she's also a vta board member. >> i too want to share my great sympathy with the family and all of our vta family today as they miss and mourn the loss of others and also face the trauma that they're experiencing themselves. as vta works to help the families of the victims navigate the process in accessing various resources, we want them to know there are two funds that have been set up. i will share this with the community. so many asked how you can help. one is through working partnerships usa resources program. can you go to act.wp.usa.org to contribute. and the other is through the ail ma ga mated transit union, which represents and of the victims of the tragedy yesterday and they helped set up a fund for the families called action network.org. there's an outpouring across the country and we're overwhelmed with the gracious offers to provide resources, staffing, and really whatever we need. we've received support from the federal transportation administration. as you know, many of you know our former general manager is now the acting administrator of the fda. she reached out with h

also, the vta board of directors.mmunity coming out to show their support and the audio appears to be back. let's take a listen. >> thank you for your patience. we will do our very best to make sure when you came to the aid of angela when the microphones went out. it was such a beautiful symbol for our community. they step up for each other. the song was even more beautiful when everyone joined in together. thank you. >> it is my honor to serve you as the mayor of the city of san jose. i would like to read the names of our lost friends, colleagues and family members. i would like to ask our faith leaders to come up to the stage to light candles in their honor. then, i would ask for a moment of silence. paul delacruz megia . adrian balleza. [ no audio ] >> well, we apologize for these technical difficulties. they are not coming from our end. it is the city of san jose's feed. you see sam liccardo. let's listen as we continue. our apologies for the delay. this was hastily assembled as you can imagine just 36 hours after

vta board chair shared more information about each one of them. >> abdolvahab alaghmandan, aged 63 worked for vta for 20 years , adrian balleza, started as a bus operator training in 2014 and became a maintenance worker, jose hernandez iii started as a transit mechanic and became an electric mechanic and the substation maintainer. lars lane started his employment in 2001 as an electric mechanic and became an overhead line worker, michael rudometkin, started his employment with vta and 23 team 2013 as a mechanic. paul megia started his employee as a bus operator training. later becoming a light rail operator and transportation supervisor. transit and division supervisor and ultimately superintendent, adrian balleza -- taptejdeep singh with the light rail operator, timothy romo worked for vta is an overhead line worker. and we learned that the ninth employee died of his injuries during the attack, alex fritch , age 49 and worked as a substation maintainer. >> one of the victims was known for his selfless service to others. here's more on that story from christien kafton. >> reporter: the fa

vehicles and also it's where the vehicles are dispatched from. >> very emotional glenn hendrick, vta board president, talking about today's shooting massacre saying the vta is like family. a very difficult time. we want to show you the timeline what have happened. the suspect arrived at the vta yard and was the identified as daniel cassidy at 6:34 this morning happened that's when 911 calls in about an active shooter. and then two minutes later there was a fire reported at the suspect's home, located ten miles away from the vat yard in downtown san jose at younger. kris sanchez joins us live now and what we're hearing is eight people dead, and the suspect is dead as well >> yeah, eight victims, there's always a question whether that includes the gunman aren't and it does not. we don't know whether or not that person turn the gun on themselves or whether there was an interdidn't with police. i'm looking at my watch it's it 2007 will be:20 right now and we're expecting another briefing and an active shooter situation, mass marblity situation is always very complicated by at this point we kno

serve on the vta board and every -- week and engaging with the employees. many of whom lost good friends, and loved ones through all of this. this is a -- a horrible moment. certainly for everybody in the vta family and for our city. i'm happy to talk about the specific poses and policies we have been workingo unfor the last year and a half. i think the appropriate time for that is after we have had a chance to understand the situation to allow families to mourn for all of us to mourn together. i can assure you with in the next 48 to 72 hours i will be talking more specifically about all that. you know this is -- you know i received a phone call from the vice president, from others expressing their heartfelt sympathies that the nation is mourning for those we have lost today. we are going to do everything we can to support their families, support their loved ones. then we will focus on doing everything possible to avoid in from happening again. >> and talking about possible gun control policy. he has been very out spoken of this in the past but wants to rese

but the chairperson of the vta board of directors and the president of the santa clara county board of supervisors gave the men and women on the job today. major props for their professionalism during this emotional day. >> so horrible tragedies happen today. and our. the thoughts and love goes out to the beaty family. the organization. and what they've had to go through. i i could not be more proud of the tape organization as they drove here. i saw the tape buses out on the road. as i said, this just horrible tragedy that has occurred. my it's just really broken for these families. and i just want to remind everybody that. >> these folks were heroes during covid-19 the buses never stopped running the stop reading. >> they just kept at work. and now we're really calling on them to be heroes. the second time to survive such a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> i did talk to one bus driver off camera. they're not allowed to speak to the press at this time and asked him how he was holding up. he said he was doing ok because you had to. he has a job to do reporting from san jose. i'm morning.

