reporting live in vallejo, i'm jodie hernandez, "nbc bay area news." >>> thank you. another infamous case and dna helping crack this one, the accused golden state killer, joseph deangelo, was back in a sacramento courtroom today. cameras were not allowed inside today, so this is video from friday's hearing. today the judge sided with prosecutors, ruling that deangelo must submit to nude photos. he must also allow more fingerprint and dna collection. prosecutors say this new evidence could likely lead to more convictions. deangelo is accused of killing and raping dozens of people here in california in the 1970s and 1980s. he has not yet entered a plea. >>> we are learning new information about payments made to porn star stormy daniels. the president now admits he paid her. nbc news also learned that federal investigators have been monitoring the phone lines of trump's long-time personal attorney. nbc's blayne alexander is live at the white house with what the new revelations mean for the president. blain. >> reporter: well, janell, as you can imagine certainly both to

this morning it is backed up big time in vallejo.e trying to get away this way going through sonoma and marin county. the latest crash is a motorcycle accident west 80 at pinole valley road. it could be because of the up even pavement so i hear from people who have ridden their bikes over it. but it could be for a variety of things. but one thing we know for sure is it is very slow from vallejo all the way down into richmond and also slow on 680 through walnut creek as people are avoiding 80. this is a big mess for the entire region of the commute. 80 westbound taking 44 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the mac maze. that could go up with the latest crash. this is a look at the bay bridge. it is backed up for 15 to 20 minutes. 880 traffic is beginning to slow down in oakland. and we do see traffic a little bit slow on northbound 880 out of union city getting up to hayward because of an earlier crash. over on the peninsula, we had a rather uneventful morning on 101 driving through san mateo and the belmont area. 280 is doing very

earlier road work cleared but still jammed out of vallejo. 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. . richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (mabrisa rodriguez)an upper level high pressure ridge will move in by thursday and last into early saturday bringing warm and dry weather to the bay area. expect cooler temperatures this weekend, especially sunday. it's shaping up to be a great week weatherwise for outdoor activities, including immediate coastal daytime temperatures should warm up a few more degrees into later this week. ( darya )( darya ) ( darya ) one bay area city is seeing a spike in opioid overdoses. in the past 6 months... police in petaluma have responmded to 21 overdose calls. in 4 of those cases the victims died. one of them was a 16-year- old boy... who police believed died after taking xanax. his mother was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and child endangerment. now kathleen stafford and her friend... heather elliott-hudson are trying to educate y

(pam) vallejo police are hoping the same methods used to arrest the man ...e killer, will help them identify 'the zodiac killer'. but kron 4's maureen kelly reports.. a retired investigator who worked that case, has doubts that the same tactic will work in cracking one of bay area's most infamous unsolved mysteries. my parents are both gone now i know they would've like some closure along time ago that's the voice of melodie long, who's 16 year old sister betty lou jensen was murdered along with her boyfriend david faraday in 1968 while parked on a road in benecia....they were the zodiac killer's first victims.it's one of the bay area's most famous unsolved cases. he attacked seven people total....killing five. but claimed responsibility for more in taunting letters and cryptograms sent to local newspapers.now a vallejo detective says he's submitted two envelopes containing those letters for dna analysis. the goal: to get a genetic profile in order to narrow in on the killer using his family tree. it was that innovative methodology that resulted in the arrest

. >>> today marks two years since 15-year-old pearl pinson after being kidnapped in vallejo. a suspect was killed in a shootout with police in southern california. our ktvu crime reporter henry lee is in vallejo tonight where friends and family are gathering where pearl pinson was last seen. >> reporter: loved ones are holding out hope that pearl pinson will be someday found. they have gathered here regularly since she disappeared and aren't giving up until they know what happened to her. >>> reporter: this footbridge over 780 in vallejo is where 15-year-old pearl pinson was kidnapped as she was headed to school. two years after her disappearance, no one knows where she is. the only person who did, the prime suspect in her disappearance, was killed by police. >> that one little piece can help find her. >> reporter: rose pinson says someone out there knows what happened to her sister and where she may be. >> if you know anything about where he took her, what he did with her, or anything you heard, even a small rumor you think is not important to call right away. >> reporter: i

