kevin tibbles, nbc news, vail, colorado. >> terrific story to end on our thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we, of course, hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it just made it tough knowing that -- when i see her again. >> police are looking for this man, 25-year-old juan ramirez, her family says she dated him for a few months before breaking it off. for the last few years, her family says that sandy told her family he was stalking her. >> i go to work, he is there, i go home, she is there, my phone is blowing up all the time. >> sandy had just returned from court last friday, renewing her restraining order against ramirez, police say that is when he attacked her for the last time. >> she feared for her life so much she went to kick boxing and was asking my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to help her buy a gun. >> the family now questions the power of restraining orders. >> it don't work, it is just a piece of paper, you are not going to

i think it still would exist that if a project did not wish to a vail themselves to the stimulus they can still review the process of coming back after three years. in fact as you pointed out, they would have to come forward to give them an extension and that probably is consistent with the law. whether the 3 years is a realistic period or not. if you are going to have a period of time where it's 3 or 5 years it's not bad to find out where they are to get the extension. administrator sanchez? >> in regards to that period it's based upon the language that exist at that time and still exist in regard to abandonment of uses. so it's generally 3 years. so they took that 3 years the amount of time that you had to get your permit to construct the project. it's been noted that could change. it doesn't not take that long to process a permit. so we can try to pull up some information about time lines for processing of site permits and maybe that will help the commission about appropriate length of time for the validity of operations. >> thank you. i don't want to beat this thing to death but i

some of you might call it cloudy, that vail of high, thin cloud cover out there.ecause high pressure is now over baja, california, still keeping us dry, but since we're on the northern fringe, we are getting the cloud cover. same story this weekend. we'll have passing high level clouds, but no rain fall. you will be dry for saturday, sunday, and also monday. let's fast forward to tuesday now. low pressure diving down from the gulf of alaska. those two will team up, giving us a chance beginning tuesday evening. most of the rain will fall on wednesday. some of you may get a half an inch of rain fall. but this winter it is a lot. actually, that will be the first day of spring coming up on wednesday. looking wet. filtered shine this weekend and we will be dry all weekend long through tuesday morning. 71 degrees for you, low 70s for sunny vail, and also losaltos. 73 tomorrow for pleasant hill. great day out in wine country. santa rosa 72. downtown san francisco tomorrow, 65 degrees. a couple degrees cooler on sunday, just a tad cloudier. monday looking nice as well. tu

we don't - protecting property values or those kinds of issues we can't protect people's property vails in terms of the style of the houses being built close together you can walk on the roofs of several properties so that's not extraordinary as well. i hope the two sides can work together i would hope you'd get along with the new owners. from our standpoint of what we have to review i don't see any extraordinary circumstances. obviously, the issues around building the deck. at this point there's nothing that would make us deny the project. so i move to approve the projects proposed >> second. >> i agree i think it's actually a clever plan. you've taken some of the space out of the inside and they have a pitched roof where some of the other roofs are flat but the point that was made about security is project sponsor said well, anybody can come from those others houses to get into others decks. it doesn't preclude the circumstances up to this time. i don't see this is a problem. i mean, i think it's pretty well done from a project subject. just make sure i take it done carefully. other t

we don't - protecting property values or those kinds of issues we can't protect people's property vails in terms of the style of the houses being built close together you can walk on the roofs of several properties so that's not extraordinary as well. i hope the two sides can work together i would hope you'd get along with the new owners. from our standpoint of what we have to review i don't see any extraordinary circumstances. obviously, the issues around building the deck. at this point there's nothing that would make us deny the

. >>> 28-year-old dennisunny vail was facing 3 counts of homicide.hree people were killed of a mother and two sons. the suspect was not injured. san jose police are asking for the people help tonight investigating a ninth homicide for the year. police said the victim was pronounced dead at the sc aapparently of one gun shot wounds. >> something was heard, something similar to a gun shot, but again they're uncertain. they being the people that reported. >> the investigation was early so they don't have any suspect of possible motive t there is no indication that the killing is gang related. >>> alameda high this afternoon, investigators say the principal received a phone call from a man that's locked in the restroom and armed with a knife. the police say they did not find anything, school was locked out at about 2:30. >>> we are continue on the coverage of finding a woman in oakland. our ally -- tells us the new lead are giving the family hope. >> this surveillance video showing era -- the video brings erica's mother to tears. >> she looked happy. >>