now the chairperson of the vta board of directors and president of the santa clara county board of supervisors gave the men and women on the job recognition for their professionalism during this emotional day. >> and our. thoughts and love goes out to the beaty family. the organization. and what they've had to go through. i i could not be more proud of the tape organization as they drove here. i saw the tape buses out on the road. as i said, this just horrible tragedy that has occurred. my it's just really broken for these families. and i just want to remind everybody that. >> these folks were heroes during covid-19 the buses never stopped running the stop reading. >> they just kept at work. and now we're really calling on them to be heroes a second time to survive such a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> and you can hear the emotion in their voices as there speaking to people there, the vta cautioning that people should give themselves. >> more time to get to where they need to go today. this morning we're hearing from the brother of lars lane. he was one of the victims killed in the shooting he

it's where vehicles with dispatched. >> i am the mayor of the city of san jose and serve on the vta boardairman hendricks. this is a horrific day for our city. it's a tragic day for the vta family. and our heart pains for the families and co-workers. because we know that so many are feeling deeply this loss of their loved ones and their friends. now is a moment for us to collect ourselves to understand what happened, to mourn, and to help those who have suffered, to heal. that will be my foreseeable fut. my attention will then be immediately turned to insuring we do everything possible to insure this never happens again in our city. and in the next 48 hours, i will be back in communication with you to talk about what we have been working on over the last year and a half and what we intend to do in the weeks to come to insure that we never see a horrific tragedy like this again in san jose. we are in a very dark moment, but i am heartened to see the response of the vta family coming together to help their coworkers. we're going to do everything we can to support the families of those who h

. >> reporter: vta's board chairman glenn hendricks. >> vta is a family. people in the organization know everyone. this is a terrible tragedy, and we will do everything that we can to help people get through this. >> reporter: family members showing up to find their loved ones. >> i've just trying to get to my wife. >> the mayor of the city of san jose. >> reporter: the mayor of san jose joining law enforcement to express his sympathies. >> this is a horrific day for our city, and it's a tragic day for the vta family, and our heart pains for the families and the co-workers. >> reporter: multiple agencies including the fbi assisting in the ongoing investigation. >> the fbi's role in this investigation is to provide aft tans to the santa clara sheriff's office, to provide evidence, response resources. it is a fairly sizable crime scene, and it's going to take a while to process. >> all right. we're talking about multiple places and scenes including the shooter's own home that was set on fire this morning. of course, that raise more additional questions. this

. >> reporter: vta's board chairman -- >> vta is a family. people in the organization know everyone. this is a terrible tragedy, and we will do everything we can to help people get through this. >> reporter: family members showing up to find their loved ones. >> i've got to get to my wife. >> reporter: the mayor joining law enforcement this afternoon to express his sympathies. >> this is a horrific day for our city. and it's a tragic day for the vta family. and our heart pains for the families and thecies, including the fbi, assisting in the ongoing investigation. >> the fbi's role in this investigation is to provide assistance to the santa clara sheriff's office to provide evidence, response resources. it's a fairly sizable crime scene and it's going to take a while to process. >> reporter: now authorities say after the shooter shot and killed his own co-workers, he then took hin life. wolf, i can also tell you that a bomb-sniffing dog found the presence of explosives at this site. right now, a robot is going through the facility, going thro

. >> the nurse was at the scene today and most of the day and he is on the vta board and he knows workers who are are in the facility. >> there is severe trauma felt by so many in this organization and nearly impossible for an awful lot of membthat site and we are going to have a lot of work to do to help people get through this horrible trauma and help them heal and that is the work for us for a considerable time. >> my heart breaks and i can't stop thinking about what we could all be doing differently to stop this in our communities so it doesn't become something that just happens here but something that should never happen. >>> devin fehely has been at the reunification center all day long where family members are desperately awaiting answers about r loved ungont building, the reunificn center as you mentioned and this is where people we the come if they had a loved one who was working at the vta yard or had reason to believe that they may have been over there and if you were not able to get in contact with them, you are told to come here or told the come here for information and for a

we also know that you were on the board of the vta so first your reaction to what has happened at this is actually a facility that's adjacent to the sheriff's department in what we often call the civic center complex. it's only separated from the county administration building where the poured of supervisors meets and where several thousand employees work by a parking lot, by an employee parking lot and across the street is the jail and the police department, so right in the middle of law and order and law enforcement this horrific act took place. >> mr. corteze, have you had a chance to talk to any of the folks at the vta? >> i have no. i've reached out to the leader of the amalgamated transit union. i'm a little troubled not having received a response from him, john courtney was talking to me just yesterday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. about labor issues that they were experiencing, concerns that they still had about ppes and such things particularly on the light rail, and that shooting today occurred literally in the light rail yard. i heard from the sheriff, i was here on the senate floo

vta president. >> my name is glen hendrick, the chairperson of the board. ned today and our thoughts and love goes out to the vta family, the organization and what they have had to go through. i could not be more proud of the vta organization. s adrove here i saw vta buses out on the road. as i said this is just a horrible tragedy that's occurred. one piece of information the event did happen on the vta light rail yard but not in the operations control center. it did happen on the yard. i want to let people know that as of noon today vta light rail service will be suspended and additional bus bridges will be put in place so that we continue to provide service to the county residents. and also just want to remind people that the reunification center is here at 70 west heading for people to get together and get information about the loved ones. thank you very much. >> excuse me? can you -- >> i'm sorry for your loss. what kind of security is on the premise on the daily? >> i'll let someone handle that question later. >> -- passing -- >> that we're so sorry at

