it's been more than 2 years since the kidnapping of a vallejo teenager.ily of pearl pinson wants to make sure no one else goes through the pain they've been delaing with. kron 4's justine waldman shows us how they're teaching kids how to fight back against a kidnapper. nats thank you!a brand new backpack ... stuffed with all the right supplies.this gift is, something the kids at the vallejo mobile home rv park really liked.sot it is nice and now i dont have to go buy a new backpack anymoresot it is prettythe family of missing teenager pearl pinson helped plan this giveaway, all with donations.they wanted to help their community have a successful school year.not just with pencils, but with the power to know what to in the face of a predator.rose sot teaching these kids how to defend themselves in that sutaion and is us feeling that what we went through could help themin may of 2016, pearl pinson was abducted on her way to school.the only suspect in the case, died in a shoot-out with police.the pain of not knowing where she is, never goes away.sot we are do

who has now been identified as 49 year old jaime manuel of vallejo... were rushed to the hospital... but did not survive.. now the chief of c-h-p golden state division has a message for all drivers. (vicki) the suspect driver in the pick up is also in the hospital and is being interviewed and is cooperating with the investigation. (grant) san ja man who brazenly stole a laptop right out of the hands of it's owner... right in the middle of the day. you can see in this vidinto the grind coffee house on concourse drive. he checks the place out as he walks to the back. only moments later... he grabs the laptop and runs out the door. the laptop owner tries to chase after him but the suspect jumped into the passenger side of a black cadillac and drove off. so far police have no

in vallejo, michelle kingston, kron 4 news" (grant) the body of a hiker...issing in yosemite for the past month... has been found. san jose native scott tenczar was last seen at the bridgeport ranger station on july 25. tenczar had planned to backpack from robinson creek to peeler lake...visiting several other popular spots as well. the 48-year-old was an afghanistan veteran and taught english in south korea. authorities have yet to release more information about what happened to him.. (vicki) police in san francisco are investigating a shooing in the mission distrcit...which sent a teenager to the hospital. the shooting got called in just after 1:00 sunday morning. police found a 16 year old boy on capp street near 18th street...he had been shot. three suspects approached the victim...one said something to him, then shot him, according to police. paramedics took the boy to the hospital...he is expected to be okay. tonight, police are still looking for the suspects. (vicki) a reminder for people to take bart in oakland. buses will be replacing bart trains in

(pam) police are asking for your help finding a vallejo man ...of kidnapping and sexual assault. he is considered armed and dangerous. 33-year-old kenneth weathersby is wanted for two separate kidnappings and sexual assaults of female victims. he is described as six feet- three inches tall... weighing 230 -pounds. united states marshals are offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. (pam) in san jose... presentation high school is facing legal action.. in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of former students. (ken) a civil suit brought by a former student alleges she was molested back in 2003 by former presentation theater director jefferey hicks. kenneth turek/plaintiff's attorney "...when she tried to end the abuse, hicks told her he would kill himself and have her arrested"(ken) the suit also alleges that former principal mary miller knew about the abuse but failed to report it to authorities. in a statement presentation callled the allegations false and misleading and looks forward to it's day in court.

this happened on georgia street in vallejo just before 3 am. police were in the area on patrol and responded after smelling smoke. that is when they were flagged down by the 11-year-old girl. ktvu's azenith smith spoke with friends of the victim and she joins us now in vallejo. >>> the friends are just devastated. all night they have been dropping off flowers and teddy bears for the young victim. police are calling the fire suspicious but they will not tell us why. friends say there were problems inside the home. >> hearing this now, it makes me really shocked. >> reporter: through tears, 14- year-old sarah to log is heartbroken, remembering her two classmates.the twin 14-year sisters died in a fire at their home overnight. >> knowing that they were going through a hard time, it made me feel sad. >> reporter: she is especially devastated since she received this text while she was asleep , just before 2 am from one of the girls. it read " sarah, are you awake? i am really scared." >> it is really sad to know that that was her last words to me. >

vallejo police releasing this statement: they say the mother in the home... "mau dao... set herself on fire" ... and "dao's suicide and arson also resulted in the deaths of her two 14 year old daughters." "the vallejo police department has classified this case as a suicide that resulted in two homicides." dao's 11 year old daugher was also in the home...but she was able to make it out alive...she is now with her father. (pam)(pam) in oakland ... family members and friends of some of the 36 people who lost their lives in the 2016 ghost ship warehouse fire ... expressed their anger and anguish .... during todays' sentencing of the two men being held criminally responsible. (ken) several asked the judge to toss out the plea deal for the two men who've pleaded no contest to 36 counts of involentary manslaughter. the master tenant... derek almena... cut a deal giving him a nine year prison sentence. the warehouse tenant who helped collect rent and book shows... max harris... is expected to get six years... but both are expected to serve far less. terry ewing the s

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live outside the vallejo police department with the latest. wayne? >> good evening, dan. as you'll hear in a moment, vallejo police are now treating this as a triple homicide investigation. they're that serious about it. they were not saying much today. friends over the girls were talking, however. a house with a red tag in front. a burned window in back. on georgia street in vallejo, a lingering smell of smoke and more than a taint of foul play. >> it's quite horrible what happened to them, how they died, and how they should have -- they shouldn't deserve this. this is not what they deserved. >> 14-year-old twins trinh and tram and presumably her mother never escaped when it caught fire. a younger sister escaped and flagged down a police car. >> it appears to be intentional. it's suspicious in nature and i can't go into any further deals than that. >> that makes it a murder case? >> it's being investigated as a homicide, yes. >> police have a suspect or a motive, they're not saying. but friends of the girls told us there had been household st

