisory. w

in the morning patchy fog around solano county, mid-40s for the the most spots.ew you are er 30s are possible for the morning. peninsula temperatures in the mid-50s. high clouds at times san francisco to the north bay highs in the mid 50s. increasing clouds during the day on monday evening in to tuesday. by late tuesday morning, we see the rain arrive. notice where it hangs out. central bay in to the north bay, south bay you maybe wondering what the talk of rain is about from tuesday to wednesday. the rain line looks like it will hold north of the golden gate. could see rain wednesday morning. watch what happens the rain actually moves northward during the day on wednesday. so we're talking about chances of rain tuesday, wednesday and thursday. for the south bay, looks to be mainly wednesday night in to thursday where we will see the rain rates pick up. the rest of the bay area should see rain wednesday in to thursday. you can see it turns rainy for the south bay as we get the subtropical moisture out of east of hawaii aiming in on the bay area. that is thursday

same for solano county and over on the east bayshore line 56 for oakland and 55 for san leandro. and then ukiah, lakeport and clearlake numbers will be in the 50s. how about new year's eve? doesn't look bad. 8:00 a few clouds. most of those should dissipate by the time we get toward midnight and 45 degrees so bundle up to welcome in the new year and then, sunday, nice day. looks like the sun comes up but not for long. showers and clouds increase for monday and tuesday, numbers only in the low to mid-50s. the potential for snow on bay area peaks is real. it's going to be a chilly couple of days to start things off. and then we'll get a chance for the sun to come out. so the sun won't come tomorrow but it will the day after tomorrow. andrea nakano has sports next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, of the pac 12 title hunt. b they ended the year on a 5 win streak... to get an inve to the sun bowl. a bowl game th >>> three losses in a row took stanford out of the title hunt but they ended on a five-year win streak but they got an invite to the sun bowl playing without christian mccaffrey who ski

back here at home, a driver did the right thing after seeing a fiery crash early this morning in solano county. he saw it in his rearview mirror and he turned around and jumped into action, possibly saving someone's life. bob redell joining us live. you just got new information from police about what happened? >> reporter: good morning, sam. a sergeant with the fairfield police department just told me that they're now investigating this crash as a dui, as a driving under the influence. it happened just before 12:30 this morning here on pea body road in fairfield when two cars collided in a horrific ball of fire. the head-on collision between this suv and sedan was so tremendous both vehicles burst into flames almost immediately. the driver and passenger in the suv never made it out. the same could have been said for the driver of the sedan, if it weren't for oscar marshall. >> pretty much i was just driving towards home, and then i just seen in my rearview some collision. >> reporter: he whipped his car around on pea body road, had his girlfriend call 911 while his brain tried to process the w

moves in wednesday night and by thursday morning it's pouring in marin county, napa counties and solano county. stop the clock right here. just after lunchtime on thursday, it is pouring just about everywhere in the bay area. and within about a four to six- hour window we will receive an inch or more of rainfall. that's a short amount of time to get an inch of rain here in the bay area. they do it in florida. rare for us. moderate to heavy rainfall thursday. not much tomorrow just scattered showers. 50s and 60s. it will pour toward lake and mendocino county but we'll have to wait for the heavy rain until thursday. look what happens on friday through the weekend and next week. 60 degrees? no! not for five straight days. highs in the 50s, lows in the 30s but dry. enjoy the rain thursday because it might be weeks before we see more rain. >> beginning to look a lot like christmas. >> and feel it. >> yeah. >> thanks, paul. >>> a century old bay area mystery. a home en vegasthe casket a young girl and more bodies may be buried in a neighborhood. >> a report exposed potentially harmful chemicals in c