representing our downtown district and also on the vta board is councilmember raul perales. councilmember perales, like so many, has lost a good friend yesterday as well. thank you, councilmember perales to come forward to share your pain. >> thank you. this has been tremendously difficult to represent this community and to also be feeling the pain that so many families, friends, loved ones are feeling today. my heart goes out to all of you. i see so many vta employees out here with us today. and i know how tremendously difficult it is for you. can we give a round of applause to all of our vta employees today. [ applause ] john courtney, you said it better than any politician could say. absolutely spot on. when i found out about the news of an active shooter at 7:00 a.m. yesterday, i immediately thought about my friend. i sent him a text message that has not been returned and will never be returned. i reached out to him and john courtney immediately after that. what i didn't know is that john was standing right there barely escaping death, watching my friend get murdered. th

he is on the vta board and knows workers who were in the facility. >> there is severe trauma felt by so many in the organization. i know it's going to be nearly impossible for an awful lot of members of our vta family to go back to work at that site. we're going to have a lot of work to do to help people get through this horrible trauma and to help them heal. that's the work for us for a considerable time. >> santa clara supervisor had this to say. grief counselors will be available to vta employees today from 11:00 to 7:00. the time is 6:10. we continue to follow breaking developments out of south bay. >> we will hear from an fbi expert about what the public can do to stop acts of violence like this. that's ahead on kpix5 and also streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> as the investigation continues vta light rail service remains shut down. i will have your alternates. >>> a gorgeous view from our camera on treasure island looking at the city. no changes in the weather today. it's sunday and monday when first significant warm up of the season takes place. we will have some inland spots get

he is on vta board and knows workers who were in the facility. >> there is severe trauma felt by so many in the organization. i know it's going to be nearly impossible for an awful lot of members from our vta family to go back to work at the site. we're going to have a lot of work to do to help people get through this horrible trauma and to help them heal. that's the work for us for a considerable time. >> hi heart breaks. i can't stop thinking about what we can all be doing differently to stop this in our community so it doesn't become something that just happens here but something that should never happen. >> grief counselors will be available to vta employees today from 11:00 to 7:00. >>> this took place in two buildings at the vta facility. transit in the area remains severely disrupted. let's go to our traffic anchor who has the latest on those disruptions. >> thanks. >>> vta service will continue to not be in service, will be suspended. it started at noon yesterday and is continuing until further notice. we are hoping to have update on the light rail system. this affects light rail

the chairperson of the vta board of directors and the president of the santa clara county board of supervisorsave the men and women on the job today. credit for carrying on in the midst of a very emotional day. so horrible tragedies happen today. and our. the thoughts and love goes out to the beaty family. the organization. and what they've had to go through. i i could not be more proud of the tape organization as they drove here. >> i saw the tape buses out on the road. as i said, this just a horrible tragedy that has occurred. my it's just really broken for these families. and i just want to remind everybody that. >> these folks were heroes during covid-19 the buses never stopped running the stop reading. >> they just kept at work. and now we're really calling on them to be heroes. the second time to survive such a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> and over the next day or 2. the vta twitter feed is telling people to give themselves more time to get to their destinations. a vigil is planned for tomorrow evening to honor the victims lost. it will be held at san jose city hall plaza at 06:00pm sa

. >> i am the mayor of the city of san jose and i also serve on the vta board with chairman hendricksit's a tragic day for the vta family. and our heart pains for the families and the coworkers. because we know that so many are feeling deeply this loss. of their loved ones. and their friends. now is a moment for us to collect ourselves, to understand what happened, tom moran ends to help those who have suffered to heal. that will be my attention today. and for the foreseeable future. my attention will then be immediately turned to ensuring we do everything possible to ensure this never happens again in our city. and in the next 48 hours, i will be back in communication with you to talk about what we've been working on over the last year and a half and what we intend to do in the weeks to come to ensure we never see a horrific tragedy like this again in san jose. we are in a very dark moment but i am heartened to see the response of the vta family coming together to help their coworkers. we are going to do everything we can to support the families of those who have lost their loved one

the chairperson of the vta board of directors and the president of the santa clara county board of supervisors gave the men and women on the job today. credit for carrying on in the midst of a very emotional day. >> so horrible tragedies happen today. and our. the thoughts and love goes out to the beaty family. the organization. and what they've had to go through. i i could not be more proud of the tape organization as they drove here. i saw the tape buses out on the road. as i said, this just horrible tragedy that has occurred. my it's just really broken for these families. and i just want to remind everybody that. >> these folks were heroes during covid-19 the buses never stopped running the stop reading. >> they just kept at work. and now we're really calling on them to be heroes. the second time to survive such a terrible, terrible tragedy. >> the bts twitter feed is telling people to get themselves a little more time t get to their destinations. next. tonight the fbi is assisting with this investigation into this deadly mass shooting. so what will that process actually look like. >> a ret

