the chp says they hope before 6:00 tonight. reporting live in richmond'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> now to decision 2016, the day after the big presidential debate. hillary clinton and donald trump each claiming to be the winner. secretary clinton hit the campaign trail in north carolina today, clearly pleased as she put mr. trump on the defensive last night for not releasing his tax returns. and she slammed him for the few returns he did reveal, which showed he paid no federal income taxes. >> he said that makes him smart. now, if not paying taxes makes him smart, what does thatj6r! all the rest of us? >> donald trump campaigned in florida today with cuban-american supporters. earlier in the day in a phone call to "fox and friends," he took credit for using restraint last night. >> well, when she hit me at the end with the women, i was going to hit her with her husband's women. >> mr. trump says he didn't do it, because clinton's daughter, chelsea, was in the room. he also complained that his debate microphone was defective and wondered if

. >>> the richmond police department has wrapped up its investigation into an ongoing sex scandal. the mayor released a report last night saying no officers will be criminally charged. kpix 5 anne makovec dug into the report and joins us live with details. >> reporter: the letter was signed by the richmond police chief. he says that the city looked into allegations against 11 officers here with the rpd. and found no actual criminal wrongdoing. it looks like there could be disciplinary action against several officers. all of the accusations come from this 19-year-old woman known as celeste. she said she had sex with dozens of bay area police officers some underage and some for money and some for tips on prostitution stings. last week the almeda county d.a. announced criminal charges against seven officer, five from the oakland pd, one from livermore, and one contra costa county sheriff's deputy. >> even though officers are charged with crimes, most of the time, they are either acquitted, or there is a hung jury. and that is because jurors just tend to believe officers over their accu

her attorneys took aim at the richmond police department. suggesting they tampered with the witness by allegedly helping arrange her stay there. >> it is our understanding that the richmond police department and in particular the leadership of that department engaged in communication with a local agency here and brought her here under false pretenses. >> the city's role was in working with the victim and the family. >> reporter: richmond's city manager insists, the city didn't pay for guap's florida rehab and doesn't know who suggested she go there. >> i want her to know that the city of richmond, richmond police department, supports her as a victim of crime. >> there is no reason or rhyme at all for why she is here in stuart, florida. >> reporter: the district attorney says jasmine is the key witness and expects her to testify against seven bay area police officers who face charges. but tonight the young woman's focus is getting home. >> jasmine is glad to be free and wants to go home. and we're going home. >> reporter: we are told jasmine w

the city of richmond is now calling on nine officers to be disciplined. abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington is live and the mayor just wrapped up a news conference. what did he say? >> reporter: well, the mayor says he's disappointed and outraged and defends the steps that the city is taking to discipline these officers. >> i think most people feel like that -- that, you know, it's -- that business has been taken care of. i mean, what else can you do, you know? you're not going to take people out and shoot them or something. >> reporter: these recommendations don't include any criminal charges, but the city does want at least one officer fired. the internal affairs investigation reviewed more than 10,000 text messages plus sound messages, social media pages and interviews with the young woman at the center of the investigation, jasmine abuslin who used to go by the name of celeste gaup. the city of richmond is looking to discipline nine police officers including one term nation, one demotion, two suspensions and five letters of reprimand. >> something li

it is the one big rig that took up and snarled two eastbound lanes of the richmond bridge, the only two lanes. >> it happened during commute. >> but the aftermath extended on through the day. 8:00 a.m. this morning this big rig or what remains of it hit an eastbound guardrail and careened another 150 yards and caught fire. big hollywood productions have nothing on this. >> the crash is still under investigation, but we do know that the driver was not intoxicated. >> there were no injuries, no other vehicles involved and what a mess from diesel spilled on the road bed to metal to a cargo of contaminated soil to concerns about structural damage in the fire to the re-routing of traffic off the bridge and backwards. >> meantime on the western side of the richmond bridge some eastbound commuters waited. read this woman's lips as she said i left two hours ago. her name is beth miller from santa rosa. she's a teacher. >> what are you runing? >> patience and tolerance and acceptance. >> that would be a good start until the next stop. >> two jammed lanes and one long day on the richmond bridge.

. >>> major traffic problems will continue tonight on the richmond san rafael bridge. a truck fire this morning shut down all lanes of traffic heading into the east bay from marin county. tonight after eight hours, those lanes are still shut down. here is a look at what traffic looks like right now in the area as you can see that the richmond bridge, that there is a part of it that is purple, which means that it is closed. you can see them back thereupon with all the red in san rafael. tom vacar is on the marin county side of the bridge near san quinton. >> this is always an issue because it has to do with not just the truck catching on fire. that is a pretty serious fire. but after the truck is cleared off, then what they have to do is check the structure of the bridge to see if there is damage to the concrete or the pavement as they have to relace that because a bunch of cars were teared up very quickly, creating a hazardous situation. that's what's taking all the time as we're in the clean up phase. and the estimate is anywhere from six to eight, closer to six i beli

