point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death. >> found with rupert. >> obviously an issue with that story from philippe work to get back to that. in the meantime, there's news in the restaurant world, celebrity chef tyler, florence has left union square. he'd open to mueller and lux provisions cafes and 2023. one next to to one next to stockton street, the other near powell street. both places abruptly close last weekend. city officials say florance said received $440,000 grant from the city to upgrade the spaces and launch those eateries. a spokesperson for the san francisco office of economic and workforce development said all the money was used for start-up costs, but now they're lingering questions about whether the cafes where supposed to be startups or not. at the time of the opening. then mayor london breed said florence was given three-year leases for both spaces with options for extensions. we reached out to the chef to learn more about these developments. but have not heard back. all right. b

then a killing in tilden park dating back decades might finally be solved. the major step by investigators to say they now know who raped and murdered a woman there 35 years ago. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at noon. >> good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian. >> i'm andre senior. thank you for joining us. new at noon after 35 years, a rape and murder cold case in the east bay has been solved. officials this morning named john lipari of oregon as the man who raped and strangled maria jane hofer in 1990, in tilden park. lipari died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound last november. east bay regional park service police detectives say his dna was found on her body. lipari became the primary suspect in 2020. >> holding the person accountable. that took maria from her family. justice may have been delayed. but thanks to the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners, justice has been served. >> in 2017, detectives put out a possible image of the suspect. investigators determined he laid in wait on a bench near the entrance to tilden park on that trail befor

investigators determined that the man laid in wait on a bench near the entrance to tilden park before attacking wiedorfer. so far, he has not been linked to any other crimes. >> san francisco's richmond district receiving its very first speed camera today. the camera was installed at geary boulevard and seventh avenue just this morning. the location was selected due to high crash rates there and also significant speeding issues. walk san francisco says it worked with traffic victims for six years now to pass legislation to approve the installation of these cameras. >> the people that shared their stories, the victims of traffic violence, the ones that lost children and siblings and moms and dads. those are the ones. those are the stories that change hearts and minds. >> 33 intersections in san francisco will eventually get the speed cameras. they are all expected to be up and running by next month. >> well still ahead. relations deteriorating rapidly here between the us and ukraine. up next, details on the war of words brewing between president trump and vladimir zelensky. we'll talk

investigators determined he laid in wait on a bench right near the entrance to the tilden park trail before attacking widenhofer. so far, he has not been linked to any other crimes. new at six. the san francisco department of public health says it is continuing to see a decline in overdose deaths. the city says that the medical examiner reported 59 overdose deaths last month, a 17% decrease from january of last year. now, since april, officials say they are seeing a monthly decline in overdose deaths. they say they are also working to address disparities while making up just 6% of the city's population. nearly a third of overdose deaths are among african americans. >> expanding, culturally informed treatment and recovery services such and focusing on african american men over the age of 50 who are most affected by overdose disparities. >> officials said they also plan to expand the nighttime telehealth outreach program to more areas this coming spring. the ntsb is investigating the country's third deadly plane crash in less than a month, this time in the state of arizona. the crash h

tonight, a break in a 35 year old murder case involving a woman killed in tilden regional park. maria hofer was found dead back in 1990. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the story of how detectives have now cracked this case. >> through this investigation, john lipari was determined to be a potential suspect and later became our primary suspect in 2024. >> after 35 years and no answers. east bay regional park district police identified a former martinez resident as the killer of 32 year old maria hofer. john lipari died by suicide in oregon near the end of last year. his extended family posting this gofundme in the days after his death. >> when it was a match, it was definitely bittersweet. we would have loved for him to know that we were zeroing in on him. >> hoffa's body was found on a trail near inspiration point here in tilden regional park. she was discovered with a rope around her neck showing physical signs of a struggle. after being reported missing the night before, semen collected from hoffa's body decades ago later uploaded to a genetic genealogy database, is

makovec, and we begin today with some answers for the loved ones of a woman killed 35 years ago in tilden park. east bay regional police just announced that dna evidence has been identified saying that the man who ... and killed maria jane widenhofer. he has been identified. she was found dead on a trail in 1990, but the investigation ran cold. in 1997, police worked with the fbi using advanced dna techniques that led them to later determine a suspect, john lipper. law enforcement found lipper died by suicide at his home in oregon in late 2024, and they found dna from the scene to be a match. today, a detective read a statement from the victim's family. >>>>maria, the family and the world have been carelessly cheated and deprived her future. on behalf of our immediate and extended family, we would like to express our gratitude to law enforcement for their unceasing efforts and finally bring some measure of closure to this tragedy. >>>>police say there's no indication that lapierre and hoffer knew each other while hoffer was from la county. she graduated from uc davis and worked for a bake