. >> that was vta board chairman hendricks emotionally remembering the nine colleagues whose lives endedrday in another tragic mass shooting this one at a rail yard in san jose, california. the shooting reignited again the call for gun reform urging president biden urging congress to pass stricter gun laws. the house passed legislation requiring background checks and seemingly dead in the senate and surprising effort that could lead to a deal. joining us is congresswoman cheryl of new jersey? former prosecutor and military pilot. i was on the air when the news conference after this shooting came on. and governor newsom was so striking in his blunt talk about the numbness and the sameness and the rinse and repeat of mass shootings and the conversation on the hill seems so fruitless. is it? >> it's hard to keep coming on shows like this to talk about we have passed universal checks in the house. we closed the loophole in the house. some point it becomes apparent that that's not going to cut it. right? we need the senate. we need ten senators, 10 out of 50, 10 republican senators to say my

the president of the board of the vta.re will be a moment of silence and a lighting of nine candles in honor of the victims. >> we too will be bringing that to you live. you can head to aches7 news.com/takeaction where we have information about how to donate to the families directly impacted by this gun violence. >>> the san francisco mayor talked about the tragedy today saying he's keeping in close contact with san jose's mayor. he says yesterday's tragedy brought up haunting memories of san francisco's deadly shooting in 1993. on that day you may remember a gunman entered that skyskrarp killing eight people. injuring six others before turning the gun on himself. until yesterday, that had been the bay area's deadliest mass shooting. >> it is really tragic for the bay area. for our region. and it's tragic for our country. that this continues to be the normal thing that happens. >> mayor breed says san francisco has offered extra law enforcement and transportation resources to san jose to help in the aftermath of this terri

and the board president of the vta who is also emotional. listen in. >> here we are, in the united states of america, we're experiencing something just not experienced anywhere else in the world. there is a sameness to this. and that numbness i think is something we're all feeling, all of us gathered here today, looking at this scene, looking at governors, mayors, chiefs, speaking in similar tones and terms, expressions of condolences, all the right emotions and the right words, but it begs the damn question, what the hell is wrong in the united states of america, what the hell is wrong with us? >> i'm not carrying anyone else's emotion. people have their own emotions they're dealing with. again, there's direct impact, indirect impact of people that you know, members of the organization who are continuing to work while all of this is going on, and knowing that their friends and others, this has all occurred. it's just really devastating. >> you can feel his emotion, you can see the tears there in his eyes. we were all here together for so ma

>> well, i used to be a board member for the vta, as well as a board chair, so i do know the union leadership of atu. i spoke with the president yesterday who was, obviously, completely shattered. he was in the room when the gun was first revealed. i can't imagine what he and others that have survived are feeling. survivors guilt, seeing their co-workers, people they see every day gunned down and massacred. so absolutely, i'm very much connected to vta and to these workers. and to this community. and you're feeling that pain because it's so visceral. everyone sees the buses driving around. they know their local bus driver. they know what vta is all about. it's very connected to all of us that have grown up here. >> now you're an elected official. so what are you going to do about this? >> here in california, we have continued to have some of the strongest gun violence prevention legislation and background checks. we have red flag laws that are stronger than ever before. but at the end of the day, this runs a lot deeper than that. this is a cultural phenomenon that doesn't happen anywhere else

we sat down with the chairman of the board of the vta, glen hendricks. >> i'm not carrying anyone else's emotion. this is -- people have their own emotions they're dealing with. again, there is direct impact, indirect impact of people that you know, members of the organization who are continuing to work while all this is going on and knowing that there are friends and others. it is just really devastating. >> with tears in his eyes during that interview, we appreciate his time during this time of crisis. we talk a lot about now the families, the victims. we're trying to identify who they are. as for the gunman himself, he did kill himself here a block behind me, but what was his background? let's bring in live in santa cr evening. and sergio, i believe you have spoken with the ex-wife of this gunman. >> reporter: yeah. we were able to talk to the ex-wife of 12 years ago or so. she and her current husband were gracious enough to invite us in her home to basically talk a little bit about how they found out about this this morning and also try to describe a little bit of samuel cassidy's de

vta. we're also learning b.a.r.t. board of directors will hold a moment of silence at their meeting today. >> more details to the people who lived in the bay area for some time probably find themselves thinking back to 1992. "the chronicle" reposted its front page following the 101 california shooting in san francisco. this is where eight people died before the gunman took his own life. san jose rampage is the deadliest in the bay area since. our investigative unit has looked at some of the more recent shootings and the locations include a tragedy at the university of oakland, u.p.s. facility in san francisco, the veterans home in yountsville, san bruno and most recently the gilroy garlic festival. that shooting happened nearly two years ago when the gunman killed three people including a 6-year-old boy. this was before turning the gun on himself before deputies moved in. >> so tragic to see all of those and realize we've covered them all here in the bay area. this is not to mention the other tragedies that have happened ac