was joining us is the political editor at mood for the richmond dispatch. thanks for being with us. first of all why longwood quick. >> the commission has a long history of these schools that are not the largest we had one in 1992 the university of richmond small schools and misery that it is an interesting place because of the surrounding community has a civil-rights story so that's why, there will be a home field advantage one way and he sat in office 22 years bottles so steeped in the civil-rights story that epitomizes that former civil rights lawyer and they decided early on to make reconciliation their mission was because of the scar tissue of richmond to but he probably will try to sketch to that importance of the civil-rights struggle to relate the story of barbara john's african-american girl who was in high school the to 51 protests ebs substandard facilities which helped to underscore the separate but he call that was not equal the naacp to complicates -- took on the case to make a landmark supreme court case. so that is that coveted spot it part because of the surrounding

and the quote professional code of ethics. live in richmondanne makovec, kpix 5. >>> if you felt some rocking last night, it was in fact an englander. the usgs -- an earthquake. the usga says a 3.5 quake hit the piedmont area around 1:00 this morning. the next big quake may hit during a full moon. a new study suggests large quakes are more likely to occur during high tides which usually occur during a full moon. scientists from the university of tokyo say the wait from all of that tidal water can add extra strain to faults sparking a quake. >> so right now, 53% waxing on the way to the full moon? >> actually up to 86 now. >> wait. >> didn't you say 53? >> i lied. >> no. [ laughter ] >> i was listening. >> no, we do pay attention. >> i think that is a lot of heavy lifting if you have to start forecasting the weather and earthquakes. we may need to talk to the boss about compensation with that. and don't you think the liquid sometimes in your brain shifts around with a full moon? >> i guess that explains it all. >> full moon. it is in three days

>> reporter: i'll tell you, sam, the richmond-san rafael bridge remains a mess. the westbound lanes are still open. from this vantage point, the approach seems to be looking good. the chp has just told us that the eastbound lanes will not reopen until 1:30 this afternoon. now, it all started just after 8:00 this morning when a big rig carrying 24 tons of contaminated soil hit a k-rail and burst into flames. the cab of the rig burned, but fortunately the trailers carrying the contaminated dirt did not. the chp says tow trucks are en route and caltrans will inspect the eastbound deck to make sure it's safe before reopening it. they just told us that that will not happen until 1:30 this afternoon. i did talk to a man who was on the bridge removing scaffolding when the accident happened. he says he has never seen anything like it. >> the car ran into the k-rail and was engulfed in flames and blowing up. the guy was on the other side of the k-rail, you know, that i seen. we had guys down there, but we all got out of there. so once that happened, everybody cut and ran.

the eastbound lanes of the richmond safe rafael bridge are closed right now after several hours. a big rig caught fire and has really delayed things. drivers have spent the day stranded order finding alternate routes. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is on the scene with the latest. >> oum cigarettes must a person smoke before crossing the richmond bridge today? when it's a mess like this, people are thinking more like packs. >> happened during the morning commute. >> now the aftermath has extended through nine hours and count being. at 8:00 a.m. this big rig or what remains of it hit an eastbound guardrail, careened another 150 yards and caught fire in a spectacular crash scene that even hollywood might be proud of. what happened exactly we don't know yet. the crash is still under investigation, but we do know the driver was not intoxicated. no injuries, no other vehicles involved. what a mess from diesel spilled on the roadbed to melted metal to a cargo of contaminated soil and concerns of structural damage from the fire and rerouting of traffic off the bridge backwards. meant

>> now, da, the attorneys were very critical of the richmond police department. what's their response to the allegations they sent her to florida? >> reporter: yeah, richmond police say because she is a victim of human trafficking, they can't comment on the allegations or, um, who sent her there or why she was sent there. but i can tell you richmond leaders in past days have said they are not involved in a cover-up, not trying to shut her up. they are not trying to send her off so the can't do this criminal investigation. they say that's not the case at all according to city leaders. >> thank you. >>> a man suspected of beating an elderly woman in a south bay home invasion is under arrest tonight. detectives say physical evidence led them to 19-year- old zachary cuen, accused of beating this 88-year-old woman known in the community as miss flo. she is in critical condition tonight. investigators say it happened at her home in the east foothills area of san jose sometime sunday night or early monday morning. right now, they are working to figure out if the suspect

problem in the last 10 minutes up in marin county, san rafael drivers, westbound 580, coming off the richmond-san rafael bridge, the ramp to northbound 101 we hear after collision where we have a couple of lanes down. however i am not seeing backup with another look at this before 5:00. >> thank you. you look great. next we have a wanting going out this only for dog owners who use a popular poet park and more and more kids are playing soccer, and that sounds good but there is cause for concern. all the author a popular store chain is making to get parentses to turn in old child safety seats but first techbytes. >> today, big change comes to facebook messenger, users can now make purchases with any app without being directed to another site, with the service available in beta and roll out by end of the year more widely. awesome sung has a fix fore the smartphone with the batteries from the device have been exploding and catching fire. the government said it is evaluate the new battery as fast as it can and samsung recommended the owners stop using the galaxy note 7. >> and now, a paralyzed woman h