. >> reporter: take a drive- through the solano county city of vallejo and you know what you don't seelot of for sale signs. there aren't a lot of homes on the market right now. it's a far cry from a few years ago when this area was awash in foreclosed homes. >> it took us a longer time to come back to liven up after the downturn in the economy so in a way we have a lot more to catch up on. our prices are low so inventory took a time to absorb. >> reporter: right now it's a boom. data from the first nine months of this yearez over last shows bay area counties with at or near double-digit declines in home sales. san francisco sales have dropped a whopping 13%. >> we thought oh, the end of september, october, things seem to be calming down a little bit. >> reporter: this realtor says vallejo's market is more stable because of its affordability. this how is 2800 square feet with views of napa and sonoma counties in the distance. is listing price, $680,000. but that's expensive in vallejo. and after a few months on the market, it's still had no offers. it appears the bay area feeding frenz

. >> reporter: the solano county district toeattorney says insid schwab's car the agent found workout parties like these. >> the driver seemed amped up, agitated, very combative and she thought he was under the influence of something. >> reporter: the agent gave a field sobriety test and arrested schwab. then in jail, he agreed to a blood test but the results came back negative. except for one drug, caffeine. >> i didn't believe it. >> reporter: schwab's attorney, stacey barrett, doesn't understand why the dui charge stuck. >> i actually consulted with both of the other attorneys in my office to make sure that i wasn't missing something. >> reporter: we talked to a forensic toxicologist with edwin smith believes if anything, the substance improves the ability of most drivers. >> very few, if any of those people, are actually having, you know, problems functioning in a task like driving. most are probably doing it as well and potentially even better than they would do without it. >> reporter: however, the d.a. is still moving forward with the dui charge. she believes it was not caffein

water mainly inland in napa county, sonoma county, marin county, contra costa county and also solano county. its just kind of wet and a little sloppy out there. rainfall totals kentfield at the college of marin you have received more than 2.5" of rainfall. that fell since yesterday afternoon. at the san francisco zoo, 1 1/2 inches of rainfall. nearly an inch at burton valley elementary school in lafayette 2/3 of an inch of rain in redwood city. where do we go from here? futurecast says more scattered showers and cloudy conditions. more scattered showers throughout the morning tomorrow. and another wave or even two waves of steady to heavy rainfall to come. we'll talk about which part of the weekend is a washout coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> nerves are rattled after a powerful earthquake strikes off the coast of humboldt county. the magnitude 6.5 quake hit about 7 a.m. it was about 100 miles west of the town of ferndale. kpix 5's len ramirez on how some geologists plan to take advantage of the recent seismic activity. >> everyone stopped and pulled over. we thought it was a f

the property owner >>> four men are under arrest in solano county after a chop shop bust vehicles beingd on ramsey road in fairfield. the property owner was among those arrested. >>> ive things to know at the :55. today secretary of state john kerry delivers his vision of how to end the violence between israel and palestine. the speech comes just days after a u.n. resolution condemning settlements on occupied land. >>> more winter weather will hit much of the pacific northwest today and tomorrow of. strong winds expected to cause drifting snow and dangerous travel conditions. the mountains could see two feet of snow or more. >>> family, friends and fans are remembering carrie fisher best known as princess leia from "star wars." the 60-year-old died yesterday after cardiac arrest last friday on a flight from london. co-star harrison ford said carrie was one of a kind, brilliant and original. >>> today, in san francisco we will host the annual post- christmas wood shipper event at city hall. dozens of christmas trees will meet their end starting at 10:30. the wood chips will be used for m

let's go out and take a look at the commute on solano county freeways here.o major problems as you drive on the freeway, but you can see traffic is already busy. and if you're driving over to vallejo, you can see some slow traffic here on 80 westbound approaching 780. we're also looking at -- going to san jose, there's a new accident northbound 101 right near 13th, old oakland road, and traffic is coming to a stop here on northbound 101. you can see how slow it is. this new crash is reported to be blocking lanes, so please give yourself extra time as you drive through. also want to take a look at the toll plaza. that has filled in. the metering lights have been turned on and now there's a 10 to 15-minute delay at the toll plaza. at 5:33, let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> we may find out as soon as today what may have caused the deadly warehouse fire. the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives will hold a news briefing with local officials at 11:00 this morning. investigators are said to be focusing on overloaded electrical lines i