that is backing up into the vallejo area.ew crash involving two vehicles southbound 880 before state route 92 blocking lane two. emergency crews on the way. this has been there a while northbound 87 before curtner three-car crash in the middle lane. chp working on clearing that right now. highway 4 is quiet for the moment. chp is investigating a serious crash that shut down part of the roadway near hillcrest for hours overnight. several people were airlifted to area hospitals. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live along the highway from officers cleared the scene earlier this morning. hi, amy. >> hi, good morning, alexis. yes, highway 4 now running smoothly. the commute going okay. all lanes reopened. take a look at what it looked like overnight. all lanes were blocked because of this huge crash. first responders had several injuries to deal with. chp tells me at least three people were transported to the hospital. one had to be airlifted out of here. six vehicles were involved. the call came in at 10:30 westbound highwa

that dates back to when they lived in this home in vallejo. according to court document, jonathan allen was charged in 2011 with corporal injury to a spouse, assault with a firearm and making criminal threats. we've learned rogers called police at least two times, claiming allen beat her, put a gun to her mouth and her head and forced her to beg for her life. she also claimed he threatened to kill their children. court documents say allen's threats were so unequivocal his wife feared the immediate prospect of execution. now he is accused of torturing the kids and rogers herself faces child abuse charges. >> it is extremely heartbreaking. we have the kids, you know, in our minds and hearts and we are doing our best to make sure that they get the services and the resources. >> reporter: rogers was immediately taken back into custody in court. and she remains in jail tonight. the couple will be back in court late next week. in vallejo, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> a wild morning at south san francisco at an mcdonald's, police say shortl

it is linked to a family in vallejo pointing the finger at a papa murphy's peizza place. they believe the lettuce was contaminated with e. coli. three members of the family ended up in the hospital. the daughter now has a kidney malfunction. papa murphys has not commented. >>> did you feel it? a 3.2 magnitude centered north of morgan hill. to reports of any damage. plenty of people are choimiimin on the quake on our facebook page. we invite you to join the conversation. >>> in the middle of a white house discussion on sanctuary cities, president trump told jeff sessions to investigate oakland mayor, libby schaaf for obstruction of justice. the remarks drew mixed reactions in the room and strong reaction here in oakland and california. robert handa joins us with what community activists are saying tonight. robert? >> reporter: well, that's right. not too surprisingly, many people we talked to were only moldly aware of a controversy brewing, but once they realized the mayor was in the midst of it that changed pretty quickly. president trump's round table on sanctuary cities

from hercules to vallejo, it is very slow. most of it is because of that roadwork that was late in picking up and is taking away two lanes. if this is your commute, give yourself plenty of extra time, or you might consider using 680 down to concord. a lot of people are doing that. we are seeing slower traffic on 680 from concord to walnut creek. people hearing this will be coming down this way and trying to get over here. that is a natural idea, but it is not original at the moment. westbound 580 we have slowed traffic on the altamont pass. on 205, it is especially slow this morning. after that, it looks all right into livermore, slowing on 238. 880 in oakland, traffic is moving well in both directions. at the bay bridge, so many people are stuck in that backup of the freeway, it is light. if this is your commute, maybe you can take advantage of that and get to the bay bridge sooner rather than later. >> or the metering lights on? >> yes. it is smooth sailing. >>> we have a pretty good fog bank out there. there are some holes

>> vallejo. i'll post the exact information on himy facebook page so everyby can find it. >> if you have a story idea for our bay area proud series, you can let garvin know on his facebook page. look for garvin thomas, nbc bay area, and you can leave him a comment there. >> not all local news is negative. and that is a very powerful story from something negative. >> a positive story. >> take it away jeff. how are we looking? >> the winds going to be picking up over the next couple days and temperatures starting to heat up. i do want to start off with the brand-new weather change coming our way. we have high pressure that will bring the warm air, that's normal, but the thing that's going to bring the wind is this area of low pressure pushing across northern california. think of this area of low pressure like a big vacuum. it's going to suck air from high pressure and pull a ton of air right here through northern california, again, sucking the air from high pressure right here through northern cali