richmond was a mess, too. eastbound traffic had to be stopped and the cars heading towards richmond that hadn't made it on the bridge were diverted to main street. this big rig was carrying 24 tons of contaminated soil, a difficult and lengthy clean up process. fortunately, no one, not even the driver was injured. chpand the fire department are on the scene and caltrans are also here and are going to eventually remove the big rig from the bridge. jackie ward, kpix 5. >> jackie, thank you. >>> back to the fire watch coverage in sonoma county. firefighters are battling the sawmill fire that began over the weekend. it has burned 1500 acres east of cloverdale. the fire is 55% contained and no reports of structures damaged. all evacuation orders and road closures lifted yesterday evening. >>> and city officials will decide whether to re-open a local park later this afternoon, alum park. julie? >>> high pressure is holding steady because of a warm, dry air mass, not great news for the firefighters. 90 and dry up north but here's a look at the loma fire where the temperatures will reach upwards of 90 degrees. winds

>> they sure did, they didn't hold back as they took aim at the city of richmond, suggesting the richmond police department engaged in witness tampering, they took aim at the bay area police officers tied to this case, calling their alleged acts heinous crimes. >> jasmine is glad to be free and wants to go home. and we're going home. >> after spending 17 days in a florida jail, the young woman at the center of a bay area police sex scandal is heading home. her attorneys say to start a new life and seek justice against the bay area police officers accused of sexually exploiting her. some while she was underage. >> we cannot tolerate law enforcement of the magnitude we have observed in the bay area, to do this to our children. >> jasmine the 19-year-old who called herself celeste, accepted a plea back,en this morning. pleading no contest for biting a worker at a florida rehab facility. her attorneys took aim at the richmond police department. suggesting they tampered with a witness, by helping arrange her stay there. >> it's our understanding that the richmond police department, and in part

we did hear from the mayor of richmond last night about that. he is maintaining that it was a good decision to send her out of town to get her away from old friends and habits. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> that trip to florida is prompting allegations of witness tampering. >> that's what her lawyers say. even our legal analysts say that accusation could have some teeth, one of many criminal charges that could be coming from this scandal that's hit law enforcement bay area wide. >> thank you. >>> right now, the presidential campaign is focused squarely on the health of the nominees. hillary clinton returns to the campaign trail today after her bout with pneumonia. yesterday her team released a letter from her personal physician saying that her health continues to improve. it contained her medications some to prevent blood clots or treat allergies. it also stated that clinton's blood pressure, heart rate and cholesterol are all within normal ranges. >> my mom is so healthy. i mean, gosh, i hope i'm as healthy at 38 as she is at 68

our traffic maps show a blocking issue here in the richmond area, westbound 80, near carl top boulevardve a crash blocking the car pool lane and check out the backup, it is not pretty and you are jammed solid to highway 4 as you come out of the hercules area. that is a slow crawl. westbound 80, highway 4, to the maze, 48 minutes. that is in the red. through the toll plaza and across the toll plaza that is another 15 minutes and 101 southbound to sfo is okay if you have a flight it is in the green at 10 minutes. >> we hear from children about what they did when their sailboat capsized on the san francisco bay over the weekend. it happened on saturday afternoon during the training exercise of the sea south the youth sailing program. the quip million malfunctioned caused the boat do capsized. all were wearing life jackets. they were under in the bay area for 20 minutes before help arrived. >> tried to make sure that everyone was hold on to the boat or holding on to someone who was hold on to the boat and everyone was staying together. >> it was strong and the waves were big and the water w

>> good afternoon, ladies, this is a look at the richmond bridge, westbound direction. they are not affected by the backup, but look at them, they are anyway. the actual mess is on the other side. on the video, it happened at 8:02 the peak of the morning rush and the big-rig in the eastbound guardrail toledo a fire that turned the truck cab to the axle, the cargo was contaminated soil and it does not burn. no injuries and no other vehicles involved unless you count thousands of commuters who were stuck in the eastbound direction and the westbound direction, they are not happy about their options. here is one of them. i may work in marin today. backup three hours old. it is a backup both directions. c.h.p. is diverting traffic eastbound off the bridge in san quentin and sends cars back that were on the bridge exiting off the eastbound ramp and all of it is coming together back at this point. the question is, how long will this last? c.h.p. is not saying but look at the traffic, we have the problems they had to deal with, the wreck. they have the would expect of investigat