. >>> investigators are calling a deadly house fire in vallejo suspicious. an 11-year-old girl escaped the fire early yesterday on georgia street and flagged down police, but her twin sisters who were both 14 died along with their mom. a friend of the twins says she got a text from one of them at 2 a.m. just before the fire. it said, "are you awake? i'm really scared." >> it's really sad to hear that that was her last words to me, that she feels really scared, but i couldn't read it because i was asleep. >> vallejo police opened a criminal investigation into the cause of that fire. >>> coming up at 6:00 details on a memorial for the twins that is just getting underway. >>> the search is on for a shooter who opened fire and killed a driver on the bay bridge this morning around 2:30 a.m. the chp said someone in an unidentified vehicle opened fire on an suv on the lower deck. the driver died at the scene. two passengers were taken to the hospital. both will be okay. the suv also crashed into another car on the bridge. right now the suspect is still on the loose

a vallejo teen who was abducted two years ago..wants to make sure another family does not go through what they did. the pinson family helped organize a backpack drive at the vallejo mobile home r-v park. they wanted to help their community to have a successful school year.. but they also wanted to teach an important lesson about self defense. ( darya ) the vallejo police the vallejo police department stopped by to teach kids what do do if a stranger approaches them on the streets. the pinson family says it's a good time to talk to kids about stranger danger. ( james ) coming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... one bay area community is shocked to find ku klux klan flyers in their neighborhood. ( james )and after the break....cameras catch a brazen thief stealing a laptop at a bay area coffee shop. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. ( will ) get to the ross shoe event and ge

(mk)lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she had struck something in the road way.he wasn't sure what it was."just before 2 am on monday ... police say a woman called them and said she arrived home to find a man under her car.later identified as 47 year old bill veikoso.he was dragged nearly a mile -- and was dead when she discovered him in her driveway.his shoes ... shirt and bracelet found on burges road near agnes lane -- and now police say they believe he was already laying there when the woman struck him and kept driving.lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she remembers seeing some clothing or debris in the roadway and by the time the headlights coverd it she couldnt do anything about it she felt a thud or a thump she continued on her way a little but nothing seemed out of the ordinary so she continued driving"police say there's no hood or windshield damage to the chevy pickup the 28 year old driver was operating and that she's cooperating with the investigation.she's not in custody at this time -- but was operating with a suspended license and has an outstand

personas ahora tenemos las declaraciones de los residentes >> en la entrada de esta residencia en vallejoe que vio al par de hermanas el fin de semana pasado y se preparaban para ir a décimo grado amigas de la familia dijeron que la mujer que murió era su madre la vecina notó la casa silenciosa en horas previas a la tragedia >> el fin de semana había gente siempre tenían una luz y ese día esa noche todo estaba apagado >> pensó que estaban de viaje porque los carros estaban en la casa el silencio continuó >> escuché gritos diciendo ayuda >> pensando que la causa de la tragedia es sospechosa hasta el cierre de la edición la policía de vallejo no había respondido a las llamadas una niña de 11 años avisó al policía qué pasaba >> (inaudible) >> amigos de la escuela preparatoria donde atendían a la joven hacen preparativos para recordarla en vallejo noticiero telemundo 48 >> hoy se identificó las cinco personas que murieron al caer en una aeronave cuatro de los cinco ocupantes de la aeronave eran residentes de la bahía personas pensaron que era un choque de vehículos >> a veces chocan vehículos

kron 4's dan kerman is live in vallejo tonight with the details. dan? sunday's early morning fire at this vallejo home led to the deaths of a mother and her two 14-year old daughters... their 11 year old sister survived... since their deaths a memorial has been growing outside the home... and talk has continued about the fire being intentionally set. now we have the gruesome details. vallejo police say it turns out the mother "mau dao... set herself on fire" ... and "dao's suicide and arson also resulted in the deaths of her two 14 year old daughters." "the vallejo police department has classified this case as a suicide that resulted in two homicides." two homicides." (grant) another big story tonight... it was an emotionally gut wrenching day inside the courtroom during the sentencing phase of the ghost-ship warehouse fire case.. max harris and derek almena's lawyers cut a deal with the alameda county district attorney and pleaded no contest to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. kron4's maureen kelly was there as family members of some of the fire

this happened early this morning in vallejo near i-80 and georgia street.ela aregawi was there and spoke to people who knew the victims. tragedy strikes overnight in this quiet community..when a fire kills a family of three. police say. around 2:45 sunday morning.. officers on routine patrol smelled smoke coming out of this home on georgia street.and then a heartbreaking sight.. an 11 year old girl desperately flagging them down for help. leut jason potts/vallejo police department they saw that the windows, there was smoking billowing from the windows. they forced entry through one of the side doors. as they did that, they noticed that the house was fully engulfed in flames. few moments after that, vallejo fire department responded and was able to safely contain and put out the fire pretty quickly and were able to get the three victims out.a mother and her 15 year old twin daughters.they died on the scene. she was transported to a local hospital and died of her injuries hours later.we spoke with a woman who tells me her daughter is best friends with the twi

