. >> reporter: in the california desert north of victorville, a gruesome discovery by a motorcycle ridertwo shallow graves. inside, two adults and two small children. after noticing human bones in the dirt, the rider calls the san bernardino sheriff. the sheriff's department is stumped, who is this family, why would anyone murder them, including their two small children. why bury them in the middle of the california desert? an investigator with the coroner's office reaches out to the justice department, asking them to check for any records of a missing family of four. it isn't long before the justice department tells investigators here to look at the mcstay family case. this is joseph mcstay. his wife summer and their two little boys. nearly four years ago, february 4th, 2010, they vanished from their home in california, north of san diego. 15 days after the mcstays disappear, investigators enter their home for the first time. there are no signs of forced entry. and nothing seems to be missing that is except the mcstay family. inside, investigators find a puzzling scenario. bowls of popc

. >>> sheriff's deputies are excavating a site near victorville after discovering human remains. they found the buried skeletons after at least two people and are looking at the possibility of a third grave nearby. the bones have been there for some time. they've called in a forensic anthropologist. victorville is about 70 miles northeast of los angeles. >>> sheriff's deputies arrested a southern california man early yesterday morning on child endangerment charges. they say don voe left his 5- year-old son in the car in the middle of the night while he went into the casino to gamble. security guards found him in the casino and held him for deputies. the boy was handed over to child protective services. >>> thousands of workers are getting ready to walk off the job. members of the university's patient care and services workers union rallied in front of the uc regents meeting this morning. they're planning a one-day strike to propose alleged unfair labor practices. the union is at odds with the university over safety concerns. >>> a city councilman is trying to get voters to overtu

. >> reporter: in the california desert north of victorville, a grusome discovery by a motorcycle ridershallow graves, inside two adults and two small children. after noticing human bones in the dirt, the rider calls the sheriff. the sheriff's department is stumped. who is this family, and why would anyone murder them including their two small children? and why bury them here in the middle of the california desert? an investigator with the coroner's office reaches out to the justice department asking them to check their records for any missing family of four. it isn't long before the justice deputy tells investigators here to look at the mcstay family case. this is joseph mcstay his wife summer and their two little boys. four years ago, february 4th, 2010, they vanished from their home from fall brooke, california. investigators enter the home for the first time. there are no signs of forced entry, and nothing seems to be missing, that is, except the family. inside investigators find a puzzling scene. bowls of popcorn in front of the television, eggs on the counter with a banana, outsid

david already with a colorful criminal past was busted inside the prison walls in victorville. a case that ran cold for two plus decades, possibly ignited by a red hot love triangle, brought closure by the drop of a dime and clinical dna. >> i can't describe it, what we're feeling. we finally, that's all i can say is finally, we've arrived and this journey has now begun for my dad and we can finally -- >> tonight's commute home on bart was an absolute mess tonight. kristen ayers tells us exactly what happened. >> earlier today, hundreds of people jammed this platform here, some told us they were waiting as long as one or two hours trapped because of some debris, some sheet metal that was ab instructing some of the tracks. listen in on what some riders told us they experienced during those delays. >> train got here, we waited here for a few minutes, they told us to get off and i've been waiting well over an hour because they are sending full trains. >> i started getting close trough clostrophobic. >> trains packed to the gills with passengers began rolling through again. the pro

on monday the remains of four people were found near victorville california. the remains of being analyzed. authorities will release more details about the findings. >> faja the 54 year- old son as he accidentally shot him because she thought he was trying to break into her home. she had a blood alcohol level almost double the legal limit. she had marijuana in her system. she was looking for help after being involved in a car accident. prosecutors say they have evidence that she blindfolded her husband before allegedly pushing her off a cliffhim off of a cli. she says it was an accident. the trial will begin september 9th. she is asking for a postponement. she says her defense lawyer will not be ready in time. >> the sun room and a pool of one home was followed up yesterday morning. an officer on the scene called it one of the most catastrophic yet seen in several years. no one was hurt. earlier this year a man was killed after a sink hole swallowed his home. the communist party also announced through the state- run media that they're getting rid of their labo

devincenzi already with a colorful prison past was busted in his prison in victorville. it was ignited possibly by a red-hot love triangle by the drop of a dime and d.n.a. >> i can't describe what we're feeling. we finally -- that's all i can say is just finally we have arrived. >> reporter: in dublin, andria borba, kpix 5. >> two suspects were in court on monday and are now being held without bail. >>> the latest frustration for bart riders was a problem in the transbay tube. kpix 5's christin ayers reports, metal debris caused major delays last night. >>> reporter: hundreds jammed this platform in west oakland waiting as long as one or two hours trapped because of some debris, some sheet metal that we heard was obstructing one of the tracks. >> i have been waiting over an hour because all they have been sending is full trains. >> i started getting claustrophobic. everybody was yelling trying to get on the train. it was chaotic. >> i just want to go home. >> reporter: the delays wore on in both directions until 7:30, when trains packed to the gills with passengers began