this is on the 6000 block of geary in the richmond district. police were able to locate the vehicle and that's when they tried to pull over the vehicle, they didn't stop. they had this pursuit through the city. one witness tells me that he saw this car coming around on the bend on king street right before the crash. and after the crash counted roughly about ten police vehicles in pursuit. they're right there on the scene when this crash happened. again, three suspects in the hospital, on their way to jail. once they recover -- this is after a carjacking, the driver's condition is not known. we noted they were not in the car at the time of the crash. right now 2nd and king back down to townsend, in front of the ball park, this is shut down until the wreck is cleared. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> quite a mess by the ball park. >>> in the meantime, a busy east san jose intersection blocked off by crime scene tape as police comb for evidence in a late night shooting right next to a gas station. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live near th

the bay area news station,kron 4 morning news starts now >>darya: we start with a live look at the richmondnt where it is almost out of the traffic is still blocked in that direction >>robin winston: mostly impacting people coming from the north bay that all we ought to highway 101 they have been dealing with this for about an hour now after 8:00 this morning the driver crashed into the guard rail it caught fire in was a huge plume of smoke that nbc and brought the bay area and also responding from the westbound direction a major delay in the directions as far as the alternate route the alternates will tech lot longer it in with a down use 37 come from the north bay or continue on sought 101 across the golden gate that is on to take a couple hours to get through all that heavy traffic plan on a major delays for two hours throughout the morning commute as you see more information we would definitely passed along and let you know as far as the east about commute is causing at least a 40 minute delay westbound traffic receive moving on the upper deck moving slowly backed up through the toll pl

was joining us is the political editor at mood for the richmond dispatch. thanks for being with us. e commission has a long history of these schools that are not the largest we had one in 1992 the university of richmond small schools and misery that it is an interesting place because of the surrounding community has a civil-rights story so that's why

collided with a guardrail here on the eastbound side of the richmond-san rafael bridge at aroundf eight o'clock this morning. the c-h-p says the driver tried to stop, but a back tire may have been blown out. he dragged for about 150 yards until coming to a stop. the c-h-p says a gas tank was ruptured, diesel spilled and eventually caught fire, burning the truck down. luckily, there were no other vehicles involved and it appears the driver was not seriously injured. still, the accident caused a major traffic back-up in the area. managing the response also challenging for cal-tans and the c-h-p. >>:sot- "anytime you have hazardous materials, uh, a bridge is more challenging because there's limited access points. we have to get medical and fire in here and access and make sure everyone is safe. so, um, this is what we do everyday, i think the folks working on it are working the way they need to and its just a slow process because its about safety not speed." >> reporter:the truck driver was hauling 24 tons of contaminated soil from a contruction site in marin county, on his way to pittsbur

in the end, 11 richmond officers were connected to san jose less. ic punishments or how many lost their jobs but only said that punishment ranged from letters of rope manned to termination. >> officials at uc berkeley are proactive after a weekend where three women reported being sexually assaulted on campus on saturday during a sold out electronic dance music concert at the greek theatre. two victims are students. official sent out alert on the assault and description of two attackers. >> it is sad how a lot of universals try to sweep it under the rug but berkeley does a good job of bringing it to light compared it other universities. >> it is between one and four and one and five women are sexually assaulted during their time in college. athere were five alcohol related arrests at the concert and so many drunk transportses that berkeley police had to take some to another jail. >> colin kaepernick is continuing profit for social justice taking a knee. four other players protested, as well, in different ways. two other 49ers and two ram players held

across the bay here at the richmond-san rafael bridge. as laura said, the eastbound reopened yesterday evening much later than chp thought. it is open for this morning's commute. eastbound 37, a lighter commute, back to your normal flow across the water there. meanwhile, looking at your mass transit options. muni with the minor reroute around balboa park. >>> up next, if you're just waking up, it was a tense night in southern california. controversy surrounding yet another deadly officer-involved shooting. we're live at the scene with new video images. plus. >> we need our fathers and mothers to be by our side. >>. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. >> no justice, no peace! >> no justice, no peace! >> speaking from her heart, quite moving. the tearful plea from a young girl in charlotte. shootings across the country... >>> in the wake of several recent high profile officer-involved shootings, people in california are reeling after a deadly shooting in our own back yard. >> protesters gathered near the scene in san diego after an african-

several law enforcement agencies including the richmond and oakland police departments and the alamedanty sheriff's department are conducting their own internal investigations but today group of activists rallied outside the richmond police headquarters calling on state attorney general harris to step in. >> there cannot be a double standard for citizens, particularly people of color who are overcriminallized in this society anyway, and a different standard for law enforcement who can commit all sorts of heinous crimes and not have a prosecution or an investigation. >> guap also claims that the richmond lease department is paying for her rehab there in florida but richmond city officials and police officials have told ktvu that no city funds or taxpayer dollars are involved. authorities say they cannot talk about the funding source because doing so could violate state law. now, it's not clear why guap traveled all the way to florida to enter rehab. several officers have resigned or been placed on administrative leave as a result of this. >>> a missing child was found safe this afternoo