the vallejo commute is going to be very slow. one thing that will happen is more people will be stopped behind the carquinez bridge. if you're driving in hercules and pinole you might get a break. let's go to some other commutes that are slow . the 580 commute at 205 is very slow coming into the altamont pass. it gets better from livermore to dublin. 880 is slowing down between 238 and getting down to about tennyson road. all of these commutes are slow. we talked about san jose. san mateo and dunbarton bridge commutes are okay if you're driving through. i want to mention that in san jose northbound 680 still has a closure of northbound 680 at capital expressway. more people coming up on northbound 101 heading to 880 that way. let's go back to the desk. >>> we continue to watch that situation that sal mentioned, the shutdown of 680 in the san jose area. a 5 mile stretch of northbound interstate closed after a shooting on the freeway. you are looking at some of the scene. a driver of that black car was hit by a few bullets. you can

first responders pronounced the 47-year-old from vallejo dead. police say the driver has a suspended license but is cooperating, and drugs and alcohol are not suspected. investigators say the woman's truck had no bumper or windshield damage, and they say it's possible the man was already lying in the road when the truck hit him. >>> the b.a.r.t. system is considering making changes to its fare gates to make it more difficult for fare evaders to cheat the system. it's a costly problem. rob malcolm tells us that b.a.r.t. says as many as 22,000 people slip through on a daily basis, and that that cost b.a.r.t. as much as $25 million a year. >> reporter: one by one with our cameras rolling in less than no time, fare evaders made quick work of the entry gates. in 20 minutes, close to a dozen cheaters slipped through, oblivious to our cameras and the $75 fine. for law-abiding riders, this is a problem. >> we are all trying to get to the same place. and, we all have our fair share. >> this isn't fair to the customers that pay. everybody needs to pay when

de aÑos.-- residente de vallejo de 40 aÑos.n sexy-- en este momento. >> provocando durante horas retrasos en la circulaciÓn. por eso, dice la vocera de la patrulla de caminos, siempre hay que tener en cuenta.previsi cinturÓn de velocidad. si poner mucha atenciÓn. >> el oficial de la patrulla de caminos que lamentablemente perdiÓ la vida era casado y tenÍa tres hijos de familia. de momento el incidente se encuentra bajo investigaciÓn y en consecuencia la dependencia estÁ solicitando la colaboraciÓn de automovilistas que hayan sido testigos de este trÁgico accidente y que puedan aportar informaciÓn para deslindar responsabilidades. m reporte en vivo. de regreso contigo a nuestros estudios centrales. palmira: en san josÉ una llamada la policÍa sobre un auto sospechoso permitiÓ el arresto de cuatro sujetoscatalogados como altamente peligrosos. entre los arrestados estÁ una mujer y tres hombres acusados de realizar por lo menos siete crÍmenes. el vocero de la policÍa de san josÉ manifestÓ que pese a que intentaron escapar en los aut

vallejo police say a man found dead under a truck had drugs in his system...ding meth and cocaine. this an update to a story we first told you about tuesday morning. a woman found 47-year-old bill veikoso under truck. police believe he was laying on road... when the woman hit him and kept driving. he was dragged for nearly a mile -- and was dead when she found him in her driveway. the woman is cooperating with the investigation. she is not expected to be arrested for veikoso's death. ( james ) polcie in san jose are investigating an armed robbery at the 7-eleven on 6th street. the robbery happened yesterday afternoon around 2:30. the victim said he was held at gun point and forced to withdraw money from various a-t-m's. the victim was not injured. ( darya ) in the south bay... santa clara county is getting more than 2-million dollars in federal grants to repair flood damage. more than a million dollars will go to neighborhoods in san jose.. impacted the coyote creek flood in 2017. 11-thousand people were forced out of their homes... and several mobile home par

(mk)lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she had struck something in the road way. what it was."just before 2 am on monday ... police say a woman called them and said she arrived home to find a man under her car.later identified as 47 year old bill veikoso.he was dragged nearly a mile -- and was dead when she discovered him in her driveway.his shoes ... shirt and bracelet found on burges road near agnes lane -- and now police say they believe he was already laying there when the woman struck him and kept driving.lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she remembers seeing some clothing or debris in the roadway and by the time the headlights coverd it she couldnt do anything about it she felt a thud or a thump she continued on her way a little but nothing seemed out of the ordinary so she continued driving"police say there's no hood or windshield damage to the chevy pickup the 28 year old driver was operating and that she's cooperating with the investigation.she's not in custody at this time -- but was operating with a suspended license and has an outstanding warrant.th

