is making reference errors -- >> reporter: he is making reference to his conversations with wesley shermantine. notes from him have uncovered human remains in san joaquin county. he says as many as 14 more could be found near the mountain. >> assuming shermantine is being straight with me. >> reporter: tuesday, a bill was signed into law that allows shermantine to be transported to grave sites to uncover remains. this is at least one of half a dozen that could be searched. >> one for sure in calaveras, and i believe one in san joaquin. >> as to when the searches will happen, authorities are not saying, and the bounty hunter says the searches will be secret. all of them have to happen within the next six months. that new law signed by the governor is considered a good move by victims' rights groups, despite the fact it will give shermantine a rare chance to be outside the walls of prison. jeff bush got reaction from advocates. >> reporter: the governor's signature paves the way for a convicted killer and death row inmate to leave prison to help out with the search for the bodies of his victims.

. >> reporter: he is making reference to this conversation with wesley shermantine. padia says as many as 14 identity could be found in the area where the two men would go deer hunting. >> reporter: on tuesday a bill was signed for sherman time to help find possible gravesides and hopes of finding remains. >> reporter: there is one for sure in calaveras, and i believe there are four in san walking in the flood area. >> james: that new law that the reference was signed by the governor. it will give report--the wesley shermantine a rich against the outside of the prison experience >> reporter: convicted killer and death row inmate wesley shermantine is under heavy security and searching for the bodies that he and his partner in crime did away with. >> i think it is wonderful what they're doing i certainly did advocate letting death row inmates at a prison but i think in this case there are as many aspects 70 victim out there he can lead them to them and bring closure to the 72 families. >> reporter: what about the notion that a convicted serial killer is supposed to sp

lawmakers unanimously approved a bill today that it helped get wesley shermantine out of prison. get his help in the search for remains of dead victims. authorities say shermantine and his childhood friend lauren herzog engaged in a methamphetamines fuelled killing spree in the '80s and '90s. herzog committed suicide. in san jose, police say they have busted an unlicensed home for disabled people where residents are treated like animals. five people were arrested. investigators say among the conditions of all, rotting food, no running water and dozens of dogs with feces everywhere. the victims reported that their social security checks were being taken by the defendants. a babysitter in oakland is charged with skirting a three year old boy. the child was taken to hospital with injuries consistent with severe abuse. he remains in critical condition. the child's mother and stepfather were also arrested it will not be charged in the case because police say they have now are that the abuse happened over two month period of time while the boy was in the babysitters custody. prosecutor

this is related to this be freed killer case involving wesley shermantine and the bombers of.here are often accused of a method these killing rampage in the '80s and '90s. j.r stone is following the story and joins us with details. >> i spoke with investigators in lake county who tell me they have been in contact with leonard the dia who you see here. he is the one that has been talking with wesley shermantine of the other side of this picture right here. they say there could be victims in lake county, possibly as many as 14. investigators in lake county say they need more information because the area covers thousands of square miles. according to leonard via, there could be remains of as many as 14 people in this area. the area is heavily wooded. it is used mostly for offloading, camping, hiking and hunting. that is something the diaz says shermantine and herzog used to do. those in lake county spoke about this earlier. >> basically what needs to happen is we need more details due to the fact that the area is a rather large and several thousand acres. he needs to provide us w

loren joseph herzog and wesley howard shermantine killed more than 70 people. >>> a family of mountainions has been spotted on the uc berkeley campus. another and cubs were seen several times near the greek theater. mountain lions roam the halls and they are not that unusual but people are being warned not to walk alone between dusk and dawn when mountain lions do their hunting. >>> and trapped in sacramento, police were called to a well, it took four hours to sedate and hoist the 22-pound bull in a well. the bull was stuck in 7 feet of water. checking in with sal, hey, sal. >> well with, traffic is moving around well and we do have some slow traffic and let's take a look at the commute as we head out on to the mcarthur maze. no major problems. if you are driving it has been a nice drive getting to highway 17. and northbound 280, that traffic is off to a good start. hello steve. >> thank you sir. >> good morning. i will tell you if you enjoy yesterday, then you will love today. there is really suddenel change -- subtle changes. even with a westerly breeze, travis still made it to 86, t