things out 71 as the bay encroaches into lower '70s >>robin winston: harris 580 getting over to the richmond san rafael bridge a very nice ride westbound no big problems what no one is clear into and out of san rafael starting off in the east bay highway for roland west in great shape out of antioch off with over to concord no major traffic colors or problems coming out of dublin >>james: police tried stop was suspected car thief the suspect tried to run offices down >>j.r. stone: police said this mercedes was stolen they spotted him getting into the vehicle when it ordered him to surrender it with a car in reverse and had an officer no one was hit by a short time later he got out of the car the also was hit by the mercedes is ok sadly gunshot symbolic play in this neighborhood near hillcrest is nothing new >>james: investigators say they've found a home owner with a gun he raised its four deputy that's when they were forced to open fire he was given medical treatment and taken to hospital but he died early yesterday evening. >>james: new details about the democrats to kill the three- year-o

three weeks ago, the richmond police department with help of the contra costa county district attorney flew celeste guap to florida and checked her into a rehabilitation center. the richmond police department a also has officers under investigation for sexual interactions with guap. now getting her back to california from florida is not going to be easy. it's a sex scandal that rocked multiple bay area cities. and the aftershocks keep coming three months later. multiple law enforcement officers from agencies around the bay are accused of exploiting a teenager who goes by the name celeste guap. guap claims she's a richmond prostitute and had sex with several officers and received tips on upcoming prostitution stings. on friday, the alameda county district attorney announced she intends to charge seven officers for exploiting guap. >> we up mold the rights of victims at the highest level. >> reporter: local advocates are happy to hear officers will be charged with the crime against the now 19-year-old guap. >> it feels like a long time coming also not enough. and i also feel concerned th

we did hear from the mayor of richmond last night about that. he is maintaining that it was a good decision to send her out of town to get her away from old friends and habits. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> that trip to florida is prompting allegations of witness tampering. >> that's what her lawyers say. even our legal analysts say that accusation could have some teeth, one of many criminal charges that could be coming from this scandal that's hit law enforcement bay area wide. >> thank you. >>> the district attorney's office will soon be the lead investigator in all shootings involving san francisco police officers. the purpose of the change is to ease critics' concerns about the police department policing its own people. san francisco mayor ed lee has approved funding for a new unit in the d.a.'s office. that unit will oversee officer- involved shootings. >>> in antioch, a man accused of sexual assaulting an underaged girl is behind bars. and now police are asking other victims to come forward. 34-year-old bernard kaine was ar

you see the fog pushing across the bay towards berkeley and richmond. the fog will be around tomorrow morning for most of us. the fog right along the coast now, a more typical weather pattern setting up for tomorrow and the weekend which is high pressure dominated weather pattern. the fog should stay at the coast on and off. there will be clearing in the afternoon but temperatures will gradually warm. you go back to monday when it was so cool, the hot spots were low 70s, upper 60s. that's monday. it slowly has been warming since then. it's that high pressure that's slowly building back in. so with the fog formation it lets you know that high pressure is back because it needs the high pressure to form so that is one clue that things are changing around so it's going to warm up despite the cloud cover, the fog tomorrow morning. 80 in fairfield right now, your forecast for friday will be warmer than today by a couple of degrees. it is breezy out there now. 23 miles per hour at sfo. we had gusts up to 30 miles per hour there earlier. overnight lows 46 in nap

. >> i'm sherman and icon for the board of supervisors in district one the richmond district i'm a lifetime resident lived there any whole life i attend san francisco state university in addition to living in the district i work as a manager in the richmond district on 20th and geary the reason he decided to run for the board of supervisors a few years ago i saw one of my neighbors hit by a tar car with no traffic signal it should have had a traffic signal and no traffic signal there today, we still have one dozen drshgsz on geary without a traffic signal i think that is irresponsible on behalf of our elected officials not to make safety a priority another issue in the district that i feel needs to be addressed is crime it has gotten oversee over the 40 years in the district you see more graffiti on the streets, we see litter on the sidewalk and items left on the curve maintenance for infrastructure as deratted our parks are not maintenance and roads and sidewalks what will i do as your supervisor i will reprioritize the issues we've discussed and make at translated a priority and make sure

san francisco for less than 10 minutes from the oakland a's to the skyway it was the ride across the richmond san rafael bridge also good ride eight minutes from the pays out 21016 fall be out there sea its be issued a special fog advisory for the golden gate bridge come from the north bay this morning watchers see you may need the headlines and the wipers to use extra caution less than 25 minutes over to san francisco first shift. >>james: the republican president's nominee did not back down from a controversial plan to build wall along the mexico water we have more on his big speech. >>reporter: reaffirming his stance to build a wall along the southern border with mexico he presented his plan to end funding to some to various cities like san francisco invoking the name of kate steinle the woman shot to death on a san francisco pier last summer at the hands of an undocumented immigrant he said he will pass her law he joined onstage by family members of those killed by illegal immigrants the republican nominee would want to say he would not allow people in the u.s. illegally to receive legal