. >>> oakland police are trying to sort out the details of a nine-hour standoff in the fruit vail district30 this morning, two shooting victims came into a hospital, one later died. the house on 25th avenue and international boulevard sparked a standoff that didn't end until 11:30 this morning. the afternoon was spent questioning several people in the house. >> there were a number of people in the home, when we got here, we evacuated. they are out, trying to find -- find out who was involved and what their actual role was. in this particular incident. >> one person was arrested and just a short time ago, the mercury news reported that he is, in fact, a suspect in those shootings. the second victim is in serious condition. >>> law enforcement agencies are out in force trying to keep drunk drivers off the record. nbc bay area monty francis has that story. >> reporter: you can expect a number of dui checkpoints across the bay area, including two here in san jose. the reality is, today for many people is a day devoted to drinking. in fact, just about an hour ago, we stopped by rosey mccann's a

sunny vail 72. san ma they inland, pleasantton. low to mid 70s. upper 60s. pleasant through the weekend, low 70s. sunny afternoon. there's the rain moving in tuesday evening and there's your soggy day on wednesday. low f 0s with rain likely. we could use it, perfect timing. let's do it. >> i saw some people wearing shorts last week. no, it's going to rain. >> no jeans until may. >> no shorts until may. >> we'll talk to poem in the feature tonight, lin santi. bay area hoops hero jeremy n took center stage in san bay area hoops hero jeremy n t[ man ] i got this citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. we'll leave that there. you got a weather balloon, with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. go. ♪ keep on going in this direction. take this bridge over here. there it is! [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] earn points with the citi thankyou card and redeem them for just about anything. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. >>> bay area hoops hero, je

san jose 58. 57 for sunny vail. overnight showers for you.itting 60 tomorrow, afternoon sunshine for san rafael and san francisco and daily city. mid to upper 50s for highs. look at the weekend, gorgeous, mid to upper 60s and next week, i'm looking at every day next week being in the low 70s. so, springtime as we spring forward this weekend. we're losing an hour of the weekend. >> it's a tough one. >> but 70 in the afternoon. >> we'll take it. >> thanks, paul. >> new at 10:00, a local politician thinks he has the perfect solution to save the postal service and post office building. charge a tax for e-mail. berkeley councilman sayings a so-called bit tax, such as a hundredth per cent for an e- mail. raise billions of dollars a year. >> i think there's other things you can tax if you want to save the post office. why don't we find a way to tax automobiles more. i don't know about the e-mail. what about all the websites that are making money. you know, there's no tax on that. >> last week, the postal service proposed selling the downtown berkele

approximately a little over 10 years now have been playing on the same field and i think it would be fair to a vail, allow any of those to a veil themselves. a speaker went to speak about a project, about van ness and the one on greenwich and van ness is built and there are a lot of consequence that come up. i never see anything but certainly if we had another project that is similar to the one on van ness and greenwich which is extremely well-built, i think and attractive and it's provided a lot of very good housing, i think that's the kind of thing we are looking at. so i am in favor of it and i don't -- also i'm concerned about the fact that sometimes we don't want to instigate a situation where we have to go through whole appeal process again and have a second bite at the apple for those that might not ago agree with a particular project. i think we need to consider what mr. moore talked about. architectural concerns are something the commission ought to take a look at. we should know what changes have occurred because i have seen some projects we approved and when they were finally build, the