soon wesley shermantine will be escorted to possible grave sites. he and his friend were convicted of several murders in the '80s and 90s. herzog committed suicide after being released from prison. jerry brown has authorized his release from prison to help authorities find more grave sites. >> reporter: this is cal mountain recreational area, extremely large, full of rucked terrain. it is 52,000 akers and stretches over -- acres over two different counties. for locals, it is a place to play. but news that it could be the site of a massive grave site containing as many as 14 victims at the hands of the "speed freak killers" is extremely alarming. >> yeah, really scary. nothing ever happens here like that. it's really freaky. >> would it be easy to hide something down there? >> definitely, yeah. there's a lot of trees too, and -- yeah, definitely. you can just bury or just throw it in the bushes or whatever. >> would you be surprised if they discovered a mass grave there? >> no, i wouldn't be. a lot of stuff goes on down there, and a lot of people don

>>catherine: and a nice and big stories, a bounty hunter who stayed in touch with wesley shermantinethere could be 14 more victims buried in california. he says shermantine told him that there were several burial sites across the state which has not been found yet. he has already directed authorities to four victims while in custody. is the man accused of shooting a 10 year-old was arrested in vicksburg. he was shot in the back while walking with his mother. he is recovering and has been released from hospital. oakland police are investigating 14 robberies and 24 sours. please do not know if any of the robberies or carjackings might be connected. san francisco police are asking for the public's help in tracking down the killer. police say he shot a 26 year-old had been walking home from the balboa bart station. since since ... some sort >> echo the secondary suspect's vehicle. some was the >> for the family of the victim, the morning continues. >> i have a deep sorrow. i go to the place where he was injured. it is still a very painful process and iran, but >> hircine came from ethiop

. >>> there are reports that wesley shermantine contemporarily released later today. the two were convicted of killing dozens of people in the 80s and 90s. so far, it's taken p -- he's been taken to five victims. earlier this week, jebry brown signed a bill ahowing him to work with investigators to find those bodies. >>> later today, the u.s. mostal service will provide -- postal service will provide a lasting tribute. they will be issuing a special honoring willie stargell. he was 61 years old when he died of kidney disease in 2001. he grew up in alameda, played baseball here and the school's ballpark is now called willie stargell field. there is a street near the college called stargill way. >> pretty col. >> yes. >> the coast is -- pretty cool. >> yes. >> the coast is waking up for to fog this morning. >>> and look at this, punishes scrambling to get off the plane any way they can do to -- any way they can do it? good morning. highway 4, we have a traffic jam. we'll tell you what's happening when woe come up to the willow pass grade. [ male announcer ] now at your

. >>> convicted killer wesley shermantine will leave death row to help investigators locate the remains of murder victims. governor jerry brown signed a release. they expect they killed dozens of people in the '80s and '90s. police found some remains after shermantine drew a burial site. >>> a jury has convicted hans reiser to pay $60 million to his two children. the jurors deliberated just a few hours before reaching their decision in a wrongful death lawsuit yesterday. the $60 million reward is for the emotional damage the children suffered after the murder of their mother nina in 2006. the attorney for the reiser children was only asking for $25 million. >> we wanted to make darn sure that the children were well taken care of, that they would have the psychological help that they needed for the rest of their life. >> reiser is a former computer software developer and unclear whether he has any money let alone that $60 million. >>> a controversial stop and frisk policy is being debated in san francisco. the policy already adopted in philadelphia and new york allows police officers to

stop open roll open blanca live --el asesino en blanca live --el asesino en serie wesley shermantinedo informacion espeluznante a las autoridades que podrian dar con mas cadaveres. take map --segun los alguaciles del condado de lake, el condenado a muerte en san quintin, aseguro que en el area recreacional "cow mountain" al norte del estado, se encuentra otra fosa con los restos de otras 14 victimas., take vo y aunque ellos dicen estar escpticos, estan investigando la macabra declaracion de shermantine de 46 aÑos quien junto con su amigo loren herzog fueron convictos por los asesinatos entre 1994 y 1998 en el area de stockton donde ellos crecieron. --segun shermantine el es inocente y quien perpetro los homicidios de mas de 70 personas fue herzog, quien se suicido en enero despues de enterarse que shermantine habia revelado a la policia donde estaban los cuerpos enterrados. --para registrar y buscar la fosa en 'cow mountain" del condado de "lake" de 52 mil acres, los alguaciles esperan obtener informacion mas concisa del convicto, por ahora no iniciaran estas labores. topvo cesar ---