named john lipari of oregon as the man who raped and strangled maria jane widenhofer in 1990, in tilden park in contra costa county. she was jogging alone when she was attacked. lipari died of a self-inflicted gunshot last november in oregon. east bay regional park district police detectives say his dna was found on hoffa's body. lipari became a primary suspect back in 2020. >> holding the person accountable. that took maria from her family. justice may have been delayed, but thanks to the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners. justice has been served. >> in 2017, detectives put out a possible image of the suspect, and investigators determined that he had laid in wait on a bench near the entrance to the tilden park trail before attacking white heifer. so far, he has not been linked to any other crimes. a kaiser permanente patient says he was sexually assaulted during a surgery last year, and now he has filed a lawsuit charging the nonprofit healthcare company with negligence and battery ktvu jana katsuyama spoke with the plaintiff and joins us live now with details. jenna

. >>> and in tilden park, east bay police announced today that dna evidence has identified the man who raped and killed maria jane weidhofer. she was found dead on a trail in 1990. police worked with the fbi to determine the potential suspect. he died by suicide in oregon last november. law enforcement made a dna match. today, a detective read a statement from the victim's family. >> maria, the family and the world have been cheated and deprived of her future. on behalf of our immediate and extended family, we would like to express our gratitude to law enforcement for their efforts in finally bringing some measure of closure to the tragedy. >> reporter: weidhofer worked for a bakery in emeryville before she was killed. >>> well, the first of 33 new speed cameras in san francisco is now up in the district. installed today on seventh avenue. walk san francisco organized the celebration in honor of the camera. >> and it reminds me of why i'm here and kind of what got me involved. and i'm excited with what they have shown to really reduce the fatalities. it will be 14 years this coming sat

point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death. >> found with rupert. >> obviously an issue with that story from philippe work to get back to that. in the meantime, there's news in the restaurant world, celebrity

. >> hoffa's body was found on a trail near inspiration point here in tilden regional park.with a rope around her neck, showing physical signs of a struggle. after being reported missing the night before, semen collected from hoffa's body decades ago, later uploaded to a genetic genealogy database, is what eventually turned up as a positive match. >> it's a long process. it takes time, but we were able to get a pool of suspects that we slowly went through, and eventually lipari became our primary in 2024. >> this comes nearly eight years after the department released these images of the suspect, generated by sending dna from the crime scene to a company, saying it can turn dna into a face, a face. detectives now say, matched lipari. >> because in 1990 we didn't have the ability to extract dna in this fashion and process the dna, and certainly didn't have the ability to do the comparisons on a familial basis and even even just comparing it to, to a pool of potential suspects. >> lipari family was shocked to find out about his involvement just a week after his suicide. his for

. >> here in tilden park. work is also underway to clear a fuel break along the grizzly peak ridge line. the hope is that fuel management, along with quick suppression, will equal smaller, more manageable fires nearby. urban crime has an impact on this rural park land as well. in the last nine months, six vehicles were intentionally set on fire in chabot. they were all extinguished. >> really just thinning the area with the goal that if we do have a fire, the flame lanes will be under six feet. the fire won't creep into the tree tops and start a crown fire, or potentially send embers that can go for miles miles away. >> another 221 acres will be thinned out by the summer of 2026. in the east bay hills, i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> california's fair plan is getting $1 billion bailout in the wake of the wildfires that devastated los angeles last month. the fair plan provides basic fire insurance for high risk properties when other companies will not. today, the state insurance commissioner approved th

police found the body of maria wiedorfer in tilden regional park in 1990 after 35 years.day named john lipari as the killer, saying he strangled and sexually assaulted the 32 year old. lipari lived in martinez at the time of the attack, but then moved to oregon. officers declared lipari a primary suspect last year when they were able to confirm dna evidence. lipari, though, died by suicide last november. the hofer family released a statement saying that they were grateful to law enforcement for bringing them and their family, a measure of closure. pg&e says it's making major changes in the south bay. the utility is undergrounding the power lines near high fire risk areas to prevent repeated power outages to thousands of homes. pg&e has safety triggers on its power lines in these high risk areas, so when a branch or tree hits them, the power cuts off immediately. it started four years ago in san jose's almaden valley, but neighbors say their homes go dark multiple times a year as a result. so the company is trying to try to solve that problem by putting more than a mile of