. >> police today announced they arrested a 28-year-old sunny vail man, dennis is in jail charged with three murders in a hit-and-run. san mateo district attorney tells me he had first hit an unoccupied car, then raced away, traveling at quote, in excessive speed. moments later, police say he crashed into the car and her two sons, 23-year-old amado and 13-year-old. another woman in the car survived. >> it sounded like a huge crash. didn't sound like a normal hit when i looked out the window and saw two cars right in the middle. it looked really bad. >> authorities are looking into the possibility he was impaired. the d.a. says he had an odor of alcohol, but police are waiting official results from a blood test. family members declined to talk on camera, but i did speak with friends of the family who wanted everyone to know these are good people and they are devastated by the loss. reporting live in daly city, kpix5. >> the suspect, dennis, is set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. >>> a live look at vatican city where the conclave is set to begin in just a few hours. 115 card

this is his fourth trip to vail since losing both legs in baghdad in 2007.footing with everybody else. >> reporter: and finding their footing is what the organizers of the vail veterans program are doing for hundreds of servicemen and women. >> when we first started this, i thought it was just about the skiing and snowboarding. but you realize there's a lot more healing that takes place here, on and off the mountain. >> reporter: for ten years, veterans have been invited to vail resorts to learn a sport they may have thought was now out of reach. just last may, petty officer taylor morris lost parts of all four limbs in kandahar, afghanistan. >> it's a great feeling, you know, to be able to go out and snowboard on your own. >> reporter: he and girlfriend danielle already have an eye on their future, and future ski trips. >> this offers an activity that we can do years down the road, hopefully one day with our kids. >> reporter: retired captain melissa stockwell was injured in baghdad in 2004. she's now a veteran of the veterans program. >> i was pretty wobbl

they get better and better every time i check. 62 in sunny vail. not a bad day shaping up, 56 and 60 in gilroy. getting through the next couple days looking good. we're going to stay mostly dry. as we head through the morning, light isolated showers in the north bay. going to be hard to tell where the showers are, drizzle we're expecting, thick, low clouds expecting on-shore flow. our best chance for rain will be thursday and sunday. i'm going to time out everything in between. really depends on where you live. that's going to dictate how much we're expecting in the neighborhood. that's worth sticking around for, i'd say. >> thank you very much. >> you have no choice. you're anchored. >> that's what they call us. >>> still ahead, freedom once again granted could be taken away. what amanda says about the decision that could put her back behind bars on murder charges. >>> the woman accused of putting sleep medicine into sippy cups at a daycare center makes her first court appear an. this time parents were watching. i'm arturo santiago, details coming

. >>> we are following breaking news in again vail. we are getting reports of a shooting involving police. this video was shot just before midnight. our cameras caught a heavy police presence. temperature tom is heading to the scene and joins us live on the phone. tara. >> reporter: good morning. we are in route to this scene right now. we understand there is a heavy police presence there. we have not been able to -- there is an officer involved shooting. that started as a high speed chase about 30 miles away. a kidnapping took place last night in santa rosa around 11:00. we are trying to put the pieces of this puzzle together. i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we also have continuing coverage into the deadly shooting of two santa cruz police detectives. a public memorial take place next week. @v janine de la vega -- ktvu janine de la vega was in santa cruz. janine. >> reporter: pam, it's quiet here now at the santa cruz police department. officers are expected to come back top work in several hours. police chief says seeing a

you're able to see it not much in the way of low cloud cover, but, once again, we do have that vail of haze sitting up above. high pressure offshore, that's going to drive some slightly offshore wind. that will keep it mild at least for saturday and sunday. >>> then, eventually, in that seven-day forecast, we are going to be getting much colder changes by next week. temperatures going down into the 50s and also some much-needed rain for that. you'll find that familiar and cooler weather in the coastline. 50s and 60s. and then back from the interior valley. so let's bring you on into that saturday morning. so if you're planning on sleeping in, temperatures should be comfortedble out here. step out real quickly to grab the paper. get the coffee. 47 in san jose. also, 42 in the valley. a little bit of fog up against the coastline. by the afternoon on saturday, though, we are expecting more sunshine than we had for today. that is great news down here in the san jose region. 72 for you. 68 in santa cruz. 71 in palo alto. we'll find low to mid 70s. also, in dublin, where the st. patrick's da