. >> joining us outside the vallejo police department with the latest. wayne. >> reporter: we're hoping for more from the vallejo police department this afternoon and say they may not have more information until tomorrow. this is a sad story about two twin girls. they loved pop music and wrestling together on a junior high school team and their friends loved them. today, those friends were talking. outside this partially burned home on georgia street in vallejo, a lingering smell of smoke and more than a taint of foul play in the air. >> it's quite horrible what happened to them and how they died. they didn't deserve it. not what they deserved. >> reporter: 14-year-old twins and presumably their mother never escaped their home when it caught fire early sunday morning. vallejo police and fire have been investigating ever since. >> it appears to be intentional, suspicious in nature and i can't go into further details than that. >> reporter: a murder case, right? >> it's being investigated as a homicide. >> reporter: friends of the girls told us there had b

a vallejo teen who was abducted two years ago..ly does not go through what they did. the pinson family helped organize a backpack drive at the vallejo mobile home r-v park. they wanted to help their community to have a successful school year.. but they also wanted to teach an important lesson about self defense. ( darya )help them>( darya ) the vallejo police department stopped by to teach kids what do do if a stranger approaches them on the streets. the pinson family says it's a good time to talk to kids about stranger danger. ( james ) still ahead on the kron four morning news... one bay area man is turning his passion for food into an act of kindness. ( james ) plus... the a's look to stick to their winning ways while visiting the angels. we have those highlights. ( james ) and after the break... once taboo... tattoos might help you land a new job. we have the details. ( john ) and i am tracking your b

vallejo police say just before 2:00 a.m., a driver called them to report a man underneath her car. markings in the roadway show where the man's shirt, shoes and bracelet came off. police say the woman didn't realize the man was underneath her car until she drove three-quarter of a mile home. >> i've been doing this job 23 years. this is probably the second or third where i had someone drug at some point. where they didn't necessarily know immediately there was a body. >> reporter: the coroner's office identified the body as 47-year-old of vallejo. neighbors were stunned. >> it's pretty tragic. i don't understand how anybody can hit them and not be cognizant of that. >> reporter: police say the victim may have already been down. >> there's no damage to the windshield or front hood or grill. >> reporter: the driver was driving on a suspended license and police aren't certain why and she had an related warrant for theft. >> the consented to drug and alcohol tests. >> reporter: there were no objective signs to suggest she was under the influence. police say they're now trying to get in

(mk)lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she had struck something in the road way. she wasn't sure what it was."just before 2 am on monday ... police say a woman called them and said she arrived home to find a man under her car.later identified as 47 year old bill veikoso.he was dragged nearly a mile -- and was dead when she discovered him in her driveway.his shoes ... shirt and bracelet found on burges road near agnes lane -- and now police say they believe he was already laying there when the woman struck him and kept driving.lt michael nichelini, vallejo police"she remembers seeing some clothing or debris in the roadway and by the time the headlights coverd it she couldnt do anything about it she felt a thud or a thump she continued on her way a little but nothing seemed out of the ordinary so she continued driving"police say there's no hood or windshield damage to the chevy pickup the 28 year old driver was operating and that she's cooperating with the investigation.she's not in custody at this time -- but was operating with a suspended license and has an outsta

the vallejo police and fire department launched a criminal investigation looking for any information that may help them figure out how this fire started, and now that 11-year-old boy who flagged down the police officer, he was taken to the hospital for treatment as well and has since been released from the hospital. we are still working on some further details from family members and friends coming by. we'll have some of those updates coming up on nbc bay area news at 6:00. reporting live, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> we have just learned the parts of yosemite are closed indefinitely because of the fires in the area. the park rangers hoped to open tomorrow, but now an indefinite closure. tonight, new details about a pge worker killed in the car fire up near redding. jaris ayetta was 21, an apprentice lineman. it's not clear how he passed. he once lived in santa rosa, and the seventh person killed in the car fire. >>> quick update now on that fire. this is the 14th day of the flames that's scorched more than 150,000 acres. right now, it's about 40% conta contained. c

vallejo. what friends of theloss as inve what darted the fire. >>> good morning and thank you for joining us. we are looking into a report that a chp officer's car was hit on interstate 880 in the last hour. reports are that the walk -- that the officer was working on the northbound side of the freeway near industrial boulevard when the patrol car was hit from behind. the first information is the officer has minor injuries. that has not been confirmed. we do not have any information about the driver of the car that hit the chp car, but we will bring you new information as soon as we get it. want to start with sal because we have shooting or an incident on the bay bridge causing a very big problem. >> that's right. all lanes eastbound are closed on the bay bridge. i can show it to you. the camera is focused on the bay bridge eastbound. you can see the red and blue police lights no one is getting through. the upper deck is open so you can see cars driving from oakland to san francisco and it is

fue grabado desde adentro de una pizzerÍa en vallejo. el arresto de un sospechoso gene polÉmica.y en la policÍa hablÓ de lo ocurrido. y creo que eso de las 9:00 de la noche una menor de 14 aÑos llamo al 911 para reportar que estaba en el auto de un hombre sin poder salir de ahÍ. el sujeto no querÍa llevar a la niÑa a su casa, segÚn la denuncia. el sospechoso despuÉs identificado como Ángel de 23 aÑos, hartÓ -- tratÓ de huir. el sospechoso se golpeÓ la cara contra la entrada del negocio. finalmente le pusieron las esposas y fue trasladado a un hospital para recibir atenciÓn. asimismo llevaron a la menor con su familia. dijeron que la investigaciÓn no estÁ completa, sin embargo el uso de fuerza del oficial parece apropiado para estas circunstancias. la policÍa de vallejo dijo que estÁn embalado declaraciones y vÍdeos entras continÚa la investigaciÓn. ramÓn: gracias. no paran los ataques con armas. la policÍa busca a este sujeto que ve en pantalla al que acusan a apuÑalar a un hombre en la estaciÓn macarthur de oakland. la vÍctima resultÓ con heridas en el dedo pulgar. en tan sÓlo e