is the unveiling ceremony in downtown vallejo and then following that it's going to be at the templetwo months and every tuesday and every thursday we have a set number of hours for private viewings and we already have educators calling saying i want to bring my class, i want to bring my students, we have art classes saying i want to bring our students so we are happy to provide that space as an opportunity for educators and law enforcement agents to say look at what we have created here, look what has come out of tragedy. >> and for you personally, to be able to say, after all of these months, after kind of coming up with this idea, i'm going to see it, you know, unfold, people come in and take a look at it and when you think about your son, take me to how you're feeling right now. >> well, you know, it's bittersweet. it's something to celebrate that we have created something, we have transformed something, but it's also a reminder that we are here because he's not and that's the case for many of the artists too and if it can raise awareness, if it can prevent fewer mothers like me

>>> resonance of eight vallejo home or without a permanent place to leave tonight as a fire raced through the house. >>> police in paris suspect terrorism as a knife wielding man step several victims and one victim does not make it. >>> good evening to you. it took vallejo fire crews more than one hour to stop a five alarm fire that broke out this afternoon and the flames spread to neighboring homes. our reporter is live at the scene, and has the fire investigators figured out what started the fire? >> reporter: it was a huge fire and the fire investigators are still looking for the cause, but they do believe it started in the back and between two properties, and spread with the aid of those tall cypress trees. the neighbor said they thought it was good to be much worse. >> reporter: neighbors feared this fire could destroy their neighborhood. >> i said this cannot be good because of the big black smoke. >> the trees caught immediately and they said there was a lot of gas and propane tanks back there. >> reporter: the back fence and trees were burning just as this man was pulling into the

in vallejo, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> and pennsylvania pennsylvania murphys just issued a statement to abc 7 news which reads the healthy and safety of customers is high priority and we strive to take every precaution to ensure the products meet strict safety and quality standards. immediately upon hearing the announcement by the cdc on april 13th out of abundance of caution we directed our system to remove product from our stores and inventory. unfortunately we can't comment on any pending legal matters. >>> president trump took another shot at oakland mayor libby schaff during a summit with several california leaders who oppose the state sanctuary policies process. the president urged jeff sessions to investigate oakland mayor libby schaff for strikeouting justice for alerting her community about looming immigration raids. one california leertd at the event says the problem of illegal immigration is the result of pliks not humanitarian concerns. >> our people are the ones hurting. sacramento is because they lost an election for god sakes get

. >>> y a propósito de este mismo tema, un incendio de cinco alarmas destruyó una casa en vallejo, ens aledañas sufrieron daños mínimos y un completjuegos de apartamentos fueron atendidos, 4 pescadores sanos y salvos luego de ser rescatados por la guardia costera en el condado de solano, la guardia costera utilizó un helicóptero en el rescate, las autoridades en san josé investigan el choque de un auto con el tren ligero poco antes de las 4 de la tarde, según la policía varias personas resultaron heridas, se desconoce su estado de salud, una acción caritativa fue cuestionada, distribuyen también marihuana, nos explican la justificación de este grupo ♪. >>> primero lo muelen y luego lo enrrollan, completaron mil cigarrillos de marihuana el fin de semana, marihuana para indigentes, su fundador nos explica dan alimentos y productos básicos. >>> les damos que el cannabis pueda ayudar. >>> las donaciones respetan la ley, máximo una onza de cannabis, equivalente a 55 cigarrillos de la droga, pero la legalidad de la obra no es lo único controversial. >>> van a caer en manos que no deben caer

nbc bay area's cheryl hurd was at tonight a vigil in vallejo. so heartbreaking for this family not to have any answers so far. >> reporter: that's right, jess. it was a difficult night for pearl's people and for investigators still working on this case. they were all here tonight, and they tell me they're confident pearl will be found. >> we expected to have her back home the day she was taken. and then coming to two years, it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: heartbreaking and emotional. the family and friends of pearl pinson. tonight's vigil held at the same vallejo overpass where she was last seen being dragged away, bleeding and screaming. 19-year-old fernando castro, believed to have kidnapped her. there's no evidence the two knew each other. >> her being so young, i feel like he couldn't have done it on his own. >> reporter: castro was killed in a shoot-out with police on the central coast one day after she was taken. pinson's blood was found in his car. off and on for two years, solano county sheriffs deputies have been searching coastal snon