sunny vail on the peninsula blue skies 72 in san mateo o. 73 palo alto, coastal area half moon bay up to 64 degrees. same thing for the sun set district downtown san francisco really right where were you today. 69 agrees and up in the north bay we go. 76 degrees santa rosa, sonoma, up to 74 at clear lake. 60's here coast side still enough of sea breeze to prevent from you getting too warm. 72 in san rafael. east bay communities all on the mild side. low 70's from oakland to fremont inland communities 75 degrees in pittsburgh. 76 livermore. 77 degrees in brentwood. concord up to 74 and as you look at the 7 day forecast, we are going to good from mild tomorrow where you see low 70's to upper low 60's to mid 70's upper 70's guest you up in the low 80's by wednesday. unbelievably warm. temperatures will be approaching record territory but not quite getting there. then a little bit cooler thursday friday as we get up in the mid 70's range. coastal area upper 50's to low 60's. koes coast will see the drop off. more cloud cover over the weekend by the way march 20th is officially when spring

sunny vail on the peninsula blue skies 72 in san mateo o. 73 palo alto, coastal area half moon bay up to 64 degrees. same thing for the sun set district downtown san francisco really right where were you today. 69 agrees and up in the north bay we go. 76 degrees santa rosa, sonoma, up to 74 at clear lake. 60's here coast side still enough of sea breeze to prevent from you getting too warm. 72 in san rafael. east bay communities all on the mild side. low 70's from oakland to fremont inland communities 75 degrees in pittsburgh. 76 livermore. 77 degrees in brentwood. concord up to 74 and as you look at the 7 day forecast, we are going to good from mild tomorrow where you see low 70's to upper low 60's to mid 70's upper 70's guest you up in the low 80's by wednesday. unbelievably warm. temperatures will be approaching record territory but not quite getting there. then a little bit cooler thursday friday as we get up in the mid 70's range. coastal area upper 50's to low 60's. koes coast will see the drop off. more cloud cover over the weekend by the way march 20th is officially when spring

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sunny vail 55. afternoon showers slight chance of thunderstorm.cisco tomorrow only 54 degrees. your extended forecast here comes the sunshine on friday. sunny and mild over the weekend upper 60s and how about 70 degrees from monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week. more much-needed rain fall coming up tomorrow. going to watch out for that chance of thunderstorms. if you hear thunder got to bring the kids inside for 30 minutes. wait for the thunder passes, want to make sure everybody is safe. 30 minutes. >> sounds like you know your way around light sxng thunder. >> i've worked in a few places where it's a little more prevalent than here. >> thanks. >>> coming up the ♪ ♪ ♪ don't stop what you do ♪ ♪ i won't stop loving you ♪ ♪ because i love the things you do ♪ ♪ whatever you do, don't stop ♪ [ female announcer ] the laughing cow cheese. rich, creamy decadence but with only 35 calories a wedge, feel free to laugh all you want. ♪ whatever you do, don't stop ♪ [ female announcer ] the laughing cow. have you laughed today? now, three more delicious

police arrested 28-year-old sunny vail man. he faces three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and other charges. >>> happening now bart is wrapping up the first day of a test allowing cyclists on board at all times of the day with their bikes even during the busy commute hours. jana live at the bart station to tell us how the first day went both for sieshg lists and other riders. jana. >> not bad so far, gasia. i asked bart officials just how many people this impact. they say there's about 5% of their rider who is use bicycles and that number is growing. they're trying this pilot program, and it lasts from today until friday. >> bikes on bart are common, but bike riders have long been frustrated with bans on certain trains at certain times. >> sometimes they kick me off. sometimes they try to sneak in. i'm not going to lie, i do try to sneak in because i got to get home or come this way to get to work. >> with the new pilot program bieks are being allowed during peak morning and commute hours. >> i hope for full-time access