assembly will vote on a bill that will allow the temporary release of convicted serial killer wesley shermantine. it was to help insure he would look for the victims. shermantine and lauren herzog were known as the speed freak killers. herzog committed suicide after learning shermantine was giving investigators maps to lead them to victims remains. >>> a man that admitted to beating a los gatos priest is found not guilty. defendant will lynch was cheered as he walked out of the court. jurors say he couldn't ignore that he was likely raped as a child. lynch was acquitted on felony assault and elder abuse charges. >> i wanted to bring this out and bring attention to the cause but also take responsibility and be accountable unlike the church and father jerry. >> reporter: lynch plans to create a nonprofit organization for sexually abused victims. jurors did dead lock on a misdemeanor assault charge. prosecutors have a week to decide if they will retry him on that account. >>> arraignment is set in two weeks for operators of a san jose home. they are accused of abusing the people they were supposed

this be freed killers wesley shermantine and his partner in crime reportedly used to go hunting in the area known for its rugged terrain full of wildlife. kron4 news has learned that lake county officials are waiting to send several investigators to san quentin to speak with shermantine and possibly sketch out a map to the mass grave site. shermantine is currently on death row for killing several other people. as far as local and northern california victims, lake county officials tell kron4 that they are beginning to open cold cases to see if there are any missing women and matched the time frame of weird shermantine and herzog vanished -- he visited the area. coming up we will hear what locals have to say about this development. >> a live look outside from the golden gate bridge. sunny skies and a little bit of fog. as we take a live look outside at the satellite pictures, otherwise sunny skies to the rest of the bay area. the north bay will see fog. the fog will flow back into the over nine hours. temperatures this afternoon are warmer as we expected. edie's in the inland valleys. pl

wesley shermantine will be escorted to possible grave sites.ne and herzog were convicted of several murders in the '80s and '90s. herzog committed suicide after getting released from prison. shermantine is on death row. the governor has authorized his release it just long enough for him to be but how the authorities to five locations of more of the three sides. terisa estacio is in lake county will look at a new location there. >> this is the taliban recreation area. it is extremely large and full of rugged terrain. >> it is really scary. since nothing has ever happened like that year. >> would be easy to hide something down there? >> definitely. there are a lot of trees. definitely yes. you could very something or throw it in the bushes. >> would you be surprised if they discovered a mass grave there? >> i would not be surprised. a lot goes on down there. a lot of people did not find out about it so i would not be surprised. >>catherine: a death investigation is underway in sonoma county after a body was found. authorities received a report th

this is according to the bounty hunter padia who recently talked with wesley shermantine and he saidhis is in an area where the two of them used to hunt. it may be more than half a dozen of one of the areas that will be searched. >> i think that there are four in this area. >> darya: herzod and sherman time of the beaten up on in meth induced killing spree in the early '80s and '90s. >> mark: the universe the california border regions are planning to vote on a resolution that supports governor brown's tax measure and freezes the tuition for 2012, but that only happens if the governor's proposal passes on the ballot. >> mark: if the measure fails, automatic cuts will kick in through k through 12 and they will face a tuition hike increase and that could increase the tuition by as much as 20%. >> darya: 18 year old boy is still recovering after being shot in the back. they saved little boy was unintentionally shot the driver--shooter says that they were aiming for a different vehicle. the police say they were able to arrest him from the tips that they had in the community. >> we had som

freak killer case they're passing a bill that could allow this man convicted serial killer wesley shermantineout of prison to help locate more victims. sherman time and his accomplice were accused of killing several people in the 1980's and the silicon valley. as a compass died earlier this year. sherman time has not made map to show where more victims remain. the new measure is signed by the government investigators will have until the end of the year to get his help in locating more victims. now on to where police are arresting a man who sexually assaulted on teenage daughter. on monday some call the police say that a juvenile was being assaulted at a home on 160 third ave. investigators say this man, the girl's father francisco dominguez had been molesting his daughter for years. he was arrested the next day. and police in oakland are looking for a hit-and-run driver that killed a bicyclist on wednesday night. it happened in the 8100 block of international boulevard. the mailbox the coolest--the male bicyclist was pronounced dead. >> mark: police say 66 row victim was a talking to another