police found the body of maria wiedorfer in tilden regional park in 1990. after 35 years. police today named john lipari as the killer, saying he strangled and sexually assaulted the 32 year old victim. lipari lived in martinez at the time of the attack and then moved to oregon. officers declared lipari a primary suspect last year when they were able to confirm dna evidence. lipari died by suicide last november. justice may have been delayed, but thanks the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners. justice has been served. hofer's family released a statement saying they were grateful to law enforcement for bringing their family closure. they asked she be remembered for her gentle soul and not just what happened to her. hundreds of east bay court employees walked off the job today and hit the picket lines in a strike outside alameda county courthouses. the strikes caused some people to get turned away at courthouses, as a skeleton crew of administrators had to step in and do the work. courtrooms were closed and court filings delayed everything from traffic cases

. >> we are in tilden park above grizzly peak road, and this is an east bay regional park district. >> reporter: becky is the ecological services manager at the park. >> it's one of the first three parks in the park district. >> reporter: also the first place in contra costa county that a new strain of a deadly oak-killing microbe was found. >> this is the tree that tested positive in the fall. and this is the one we came back and we resampled in december. >> reporter: those samples from the tree were brought here to cal, where mateo has been studying the killer microbe. >> it's a disease caused by an exotic pathogen, and it's particularly lethal to oak trees and tan oaks. >> reporter: and it's killed at least 50 million oaks in the coast range of california since the 1980s. the microbe responsible? na1 probably hitched a ride on these plants, camellias and rhododendrons. there are three varieties of these killer microbes. >> and we believed until this year only one of these three had escaped in the wild, but this year the big discovery was that we found another one that is in the wil

tilden park three and a third. pleasanton over three. redwood city over three.alf. do you have more? of course i do. west healdsburg 4.60. danville 3.62. terra linda 3.59. atherton 2.80. oakland two and a half. napa two and a quarter, san francisco 1.82 and san jose 1.61. even though they also ran. that's a that's a good one. guadalupe watershed 6.38. san martin 4.60 san leandro reservoir over four. mount tamalpais over four. mount diablo three and a half and konocti two and a quarter. still a little bit hanging on, but we're rounding third and heading for home on this system right here. a little bit of pop up activity could develop, but there's still a couple little lines moving through, mainly around the altamont pass down towards santa clara valley peninsula as well santa cruz mountains, san jose. but i think we're almost done. still pretty good gusts anywhere from 30 35mph. so it will be a blustery day 4050 on the temps here. so winter storm warning until 10:00 tonight. another two to maybe 12in of snow. lake level should be 2 to 6, but they are. we'll get s

mount veeder, dylan beach .08, tilden park and ben lomond .07 santa rosa in town .06 vallejo .05. in the city picked up a .04. we are done though with that system. and let me take off this right there. there you go. we'll get rid of that. there's nothing there except fog. we do have some areas of fog out there, but everything is now pointing towards warmer temps. there will be a lot of clouds on the way as we head into the weekend, but temps will bump up upper 60s to near 70. that's for sure. some areas of fog out there. livermore a mile and a half. concord three. so here we go again. hayward reporting some santa rosa around there. and also on interstate 80 there's some half moon bay even says some fog. and if you're heading south on watsonville, a half mile visibility in santa clara valley. so watch out. maybe gilroy, hollister as well. 40 on most of the temps to 50. there's a lot of moisture in the air. some 30s though. middletown, kelseyville, upper lake, all in there. fairfax is 40 degrees. point reyes station 39. yet point reyes is 50. sonoma at 41 degrees and 40s for most he

maria hofer was found dead on a trail near inspiration point in tilden regional park back in november 1990. she had been reported missing the night before. police say when she was found, she had a rope around her neck and there were signs of a struggle. today, authorities announced that dna evidence collected from john lipari, who died by suicide in oregon in november last year, was linked to the victim. >> justice may have been delayed. but thanks to the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners, justice has been served. >> there have been no suspects in the case until lipari was identified last year through new dna testing techniques. detectives say he is not linked to any other crime at this time. monterey county residents are on edge after new smoke was spotted coming from a battery facility that caught fire weeks ago. this is video from the original fire at moss landing facility, owned by the company vistra. the fire lasted several days and prompted evacuations. monterey county officials say there was a flare up last night, which is not unusual. crews are monitoring ai