the sunny vail resident is facing manslaughter. he faces more than 15 years behind bars. he's being held without bail at the san mateo county jail. >>> search and rescue teams are looking for a missing south bay man who recently suffered a head injury. 20-year-old matthew abraham was last seen last night at his home on dobie lane in scotts valley. rescue teams spent the day searching near his home and also at the state park and u.c. santa cruz. his family says when they saw him last they talked about the observation deck at henry cal state park and hiking trails above ucsc. >>> turning to the new leader of the catholic church only on the job some 24 hours, francis i is shifting to humility. he will not stray from conservative church doctrine. yet nimble and compassionate enough, they say, to reach out to developing worlds where the church is growing. and he has no ties to the recent church scandals. nbc's jay gray has more from rome on what's ahead for this pontiff. >> reporter: thursday, the cardinals gathered again in the sistine chapel. not to elect, but now to listen.

sunny vail on the peninsula blue skies 72 in san mateo o. 73 palo alto, coastal area half moon bay up to 64 degrees. same thing for the sun set district downtown san francisco really right where were you today. 69 agrees and up in the north bay we go. 76 degrees santa rosa, sonoma, up to 74 at clear lake. 60's here coast side still enough of sea breeze to prevent from you getting too warm. 72 in san rafael. east bay communities all on the mild side. low 70's from oakland to fremont inland communities 75 degrees in pittsburgh. 76 livermore. 77 degrees in brentwood. concord up to 74 and as you look at the 7 day forecast, we are going to good from mild tomorrow where you see low 70's to upper low 60's to mid 70's upper 70's guest you up in the low 80's by wednesday. unbelievably warm. temperatures will be approaching record territory but not quite getting there. then a little bit cooler thursday friday as we get up in the mid 70's range. coastal area upper 50's to low 60's. koes coast will see the drop off. more cloud cover over the weekend by the way march 20th is officially when spring

sunny vail 55. afternoon showers slight chance of thunderstorm.ncisco tomorrow only 54 degrees. your extended forecast here comes the sunshine on friday. sunny and mild over the weekend upper 60s and how about 70 degrees from monday, tuesday and wednesday of next week. more much-needed rain fall coming up tomorrow. going to watch out for that chance of thunderstorms. if you hear thunder got to bring the kids inside for 30 minutes. wait for the thunder passes, want to make sure everybody is safe. 30 minutes. >> sounds like you know your way around light sxng thunder. >> i've worked in a few places where it's a little more prevalent than here. >> thanks. >>> coming up the prized collectible george lucas wants to share with all of us. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot, even on a holiday weekend. ♪ ♪ things are

also based in mount view is reaching new highs after positive earnings reports last month, and sunny vail-based yahoo stock is reaching prices not seen in more than four years. here is a look now at where the silicon valley giants ended the day. google stock gained 15 points. linked in was up seven points and yahoo was up about 3%. while those companies are driving, stock in apple has hit its lowest level in more than a year. shares closed at about $420 today. ach l stock reached its highest level the day the iphone 5 was released last september at $755 a share. now, it has dropped 40%. analysts mram the company's earnings report released back in january. >>> only on 2, an alarming fight at a local star buks. the discovery inside the restroom that sparked a police investigation. >>> hear what thousands of students are demanding from california politicians. >>> but kouming upright after the break, the first homicide in a bay area suburb in years. >> he was a good kid, had a high gpa in high school. >> what the victim's family wanted us to know about him. . >>> a man accused of fatally shooting a