this happened on borges lane in vallejo. the man didn't know he was there until she got home and found the man in her driveway. police believe the man - identified as bill veikoso- was lying in the road when the woman hit him. ( robin ) the woman who hit the man is cooperating with police. police say drugs and alcohol were not a factor. ( robin ) police in san francisco are investigating a shooing in the mission distrcit...which sent a teenager to the hospital. police found a 16 year old boy on capp street near 18th street... he had been shot. police say... three people approached the victim... one said something to him and then shot him. the boy is expected to be okay but the shooters are still on the loose. ( robin ) tens of thousands of students are h

video of an arrest in vallejo has sparking controversy this morning.ome witnesses believe police used excessive force when taking a 22 year old into custody friday night. vallejo police say they were responding to a 911 call of a teenage girl who said she was being held captive in the suspects car. kron 4's hermela aregawi has the latest. hey don't beat him!a dramatic arrest caught on a cell phone cameravallejo police arresting a 22 year old man friday night..while on-lookers yell at officers to stop beating the suspect.elaine wallace/vallejothe guy is screaming. he's screaming for help and in so much pain. did you see that blood that was on his skull? that was horrific to watch.the vallejo police department says officers responded to a call from a 14 year old girl reporting that she was stuck in a man's car.. and that he would not take her home.they say.. when they approached that car.. the suspect 22 year old angel bagos ran away from the scene.. and to the front part of mod pizza which is where the video was taken.the man who captured the arrest on

>>> a house erupts in flames in vallejo killing a mother and her twin daughters. an 11-year-old is the sole survivor. police are calling that fire suspicious. good evening. i'm julie haener. >> i'm frank somerville. the fire broke out at 2:45 am at a home on georgia street. police were in the area on patrol and responded after smelling smoke. ktvu's azenith smith has details about the victims and the investigation. >> reporter: a small memorial is now growing at the driveway friends have been leaving flowers and stuffed animals. police won't say why this fire is suspicious. friends say there were problems inside the house. >> hearing this now, it makes me really shocked. >> reporter: through tears, 14- year-old sarah to log is heartbroken remembering her two classmates. she says the twin 14-year-old sisters died in a fire at their home overnight. >> knowing that they were going through a hard time, sad. >> reporter: she is especially devastated since she received this text while she was asleep, just before 2 am from one of the girls. it read "sarah, are you awake?

vallejo police say... early sunday morning.. the 47 year committed suicide by setting herself on fire.. that fire also killed her 14 year old daughters.friends of the family we talked to say.. as far as they knew.. dao was kind..a nd happy. she's a genuine friendly person you know. and she took my kids everywhere their kids went and when this happened, it was very unbelievable.i just don't want people to think after hearing a lot fo the results that happened at the end. there's a reason why it happened. unfortunately it happened the way it did. but mau was a very loving mom. and a very loving wife. and would do anything for herself and her kids and her family at any given time, as well as other people's family, like my kids. dao's third daughter.. an 11 year old suffered some injuries but is expected to make a full recovery.their father was out of the country at the time of the fire. (hermela aregawi)investigators say.. they have been working on the case nonstop since sunday.. after they deemed the fire suspicious. they then sai

slow traffic on westbound 37 toward vallejo. i'm sorry, heading away from vallejo into sonoma and marin county. other than that, looks good heading down the eastshore freeway to the macarthur maze. this traffic has been okay. we had an earlier problem on eastbound 24 at happy valley that did not affect traffic much on the actual freeway. only on the offramp this is a look at the bay bridge . the metering lights have been turned on and traffic is a little slow approaching the toll plaza. >>> a new report shows a small plane flying from concorde to santa ana sunday morning lost altitude less than 30 minutes before he crashed. all five people on that 1973 cessna 414 died. scott shepherd, an experienced pilot, was flying at an altitude of 11,400 feet for most of the flight. about noontime the plane then dropped to 11 to 11,300 feet and plummeted after that. at one point the plane lost 5600 feet in 10 minutes. the plane ended up nosedown in a parking lot a mile away from john wayne airport. a spokesman for the national transportation

vacaville, fairfield, vallejo, this collude is this commute looks pretty good. no major delays. high with 37 already showing a delay heading out from the vallejo area and heading to sonoma or marin county. you will see this traditional delay. it is not friday light there. other than that it looks good heading out west. we had a couple of earlier problems that have been cleared up. traffic is moving along very nicely. this is a look at 80 westbound. and 18 minute drive between carquinez bridge and macarthur maze. it is pretty good. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza that is backed up for a five or 10 minute delay. let's go back to the desk. >>> a still developing story in richmond causing another traffic bottleneck. a deadly crash between a car and a big rig is tying up traffic at san pablo avenue. and richland parkway . this happened after deputies were chasing a suspected stolen car. speeds about 100 miles an hour. the car slammed into that big rig and at least one person has died. alyssa harrington is out there right now. we will check in with her in about 30 minutes an