board of directors. no wonder he sounds optimistic. vta has steady increases in january february and march. topping out in more than 41,000 total week day writers. overall vta ridership is still down about 75% of normal. that number is improving. today vta announced they are cutting the social distance between writers and half. >> it had been six feet. is moving to three feet. this will increase capacity we have on vehicles that serve the community. both in the north bay more smart trains are running. another 10 getting added on weekdays. another 12 trips for saturday. where previously there were none. >> we want to make sure we capture people as they start partaking in their life again. going to work. doing leisure activities on the weekends. we wanted to make sure we were going to be a part of that. >> reporter: bart had a big week last week hitting ridership highs since the pandemic began on tuesday wednesday thursday saturday and sunday. check this out. these are weekly occupancy charts for one of bart's busiest lines. sfo to antioch going 20 weeks to the start of the new year. more yel

board of directors. no wonder he sounds optimistic. vta has steady increases in january february and march.pping out in more than 41,000 total week day writers. overall vta ridership is still down about 75% of normal. that number is improving. today vta announced they are cutting the social distance between writers and half. >> it had been six feet. is moving to three feet. this will increase capacity we have on vehicles that serve the community. both in the north bay more smart trains are running. another 10 getting added on weekdays. another 12 trips for saturday. where previously there were none. >> we want to make sure we capture people as they start partaking in their life again. going to work. doing leisure activities on the weekends. we wanted to make sure we were going to be a part of that.

vta today. the new rules will call for three feet of distancing instead of the six, allowing more people to get on board at one time. the masks still mandatory, vta says since the pan demme ing began, buses have been leaving behind up to 800 riders each day because the max out at eight passengers. >>> new clean energy plan to ease our climate in crisis may soon take shape in northern california. the white house has announced plans to allow two new large scale wind farms built over the pacific ocean. one would sit 20 miles off the coast of moro bay, the other in the waters off of the north coast. it's hoped by the end of the decade, each will hold hundreds of wind turbines anchored on floating platforms. combined the farms could power 1.5 million homes. governor newsom supports the idea but commercial fishermen are among those slamming it calling it unproven. we will just see. it will be interesting to see. >>> 5:07 right now. weather and traffic together, that's what we provide. we'll check in with mike in a moment but kari has a look at our forecast for us now, wednesday morning, half way through our w

vta rail yard and his home. they've spent the last three days doing just that. today in the bay's jean elle shows us. >> the shooter's home, boardedp with piles of debris in the front yard and fire damage on the house. a fire investigator says he started before he left for the vta rail yard wednesday morning. >> a pot was placed on the stove in the kitchen of the residence. investigators have determined that there was ammunition in that pot, as well as accelerants around the pot. so, currently, we believe that that pot overheated, causing that ammunition to discharge. >> inside the home, investigators found multiple cans of gasoline, suspected molotov cocktails, more than 20,000 rounds of various ammunition, and 12 firearms search crews believe were deliberate placed around the home. >> to access them in a time of emergency. if he was to be contacted by someone else or law enforcement, he would have access to those weapons at various areas of the house. >> i never saw him once in my life. >> reporter: neighbor john sayjack says the shooter kept to himself, but a former neighbor had a run-in with him after she took care of his dog.

safest places in the city of san jose, a place like the vta railyard, which is adjacent to a sheriff's office, across the street from where the county boardsupervisors meet and a place where 800, 900 government employees are coming in and out of that plaza and the police station is next door, all of a sudden people feel more unsif unsafe than ever. >>> many people are reaching out, how can we help? they really want to do something. the mayor sam liccardo asked the public to donate to a fund set up by the south bay labor council. that money will go to the families of the nine vta workers who were killed. we posted that information on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> also today we're keeping a close eye on the drought conditions in the bay area. our meteorologists have been tracking the conditions and the drought outlook continues to worsen for much of the bay area. sierra johnson is live with an update and the measure one community is taking for water conservation. >> yes. we've been in this location in marin county several times over the last couple of months. i can tell you that patch of land behind me has gotten increasingly brown. it w

board supervisor. cindy chavez is calling the vta workers heroes.hey never stopped working during covid and governor newsome hope this cannot keep happening. not only here in the state but across the country. >> sheriff's department is right next door. and by the time the sheriff's responded, they were still able to hear shots when they came on to the property. one of the things that i'm convinced of is that we're going to learn about acts of heroism, fire or santa clara county sheriff's by the san jose police department also responded quickly. there are only a block away and and i imagine that men and women who work for too. >> it feels like this happens over and over and over again. rinse and repeat rinse and repeat it. one that long ago i was standing out here. talking about the tragic loss of 2 children. one mother's arms. the gilroy festival all of us gathered here today. looking at the scene, the senate governors mayors chief. a similar tone terms expression of condolence is all right. the motions and perhaps the right words. but it takes the