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people say it's actually a lot worse maybe two to three hours in some areas there's about two hours of vail ability of potable drinking water many cities have don't even have paved roads the infrastructure is quite bad and in baghdad the biggest thing i mean aside from the fact the the infrastructure remains bad is the blast. walls that are everywhere the security checkpoints that dictate life for every day iraqis the lack of development and the lack of frankly money spent on developing the country the money that has been spent hasn't really emerged in any way that's been beneficial to the iraqi people so it feels very much like a third world which is especially sad in the case of baghdad which used to be a very developed city and one of the most modern and safe and normal places in the middle east and the cradle of civilization i mean the birth place of of life it is tragic to see that it's kind of turned into the security police state in a post occupation world and you know as you just mentioned the allocation of resources i mean we're talking about a budget of five hundred billion dollar

they don't prefrom vail on this stuff. >> eric: isn't there a law that if you help someone on the side> kimberly: she is saying on the nursing, news flash to you, if you love your family members don't put them in that home. >> dana: this is standard across the industry. >> bob: da standardly one more thing. ♪ ♪ >> eric: time for one more thing. google has sergi but we have kim. >> kimberly: i have honey boo boo, i if you miss her. this is a sweet story. she raised a tremendous amount of money for the girl scouts in the local area. troop 60373. she had them buy a lot of them. but girl scouts said we prohibit the online sales. it's leadership and work ethic building experience for the girls to go face to face and rejection or acceptance and deliver cookies. >> dana: most people have the mom and dad take the order form to the office. >> kimberly: thin mins. >> dana: they need -- >> kimberly: weren't you a camp fire girl, too? >> dana: i was. >> eric: saltier than turkey leg at a state fair. greg? >> greg: is this your thing? i have only been doing it for five years. move the goalpost. tha

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notice i had an etf, gnr, and i bought it at $62 and it was trading at $52.80 and i looked at your vailnd i picked it up in 1992. >> i want you to buy more. this is our china play. china can come back. everyone else has written it off. this is an iron ore company. this will be substantially higher. roy in california. >> we heard that warren buffet has purchased the hj heinz company stock. $72.50 a share. >> this is a high quality problem because i wish i made what you did and i'm jealous of you. i think you have to take the money and run. you have to pay the tax man and say to yourself this is what happens in america. if you invest in a really good stock, you can make a ton of money. that is the conclusion of the lightning round. >> the lightning round is >> the light♪ ng round is >>> when a company announces disappointing numbers, i put a stock in the penalty box. asna, that is a house of brands as well as lane bryant and kathrine's, two major plus-sized brands. back in january 10th, asna lowered the full year earnings guidance on a weak holiday season and the need for lots of mark dow

police later arrested a 28-year- old man from sunny vail. he is facing three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and other charges. >>> decision by the cash strapped postal service to spend millions on a conference in san francisco is coming under fire. but the post master general says he can't afford not to attend. protestors are outraged at a time when the u.s. postal service is making drastic cuts, its managers are spending more than $2 million to attend this conference. >> when they are closing plants, taking away jobs from americans. >> yet the post master general says they cannot afford not to attend. this is their best chance to reach their biggest spenders. >> it is a very responsible thing if you take a look in this room the people in this room represent 22 billion dollars of revenue, one third of the revenue in the postal service. >> reporter: vendors say this is their chance to see what is new. >> let them know what we are looking for in mailing and giveus ideas what they have coming up we can utilize. >> reporter: cuts keep co

[applause] >> and ted vail, lpr class of 2009. i am a business person here in colorado. i had the privilege of spending on most a decade overseas, starting businesses in developing countries. you have a unique background and perspective on the following -- what is our role as a country in helping other countries, other people, who we a lot of money into developmental aid, and sometimes one wonders where our principles are in that. what is your perspective yucca -- perspective? >> that's really interesting. during the earthquake in haiti, i still have family members there. i am glad this is the last question. i wanted to say something about that. during that time, i was getting messages through family members of the situation down there. i want you to know that i know more people in the state of utah that went to haiti to help know people in haiti. here is the thing. we as americans have given more voluntarily than any other country. do i believe we have an opportunity to care for those who cannot care for themselves? yes. do i believe that we should, if we have the resou