officers are also looking for this suspect from vallejo. officers are saying that these are crimes of opportunity, people will look in windows and try to find easy things to smash and grab. if possible, keep valuables with you. if you have to leave them in the car, took them away out of sight. live in richmond, sandra osborne, kpix 5. >>> 6:07 am, a federal judge in seattle has issued a temporary restraining order to stop the release of blueprints to make undetectable and untraceable 3-d plastic guns. the company behind the plans has reached a settlement with the federal government that would allow them to distribute these blueprints online starting today. the state department tells cbs news that the decision to settle was made in the interest of security and foreign policy of the united states. all sides will return to court next week president donald trump is back on the campaign trail, as laura podesta reports, the president is defending his trade policies while calling for new measures to secure vo >> usa! >> reporter: president donald

vallejo police tell us it's being looked as a suspicious fire, and is under a criminal investigation.nvestigation.criminal investigation.investigation. a spokesman for the department tells us.. around 2:45 this morning.. an officiers were on routine patrol smelled smoke coming from a home. moments after that.. they were flagged down by an 11 year said.. that there were three people still in the house. officers saw out of the windows.. and forced entry through one of the side doors. once they saw that the house appeared to be engulged in smoke..at that point, vallejo fire department was on the scene.. and were able to put the fire out pretty quickly. they got the three people out... a woman and two fifteen year old twin girls. officers tell us the twins died on the scene. and the woman.. who is likely their mother was transported to a local hospital where she died of her injuries hours spoke to a family whose daughter is very close with the twins.. and was expecting them at her birthday party today. diosa bande/victims' friend bande/victims' diosa diosa bande/victims' friend it's reall

police are also looking for this woman from vallejo.rs are saying these crimes are crimes of opportunity. one way to protect yourself, your purse, your bag, your cellular phones and chargers, instead of leaving them on the front seat or in the console, either keep them with you for tucked them away completely out of sight. live in richmond, sandra osborne, kpix 5. >>> the design for untraceable least for now. a federal judge has blocked a website from releasing these blueprints. kpix 5's, christin ayers, has more on the battle for ghost guns . >> reporter: the judge injunction means it will be illegal to publish blueprints online detailing how to make a 3-d gun. a blow to cody wilson and his texas nonprofit, defense distributed pics >> reporter: and he -- anyone can use it, it is their. >> reporter: in the last three days, more than 2500 people have downloaded the files that wilson won the right to publish online in a settlement in june with the trump administration, everything from handguns to ar 15 style rifles, all untraceable and un

marshals are helping the vallejo police department in finding this guy. they're not saying much more. just that they're looking for him, and there's a reward for avoiding long lines by having their own secret office. the unlisted dmv office is in vacco. the dmv says the primary focus is to handle thousands of consumers complaints, but the office is used by the legislature and staffers to take care of their dmv needs without the long way. the office has been around for decades, but critics say it's time to put away from the political perk. >> it doesn't hurt anything, really, but it looks back, sets the legislature apart from the general public. it would probably by part for them to get rid of it. the agency sets it's always adding more sff. >>> oakland international airport get machines called 3-d ct scanners, checking for explosives but see inside carry-on bags from three different angles. oak log will be one of -- the tsa says it would mean less hassle for passengers, shorter lines. >> we all like that. >> we do. i like the cooler temps coming soon. >>

all of those people who were stuck in the vallejo crash are now getting down to this point. northbound 680 all lanes are now opened, 280 is decent getting to the west valley. let's get back to the desk. >>> all lanes are now reopened on northbound 680 after this morning's freeway shooting in san jose. the freeway was closed between capital expressway and berryessa as investigators collected evidence. allie rasmus you have been out there for you while. >> reporter: we have moved because the freeway is now open, this is northbound 680 at mckee road and the freeway was shut down for a five-mile stretch during the morning commute because of a shooting from 3:00 this morning. chp say the officer -- shooting happened around 680 and mckee. the driver of this black car was driving northbound and out of nowhere another car passed him and opened fire. the car was hit by several bullets, he suffered a gunshot wound to the back but luckily it was a non-life-threatening injury and the driver and the passenger were able to drive off the freeway to a nearby convenience store. >> the driver

the vallejo police department says bagos refused to comply with their commands.hat. first of all, it's two cops. the guy is on the ground. and while the guy is spending all that energy beating him, the other cop was taking his precious time putting him in handcuffs. and we don't know what happened before because of where the video started . but that does not have to do with the end result was, them beating him like a meat cleaver.>( darya ) police say the suspect was taken to the hospital for treatmemt. the 14-year- old girl was released to her family. ( james ) investigators say say a tesla driver who said he áthoughtá his car was in autopilot mode... crashed into the back of a firetruck in san jose. c-h-p says says the tesla rear-ended a fire engine that was stopped with its emergency lights turned on along highway 101 on saturday. 37-year-old michael tran told officers "i think i had auto-pilot on." tran was later arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. it was unclear whether autopilot was activated. tesla says in a statement that it has not yet received any d

it happened early yesterday morning in vallejo near i-80 and georgia street.ers on patrol smelled smoke coming out of a home. they saw an 11-year-old girl trying to flag down help. the police were able to pull out the girl's mother and her 15- year-old twin sisters. but it was too late. they died at the scene. ( james ) police say the 11-year old had minor to moderate injuries. she is expected to be okay. the girl's father was out of town when the fire started. police aren't saying why they believe this fire is suspicious. ( james ) the reward for the safe return of a missing university of iowa student -- who is from oakland -- is now to 260-thousand dollars. relatives believe mollie tibbetts has been kidnapped... and that she is alive. they're hoping the reward money will lead to her return. tibbetts went missing on july 18th. she was reported missing the next day..

