desperate for money and high on drugs, whipple attacked.e struck her with the clothes iron, which broke the plastic housing. then strangled her to death. whipple took her money and whatever household items he thought he could sell. he also stole her car. the next day whipple said i returned to heather's apartment to clean up. he wiped his fingerprints and tried to remove as much blood as he could. but forensic tests found the shoe impressions he thought he had cleaned. before leaving, whipple placed the pillow under heather's head. a sign he knew her. he also took the clothes iron and knife, later found in his possession. a short time later he tried to sell heather's camera to an antique dealer who notified authorities. >> we told the jury jim whipple was guilty in terms of committing the offense. he had confessed not only to police, and the judge was going to allow those confessions in, because all of them were done properly, but he had talked to journalists. he had talked to detention officers. he had written letters, telling everybody he

it's just the whipple off ramp. the south bay we'll get to in a second. i want to talk about northbound 680 around sycamore valley road. reports of a pursuit ending in a crash there at sycamore valley road or near the off ramp. the same area where there is construction and we're getting more details. the latest pursuit was reported at bollinger canyon road. a smoother drive on westbound 580. that's typical build about this time for a friday. north 680 the slowdown has cleared and no problems southbound through sunol into fremont an easy drive. the northbound route moves smoothly. there is construction and debris north of the airport for 101. i circled where bob has been reporting about the activity and shooting and these are on the hills outside of the alum rock area. it's not affecting your on and off ramp. back to you. >> thanks so much. 5:20. san francisco company wants to buy the petaluma slaughter house at the center of a meat recall. according to the chronicle marin sun farms plans to purchase rancho feeding corporation by the end of the month. exec

when whipple fighters first got hold of through high birth she was eight months pregnant they keep her so badly she lost the baby but she refused to change her politics. i ran away with my children my mother is very dear to me it is now the second age faster all that has passed without me being with her my mother has god by her side he will not abandon her. they are kidnapping young people sixteen year olds and they're cutting them into pieces when asked if she'll give herself up for family sake through high but in fact he says no. if i die i want my daughters to continue in the same way everybody is going to die my mother may die but she wanted their last victim i may die to. syria's death toll stands at more than one hundred thousand with no sign of fighting a beijing for many internal refugees home remains a distant dream for those like it's only their ideals that gives him the strength to carry on policy r.t. damascus syria. and coming up here in just a few minutes it's of emotion and breaking the set. at the tender age of ten facebook has by any estimation truly changed the world

it was northbound 880 by whipple. traffic is still backed up even beyond mowry.between 238 and the macarthur maze. also, look at this, even for a friday this is very, very slow. northbound 680 approaching stone valley road. an accident there is sluggish all the way from danville to walnut creek. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. >>> weather looking nice around the bay area today. for the weekend, some spring- like conditions breaking out just about everywhere you go. out over the financial district, in san francisco, we have plenty of sunshine now. high pressure just beginning to build overhead. so we'll see offshore winds kicking in. clear skies to the coastline. get a sense of that ridge that's building in overhead now meaning nice temperatures by the afternoon. and running above average. plan on 71 in livermore, 70 in the napa valley. 69 degrees in san jose. and about 66 degrees in san francisco. the weekend looks great. plenty of sunshine with the exception of maybe a couple of patches of coastal fog. we are going to see plenty of sunshine.

but the damage is -- whipple. but the damage is done.ic in fremont getting up into union city and hayward. southbound traffic is not all that bad but it's a little bit slow after that crash all the way into fremont. just a little better than normally is. northbound 680 and southbound 680 in danville, and this whole area, we have had a number of fender benders and 680 is not in good shape through alamo and danville. southbound traffic gets better after danville. we promised a look at the south bay, and the drive times are lighter than usual. northbound 101 is taking 8 minutes. when is the last time that happened during the commute. it's better than it normally is. let's go to highway 24 westbound. this is also taking about 8 minutes from lafayette to the tunnel which is good. bay bridge toll plaza, total drive time into the city right now is just a little bit shy of 20 minutes. 8:03. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you sal. we begin this hour with developing news from san jose. detectives are investigating the city's 8th homicide of t

southbound 880 approaching whipple an accident there blocking one lane.backed up already to "a" street. bay bridge also backed up to the maze. lawrence? >> all right. some patchy thick fog around the bay area. low clouds in the area will break up mid-morning. then we have a lot of clouds coming down from the north. so this afternoon still some mild temperatures slight chance of sprinkles north of the golden gate bridge. otherwise mid-60s in the warmest spots. a better chance of rain for everybody saturday night into sunday. and again, next tuesday. >> galoshes are out, umbrella ready. >> you will need them. >> check this shot. this is on top of mount vaca. beautiful. right? >> next local update is 7:26. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, february 12th, 2014. welcome to "cbs this morning." >>> georgia's governor says, "we are not crying wolf." a storm threatens to paralyze atlanta again. snow and iesz cancelled thousands of flights to the south and east today. >>> france'

sensors are slow going from redwood city near whipple past the sfo exit. some other drive times in other areas, this is a live look. that was a live look in the north bay we are going to show you a look at larkspur near lucky drive where it puddles when it rains so be careful. there may be some flooding northbound. here's a live look. raindrops in the camera lens this morning or this afternoon. right now stacked up to the macarthur maze. let's go back out to that bay bridge toll plaza shot where it is backed up for about 25 minutes. westbound 580 slow to 680 and the altamont pass and the nimitz heavy from the maze to 238 and that eastshore freeway commute right now bottlenecking between berkeley and richmond. bart experiencing major delays. in the 5:00 hour they had to shut down service in the mission district while they searched for a robbery suspect. never found the suspects no one taken into custody but they still have residual delays even though bart trains are moving. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> here since 4 a.m. still goin

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