. >> reporter: the driver of the blue sedan has been identified as 28-year-old dennis of sunny vail authoritiesd in a hit and run nearby and was speeding away when he collided with amato. >> sad the entire family died. >> horrible. >> dozens gathered around the memorial created for the family. his brother was a freshman at west more high and avid soccer play. >> he was always there for me whenever i needed anything. >> reporter: these teens tell me they can't fathom how a friend their own age is gone >> i cared for him i felt he was part of my family i was part of his. i really miss him. >> reporter: dennis, the man accused of killing the family is set to be arraigned in court tomorrow afternoon facing homicide and hit and run charges. live in daily city amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> prosecutors said they won't file charges against mc hammer. that confirms a tweet from the rapper last friday. dublin police say the 50-year- old became argumentative after being stopped at a shopping center. he was arrested on charges of obstructing and resisting an officer the dublin police department says i

. >> reporter: the driver of the blue sedan has been identified as 28-year-old dennis of sunny vail authoritiestell me he was involved in a hit and run nearby and was speeding away when he collided with amato. >> sad the entire family died. >> horrible. >> dozens gathered around the memorial created for the family. his brother was a freshman at west more high and avid soccer player. >> he was always there for me whenever i needed anything. >> reporter: these teens tell me they can't fathom how a friend their own age is gone >> i cared for him i felt he was part of my family i was part of his. i really miss him. >> reporter: dennis, the man accused of killing the family is set to be arraigned in court tomorrow afternoon facing homicide and hit and run charges. live in daily city amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> prosecutors said they won't file charges against mc hammer. that confirms a tweet from the rapper last friday. dublin police say the 50-year- old became argumentative after being stopped at a shopping center. he was arrested on charges of obstructing and resisting an officer the dublin

the search is on for a missing vail containing a killer disease.versity of texas medical branch in galveston. the lab director said the vail contained an emerging disease that caused deadly outbreaks in venezuela and that there's been no breach in security and no indication of any wrongdoing. however the cdc has been notified. the federal government pry forrized guanarito for research because it has the potential to be used by terrorists. >> and this is a strange story. houston authorities blowing the whistle on a train conductor they say that this man robert hartman confessed to stealing more than 50 train horns since 2009. then selling them on ebay. those horns cost about $1500 a pop. union pacific officials say every train engine missing a horn has to be completely taken out of service until it is fixed and replaced. they say hartman's actions cost that railroad more than half a million bucks. >> who steals train whistles? >>> rand paul getting mellow when it comes to marijuana. he was showing more and more of a liberal side on fox this sunday w

blizzard conditions near some of vail's popular ski resorts caused two massive pile-ups. barely see through the snow. 30-car wreck shutting down several miles of i-70. we want to go to karen mcginnis. enough snow already. but where is it going to go? where is spring? give us some reason for hope here. >> well, there is not definitive confidence as to where the system is going to head. but i will tell you that for chicago, you may remember, chicago for 335 days, they didn't see any measurable snowfall and now they see these back-to-back storm systems. it is good because they do need the moisture. 48 inches, that's what some of the amounts are expected. washington, d.c., it may shut down. may or may not. because it does look like right around the metro d.c. area, we could see three to seven, three to eight inches of snowfall. but well to the west, this is where we're looking at significantly heavier amounts. but this isn't going to happen until overnight and going into wednesday. then you'll start to see the wind really pick up. here's some of the snowfall totals we've alre

they include lake cast that, oral vail. state water officials say we need more rain and snow.ther storm is expected in the sierra this weekend. >>> police say the woman who made up a story about being raped on the uc santa cruz campus may face charges. the woman claimed she was attacked. but now she admitted to making the whole thing up. she is not a student at the school. they have sent the police to county prosecutors to decide if she will be charged. >>> have you seen it? the viral craze known as the harlem shake now has the attention of the faa. the video was shot by members of the colorado college frizz by team during a flight to colorado. all the safety measures were followed but the faa says a plane is not a dance hall. >>> time now 5:57. sal, they are dancing in the streets about our commute? >> i like that, dave. >> just an idea. >> i like it. by the way pam i just retweeted you. i liked your last tweet. good morning, everybody. the traffic is moving along pretty well on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. northbound 17 traffic looks good as it turns into 880 in