. >>> seems not eve board just yet with the plan to get rid once the san jose b.a.r.t. extension is complete. the vta this week posted the first renderings of the plan 28th street underground station. critics point out rider have to go 100 feet underground to reach the platform. vta says constructing shallower stations would create street disruptions for years during the build-out. >>> friday morning, that's what we mentioned, bright and sunny, is kari's outfit. is that an indication what we're in store for today, perhaps? >> absolutely. i think so. i mean, it's going to continue to be sunny and great weather for getting outside. if you want to go out for a hike in the east bay, check out our temperatures for today. we're starting out cool, with some upper 40s for the next few hours and then it starts to warm up. we're heading back into the 70s here, and during the middle of the afternoon, that's the best time to enjoy that sunshine. we'll be in the low 70s between noon and 4:00, and still some breezy winds. we've been watching those winds and at times have been really gusting. we'll talk more about

boarding. be able to trace his phone. >> paul started in the vta in 2000, 2 has a bus operator trainee rising in the ranks to assistant superintendent in service management that he was not supposed to be that he was supposed to work at home. but the covid people. and i was. look at that orange juice yesterday morning. picked that he left for work. leonard didn't know anything about the man who killed his son and 8 other co-workers except what he's heard on the news, but he thinks his son's role as a manager may have played a part and why he was killed. i think my son was a target. coincidentally leonard says his son in law had been on the scene of the fire at the suspect's house. the same morning in his role as the san jose fire fighter. i could head to tragedy. plus, at expressed concern about the whole this terrible loss will leave in his grandchildren's lives. but he said as grandfather he'll do the best he can to guide them now that their dad is gone. maureen kelly kron 4 news is that the craziest connection now that you've got one son killed by the gunman and the son in law putting out the

boards are going up throughout sacramento. people are encouraged to write messages of love and support for people affected by the vta shooting. organizers help the well wishes will provide some closure and relief to the victims' families and encourage californians to come together. >> they have the genuine desire to help the community even though they are not part of the same community. >> a group called social expressions organized the project. >>> a somber moment in san jose. the tech interactive reopened for the first time since the pandemic started and used the opportunity to honor the lives lost in the shooting. the reopening ceremony started with a moment of silence for the vta shooting victims. after paying their respects dozens of families filed through the front door. you can learn more about the nine killed in the shooting by going to our website and we've posted ways to donate to the families and the latest on the investigations. >>> turning to our micro climate weather coverage a live look outside. that is walnut creek. you may not believe this but it is going to heat up a lot over the next 48 hours or so. triple

boards this weekend. a lot of people have been wondering how they can help families of the nine victims. we have the details in vta stories on kpix.com and you can find a link at the top of our home page. >>> the reward is growing for arrest of the gunman responsible for another deadly mass shooting. this happened in miami florida just after midnight sunday as a rap concert was ending. three men jumped out of a car armed with rifles and hand guns and shot into the game. two died and nearly two dozen others were hurt. >>> a local philanthropist offered $100,000 for information leading to arrest. miami's alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives added another $25,000. >>> a social media post threatening mass shooting in los angeles county has sparked fear and investigation. lakewood sheriffs investigators say it threatened minorities and city council members but they found it was not credible. a man named says he didn't do it but was a victim of swatting, where someone else was trying to put the blame on him and spark a police response. >> i called the sheriffs station and i was like i didn't do this. i was like let me

board. >> hello. as we've all scene, there is a horrible event that has happened, a terrible tragedy. significant loss of life which is just horrible for our vta our thoughts and love goes out to the vta family, to the employees who were at the yard and everyone else who is a vta employee and their family members. i do have a number to give out. this is for vt employee and family members only. 408-321-7550. again, this is for vta employees and vta family members to be able to call. 408-321-7550. i just want to say how proud i am of our vta family. the stress that they're going through, the friends and family that they know, this has just been a terrible event for them. i also want to say that our light rail service will be stopping at noon today. we'll be putting in place a bus bridge to continue to provide service to our county residents. as we mentioned, the reunification center is inside. i've been in there talking about different employees. it's just very difficult for everyone to be able to try and wrap their heads around and understand what has happened, and i just want to say again, i'm so sorry for what's occurred, but i'm very proud o

vta president. >> my name is glenn hendricks on the chairperson of the pta board of directors g l e and h e n d r i c k s. so horrible. tragedies happen today. and our. the hearts and love goes out to the beaty family. the organization. and what they've had to go through. i i could not be more proud of the tape organization as they drove here. i saw the tape buses out on the road. as i said, this just a horrible tragedy that has occurred. one piece of information the event did happen on the beat. a light rail yard. but it did not happen in the operations control center. it did happen on the yard. i want to go ahead and let people know that as of noon today, the tea a light rail service will be suspended. and plus bridges we put in place. so that we continue to provide service to our county residents. and also just want to remind people that the renewed reunification center. it's here at 70 west heading for where people can get together and get information about their loved ones. thank you very i'm sorry for your loss. let someone handle that question later. there were so sorry this event happen.