we have a new accident in vallejo blocking a couple of lanes.s is already beginning to back traffic up. this is pretty much one of the most heavy -- heavily traveled spots in vallejo. there is a crash again blocking a couple of lanes. it came in just a little while ago. you can see also traffic on 37th is busy getting out of the vallejo area heading over to sonoma and marin county. we talked about the macarthur maze a pose. between the carquinez bridge and amaze. and at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is backed up. we still have traffic on 880. this looks good into downtown oakland. san jose, we have standing water and a couple of the right lanes. southbound 280 before highway 87. they've opened up a couple of lanes here. it is still very much a problem and they say it's going to be there probably for the first -- for the rest of the morning commute anyway. and you can see it's already causing slow traffic in the area. there are the road sensors here. traffic is going to be backed up. one of the things that you can do is use 85 and 11 getting into

vallejo police are hoping the same methods used to arrest the man...en state killer... will help them identify the zodiac killer.( james ) but kron 4's maureen kelly tells us... it may not be that simple. my parents are both gone now i know they would've like some closure along time ago that's the voice of melodie long, who's 16 year old sister betty lou jensen was murdered along with her boyfriend david faraday in 1968 while parked on a road in benecia....they were the zodiac killer's first victims.it's one of the bay area's most famous unsolved cases. he attacked seven people total....killing five. but claimed responsibility for more in taunting letters and cryptograms sent to local newspapers.now a vallejo detective says he's submitted two envelopes containing those letters for dna analysis. the goal: to get a genetic profile in order to narrow in on the killer using his family tree. it was that innovative methodology that resulted in the arrest joseph deangelo, the man police say is the golden state killer and the east area rapist. i'm glad to hear

a missing vallejo teen's father...r pearl pinson.( darya ) this friday marks two years since her disappearance. kron 4's j.r. stone talked with the family. sot does it get easier as time goes by? no....no i've been on a two year nightmare. a nightmare that i haven't woken up from.james pinson talking about his daughter pearl pinson. who was kidnapped two years ago when she was 15 as she walked along this overpass on her way to school in vallejo. dragged off and possibly shot in the process. james remembers that day well and wonders if his daughter is still alive.sot my little brother comes out saying that someone told him that some little girl with green hair was shot at the overpass and we went out right away looking for her...i didn't believe it was her and even after we came up and found her phones i didn't believe it was her until we seen the blood up there.natssot another witness said that they seen pearl running with a bloddy face....one of pearl's friends said that she seen pearl being thrown in the trunk of his

some vallejo residents aren't aware of the connection. >> i did not know that.e spree, the zodiac wrote tantalizing coded messages and sent them to newspapers. dna testing hasn't led to a suspect. with the arrest last week of the alleged golden state killer with the help of dna, that's renewed hope. several months ago vallejo police sent envelopes from the zodiac to the dna lab for testing hoping to obtain a full profile from saliva and the envelope and stamps. >> one of the most challenging parts of my career. >> reporter: the vallejo mayor is a former homicide detective to investigated a zodiac suspect in the 1990s. -- who investigated a zodiac suspect in the 1990s. >> the database grows exponentially and who knows, there could be that possibility that somewhere within that database lies our suspect. he could be dead for all we know. >> reporter: jerry johnson retired from the naval investigative service after looking into the zodiac case. he is part of a group of retired law enforcement officials who say they have identified a suspect who is indeed dead. john

some vallejo residents aren't aware of the connection. >> i did not know that.ing the spree, the zodiac wrote tantalizing coded messages and sent them to newspapers. no suspect yet. with the arrest last week of the alleged golden state killer with the help of dna, that's renewed hope. several months ago vallejo police sent envelopes from the zodiac to the dna lab for testing hoping to obtain a full profile from saliva and the envelope and stamps. >> one of the most challenging parts of my career. >> reporter: the vallejo mayor is a former homicide detective to investigated a zodiac suspect in the 1990s. >> the database grows exponentially and who knows, there could be that possibility that somewhere within that database lies our suspect. he could be dead for all we know. >> reporter: jerry johnson retired from the naval investigative service after looking into the zodiac case. he is part of a group of retired law enforcement officials who say they have identified a suspect who is indeed dead. johnson is optimistic that advances in dna testing could finally close