now let's take a look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. sterday, a major traffic alert around 8 a.m. was issued by chp. it was a big rig on fire. it was completely scorched. but crews got it out the way around 5 p.m. so it took nine hours to clear but now the coast is clear and it's all good across the richmond/san rafael bridge. here's roadwork on northbound 680 around the sunol grade and that should be cleared up as well around 5 a.m. and that's between andrade and highway 84. bay bridge toll plaza, looking good into san francisco right now. carquinez bridge to the maze westbound should take about 20 minutes and don't forget those metering lights are turned on around 5:30. >>> san jose police are asking for your help identifying a man accused of breaking into a home and taking off with a jewelry box. surveillance cameras showing the suspect at the front of door on windsor street. after checking for occupants, the person heads to the backyard while talking on the phone and then you see him entering the house. later he rushes from the rear

we do have video of the woman. richmond police department sent her to florida to receive sex addiction treatment after the discovery that she had sex with police officers from several agencies including oakland's police department. some of the sexual relationships going on while she was underaged. while in florida, she was accused of biting a security guard at the rehab center where she was sent. a florida judge dropped those charges and allowed her to return to california. her lawyer spoke for her in a news conference yesterday in florida. she didn't say a word. her attorneys called her a victim. she called the fact that the richmond police department sent her to florida a form of witness tampering. take a listen to what some of the lawyers had to say. >> he is she witness to criminal activity, a criminal conspiracy in the bay area. the kind of treatment that this young woman needs is not a drug rehab program. she is a victim of child sex trafficking. she is traumatized. she needs that kind of help. she is going to help us

let's jump over to the richmond/san rafael bridge. brake lights here as well as you work your way towards the toll plaza this morning. so keep that in mind if you head to marin. elsewhere, taking a look at your drive at the golden gate bridge, speeds doing okay south 101, 580 down into san francisco, but we are starting to see some extra volume. a little sluggish through sausalito but no delays into san francisco from there. and the bay bridge backed up westbound carquinez bridge to the maze westbound 32 minutes. i have seen some of those whales in rockaway. >> isn't that incredible? we have had more whale sightings than ever before. isn't that just the -- waters are now going to cool, too, but susan lee taylor in pacifica has been telling me from kcbs radio lots of whales go to rockaway beach. we'll have clear skies there today. but right now we have some clouds rolling in. how about that? we started off clear this morning but now the marine layer is playing tag with the coast and the bay. otherwise cool start to your day, santa rosa

eastbound traffic will be slow as you get up to the richmond bridge. i want to go right to the sky fox which is showing us the bridge. it looks like we may have lost this. this is a picture of the bridge. the trafficking may be up -- able to see it is moving. but the traffic on the lower deck is not. we are looking at a picture here. and, you can see there is still smoke coming from the truck. apparently, it was a 44 were longer dump truck that caught on fire. so the fire department is there and eastbound getting away from the san rafael. so, if you're going over to the east bay you have to use highway 37 or, go through the city and use the lower deck. let's quickly check in the bay bridge. and, the traffic euros. go to steve. >>> yes, that fog is going under the golden gate. >> we do have fog coming back very shallow. and, this will favor made the coast. and it is a sign of things to come. we have topped out no doubt about it. and today starts a cooling trend. and, inland will be hot but not as hot as yesterday. and 82 and very steep terrain. humidity

the attorneys even questioned whether the action by the richmond police amounts to witness tampering n of justice. crime reporter henry lee spoke to the attorneys about some of the serious allegations being leveled at law enforcement. >> reporter: attorneys for jasmine abuslin said richmond police put the 19-year-old woman on a plane to florida. there, two strangers picked her up and never said a word. they refused her repeated request to call her father. she sended up finding a rehab worker who was trying to prevent her from leaving, and that led to 17 days in jail and a plea deal to battery. her attorneys say there was no need for her to go to rehab on the other side of the country. >> she didn't voluntarily go to florida. rather, she was told that she needed to go to florida because she had dabbled in drugs and this would be like a vacation and she needed to go urgently. >> reporter: richmond police and the contra costa d.a.'s office said they help secure funds to send abuslin to florida but all these agencies would not say why she was sent there or how often victims are sent out o

keep calm, you internet's on. >>> we are following breaking news on the richmond bridge. e haven't truck on fire in the lanes on eastbound 580 and, this truck was fully engulfed. we do know that the driver did get out safely. but the truck cab burned to the ground, and they are still working on the truck as it is loaded down with 24 tons of contaminated soil. and, it doesn't look like this close. and, let's bring the officer within and, what is the estimate? it doesn't look like they have made any progress on this and, traffic is still being diverted. >> we haven't provided an estimated time of opening. and, our first priority is going to be security and safety. and, a fully engulfed truck, we need to make sure that the buyer is totally out. also due to the fact that is holding contaminated soil. so, on top of that, we also have to ask caltrans to come out. >> is, and how did this happen? what can you tell us? >> our initial reports indicate that a chuck was traveling eastbound on 580, and it struck the concrete a rail on the side. and, we are still investigating right now