vallejo police say a man found dead under a truck had drugs in his system...eth and cocaine. this an update to a story we first told you about tuesday morning. a woman found 47-year-old bill veikoso under truck. police believe he was laying on road... when the woman hit him and kept driving. he was dragged for nearly a mile -- and was dead when she found him in her driveway. the woman is cooperating with the investigation. she is not expected to be arrested for veikoso's death. ( darya ) police in san jose are investigating an armed robbery at the 7-eleven on 6th street. the robbery happened yesterday afternoon around 2:30. the victim said he was held at gun point and forced to withdraw money from various a-t-m's. the victim was not injured. ( darya ) breaking international news.... isis has claimed responsibility for a knife attack in paris this morning that has left two people dead. officials say the terrorist attack was motivated by calls from the isis leadership to attack civilians in countries at war with the extremist group. just hours ago, isis urged fo

the vallejo police captain tells us the investigation is not complete. however, the investigators or rather the officer's use of force appeared sporpt for the circles. the vpd would like the public to know we review all forces of force to ensure they are lawful and in compliance with our training and procedures. the vpd is reviewing statements, cell phone video and officer officer body-worn video. if you have video of the incident at 9:00, friday night in valet show, they would like to see your video as well. marcus? >> a lot of people are talking about that. >>> new at 11:00, the u.s. and mexico has struck a trade deal. the president announcing during a special report right here on nbc bay area. >> they used to call it nafta. we are going to call it the united states, mexico, trade agreement, and we'll get rid of the name nafta that has a bad connotation because the united states was hurt badly by nafta. and now you would say it's a really good deal for both countries. and we look very much forward to it. experts say the deal is a small step in the dire

. >>> in vallejo, police are investigating a deadly house fire they are calling suspicioteenage girlsr all died. we spoke with friends of the two girls and with a neighbor who says that she noticed something unusual that night. >> people left stuffed animals and flowers at this home on georgia street in vallejo. a home where plywood covers the windows, but charring is still visible. a teenage girl came by to remember her friends, trinh and tram tran, both 14, and full of life. >> i was talking with her the night before. and, we were actually planning to hang out on the day they passed away. >> reporter: authorities discovered the fire before 3:00 sunday morning. that's when the third sister and an 11-year-old got out of the house and flagged down a police officer. but her twin sisters and mother died. their mother worked at this kitchen in vallejo. >> i came in eating, thinking about her and what happened to her. it's like family. they are like my sisters. >> reporter: police are calling this fire suspicious. it's unclear where her husband, who is also the father of the girls, was at

. >>> a deadly house fire in vallejo left victims' friends in a state of shock. two teenage girls and their mother died early yesterday in what police call a suspicious fire. kpix5's john ramos shows us the community is trying to make sense of it all. >> reporter: today there were more questions than answers at the little house on georgia street in vallejo. a fire early sunday morning in the back of the home killed three, a mother and her twin teenage daughters. police are saying only that the fire is suspicious. >> honestly it's still in my head like it's hard to sleep right now, just knowing that happened next-door. >> reporter: police are not talking about what happened that night, but a close friend got a 2 a.m. text from one of the girls that read, "sarah, are you awake? i'm really scared." the twins' names are trin and tram tran. their 11-year-old sister vi survived the flower and according to friends dropping off flowers at the small memorial. the girls went to logan's middle school and bethel high school and were beloved members of the school band and the

tonight vallejo police are looking at all angles. nbc bay area's sergio quintana spoke with neighbors. >> reporter: through much of the evening, friends of the two teenage girls killed in the fire brought flowers to a small memorial. in a video, you can see her twin. sarah is devastated they're gone. >> they make me feel like -- like they were people i really counted on. >> they were very happy all the time, and everyone really loved them. no one really hated them. i really loved them too. >> reporter: they were sophomores at high school. police say a fire broke out at their house at 2:45 in the morning. the 14-year-old girls were killed. a woman who friends say is their mother died at the hospital. an 11-year-old girl survived. this is video shot by a neighbor who did not want to be identified. she says she heard a heated argument at the house a few nights ago. >> he was pretty much in a rage. it was really loud. he was just yelling. >> reporter: sarah told us the girls talked about that argument. their father was angry because he c

he has been identified as a 40- year-old man from vallejo.river has a suspended license, but she is cooperating and drugs and alcohol are not suspected. >>> rob roth tells us the new policy is one of the least restrictive in the bay area. it is all meant to fight body shaming. >> reporter: the new, more relaxed dress code, went into effect on monday. hebert midriff would have violated last year's dress code. that was then, this is now. >> this is what is comfortable for me. this is an outfit that i think is appropriate for school.>> reporter: students believed the old dress code was arbitrary and unevenly enforced. >> it was really giving rise to body shaming and embarrassment for students. >> if someone says something to me, i will get mad.>> reporter: the students helped create a new dress code. it is modeled after a recommended policy by the oregon chapter of -- for women. no shirts or hats with hate speech which -- speech and bathing suits are forbidden. >> i feel more calm that i don't have to worry about what i have to wear. >> to wear