reporting live in vallejo, i'm jodie hernandez, "nbc bay area news." >>> thank you. a settlement on the chevron refinery fire in richmond. chevron has agreed to pay $5 million to end litigation over a refinery fire dating back to 2012. this is video from that day. you can see the massive plume of black smoke over the east babe. that day 15,000 people went to the hospital complaining of respiratory problems. the fire led to new workplace safety laws in california. >>> first the homeowners and now the construction crews, the new rash of burglaries in the north bay fire zone. the sonoma county sheriff's deputies say thieves are targeting storage trailers at construction sites. the trailers were even blocked by heavy equipment, meaning the thieves had to move the equipment to gain access. deputies are boosting patrols in that area. >>> a homeless man in the east bay has been arrested for peeping and lewd conduct. burglary police say daniel ramos mora peeked into a woman's window while tecouching himself. this happened tuesday around 3:00 a.m. >>> no new sex ed. the board

a missing vallejo teen's father...or the first time since the kidnapping of his daughter pearl pinson. this friday marks two years since her disappearance. kron 4's j.r. stone talked with the family... who says they are still grieving. sot does it get easier as time goes by? no....no i've been on a two year nightmare. a nightmare that i haven't woken up from.james pinson talking about his daughter pearl pinson. who was kidnapped two years ago when she was 15 as she walked along this overpass on her way to school in vallejo. dragged off and possibly shot in the process. james remembers that day well and wonders if his daughter is still alive.sot my little brother comes out saying that someone told him that some little girl with green hair was shot at the overpass and we went out right away looking for her...i didn't believe it was her and even after we came up and found her phones i didn't believe it was her until we seen the blood up there.natssot another witness said that they seen pearl running with a bloddy face....

at least a very big distraction coming out of vallejo and in towards richmond. that's a very slow drive and you can get over to the venetia bridge or highway 37, down closer to the bay. because that traffic that was held up in hercules and sunol, lighter backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's better nouz for folks and easy drive for oakland. slowing down at high street. not a whole lot of problems and south bay we're going to end with this shot of san jose, how light it was -- >> 6:01 right now. they plan to build tunnels and transport water from here to southern california. could end up costing you. petesuratos is live and all of us water in some capacity. how will this affect our wallets? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus, contra costa county water district discussing it in a meeting rater this evening but the big news will come out of santa clara's water district where they take a vote on exactly how they are going to fund that project you just mentioned and it do mecould mea an increase in water bills for residents in the south bay. when it comes

that will be an issue from vallejo to the bay bridge.et's take our waze system and we'll show you what's going on. your drive time out of vallejo through the backup, two and a half hours to get in the city because metering lights are now on at the bay bridge. mapping out a couple of options, purple route goes across ven eesh sha bridge, saving an hour. likewise highway 37 to the north bay, that also saves an hour. nbc bay area wazers, watch for team name to reveal itself. saving you time and getting you this information. back out to the maps. the bay bridge toll plaza, does show an easier light drive because of the folks held up on the upper east shore freeway and starting to see the backup at the richmond/san rafael bridge. >>> coming up here, cancer mystery. dozens of people dying notiiagn an extremely rare form of cancer. we'll tell you about the link between most of the cases coming up. >>> be wear of bugs, illnesses from ticks and mosquitos and flea bites tripled in past yea6 2004. >>> a study shows women may be setting down wine gl

vallejo police are working off of two envelopes. they contain some of the letters the custody yack killer sent to police and newspapers taunting them with mysterious skriefrs. the vallejo victims were a young couple. she died but he vifd. over the past half century the search for the serial killer resulted in books, movies, potential suspects and even confessions. but nothing has been conclusive. investigators say they haven't given up hoping new dpa technology will allow them to finally solve the puzzle that the custody yack killer was so fond of. >> thank you. i want to take you back out to the breaking news in marin county live pictures from sky 7. according to the marin county sheriffs department two people have been shot. they have been taken to the hospital. and we learned moments ago from authorities this situation is now contained. there is no threat to residents in that area. the shooting happened inside an apartment complex on east blight dale avenue and tower drive. the shelter in place we talked about before has been lif