and tilden park picked up two and a half.oser to, if you will, not in the hills were okay, but not great. but santa rosa did three and a half. fairfax three. and a third. spring valley on the peninsula over two. orinda fire station 1.82. yountville an inch and three quarters. danville library an inch and a quarter. oakland had just shy of an inch in san francisco had three quarters of an inch. there's still light. you can see some of that going into santa cruz area. san jose just light, steady. the heavier bulk of it. the heavier stuff doesn't come in until later. that will be here tonight into tomorrow. so a light, steady rain. most of it's been about marin county north or parts of the east bay, santa cruz mountains. cloudy, mild, breezy to windy and the system is still a ways away so you can see the main rain line is lifted northward. doesn't mean we won't get rain today, but it's more of a light rain or an overrunning. what we call it flood watches out. possible street flooding, excessive rainfall that starts at 4 p.m. tod

maria white hoffer was reported missing november 15th, 1990, and the next day she was found dead in tildenional park in the east bay hills was found with wrote around her neck. and i physical signs of a struggle in 1997, the east bay regional park district police department sent the potential suspects dna from the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no match was found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday during a news conference in oakland, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says advanced dna techniques linked to killer through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. >> and later became a primary suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. pari was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november, party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon.

she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills in 1997 eastt bay regional park district police department sent dna found at the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but there was no match found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday it was announced that advanced to dna techniques have linked a killer. >> through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. and later became our primary suspect in 2024. >> investigators do not believe. the killer and why different knew each other prior to her death. >> jurors have decided maddy middleton's convicted killer is still too dangerous to be released from custody. adrian gonzalez was 15 years old when he lured 8 year-old maddie into his mother's santa cruz apartment where he strangled the girl on his bed sexually assaulted her and stabbed her to death. he has served nearly a decade in juvenile custody, but his 25th birthday triggered today's hearing under state law. any criminal convicted in juvenile courts qualifies for possible parole when they turn. 25,

tilden park over three. the city 3.02. a record rainfall for the date february 4th. oakland.one and three quarters. san jose even in the rain shadow that they are. brentwood 0.76. and livermore. they also ran. but we still love you. livermore 0.68. hey, it's tough to get rain out there sometimes. clear out there, although i think we'll get some clouds popping up later today. a lot of 30s though on the temps it's cold and that cold is not going anywhere. and you get this kind of a cold air mass. you get a little afternoon heating. we could get some buildups. next system for tomorrow is the far left of your screen. it will be here tomorrow. it might be. oh, no, there it is. okay. that'll be here tomorrow for another round of rain. does not. won't hold a candle if you will, to the system we had yesterday. gosh, i hope not. but there will still be maybe a half inch to upwards of an inch of rain, maybe a little more in that santa cruz santa cruz mountains. we'll get a break. friday. saturday, sunday, monday, tuesday, some signs next wednesday and beyond we could get back into a re

maria, why for was reported missing november 15th, 1990, the next day she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills in 97, the east bay regional park district police sent dna found at the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. there were no match is found. the fbi got involved in 2020 and yesterday it was announced that vans, dna techniques they had linked a killer. >> through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. and later became our primary suspect in 2024. investigators do not believe the pair and white of for knew each other prior to the killing. and the north bay. the sonoma police conducted a search warrant all in connection with online threats of school violence. >> the reported that the search took place tuesday around 03:30pm. the sun west main street with assistance from the sonoma county sheriff's office. authorities say that investigation involved a child under 18. further details regarding the threat or the suspect not immediately made available. police say they feel confident that the community and the school no lo

point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death, found with rope around her neck and bruises on her body. >> showing signs of a struggle in 1997, biological evidence found on for from the suspect was sent to the contra costa crime lab for analysis. and during a news conference held in oakland wednesday, detective rudy, his chief and members of the contra costa county district attorneys office stating initially that dna evidence determined to be the suspect. seaman. >> did not hit a match until the fbi got involved in 2020 advanced dna techniques determine john le party as a prime suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. party was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon. the dna from their match with what was found at the crime scene. many people believe that cold case just goes in. >> lauren is forgotten. they do not forgive nor f