. >>> the senate approved legislation of the release of wesley shermantine.investigators say he could help track dozens of victims. his partner herzog committed suicide. the bill now goes to the assembly. >>> there are new questions tonight about the truthfulless of ed lee's testimony about suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. as david stevenson reports a second person has now come forward to suggest that the mayor committed perjury. >> mayor ed lee is under fire from political opponents after this bit of testimony at last week's ethics economy. >> i don't recall offering mr. mirkarimi any job. >> reporter: but former board of supervisor aaron pekim said he was asked to tell mirkarimi he had a new job if he resigned as sheriff. that came at a meeting at this cafe last march. wong was unable to confirm that for us. his office told us he is traveling in china. but peskin said to us, i understood that he was making a job on behalf of the sheriff. >> you never confirmed to convey to sheriff mirkarimi if he would step down you would give him another job? >> absolutel

. >>> the senate approved legislation of the release of wesley shermantine.estigators say he could help track dozens of victims. his partner herzog committed suicide. the bill now goes to the assembly. >>> there are new questions tonight about the truthfulless of ed lee's testimony about suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. as david stevenson reports a second person has now come forward to suggest that the mayor committed perjury. >> mayor ed lee is under fire from political opponents after this bit of testimony at last week's ethics economy. >> i don't recall offering mr. mirkarimi any job. >> reporter: but former board of supervisor aaron pekim said he was asked to tell mirkarimi he had a new job if he resigned as sheriff. that came at a meeting at this cafe last march. wong was unable to confirm that for us. his office told us he is traveling in china. but peskin said to us, i understood that he was making a job on behalf of the sheriff. >> you never confirmed to convey to sheriff mirkarimi if he would step down you would give him another job? >> absolutely n

one-time bill temporarily freeing a death row prisoner would it allow so-called speed freak killer wesley shermantine to help search for the remains of his victims police believe there are dozens of them. searchers found hundreds of bone s in a well after shermantine drew a map for a bounty hunter who paid him $30,000. >>> the family of a hayward man murdered in west oakland is asking the community to help find his killer. the 30-year-old had just left his mother's house early sunday morning when he was shot to death in his car on market street his devastated family gathered near the crime scene yesterday. they canvassed the neighborhood, handing out fliers asking for any information on the shooting. he was a married father of two on his way home from his job as an event planner when he was killed. >> the family of a man who face charges in connection with a shooting and accident on the lower deck of the bay bridge is denying he had a weapon. 29-year-old antonio robertson is on parole for human trafficking. investigators say erased his car past officers 1:30 yesterday morning and crashed east of yerb

. >>> the state assembly will vote on a bill to allow the temporary release of wesley shermantine.o have help shermantine help -- herzog committed suicide earlier this year. >>> ross mirkarimi's wife now plans to fly back to san francisco to testify in person at her husband's misconduct hearing. earlier eliana lopez demanded the city pay for her round trip plane ticket from venezuela. now she has backed off on that demand and a spanish radio station in san francisco has raised a $1500 needed to pay for lopez's plane ticket. meantime the second person has come forward to suggest san francisco's mayor may have committed perjury in the investigation into city suspended sheriff. the allegations stem from mayor ed lee's testimony before the ethics commission last week. at that time mayor lee denied offering mirkarimi a new job if mirkarimi agreed to step down as sheriff. >>> doubts are being raised about pg&e's account of testing on the san bruno testline that exploded in 2010. a retired employee remembers high pressure water tests being done on the pipeline more than 50 years ago. the

assembly will vote on a bill that will allow the temporary release of convicted serial killer wesley shermantine it's to help them search for the remains of dozensover victims. sore man tine and -- shermantine and loren herzog were known as the speed freak killers. >>> ross mirkarimi's wife now plans to fly back to san francisco to testify in person at her husband's misconduct hearing. earlier eliana lopez asked the city to pay for her round trip ticket from venezuela but mayor ed lee rejected that request. but now a spanish language radio station has raised the $1500 needed to pay for lopez's plane ticket. meantime a second person has come forward to suggest san francisco's mayor may have commit perjury and the investigation into the cities suspensed sheriff. the elses stem from e lee's testimony before the ethics commission last week. >> i don't recall offering mirkarimi any job. >> however former board of supervisors president is telling a different story to ktvu news. he says he was asked to tell mirkarimi that he could have a new job if he resigned as sheriff. last week billing inspection c