looks pretty good from vacaville, fairfield, vallejo. we had a little bit of work near the carquinez bridge. it's being taken up and there's no slow traffic. you can see it is a nice looking dry getting out there. at the bay bridge, we have a little more slow traffic in some of those outside lanes. for the most part, we're off to a pretty nice start here. getting into san francisco. let's go back to the desk. >>> teenager from vacaville was shot and killed near the santa cruz boardwalk and three people were arrested. the san francisco chronicle reports the teenager who died and the suspect were all in a car at the boardwalk parking lots. reports say the boy was shot once in the torso. he was rushed to the hospital but he died shortly after. police say they did recovered the gun but they are not seeing with the motive for the shooting may have been. >>> today, san francisco board of supervisors is expected to grill the company accused of falsifying results from the toxic cleanup at the hunters point naval shipyard. tetra tech has been und

i recently caught up with roberto velez vallejo.erto: we need to do a great effort to increase coffee consumption in producing countries. consuming countries are doing well. the general picture of coffee consumption is doing fine, 1.5%, 2% per year, yet we still have too much room among producing countries' consumers to really increase the number of coffee cups served. we just coming from ico -- and i was meeting with a representative from india, and he was telling me the middle class is starting to drink coffee. i said, that sounds great. he said, you know how many people? 450 million. if you count india and take a country like indonesia with over 200 million people, you take vietnam, and columbia itself, all the producing countries, that is the key. to be able to grow reduction in consumption at the same time. alix: is there a price, though, where farmers have to close up shop? roberto: there is a price. there is a price. alix: are we close to it? roberto: the cost of production, we are now more or less even or under the cost of p

getting out to vallejo and hercules and driving toward the carquinez bridge bridge. no major issues as you drive out toward richmond. >>> let's go back to the desk. >>> there is no a vacancy on the santa clara city council after the board accepted the resignation of dominic caserta. >> dominic caserta step down from that job and called off his campaign for the county board of supervisors. he is accused of assaulting or harassing nine women. >> reporter: emotions ran high at tuesday night council meeting as some of dominic caserta's accusers came forward. the accused him of both verbal abuse and harassment. >> he screamed at me and called me disgusting and respectable. he said i was one of his favorites but now i was the lowest of the low. >> why is he still teaching? he is a sexual predator. he needs to be registered. >> reporter: one person held up a #time's up sign. after nine complete -- police reports filed against him, some residents are in bully -- are in disbelief. in a statement, dominic caserta says the allegations against me are false in every sense of the

in san rafael, 71 and vallejo, 66. keep that sweater close by and we are watching a low over the great basin with activity over the sierra was scattered storms later and scattered showers because of what is going on to the east of us. we will be dealing with this in the west with a chance of drizzle in your forecast by late tonight and early tomorrow morning and you may have to use your windshield wiper with some misty conditions heading toward california. we may be impacted a little bit more with a slight chance of light precipitation. eresill be below average for the week. >>> big backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, earlier than usual. every morning we see more and more cars joining the commute and it's happening. we have the backup stretching beyond the over crossing and it is definitely causing some drivers to be late. they may not be late, but it is a delay that you have to factor into your drive. chp has issued a sig alert on 880 with a backup developing along 980. speeds are dipping below 10 miles-an-hour and t

the "sacramento bee" reports that vallejo police have submitted letters and envelopes from the zodiac killer to a private lab to obtain a dna profile. the hope that those envelopes he licked closed years ago might be the final piece to crack the case. the question for dr. miller a forensic dna expert is how that evidence was stored all these years. >> it was stored in, say, a air-conditioned environment, out of the sunlight, and it wasn't exposed to any chemicals it might be good for 50 years particularly if it were refrigerated. >> reporter: on the other hand -- >> if it were kept in a box in a warehouse subjected to heat and cold cycles, you probably wouldn't get anything off after 40 years. there's the potential to get a full dna profile. >> reporter: the lead detective in the zodiac case says he hopes to use the same open source dna database technique that helped identify joseph deangelo as the suspect in the golden state killer case. kpix 5's security analyst jeff harp former assistant special agent in charge of the san francisco fbi office says law enforcement will seize upon th