boarded up. police have left this neighborhood. on friday, police detonated what was initially thought to be a suspicious device found at cassidy's home. investigators revealed the alleged vta gunman had an arsenal of weapons. it is evidence that remains even after the mass shooter simultaneously set his home on fire while he shot and killed nine of his coworkers at this vta railyard wednesday. >> there was a pot on the stove. the stove was likely turned on. inside the pot, they located ammunition. around the pot, there was axel rants. >> investigators uncovered an estimated ewe mission in addition. a d 178molotav cocktails. cassidy's guns weren't locked away. rather stashed at different doorways ready to use. eight the railyard, cassidy first killed several coworkers in one building and then was seen on this surveillance video walking over to a second billing where he murdered several more. cassidy james apologizes to the victim's families for his son's unthinkable acts saying i don't think anything i could say could ease their grief. i am really sorry. investigators still prosecuting the crime scene here at the rail yard. they say still no clear motive to this crime. cass

vta family that has been so effective. >> we're going to introduce the president of the county board of supervisors for santa clara county>> it was two years ago the mass shooting in gilroy. law enforcement responded quickly and minimized the number of fatalities. last year we had covid. still have covid. last year was the big year. and the people and the county responded to have the lowest positivity rate in the state. today we have this mass shooting here. it was the santa clara county sheriff's department and the san jose police department that responded so quickly to minimize the loss of life. as you can see, our flag now is at half mast to help commemorate and remember the people that have passed today. it's an extremely sad day in the history of santa clara county but i'm also proud by the response by law enforcement and the vta family taking care of the loved ones, the survivors of those that passed and the district attorney's office that has stepped forth with the services that they provided two years ago to the people in gilroy and continue to provide every day and will provide to the survivors, loved ones and f

reporter: the vta rail yard where the gunman carried out his assault remains taped off and there were little signs of activity. a few miles south the home where the shooter lived is still boarded up with debris in the front yard. investigators found multiple cans of gasoline inside, suspected molotov cocktails and 20 rounds of various ammunition. today it was quiet except for a delivery driver leaving a package there. it's the first day since law enforcement left the scene. neighbors say people are driving by to see it. >> you never know who lives next to you. >> jackie roblis said the gunman seemed peculiar when people pulled up. >> i know a lot of people left. >> reporter: now the chaplains tell us that they plan to be here at least through wednesday. again, they keep an eye as people continue to come by and grieve. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> we see them hugging each other there in the background. thanks so much. >>> a somber moment for what should have been an exciting day in san jose. the tech interactive reopened for the first time after being closed since the pandemic. the museum used the opportunity to honor the lives of those lost

boards over the weekend. people have been wondering how they can help the families. we have all the details in vta stories on kpix.com and you can find a link at the top of the home page. >>> fire crews in north bay getting fire ready. they were doing controlled burns in sonoma so you might have seen smoke in the hillsburg area. >>> a two month kayak journey set to begin off the wooden fishing pier in fort baker. >> a solo trip across pacific ocean all the way to hawaii. justin andrews is live at fort baker where the kayaker is about to take off soon. a lot of people there. this is quite the journey. >> reporter: it is quite the journey. he is getting prepared. there he is, his specially built kayak ready to take off. he is set to take off a 2400- mile stretch across the open pacific ocean. yes, all by himself. this is a huge under taking that very few in water sports can strive. i had an interview and he says he is ready and absolutely has no fear. this is a 44-year-old kayaker. he says he is hoping it doesn't take more than 70 days to get to hawaii. he is going by himself paddling through what c

. >>> seems not everyone is on board just yet with the plan to get riders to their trains once the san jose b.a.r.t. extension is complete. the vta this week posted the first renderings of the plan 28th street underground station. critics point out rider have to go 100 feet underground to reach the platform. vta says constructing shallower stations would create street disruptions for years during the build-out. >>> here we go, friday morning, heading into the weekend. of course a lot of you probably have plans and of course meteorologist kari hall is here to help you through it. how are the temperatures looking for us this weekend? >> it's going to be great, no matter where you're going or what you're planning to do. let's talk about what's going on statewide and even across the region, if you're planning to head to vegas tomorrow, it's going to be in the low 70s so that's pretty nice, even palm springs is going to be comfortable with some low 80s there. san diego reaching 66 degrees and l.a. reaching 69. for santa rosa expect low 70s and mt. shasta 64 degrees. we'll also be watching sonoma valley with our highs in the mid-70s, c

5.39 and then people can transfer to a vta bus service and get to san jose city hall leaders just riders just need to notify the conductor that they will be deep boarding for that memorial. and we learned a lot more about each of these 9 people today during a very emotional press conference. kron four's charles clifford joins us now live from san jose with the new information that was revealed in this emotional press conference. and i was listening to it when it was airing this morning. charles and i was just so struck by the 2 employees who spoke one who said that he was remembering his employees, his co-workers and that when he came home from work. at the end of the day yesterday that hug from his family meant more to him. that night than ever before. and it just gave me the chills. >> also said didn't know if his family could really understand how much pain he was in, you know, because he lost a co-worker who sat right at the desk right next to him. so it's very emotional for people to vta. you know, these employees who died had decades of experience at the vta vta a leadership said today that they consider them family. there was a press conference

boards over the weekend. >>> people have been wondering how they can help families of the nine victims. we have the details in vta stories on kpix.com and you can find a link at the top of our home page. >>> firefighter in his north bay are getting fire ready. they were doing some control burn so you may have seen smoke in the hillsburg area. >>> a new round of controlled burns next month. the first begin next thursday on north slope of vineyard road and highlands affecting about 100 acres. >>> people who travel to fulsome lake were met with a surprise, very low water levels. many were shocked to find no boats in site, launch ramps closed and low water levels. the surface is 397 feet above sea level compared with 465 in an average good year. >> it never was that low. no boats, no jet skis. it's kind of weird. >> still fun either way. we still have a great time coming out. >> for continuing coverage of the drought, you can find water restrictions and conditions by zip code at kpix.com/drought. >>> a marin kayaker is on his way to hawaii after paddling off this morning. >> we brought you the excitement live as he l