these are not criminal charges of just an internal discipline within the city of richmond for criminal charges we reached out to the contra costa county district attorney's they have not returned recall >> reporter: " a police officer and the police sex scandal made his first court appearance. hongkron4's haaziq madyun was in court when the officer faced a >>:"is he prepared to enter a plea?" >>:"yes your honor at this time we will enter pleas of not guilty" >> reporter:oakland police officer brian bunton made his first court appearance friday here at the alameda county superior court house in hayward. he pled not guilty to the following charges: felony obstruction of justice and misdemeanor engaging in an act of prostitution >>:"you understand you have a right.?" "yes your honor" >> reporter:brian bunton's attorney says his client is a 40-year-old husband and father who has been an oakland police officer for less than two years. he is alleged to have sent text messages warning jasmine abuslin about oakland police prostitution sting operations "officer bunton did cooperate, he gave a f

of the richmond times dispatch. ld trump nor hillary clinton meets the fundamental, moral and professional standards we have eave right to expect of an american president. so, lock, it's richmond, virginia, an important city in the state of virginia, but is tame -- tim kaine state. what's the impact? >> certainly shines a positive light on gather johnson right now. he could use it. they also make that key demand he be included on the debate stage, which johnson himself has said is absolutely critical if he will have any impact in the general election. so, it's important and also important pause vast -- virginia is a swing state. the polls are tightening. virginia could be critical. and so he is extremely important. he is polling eight or nine percent, to 11% in virginia right now. that's a lot. depending on which polls you're looking at. >> put this in perspective historically. ross perot ran in 1992. he got almost 19% of the popular vote, and because of it, it helped clinton beat george h.w. bush. so he is a spoiler

surveillance video that could help them track down those responsible.1@/i] >> reporter: here at the richmondchief brown concludes his police sexual misconduct investigation finding 11 officers violated policy.u( investigation also found that and their involvement with celeste guap. civil rights attorney says- >> i'm a little surprised that the notion that there is jgcno criminal conduct.>> reporter: the mayor says he is satisfied with the results of the investigation. rof >> i have no reason $.to doubt that the investigation that was done was accurate.pfl5m >> reporter: if you are in east palo alto police are looking for an alleged arsonist. police say a man in his 20s set fire e(k÷to a 911 memorial.fjeo police say the 9÷ sur tthe memorial consisted of 343 small american flags representing the h%jg,çnew new firefighters. half-dozen flags were damaged agojáo destroy. >> reporter:2lb8 that deals with the people thato were sexually assaulted is speaking out. this is coming5ahw as the camp dealing with reports of three women who said they were sexually assaulted at a concertñ this past weeke

they're arrested the 64 year-old david scott grim and san jose >>robin winston: checking in on the richmondbridge know the problems of cook a minute trip from the peg its out 1 01 it will slow you down if you're heading toward oakland here is the average drive times >>reporter: the fall still hanging a brown pass floated since its sun known because of the cold air and makes even spark off a couple of stories 60 we're talking about 80 something five days ago loss of cloud cover into fault will be looking at temperatures about 72, 66 chilly in the late home >>darya: the 35 year-old was arrested after the alameda county task force found the chop shop at his home in east oakland and had stolen cars and parts as well as high-capacity magazine officials have been investigating him for the past two years before this bus it had about a hundred and $50,000 worth of stolen cards the organization behind the violence says locals about $12,000 to replace everything else: >>darya: and they cited him for violating a rule that prohibits loud noises after break several release in theaters this weekend. >>da

she blasted the richmond police department for sending jasmine all the way to florida for rehab. >> there is no reason why she is an stuart florida. the fact that she was in a matter of days was arrested charged and jailed for 17 days on a felony charge is mind- boggling. >> reporter: our legal analyst said that is highly unusual. >> for a police department or a city where there may be officers who are actually from the department involved in this to pack her up and send her 3000 miles away smacks to me of witness tampering. >> reporter: i talked with the mayor of richmond and he said by telephone is was not witness tampering. he stands by the decision to send her out of town to get her away from her old friend zen habits. is of not -- if something had not gone wrong in florida we would not have this discussion. he believes the lawyers are grandstanding. they will have another conference tomorrow morning. we hear they may have more allegations. >> the story continues. >> i hope she gets help here. >>> a bb gun bandit is on the loose in san jose. police say someone opened fire using a pell

