police say over the weekend, nicholas wessel took the teenagers to a hotel in nevada. that's where they say he sexually assaulted one of them. a few days later, they found that one of the teenagers had been talking with wessel on facebook. authorities contacted the social media giant, which gave them an ip address. that led them to the girls. police say that they are runaways and are being held at a juvenile justice center in reno. >>> and more than a dozen cats and dogs recovered from the house of a hoarder are now safe. these animals were found earlier this week. the monterrey county spca says there were 14 dogs, four puppies, and two cats all living on piles of trash. the animals were covered with fleas and many had a number of infections going on. spca officers say they will submit the case to the district attorney for possible charges. the house, as they found it, now is uninhabitable. >>> well, still to come this morning, can we expect more honking horns and shaking fists on the golden gate bridge? we're going to tell you about this traffic change that could real

police say one was in touch with wessel on facebook. police worked with facebook in order to find this man. >> a fast moving mobile home fire claimed list of a sunnyvale couple in their 70s today but their son managed to escape. the huge flames were leaping from the home at the senior community. neighbors were hoping they were staying someplace else for the night. firefighters found their bodies. >> we believe they're near a bedroom doorway in a hallway. >> i hope nobody is inside you know? it's the last thing you want. everything else is replaceable. >> neighbors say the man was a cross crossing guard. >> california state senate reversed a decision voting in favor of putting a kill switch on smart phones the bill had to be amended to gather more support. it would allow the owners to render the phone useless if it's lost or stolen. the bill now goes before the state assembly. >> parents of students at hills high school in millbrae meeting to complain about a controversial charter school proposal. they say they were told after the fact i

nicholas wessel of richmond is accused of kidnapping and raping two teenaged runaways. police say he took the 14- and 15-year-old girls to the nugget hotel. they say facebook was able to help when one of the girls logged on from an ip address at the hotel. the girls are now in reno waiting to be sent home. >>> checking some other bay area headlines now on this friday, the battle over martins beach continues today in a san mateo county courtroom. a surfing foundation is suing millionaire venture capitalist vinod khosla who bought the property in 2008. surfers claim that mr. khosla is blocking access to the beach south of half moon bay violating california coastal act. khosla has been ordered to testify today or next monday. >>> ac transit says it will appeal a $14 million settlement with a passenger who broke her back when a bus driver hit a speed bump too hard. the bus security camera video actually shows what happened. the passenger, maria francisco, was launched out of her seat. ac transit admits to being at fault but says the facts and law don't support the excessive

nicholas wessel of richmond is facing two counts of kidnapping, sexual assault and child porn.e is said to have persuaded two teenagers from modesto to travel from the bay area to a casino in sparks, nevada, on tuesday. one girl made a facebook posting about the trip. police used that post to track them down at the casino. >>> from striking a pose to racing to the rescue, a wedding photo shoot interrupted. the groomsmen who stripped down to save a life. >> and "jaws" in action! a film crew watches in shock as this great white makes a little dinner out of their raft. ,,,,,, everywhere i look, i see a country ready to move forward... and a congress standing in the way. their budgets are late; jobs bills are stalled... and special interests run rampant. as an economics teacher at stanford, i know education means good jobs. so here's my plan: i'd start teaching computer coding in public schools right away. open doors for women in science and technology. and prepare young people for middle class manufacturing jobs. i'm ro khanna and i approve this message, real estate. mobile home p

police say over the weekend nicholas wessel took the teens to a hotel in nevada and modesto teens to a hotel in nevada and sexually assaulted one of them therep a few days later one was talking with him on facebook. authorities contacted the social media giant which gave them an ip address and led them to the girls. police say they're run aways and being held at juvenile justice centers in reno. >>> the woman charged in the robbery and murder of a south bay millionaire told a judge she feels badly about not warning the victim that her brother was about to break into his house. katrina fritz testified yesterday as the key witness against her own brother and his friend. she said her brother called her and told her he was going to break into the house. she said at the time of the home invasion, she had not seen him in a year. she reportedly gave her brother directions to the house, drew him a blue print of the mansion. fritz says him and his wife were home when austin broeb ke in ane was killed during that home invasion. >>> sunnyvale fire investigators are trying to figure out what cau

the website helped lead the police to sparks nevada to nicholas wessel. he is out of richmond.olice say he took the 14- and 15-year-old girls both runaways out of he moved to the nugget hotel and when the girls were reported missing police asked facebook to help. facebook told police one of the girls had logged on from an ip address at the nugget in sparks. the girls are in reno now waiting to be brought home. >>> american intelligence sources say the kidnapped girls in nigeria may have been split up and sent out of the country. u.s. officials are on the ground to find and rescue more than 270 teenaged girls taken from their dorms just three weeks ago. britain, france and china are also helping. the islamic terrorist group boko haram claims it took the girls and is threatening to sell them. >>> this morning house democrats are deciding if they will boycott the next investigation into the deadly attack in benghazi, libya. the house voted mostly along party lines to conduct foreprobe of the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. earlier investigati

police say over the weekend, nicholas wessel took the teenagers to a hotel in nevada.y assaulted one of the girls. a few days later, police found that one of the girls had been talking with wessel on facebook. authorities contacted the social media giant which gave them an ip address and led them to the girls. they're runaways and being held at a juvenile justice center in reno. >>> right now getting a look at that commute out there this morning, 8:26. mike, how are we doing? >> this is westbound 92. this is a live picture. and it is a moving picture, you can tell, from the eastbound direction. westbound is jammed up, heading towards the high-rise. the map will show you slow across the bay. a three-car crash reported there. one of them removed from the roadway. lanes are reported clear, but it's very slow as those remaining two cars clear. getting down there is tough as well. once you get to 84, you're smooth across the peninsula. north 101 across san jose and mountain view remains later on this morning. >> thanks, mike. another local news update coming up for you in h

see a response from a grand from glenn greenwald and we could be in for round two of battle of the wessel that was a little later on well indeed if when it happens we will of course tell you about it not spoke together mcfadyen he's director of the center for investigative journalism he believes the claims of innocent people being at risk because of the revelations a hollow it's been used in the past to denounce anybody who had information of this kind you're putting lives at risk you'll have blood on your hands all those sorts of arguments none of which turned out to be true and in fact in all the sun releases which were huge and voluminous in the of those was it was the government claim that all they'll be thousands of dead people it'll be a terrible disaster and of course not a single person was hurt let alone killed by all those disclosures you think anyway maybe green will could have been pressured to keeping it quiet not coming out with the name of going to stand so i don't know it's a good question that many people are asking that what he's done is quite surprising but again we hav