caltrans plans to repaint lines on westbound 880 from vallejo into fairfield. crews will be applying paint that will increase visibility when the roads where -- are wet or at night. this will go on until the middle of august. >>> 19 bay area students are brushing up on their spelling skills this morning, ahead of the biggest contest of the year. preliminaries of the annual scripps national spelling bee kick off in maryland in a few hours. hundreds of hopefuls from all over the country will take part in the 91st annual national spelling bee. the preliminary rounds will continue through tomorrow. the championship round takes place on thursday. first price is more than $40,000. last year a fresno student to come the trophy. >>> hundreds of people gather to honor servicemembers and their families in san bruno yesterday. lots of patriotic music filled the air at the golden gate national cemetery. one of the original rosie "the riveter"'s spoke during that ceremony. their matching is. a sometimes controversial war memorial in lafayette has an uncertain future. this h

. >>> vallejo community leaders are holding a big welcome to further land. -- for the land. the public is invited to celebrate the arrival of the emirate from 12:32 to that 30 this afternoon. -- 2:30 this afternoon. the ceremony will include music from the vallejo high school drum line. >> bravo. >>> 4:17. i knew you gave sal the day off . i didn't know you were bringing in the a man. >> that was a very kind of you. >> all the a's. >> let's just stick with the a's. traffic looking very good around the bay area. first, we will take you to the south bay. we will talk about the gilroy's a brick -- gilroy super commute. no problems getting up into san jose. now, here's a live look at 101 coming up into downtown san francisco. things are moving along nicely. on both sides of the freeway. i should point out that there was a crash that the chp was working on in san francisco northbound 11 at vermont street. they may still be out there dealing with the aftermath of that earlier accident. so bear that in mind as you head out the door. finally, here's a live look at interstate 880 in

vallejo 13. look at fairfield. antioch, 26-mile-per-hour sustained winds in. but you see these areas shaded in yellows and oranges. that's a sign of stronger winds to come throughout the day today getting stronger. around 6 p.m., gusts up to 2025 miles per hour. and then by 7 p.m. tonight -- 20, 25 miles per hour. and then by 7 p.m. tonight even breezier. that will continue today and tomorrow causing cooler temperatures. so dramatic cooldown today all because of this low dipping on further south. and it's just right off the coast. not going to bring us rain. all we see will be showers. temperatures look at this we are well below average now. yesterday we were talking about temperatures about 10 degrees above average but now for concord 10 degrees below your afternoon high today. expected to reach around 69, 70 degrees inland. around the bay, temperatures in the low 60s. so you're going to notice that cooldown. here's the seven-day forecast. the next couple of days in the 60s and 70s. no 80s or 90s in sight but then we are warming back up in time for the weeken

she operates a kennel on carolina street in vallejo. a judge granted a preliminary injunction against her. the animal legal defense fund brought a lawsuit against her and alleges her kennel, where she has all the dogs where several complaints of unsanitary breeding conditions, dating back nearly 20 years. >>> we now have a followup on the deadly tesla crash that happened offer the weekend. tesla confirming today, the driver of the car was not using auto pilot when that car crashed near san ramon. police say 34 year old keith leon was driving that model s when the car veered off crow canyon road and ended up in a pond. leon died at the scene. he was a member of a band and friends say he lived for music. investigators are looking into the cause of that crash. >>> it all started with colin kaepernick taking a my. today nfl own earns announced a new league policy for all players to stand and respect the flag and national anthem. nbc bay area's robert handa joins us live from the levi stadium with more. >> reporter: obviously, because of col

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) ( darya ) police in vallejo areler.( james ) they are now trying to use d-n-a to track down a suspect the same way that sacramento police used d-n-a to find the suspected golden state killer. the zodiac killer killed at least 5 people but claimed for more in taunting letters and cryptograms sent to local newspapers. now a vallejo detective says he's submitted two envelopes containing those letters for d-n-a analysis. the goal is to get a genetic profile in order to narrow in on the killer using his family tree... the same way police tracked down the suspected golden state killer... joseph d'angelo.( darya ) 16 year old betty lou jenson was murdered along with her boyfriend david faraday in 1968 while parked on a road in benecia.... they were the zodiac killer's first victims. jensen's sister is now hoping for justice. ( james ) results from th