santa rosa, tilden park over three. san francisco record rainfall for the date 3.02. oakland two and a half. belmont inch and three quarters. san jose. picked up over an inch of rain. brentwood three quarters and livermore 68/100. we get a break today. next systems to the left of your screen. that's a lot of cold air in there. and boy, is it pulled up here. 32 santa rosa, 33 walnut creek. i know there's 31 in windsor. orinda is at 32 degrees stanford campus, menlo park, all at 35. there's woodside 35. atherton's now in there. menlo park, half moon bay and pacifica are in the upper 30s. so is foster city and san mateo. los altos, 36. could be a few little buildups later. most of the activity stays to the north. i'll mention it. so morning sun and a few afternoon clouds. that's your next system right there. that will be here tomorrow for more rain. it will not hold the punch that the one we had yesterday, thank goodness. but we're still going to get rain. after that, we'll get a break for what looks to be about 4 or 5 days. some of the forecast models, though, are paint

she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills in 97, the east bay regional park district police department sent dna found that crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no matches were found. the fbi got involved in 2020 and yesterday it was announced an advanced dna techniques have linked a killer. >> through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. and later became our primary suspect in 2024. >> investigators do not believe that wide of for and pair knew each other prior to her being killed. and the east bay over residents are starting to organize in response to recent federal actions affecting racial equality. dr. summers is going to lead surveys and focus groups at the city hall to gather input from the community. the goal is to develop a path forward in the wake of changes to dei initiatives and civil rights laws. council member carroll fife highlighted key areas for improvement including health housing, education, safety. event slated 05:00pm and it's open to the public. and the city of oakland and richmond. they're gonna h

real white hoffer was reported missing november 15th, 1990, and the next day she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills area was founded throat around her neck. and i physical signs of a struggle in 1997, the east bay regional park district police department sent the potential suspects dna from the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no match was found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday during a news conference in oakland, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says advanced dna techniques linked to killer through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. >> and later became our primary suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. pari was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november, party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon. the dna from their matched with what was found at the crime scene. let this be a message to the people that

took place back in 1990, and maria widenhofer was found dead on a trail near inspiration point in tilden regional park. police say when she was found, she had a rope around her neck and there were signs of a struggle. today, east bay regional park police say dna evidence collected from john lipari, who died by suicide in oregon in november of 2024, was linked to the victim. >> justice may have been delayed. but thanks to the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners. justice has been served. >> there had been no suspect in this case until lipari was identified last year through new dna testing techniques. >> dozens of faith leaders marched through san francisco today to protest president trump's immigration policies. the march to japantown took place on the 83rd anniversary of the executive order that led to the incarceration of japanese americans during world war two. among the demonstrators were bishops, imams, and rabbis. they reaffirmed their commitment to provide sanctuary in their temples to immigrants facing deportation. >> when the government abuses its power. denying

. >> we are in tilden park above grizzly peak road, and this is an east bay regional park district. >becky is the ecological services manager at the park. >> it's one of the first three parks in the park district. >> it's also the first place in contra costa county that a new strain of a deadly oak-killing microbe was found. >> this is the tree that tested positive in the fall. and this is the one we came back and we resampled in december. >> reporter: those samples from the tree were brought here to cal, where mateo has been studying the killer microbe. >> it's a disease caused by an exotic pathogen, and it's particularly lethal to oak trees and tan oaks. >> reporter: and it's killed at least 50 million oaks in the coast range of california since the 1980s. the microbe responsible? na1 probably hitched a ride on these exotic plant, camellias and rhododendrons. there are three varieties of these oak killer microbes. >> and we believed until this year the only one of these three had escaped in the wild, but this year the big discovery was that we found another one that is in the wild a

west healdsburg also picked up a 10th of an inch lake chabot, dillon beach, tilden park, ben lomond,santa rosa, vallejo and the city zero four to a 10th of an inch and the city's .04 put their february total to 6.68w, average 4.90, so they blew past the february average. next rain hints around march 2nd and fourth, still ten days away. it's going to be all about sunshine and warmer temps as we go into not only later today, but also friday, saturday, sunday and probably monday is the way it's looking. we are running a little warmer for most locations, most santa rosa plus six napa airport plus seven, novato plus five. so we're getting there. some locations are recovering from the morning lows in the upper 30s. a lot of cloud cover, but the main storm track is heading towards northern california, portland and seattle. not for us. so i think we're done with rain for february. but look at the amounts now. again, the line is looks to be about lake county, mendocino county, north sea, crescent city, portland, seattle. they will get a lot of rain. clear cold morning. gave way to lots of sun