dark and early on the richmond-san rafael just counting cars right now on the richmond side. the slow of the drive so far is westbound 580 tracy to dublin and that is the only one not in the green at 36 minutes. typical stop-and-go traffic. now, the south bay is coming up. >> we are track breaking news in vallejo if express captured a man they think killed a pregnant woman and her unborn baby in san pablo. the swat used a ladder truck to remove him from the top of the apartment building. the 18-year-old died after being shot in san pablo on monday evening. witnesses say the shooter sped away from the scene at 17th street. >> san jose state is coming underfire for how they handled the sexual harassment complaint involving a professor. >> tiffany wilson is at the campus with what happened. tiffany? >> good morning. the sexual harassment case involving a female student and a recovery on campus. according to our media partner the professor in the college of education departments with allowed to stay as head of the department for nearly five months after the campus investigation f

we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time. just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant communities in the city as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor mar: a lot of people bring this up, but is one of the most exciting, culturally diverse places in the world. learning about new cultures and people from different par

downtown if you need to use and it is going to be of great commit the ride on 92 of the commute to the richmond rafael bridge approach in the toll plaza nice and light know the problems and to the north bank still attracting an accident not a major hot spot a big rate involved one landlocked its assistance to show nothing but green 580 smooth out of dublin and 24 out of walnut creek lafayette all the way up to the caldecott >>james: his release today is drawing a lot of attention we're just outside the jail house with the latest on the part of the story he could emily's that hobble 1:00 a.m. all the way until 11:59 p.m. tonight but we're all here and waiting to go as soon as he gets out here this case called international attention the crime the sentence the judge you name and if you need to be reminded here is the picture this is when he was in court he could have faced up to 14 years. >>will tran: prosecutors ask for six years but the judge only gave him six months saying a lengthy sentence would cause severe impact on him six months he made people so angry and they realize with good behavior

it's not part of the police department but is one of richmond's community initiatives. it identifies young adults who tend to be involved in gun violence and provides them counciling, social services and cash involved in the program to not get involved in criminal activity. he was considered one of the single story at the program, even being highlighted on a national television show for changing his ways. >>> continuing coverage of developing news. live pictures as protestors and police face off for a third night in north carolina. we'll hear from joe wald man live at the scene, and the latest on the investigation into the deadly police shooting that sparked those protests. >> as colin kaepernick's protest goes from the football field to the front page of time magazine. ♪ what if we made a paint that was so special that was such a jewel among paints that you had to seek it out. nope, even easier than that. more like taking a left on that street where you usually take a right that wasn't so hard. and if finding that paint made you and your walls beam with pride, is it sti

. >>> on the richmond san rafael bridge all eastbound lanes reopened at about 5:20 in the evening about 9.5 hours after a big rig collided with a guardrail and eventually set on fire. the chp says the big rig was carrying contaminated soil from a construction site in marin county to a waste facility in pittsburgh when the driver lost control. the chp says the driver was not seriously injured. and no other cars or vehicles were involved in the collision. philippe djegal, kron 4 news. >>> police are looking for two robbers who pistol whipped a man that shot his wife multiple times. while they were in the driveway of their home around 9:00 p.m. monday night. >> two males, they were wearing masks so we don't have any facial features. >> guys came up the driveway. we thought they were my son and his buddy doing a halloween prank on us. then i saw the guns. >> just shattered right arm. and a broken hip. but she's going to be okay. she's a trooper. >> reporter: in orinda, haaziq madyun, kron 4 news. >>> a much-needed cooldown in store for the bay area. >> who can help you out? how about meteor

eastbound across the san rafael to richmond bridge. highway 37 should see a lighter flow of traffic, novato into vallejo. yesterday had all those folks trying to find another way across the bay. we'll show you the mass transit system. the reroute that continues over the balboa park station because of construction. no delays, 38 trains for b.a.r.t. system and we'll look at the cars at the bay bridge toll plaza, getting a few more there. no real problems. we have the backup over to the right and that will build at 5:30 with the metering lights. >>> a trying last couple of days as we saw, two days ago the loma fire absolutely erupts on that ridge line. now good updates. firefighters after ramping up numbers and reenforcements, fiercely fought yesterday the loma fire and eyeing a day for full containment very soon. >> it's something we can do in our lifetime. >> we'll show you what elon musk is planning for mars. >>> an energy rebate for three grand is owed but nowhere to be found. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area respon

department and the city of richmond of sending her client away to rehab in florida. how all that played out is up for dispute. jasmine is heading back here to the bay area looking for a better life. >> celeste guap is dead. we are happy to say that she is dead. >> resurrecting as jasmine in a florida courtroom on wednesday. making a plea deal for biting a guard at a rehab center. pamela price wants her client to be referred to as jasmine. >> this child has been kidnapped, placed in fear of her life, held against her will. >> claiming she's been a victim of sexual abuse ever since she was 12 years old. now she's at the center of a bay area sexual misconduct scandal. >> the fact that she is alive today is a miracle. >> sylvia knows about that miracle. a former drug addict who is a part of victory outreach knows the streets. >> she says there's hope for jasmine. >> she wasn't created to be a victim. she wasn't created to be a prostitute. that wasn't her life. >> from the very beginning, i saw her as a victim. >> a city councilman drives through his district. >> she seeme