bodies were discovered in what was a shallow grave a few feet outside the road from victorville. that's just northeast of los angeles here. a motorcyclist reported finding what were human bones, and the authorities confirmed that rather grim discovery. that has been classified as homicides, and for a long time the authorities looked into whether the family had gone into mexico and fallen afoul of criminals or a drug cartel. >> we are exhausting all options and investigating this crime from the beginning and trying to identify who the suspects are. the investigation will lead us in the direction of the suspects as we continue to get more information. but to make a decision or a determination as to who might the suspects be at this point, it's too early for us to talk about that. >> reporter: a short while ago i spoke to rick begley who is the author of a book about their disappearance and told me there was handling of their bank accounts shortly after the family disappeared is now part of the investigation, and that includes people close to the family and business associates. begl

the bones of 40-year-old joseph mcstay and his wife summer were found in victorville. two other bodies found in the same area are believed to be their 3 and 4-year-old sons. there are no suspects. >> it gives us courage to know that they're together and in a better place. >> detectives are treating the deaths as homicides. there are no suspects so far. >>> a different murder mystery tonight, when google street views spotted something no one ever expected. the images found on google street view are disturbing. an aerial shot of sanford avenue in richmond and a grim geographical marker, zoom in and clearly see a crime scene, come cars, an officer and look closely, a body. until now it's been a mystery, but richmond police confirmed the aerial shot was taken in august, 2009, the same day the bold of this 14-year-old boy was found in the area. richmond police say that boy was kevin barrera found shot to death along these railroad tracks not far from here. the fact that google happened to be shooting images in the area that day, pure coincidence. >> it's real painful to see

say they belve mexico.y family was headed to morcyclist found the remains monday morning north of victorvilleernardino unty. the eriff's department wl give an upda ler this morning. >> rht now w have chilling video shong the terror in a mall after a gunman wal inde and proceeds to openfire. this is capturing richard walking into the garden state plaza mall wearing what appears be a motorcycle helmet. he fired several shots in the airith an assault rifle. police say the 20-year-old had the opportunity to shootnd kill people inside but instead after about six hours police did find him dea from a lf-inflicted gunshot wound. >> thiss a bizarre incident leavin many unanswered questions in miami. after a man fell o of a small plane. investigators sayhean fell 2,000 feet after tumbling out a ssenger door that was ajar. the incident happene over biscayne b. fire rescue op with the coast guard hoping to locate the man's body. but they turned up nothing after several hou of searching. >> followi out aer moving plane. a long list of unanswed questions. coming up weave new detai on a breaking news story

the remains of four people were found in two shallow graves north of victorville and had been there quite a while. they can't determine the age or gender of the victims. it's also unclear how they died. a motorcyclist called police after spotting the remains earlier in the week. >>> l.a. schools will continue a controversial plan to provide eye [ indiscernible ] to students. students were found -- ipads to students. students were using them to play games instead of study. the l.a. board voted to give ipads to 35 more schools in addition to the 50 schools already using them. it will cost $1 billion. >> so they were just being kids. i'd be playing games too. >> hand an ipad to a kid, what's he going to do? >>> a little fog out there? >> yeah, thick fog in the bay area this morning. in fact, the dangerous fog. some of the visibilities less than a quarter mile. dense fog advisory in effect for most of the bay area this morning. and we are seeing delays now at sfo on arriving flights up to 47 minutes due to low clouds and fog. that fog is blowing about now. the top of the bay bridge once again

. >> reporter: with the trail cold, was a passer-by who discovered skeletal remains in victorville thiseek. >> igives us courage to ow they areogether and they are in a better place. >> reporte near four years after they vanished, the mcsy's bodies have been recovered but the mystery in the desert is far from over. for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, s angeles. >>> time for thether stories making headlines this morning. >> cig melvin is here for that. >>> one of the elite universities is looking for help with an outbreak of meningitis this morning a medicine not proofed in the united states mabe on the way to princeton, university. government health officials are importing at vaccine. far studes have been infected scemarch. >>> alec baldwin's show has been suspended by mississippsnbc. the situation sts from a confrontation baldwin hadn thursday with a photographer. baldwin used a gay slurnd later apologized for his choice of rds. we will have more on that story in o next hour. >> it took some200 firefighters abo two hours to get a massi fire under control in chicago. the flame engulfed