maria white hoffer was reported missing november 15th, 1990, and the next day she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills. re was founded throat around her neck. and i physical signs of a struggle in 1997, the east bay regional park district police department sent the potential suspects dna from the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no match was found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday during a news conference in oakland, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says advanced dna techniques linked to killer through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. >> and later became our primary suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. pari was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november, party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon. the dna from their match with what was found at the crime scene. let this be a message to the people that co

ben lowman two and three quarters in tilden park, had 2.5in of rain. not as much if you get down the hill, if you will, but santa rosa, downtown santa rosa fire station at three and a half. terra linda two and three quarters. spring valley on the peninsula over two. the orinda fire station 1.82. yountville an inch and three quarters. danville library an inch and a quarter oakland 92/100 in the city only had 76, so there were some areas, especially peninsula south bay really did not have that much. we're still getting the light warm overrunning the main rain band has lifted well, well to the north, so light, steady drizzle or rain, mainly in the higher elevations, but then also areas north. cloudy, mild, breezy to windy and that wind will pick up as the front inches closer. it's still well offshore. i mean i mean we have a ways to go and you can see the rain line lift north towards eureka. there it goes, there it goes. now by tonight it will start to drop south and everything will sweep through. so thus the flood watch is out. and that starts at 4:00 to

kentfield over four and a half, mount diablo over four, ben lowman two and three quarters in tilden park, two and a half areas closer to the surface, if you will, just really didn't. they got some, but not a lot. santa rosa fire station, though, three and a half. terra linda had two and three quarters. spring valley on the peninsula near crystal springs reservoir to the orinda fire station, also just shy of two. yountville an inch and three quarters. danville library library an inch and a quarter. then oakland had an inch of rain just shy of an inch. san francisco only had three quarters, so for some it was a steady amount that really added up. for others, it was more of a just an oregon mist mist, oregon and got us. there's still some activity, especially in the santa cruz mountains, some light rain, but there's just really a lot of cloud cover. the main rain line is lifted well to the north as that system offshore kind of deepens. it will get here. and the some of these may be a little overdone here. i mean, again, you know, if we had three systems i'd say maybe 8 to 10 north bay. but

here in tilden park. work is also underway to clear a fuel break along the grizzly peak ridge line. the hope is that fuel management, along with quick suppression, will equal smaller, more manageable fires nearby. urban crime has an impact on this rural parkland as well. in the last nine months, six vehicles were intentionally set on fire in chabot. they were all extinguished. >> really just thinning the area with the goal that if we do have a fire, the flame lanes will be under six feet. the fire won't creep into the tree tops and start a crown fire, or potentially send embers that can go for miles miles away. >> another 221 acres will be thinned out by the summer of 2026. in the east bay hills, i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> the areas ravaged by the southern california wildfires are preparing now for the potential of flooding and landslides from the next round of storms. governor newsom was in altadena today, and that's where the fire burned. he took a tour of the area to see the massive debris removal effort that is underway. the army corps of engineers is now moving in

it was back in 1990 that maria wiedorfer was found dead on a trail near inspiration point in tilden regionaly when she was found, she had a rope around her neck and there were signs of a struggle. east bay regional park police say dna evidence collected from former martinez resident john lipari was linked to the victim. lipari died by suicide in oregon in november 2024. >> justice may have been delayed, but thanks to the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners. justice has been served. >> there had been no. >> suspect in the case until lipari was identified last year. through new dna testing techniques. in today's gma first look, a judge in the idaho murders case had denied a motion from the defense to suppress critical evidence. here's abc news reporter kayna whitworth. >> in this morning's gma first look. a new ruling in the idaho murders case. a sweeping win for the prosecution. the judge denying all motions from brian kohberger's defense team to keep critical evidence out of the upcoming trial. the defense for kohberger has long challenged how the search warrants were grante