. >>> seems not everyone is on board yet with the plan to get riders to the trains once the san jose b.a.r.t. extension is completed. the vta posted the first renderings of the plan 28th street underground station. critics point out riders have to go 100 feet underground to reach the platform. vta says constructing shallower stations would create street disruptions for years during the build-out. >>> let's get outside this morning. taking a live look at san jose, the sun is up. a nice start to our friday morning, and beginning to the weekend, which we want to get a look at the forecast, see what we're in store for this weekend, kari. >> yes, i know a lot of people are hitting the road more often and let's take a look at what you'll experience as you head across the region, really great weather no matter where you're planning to go. we're going to see our temperatures in las vegas this weekend, tomorrow reaching 71 degrees. if you're going to san diego, expect some mid-60s. l.a. will reach about 70 degrees, and for santa rosa 74. in tahoe, reaching 61 degrees. so let's head to the sonoma valley area, we're going to see tempe

boarded up. police have left the neighborhood. police detonated what was thought to be a suspicious device found that cassidy's home. investigators revealed the alleged vta gunmen had an arsenal of weapons. he simultaneously set his home on fire while he shot and killed nine of his coworkers at this vta railyard wednesday. >> there was a pot on the stove, the stove was likely turned in. inside the located ammunition. around the pot there was accelerants. >> reporter: investigators uncovered 25,000 rounds of ammunition, a dozen guns and 17 molotov cocktails. they say cassidy's guns weren't locked away. stash near different doorways, ready to use. at the railyard, cassidy first killed several coworkers in one building, then was seen on this surveillance video walking over to a second building where he murdered several more. cassidy's father told our media partners he apologizes to the victims families for his son's unthinkable lacks aching i don't think anything i could say could ease their grief. i'm really really very sorry. investigators to processing the crime scene. they say no clear motive to this crime. cassidy's father also telling media partners t

boarded up. police have left the neighborhood. on friday police detonated what was thought to be a suspicious device found at his home. investigators revealed the alleged vta gunman had an arsenal of weapons. evidence that remained even after he simultaneously set his home and fire while he shot and killed nine of his coworkers at this vta railyard. >> there was a pot on the stove. the stove is likely turned on. inside the pot they located ammunition. around the pot there were accelerants. >> reporter: investigators uncovered an estimated 25,000 rounds of ammunition, a dozen guns, and 17 molotov cocktails. is a cassity's guns weren't locked away but stashed near different doorways ready to use. at the railyard, cassidy first killed several coworkers in when building and then was seen on surveillance video calmly walking over to a second building where he murdered several more. cassity's father told our media partners he apologizes to the victims families for his son's unthinkable acts saying i don't think anything i could say could ease their grief. i'm really really very sorry. investigators still processing the crime scene. they say still no clear motive

board. >> hello. as we have all seen, there's a horrible event that has happened. a terrible tragedy. significant loss of life, which is horrible for our vtaghts and love goes out to the vta family, to the employees at the yard and everyone else who is a vta employees and their family members. i do have a number to give out. this is for vta employees and family only. 408-321-7550. again there is for vta employees and vta family members to be able to call 408-321-7550. i just want to say how proud i am of our vta family. the stress that they're going through, the friends and family that they know, this has just been a terrible event for them. i also want to say our light rail service will be stopping at noon today and putting in place a bus bridge to continue to provide service to our county residents. as mentioned, the reunification center is inside. i've been in there talking with different employees. it is very difficult for everyone to try to wrap their heads around and understand what has happened. i just want to say again, i'm so sorry for what has occurred. but i'm very proud of our vta employees. thank you. >> [question inaudible] >

but starting today the vta buses in san jose and the fairies in san francisco will allow people to sit 3 feet apart instead of six. that will mean more people can climb on boardr example instead of eight people on a 40 foot bus now they will allow 18 people. one commuter said she realizes it is time but said she didn't, she did enjoy being able to spread out and another told us that she has concerns about taking this step. >> i think it's a little quick, i think they need to distance the same as far as nobody knows what's going to happen and i just think that they need to keep everything 6 feet apart. >> these new guidelines will mean fewer people will get passed over for a ride. vta says 600 to 800 bus passengers a day were being left behind because buses had already reached capacity so this will be good for the agency's bottom line. they say they aren't out of the woods until full capacity is allowed at that this helps and is a step in the right direction for them. live in san jose, amy hollifield, abc7 news. >>> there's a new spot for kids 12 and up to get vaccinated in hayward, firehouse clinic and has been offering vaccines since january but has expanded

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