stephanie magallon spoke with the creator about the tips they're generating. >> reporter: you can find theories about stockton serial killers, details in the central valley, and messages from some of the victims' family members. a group looking for justice. >> we have people that are contributing towards the investigation trying to put pieces of the puzzle together within our own town from across our city, from across our state and country as well as now across the world. >> reporter: renee myers created this page last week, thousands of members contributing their knowledge to help police catch the person who killed one man in oakland and then shot six others in stockton leading only one survivor. myers says in the last two days she submitted more than half a dozen tips to stockton police. >> some of them involve concerning things that have been said on the page. and things witnessed in the community. people that have -- >> reporter: they are working with renee and say they've discussed safety measures, misinformation and the possibility of the killer participating in the group's conve

stephanie magallon for today in the bay. >>> another virgil to remember the family of four, including an 8-month-old baby who were kidnapped and murdered in merced. hundreds of candles were placed alongside cards, teddy bears and photos of the singh family. deputies say they took this man, albert on salgado into custody thursday night. he's the brother of jesus manuel salgado and it is unclear how the brother is involved and he faces charges of conspiracy, accessory and destroying evidence. we learned the accused killer jesus once worked for the family's trucking company. it's believed he had some type of previous dispute before his arrest. deputies say jesus tried to take his own life. he is still in custody. meanwhile, the bodies of the singh family were found in an orchard earlier this week miles from their business. surveillance video capture the dramatic images of their abduction. >> we are following developing news from contra costa health officials and crews have det detecting hydrogen sulfide. they're advising everyone near the plant to stay inside and close all windows and do

stephanie magallon, "today in the bay." >>> election day is november 8.some places voting starts as soon as today. in san francisco some polling stations will open this morning including at city hall. more in the weeks to come. it will be weekend voting hours for two weeks before election day. if you plan to vote by mail, vote by mailbox. santa clara and contra costa residents are among those receiving their ballots. if you don't get yours in the next week or so, contact your county registrar of voters. a special page dedicated to the election. more on key races you'll be asked to vote on. head to nbcbayarea.com/decision2022. >>> we have a big announcement from meta. still ahead on "today in the bay," the new ar technology the company is set to release. >>> hoping for a boost in business. a second prime day is under way. the amount analysts are the amount analysts are predicting amazon will bring in there's nothing like volunteering at the fire department. there's nothing like hitting the waves. but with my moderate-to-severe eczema it hasn't always been

"today in the bay"'s stephanie magallon tells us about the bq1 and bq1.1 variants. >> for weeks now it receives like covid-19 has been receding from our charts and our minds. the majority of the crowds were seen with no masks and a whole lot of excitement. others admit the virus is still lingering in the back of their mind. >> i know i still think about it. got to help protect this little guy over here. >> i'm also concerned about what's going to come after the b.a. variant. >> we might already know what's next for this winter, a pack of new variants battling to take over, including bq 1 and bq 1.1. >> kind of new to the united states. >> they're known to be immune evasive and were detected crass the globe a while ago, but only recently did they catch our attention. take a look at these cdc graphs, everything in blue is ba 5, the dominant strain. you can see that in just the last week, they and other variants are suddenly pushing ba.5 off the chart. why does that matter? it has to do with our immunity. >> because boosters are targeting regular ba.4 and ba.5. it just means our maximal p

nbc bay area stephanie magallon has more on a person of interest who police say may have information on one or all five of the killings. >> five serial killings within three months, all of them connected. the victims are men shot and killed in isolated areas of stockton and in the cover of darkness. >> the community's grieving, the community's scared. >> reporter: police say there are no witnesses and no videos showing the crimes. only this picture of a man or woman investigators believe is a person of interest. investigators say there's a pattern. >> some are close to apartment buildings. they're overshadowed by trees. there are places where there's not a lot of surveillance cameras which means, you know, either this person or persons are very lucky choosing where they're going. >> the homicides took place between july 8th and september 27th of this year. four out of five of the victims are hispanic men, including 21-year-old jonathan hernandez and 354-year-old lorenzo lopez. >> he was there for me. he was watching out for me. >> lopez's brother tells us lorenzo was a transient and