hays a an samuel tilden. it was hotly contested. in that, one person, tilden, won the popular vote. but hayes seemed to have won the electoral college. now, the democrat, tilden, there was a lot of controversy because this was postreconstruction -- excuse me, post the civil war, and the south had lots of african americans participating. this left a bit of a constitutional crisis. what became the compromise of 1877, hayes was declared the winner, but the compromise that was made is that the republican, hayes, would win and be the president, as he was, in exchange for what the democrats wanted, which was to pull federal troops out of the south that were protecting african amer americans. an outcome of an election, not just upended reconstruction, upended the progress being made, upended something that was incredible, which was i'm the fourth black person ever elected to the united states senate, but during the reconstruction era the first one appointed, there were two. black folks from the end of the civil war until about 1901, when the last african american, congressman white, left t

she found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills in 97, the east bay regional park district they sent out dna found at the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. no match was found. the fbi, the on all that in 2020 and yesterday it was announced advanced dna techniques have actually linked a killer. >> through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. and later became our primary suspect in 2024. >> investigators do not believe that la parra and wind for knew each other prior to the killing. >> will city oakland and richmond will be holding interfaith immigration vigils this week in support of immigrant communities. tonight, the first vigil is set to begin at 5 at the fruitvale village state plaza followed by a march to saint anthony's church in oakland, elected officials and community leaders and clergy members will all come together to show solidarity and address concerns over potential ice raids and deportations. officials say rules are aimed at uplifting the voices of immigrants and to call for support during uncertain times. sonom

west healdsburg, lake chabot, dylan beach, tilden park, ben lomond, santa rosa, vallejo and san francisco picked up point zero for that .04. since san francisco's february rain to 6.68. what's the average february rain? 4.90. so they blew past that. so the next rain would be wind hints around march 2nd to fourth. somewhere around there we have ten days to go. and in the meantime temps are going up, a lot of sunshine and temperatures. we could see some 70 by the weekend, 40 and 50 on the temps. it's not taking long. fairfield already 56 degrees 27 truckee south lake tahoe looks great to go up in the mountains after that recent snow storm. track is definitely lifting northward around del norte, humboldt county, although the line with the higher clouds could actually be around northern mendocino around mendocino county, lake county north. but i think we're done with rain for february unless something dramatically changes, i think it's over. so let the sunshine in wall to wall. a little breeze might pick up later, but we're looking at 60. if you can hang on another day or two, i think we'll e

point in tilden, regional park, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says she was strangled to death, found with rope around her neck and bruises on her body. >> showing signs of a struggle in 1997, biological evidence found on for from the suspect was sent to the contra costa crime lab for analysis. and during a news conference held in oakland wednesday, detective rudy, his chief and members of the contra costa county district attorneys office stating initially that dna evidence determined to be the suspect. seaman. >> did not hit a match until the fbi got involved in 2020 advanced dna techniques determine john le party as a prime suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. party was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon. the dna from their match with what was found at the crime scene. many people believe that cold case just goes in. some. >> lauren is forgotten. they do not forgive

maria white hoffer was reported missing november 15th, 1990, and the next day she was found dead in tildenonal park in the east bay hills. re was founded throat around her neck. and a physical signs of a struggle in 1997, the east bay regional park district police department sent the potential suspects dna from the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. but no match was found. then the fbi got involved in the investigation in 2020 and on wednesday during a news conference in oakland, east bay regional park district police detective christopher rudy says advanced dna techniques linked to killer through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. >> and later became a primary suspect in 2024. detective rudy says these composite sketches of law party released in 2017 ended up being accurate. pari was in his mid 30's living in martinez when white hoffer was murdered. then in november, party took his own life at his home in gold beach, oregon. the dna from their matched with what was found at the crime scene. let this be a message to the people that come in

three and a third tilden park over three. the city set a record rainfall yesterday of 3.02.oakland, two and a half belmont, good rain inch and three quarters san jose. the rain shadow that they are actually picked up over an inch of rain. brentwood three quarters and livermore at two thirds of an inch. february totals for snow. i have to be honest, the forecast models have been really good on rainfall. they have been abysmal on snow totals. these are the there really wasn't that much south of the lake yesterday at all. but these are the february totals. mount rose, sugar bowl, palisades, boreal, northstar and heavily a foot to two. then after that, bear valley four. kirkwood only had one. so they've been woefully underestimating the overestimating the totals for snow. but they've been really good on the rain here for us here locally. we get a break today, although there could be a few little buildups. you can see a lot of cold air and that will start to get a little lift here in the afternoon, which will give us some clouds, 30s and 40s on the temps. it was noticeably colder

