nbc bay area's thom jensen is in sunnyvale, where he spoke to the lead detective who tells us he has been following this case since he was a kid. >> this is one of those inspirationalional stories of persistence. a detective who grew up here in sunnyvale and was haunt beside think brutal rape and murder case involving a teenaged girl, now as a detective, his work helped lead to an arrest 40 years later. sunnyvale public safety detective matt hutchinson was born two years after 15-year-old karen stitt was sexually assaulted and murdered in sunnyvale. but hutchinson was raised in a law enforcement family, and he grew up hearing about the unsolved case for years there is a lot of emotions that come up in me. not even being associated with the family, relief. i mean, this has been five years of my life dedicated to the case. >> reporter: karen stitt was last seen alive walking towards the sunnyvale bus stop. a delivery man ultimately found her naked body 100 yards away bound with her own clothes and stabbed some 59 times. as years passed, the case went cold until new dna dodge led to a c

nbc bay area's thom jensen shows us how they will be impacted by the closure. -- >> we want everybody to recognize that this is a pause. >> reporter: based and standby side with other protesters on the front steps of laguna honda hospital, trying to get a permanent stop on the transfer of patients from the federally funded long-term care facility. >> i want you to look at the numbers. if the numbers are correct, between five and nine people have died. >> reporter: they say skilled nursing patients like the 86- year-old mom betty that has dementia faced transfer trauma when they are suddenly moved and they worry that it is fatal for betty and others, the centers for medicare and medicaid says that it was closing laguna honda hospital because the hospital failed to meet standards for sanitation, patient monitoring and record- keeping among other things. the san francisco department of health is trying to get the nursing home recertified ahead of septembers closure deadline, but still requiring a transfer or discharge to patients. protesters say that those things can be fixed and they ha

in sunnyvale, thom jensen, "nbc bay area news" >>> 4:52.pening today, san francisco state senator scott weiner will join other bay area leaders asking governor newsom to sign off on new steph injection sites. a bill recently approved would create overdose prevention sites that would have sterilized supplies, also trained staff there. in san francisco, oakland and in l.a. weiner authored that bill and a similar version was vetoed by former governor brown. it became the first u.s. city to allow something like this but the centers there do not receive public funding or support. >>> it's back to school for kids across the bay area and safety is surely atop of the minds of students and teachers. many school districts are taking different approaches and the debate about having police in schools remains a top issue. while there's some evidence showing that armed officers in public schools make many public schools safer, some cases prevented mass shootings of course. there's also some data showing that armed officers in schools led to violent respo

nbc bay area's thom jensen spoke with the lead detective who tells us he has been following this casee was a kid. >> reporter: sunnyvale match hydrogen was born two years after karen stitt was sexually assaulted and murdered in sunnyvale. but hutchinson was raised in a law-enforcement family and he grew up hearing about the unsolved case for years. >> a lot of emotions that come up in me, not even being associated with the family. really, i mean, this has been five years of my life dedicated to this case. >> reporter: karen stitt was last seen alive on the night of september 3rd, 1982. a deliveryman who ultimately found her naked body, just 100 yards away, found the throne close and her stabbed 59 times. the case went cold until new dna technology led to a crack in the case. and finally one week ago, hutchinson and local police arrested 75-year-old gary ramirez at his home in maui. >> i will say that he expressed some shock and surprise. >> reporter: the detective says that there was nothing much to go on, the at a local 7-eleven, and mini golf at a nearby golf land. her boyfriend tol

thom jensen, "today in the bay." >>> coffee lovers, prepare for a jolt at the cash register. a fresh new spike in prices. >>> tech workers arguing the case the keep working from home. case the keep working from home. the first ♪♪ hey dad, i'm almost out. i got you. any questions, chris? all good, thanks maura! healthier is managing all your family's prescriptions in one app. >>> good monday morning. right now as you head out in the delta starting out with a breezy one and mostly clear sky. it's 63 degrees heading out from antioch. we'll see a nice, call morning with sunshine and those temperatures warming up quickly. we'll be at 80 degrees at 8:00. a hot afternoon. >>> we're looking over toward dublin toward the interchange. take that route as i suggested because of the crash on 84 but i believe we'll have good news with the traffic flow. watching a major injury crash. more on that coming up but first let's check in with frank. >>> good morning. i'm frank holland from cnbc. wall street set to open up lower today over fears of the fed to hike interest rates. the fed holds the

in berkeley, thom jensen, bay city news . >>> the police chief says she fired an officer for unacceptable behavior. we want to show you the incidents. you can see former officer eric smith junior tase a man and hit the man over a dozen times. we show the video before the beating gets worse. it happened last april. it's when the officer pulled over a car that had been swerving. the driver took off. smith found that car when it had driven into a side of a business. when he confronted the driver who tried to run away -- that is when this video is a shot. >> officer smith's actions are unacceptable. his behavior deviated from our training and will not be tolerated. >> after an internal investigation, he was fired from the police course. the case is under review by the district attorney's office. >>> the husband of speaker nancy pelosi pleaded not guilty to a dui charge. his lawyer appeared in court entering the not guilty plea on pelosi's behalf. the d.a. says that pelosi's case has been destructive because of the news and others swapping her phone lines. >> this matter is handled like every

in berkeley, thom jensen, nbc bay area news . >> oh, my gosh. i love it. yes. so, if you have room in your home, there's still time to adopt. learn more about the the shelters by scanning the qr code right there, on your screen. right next to those cute little animals, right there. also go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. we have the qr code that we will show you again in just a minute. >> i love the dog and cat's name, maybe one is yours. >> i hope so. i wanted to adopt in. >> great weather. >>> yes, great weather for adopting a cat. >> yeah. a little sunshine, but with the keeping temperature is below average this time of year. mid to upper-80s for highs. instead, upper-70s, near 80 degrees inland. cool 60s, bayside. really don't have any areas -- maybe run the air conditioning this evening. san jose, 69 degrees. mostly clear right now. we'll eventually see low clouds spilling into santa clara valley. look at the temperature. only 60 right now in dublin. we can very easily be seen temperatures in the 80s at this hour. so, the case of ocean air, although to the

in oakland, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> -- >>> construction people's park is at a standstill. now not just because of protesters. dozens of -- vandalize construction equipment and faced off with police. today, the state issued a temporary stay. that means berkeley can't move forward with construction on new housing. they say the project will create housing for about 1000 students, while the ruling means -- can't start construction after it is lifted. the university can still legally put up a security fence around the park. >>> in the south bay, former ufc champ velasquez entered a not guilty plea in court this morning. velasquez is the mixed martial arts star who was accused of shooting a man back in february. prosecutors say during an 11 mile car chase, he shot at a man accused of molesting a young relative. velasquez has been behind bars ever since. a man who says he is one of velasquez's training partners is the former ufc champ is holding up well amid the circumstances. >> he is doing pretty good. i think he is a very strong man. i think he's -- obviously he wants to be ho