la at night.ould often walk ho in vallejo, nbc bay area news. >> reporter: massage envy is being sued by five women who claim they were sexually assaulted during their massages. the five attacks allegedly happened at five different loeks locations in california, including this one in burlingame. attorneys say there could be more victims. >> there's no more vulnerable place than in a closed room for a person with their clothes off face down with a stranger's hands on them. >> they did send a message that reads in part the franchise inappropriate conduct incident. >>> a strange case in san bruno. investigators have arrested this man, 31-year-old scott inouye. he may have reported other women out their knowledge as well. >>> it's a persistn't problem says it's now forced to address, rider after rider taking free trips. people hopping the gates like that guy and avoiding the $5 average bart affafare. b.a.r.t. is looking at overhauling its entire 60 gate entrance system and could cost as much as $200 million. >>> still ahead, what went wrong. she went to a hospital for abdomen pain. but ne

no major issues -- through vallejo. no major issues. traffic is moving long pretty well across the carquinez bridge. we are hoping for a light commute. we can hope. now the kids are back to school we will see. 70 minute drive is pretty good. when you get to the macarthur maze and bay bridge toll plaza some slow traffic. otherwise, off to a good start. let's go back to the desk. >>> breaking news. these are live pictures of a two alarm fire in pleasanton that started just before 3:30 this morning near stanley boulevard and valley avenue. you can see pretty intense. firefighters have not said how it started. this appears to be a commercial business of some kind. firefighters in the livermore, pleasanton fire department are out there battling these claims as we can see. leigh martinez just getting on the ground. she will join us at 5 am and give us the latest on the progress firefighters are making against this fire in pleasanton. stay tuned. >>> the family of aretha franklin is mourning her death. the world is honoring the life and legacy

let me not get to the vallejo area so quick. that crash wcting and getting towards the scales. if you're driving across the carquinez bridge pretty good with no major issues driving down through the area for it continues to look good into richmond. we are also looking at the drive between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze of 17 minutes and at the bay bridge toll plaza is light delay in some of the outside lanes. let's go back to the desk. >>> police in florida are looking for the motive in the deadly shooting that happened at an he sports tournament in jacksonville. alyssa harrington joins us now live in from our newsroom with what other gamers are saying may have prompted the government to start shooting. other gamers say the suspect was upset because he just lost. the gun man killed two people and that himself. the gunfire and victim cries were caught on a live stream. this tournament was taking place at the jacksonville landing complex including several restaurants and shops. the game was being streamed live. the 24-year-old suspect, david katz, began firing a hand

vallejo and oakland, 56. san francisco, 55.gh pressure that will work its way back over western arizona and southern california. it was gone for three or four days. and man do we feel the difference. guess what, it's coming back and it's going to park itself in the same spot which means warmer weather and hazy weather is in the forecast starting tomorrow. so your weather headlines, low clouds and fog will be prevalent only near the water tonight. the ocean breeze is decreasing. the warming will continue tomorrow. today was five degrees warmer than yesterday. as i mentioned, the air quality taking a step back officially it's not a spare of the air day. but that's only sampling the air that we breathe. but above us we're looking at hazy skis with moderate air quality at the service. i just checked the air now website, the air quality has already fallen into the moderate zone, everywhere throughout the bay area. that will continue tomorrow. highs tomorrow, running a little above average. fremont, 80 degrees. brentwood, 94. danvill

one of the investigators have deemed a suspicious house fire in vallejo just before 3:00 in the morning. joe vazquez is there now. joe. >> reporter: brian it happened h is home right behind me. not much to see in the front, but as we push into the back of the home, you can see where flames completely consumed the bedrooms in the back. and that's where three people died. >> the fire broke out at 2:45 this morning. police patrolling nearby smelled the smoke in the 2900 block of georgia street, then a little girl came running outside. >> an 11-year-old flagged them down and said her siblings were inside along with an adult. >> reporter: two girls and an adult female was dead inside. the 11-year-old girl was also hospitalized but is expected to recover. >> we're going to investigate this jointly with the vallejo fire department, but it is suspicious. >> reporter: police are not elaborating what believes them to believe is suspicious. >> it's suspicious and our firefighters and police officers did a phenomenal job. you can imagine, it's a traumatic thing for them, not to mention how traumati

. >> monday's death marks vallejo's 13th collision related fatality this year. a significant increase from last year and leaving heavy hearts in this grief stricken community. >> as an aunt, what would you like him to be remembered for? >> he loves everyone. he loves every friend that he has come across. >> just so tragic and vallejo police say that the driver had a suspended license and outstanding warrant. no charges as this is an ongoing investigation. >>> two men are under arrest after gunfire erupted at a park in heyward. authorities say three people got into an argument and someone started shooting a handgun into the air. officers tracked down three suspects. two men were arrested for weapons and drug violations. >>> a bombshell new claim from the colorado father charged in the murder of his pregnant wife and two children. tonight he admits he killed his wife but says she is the one who strangled their daughters. >> i need to see everybody again. >> the colorado father who went on television to plead for his family's safe return is now charged with their m