it was back in 1990 that maria hofer was found dead on a trail near inspiration point in tilden regionalark. police say when she was found, she had a rope around her neck and there were signs of a struggle. east bay regional park police say dna evidence collected from former martinez resident john lipari was linked to the victim. lipari died by suicide in oregon in november of last year. >> justice may have been delayed, but thanks the hard work of our detectives and our federal partners. justice has been served. >> there have been no suspects in the case until lipari was identified last year through new dna testing techniques. a jury has decided the man who raped and murdered eight year old maddie middleton in santa cruz will not be freed. adrian gonzalez was 15 years old at the time, and he was scheduled to be released this past october, when he turned 25. however, prosecutors said he remained a danger to society and asked for him to remain in jail for another two years. a jury unanimously agreed and gonzalez will stay behind bars. a new ruling in the case of the man charged with killi

she was found dead in tilden regional park in the east bay hills. police district. they sent dna they found at the crime scene to the contra costa crime lab. no match was found. then fbi got involved in 2020 and yesterday was announced at the advanced dna techniques of actually linked a killer. >> through this investigation. john, the party was determined to be a potential suspect. and later became our primary suspect in 2024. >> investigators do not believe par when the for knew each other prior to her being killed. well, in the north bay, the sonoma police conducted a search warrant in connection with online threats of school violence. they reported that the search took place tuesday around 3.30, on west vance street. well, this is from the sonoma county sheriff's office. authorities say that the investigation about a child under 18 years of age further details regarding the threat or the suspect were not immediately available. police say they feel confident that the community and schools no longer at risk from this threat. >> well, in oakland, ch

mount diablo two and a third in tilden park. picked up just over two. wind gusts. they were roaring about three, 4 or 5 in the morning. then they tailed off a little bit. lucas valley, 43, to mount hamilton, 61 lafayette hills in los gatos, around four in the morning, 58 to 60. sfo had a gust of 53. the front has gone through. we get a little, little quasi break right now, but the next here comes the next. the upper low is now pinwheeling in towards the sending in the next wave, and we had a little let up in the north. but now look, it's starting to pick up again. and i know that doesn't look like much, but this can be a light, steady rain and it just keeps going and going and going then picks up in intensity. thankfully though, it has tailed off in santa cruz mountains. not done, but you can see the front is pushed east and south, so there is a little lull there for some, but it won't last very long. still wind gusts 32 35mph. i mean, it's going to be a blustery day. look at sfo southwest almost 40. the barometer if you have one. it should be around 29.45 or 29.50

most locations were between 0.04 and a 10th west healdsburg, lake chabot, dylan beach, tilden park, bend a 10th of an inch. that's it. and i think we're done here locally for february, unless something really changes. i don't think s, though. 4050 on the temps. it's all about sunshine and warm temps now. we'll see warmer temps, but the storm track is no doubt heading up to the pacific northwest, northern california, and unless you're up towards crescent city or even redding, but mendocino county north looks to be about the line over the next week. next hope for us really looks to be an early march 1st week of march. there are some positive signs trending in that direction, but until then, let the sunshine in and temps will jump up. it'll be wall to wall sunshine, 60 on the temps mid to upper, and it sure looks like 70 or in our near future for some inland on the weekend. >> this dog has run from downtown all the way to. we're at the eight now. >> in san diego. a very unusual scene. more on a dramatic chase and how this chihuahua eventually was brought to safety. [music] ghirardelli inte

and tilden park has picked up an inch and a quarter. heaviest rain. russian river, santa cruz mountains. wind advisory out and winter storm warnings. snow level will be coming way down and there will be multiple feet there. this is a much colder system. you can see how this is starting to align itself a little bit more north, south and lifting north. see that front offshore. that's because the colder air is interacting with it. so i would expect rain this morning. but then really picking up later this evening. one more system on thursday. we'll get a break on the weekend. you guys all right over to sal. 831 he could probably do a 20 minute show, but. >> i have to condense it. condense it. >> about a minute. >> yeah, exactly. let's start with the east bay, because it really has been bad driving. you know, i think everyone would agree i'm being. well, it's been very slow driving. as you drive from walnut creek over to oakland and eastbound has improved. but this whole commute in the east bay has been jam packed. you know, it's improved a lot. is the ric

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