.: the connection to lake county but authorities say that the physical search of wesley shermantine the says that he has talked about a human gravesite in the lake county toward 120 mi. south of san francisco this would be the third county to be searched. earlier, remains were found in other counties and at the san walking county off linden now, we're learning about cala where they used to go hunting. however at least 14 people could be hiding in these hills. >> he discussed it with me on the phone a couple of times. one foreshore and calaveras and i believe 4 in san joquain in the flood area and assuming that he is being straign with me there is a lake county. >>reporter: authorities will not talk with the suspect. they have been pushing for this for some time. the success is hard to say. it is possible that he might not even recognize the area. >>catherine: a in alameda, a convicted killer is ordered to pay his children and $16 million for murdering their mother. he was convicted and 2006 of killing his wife,nina. the children are now living in russia. it is not sure if they are able

. >>> new information in a high profile mass murder case, convicted serial killer wesley howard shermantine says the remains of 14 victims are hidden in a recreation area of lake mendocino counties. investigators are now looking into that claim but they need more specifics before they can search 60,000 acre area. they suspect suspect they killed more than 70 people. >>> a popular dating website has yanged a profile for somebody who appears to show a man with reddish orange hair, similar to holmes hair when he appeared in court. it included the question, will you visit me in prison. the profile was posted before last week's mass shooting. >>> and the republican presidential candidate is beginning a 6 day overseas tour. mitt romney is arriving in london and he will be there through the opening of the olympics on friday. he stopped it for poland. and also president barack obama heads to new orleans after campaign appearances yesterday in portland and seattle. as he did during his appearance in oakland on monday, the president told supporters unlike his challengers he believed it is a way to gr

loren joseph herzog and wesley howard shermantine killed more than 07 people. >>> a body was found inhe bushes at the dublin parking lot. her body was spotted last thursday afternoon. investigators are searching for witnesses and reviewing video. police are also waiting for a corner's report which is expected to come out in the next few weeks. she died from multiple force injuries. >>> and they have yanked a profile for somebody who matches james holmes. it reportedly shows a man with reddish orange hair similar to holmes hair when we saw him in court. the profile included will you visit me in prison. the profile was posted before the mass shooting. >>> and penn state's football program, some others may follow suit. state farm is pulling its ads from the university broadcast. they have been considering it since the child molestation of jerry sandusky. antigen roll motors is reportedly pulling their ads and sponsor ship deals. >>> we rank near the bottom when it comes to children's wellbeing and in fact california is failing in three of four measures according to a report released. rer

well, wesley sherman tine is being -- shermantine is being granted permission to leave prison to helpe. prosecutors suspect that he and lauren herzog killed dozens of people back from the '80s and '90s. earlier, police found remains after shermantine found a man of burial sites in san joaquin and cal la -- calavares counties. >>> let's check in with sal. >> this is in contra costa county. you will see slow traffic here in la fayette. it gets better briefly and then slows in orinda. 680 nearby is slow. not stop and go. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up to the maze. livermore traffic is busy. better after this. castro valley getting slow. 880, getting busy but not stop and go, as you drive from union city to fremont and then northbound 101 looks good. southbound 808 near coleman looks good but there a crash on the shoulder. let's go to steve. >>> mainly if mostly cloudy. there is a big fog bank out there. there were parts of the day that didn't burn off. that's inland. the coast got some sun. you don't see that too often this time of year. the

that could allow this man, the convicted killer was the sherman tyne--this killer was lee--wesley shermantinelling several people. he drew a map to help investigators for more victims remains he has maintained all along that there are more bodies to be found. if the new measure is fine investigators will have until this year to get his health. some of the victims' families believe that he is responsible for more murders than he has been convicted for. and of details about the san francisco all-star third baseman that is accused of sexually assaulting a 21 year-old santa cruz woman. today they announced the test are back from the lab they added that they're working to get complete results and will not have any new information on the case until next week. the accuser claims that she met sandoval and she and he went to a location where the alleged attack happened the police said the center of all said it was consentual. >> police arrested a man that they say he assaulted his own teenage daughter. on monday some called the authorities say that a juvenile was being sexually assaulted investigator