==raj/2-shot== the news at 6 starts now. good evening and thanks for joining us. i )m raj mathai. ==jess/2-shot== and i )m jessica aguirre. the conservative author is promising to come to liccardo. >>> i'm raj mathai. >> jessica ai giere the conservative more so promise togs come to berkeley this thursday but the invitation is for next week that means a legal clarin is shaping up on one side the berkeley college republicans and young americans foundation on the other uc berkeley. the college states is it cancelled the talks after talks the violence. mark matthews live in are san francisco where the lawsuit was announced. >> in this lawsuit, the student group asking ann coulter to come and the non-profit from tennessee that is funding her appearance accused the university of caving in to vandals and thugs who are promising violent protests if coulter comes to speak. . we saw it last februarys when vandals broke boneds and set fire to a jerner over a appearance by milo yinz. they canceled her thursday appears and suggested she come a week later sfl may 2nd is a week there rnlt any s

things to i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. how long has it been happening? how many victims are out there. >> those questions top of mind after a 60-year-old pinole man is arrested. ruben gonzalez facing 47 charges of sex crimes including children living in his home. he was arrested last month. but now police and school official in contra costa county are worried there may be more victims. why? because gone dallas's job required contact with children. >> part of why we are putting the media release out is because if there are other victims i would like that they might have the strength to come forward. >> reporter: come forward and identify 60-year-old ruben gonzalez. tonight pinole police detective arrested him at his only after just after a week ago after a brief investigation. >> we were alerted by child protective services who went to school to contact one of our victims. >> reporter: police soon discovered there were at least four victims. all refuse tiffs, and police say the abuse spanned over a 15-year period. >> it's been a team effort. through that

garvin thomas in for raj mathai. >> jessica aguirre. a devastatesing accident on 101 near the great america parkway police say the two women in the car, hit died instantly nbc bay area tom jensen is outside our lady of peace in santa clara that has to be a huge loss for people there. >> reporter: it is. it's holy week. the holy thursday mass about 11:00 last night they left here at the churn. and chp says minutes later as they were going up the road here toward 101 they got on to the i-- the on ramp there at the great american parkway and highway 101 about 11:30 when it was reported to them. they say the two women both from san jose riding in the back seat of a car when it was hit when the suspects car flu off of 101 into the on ramp parrishers observing the stations of the cross very upset. others heard a sermon preaching forgiveness dedicated to the two victims. 92-year-old angela. . her daughter. >> for people like me, that was the first time we heard about this, which was very shocking, quite

i'm garvin thomas -- in for raj mathai. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thanks for joining us. we are just hours away from jet another round of rain. we want to take you outside and give you a live look. we saw a mix of sun, clouds and even rain throughout the day. let's bring in jeff. we are talking about rain by midnight. >> yes. we think we'll get this rainfall in here by midnight and possibly heavier pockets just before that as this cold front moves in. looks like it is enough of what could pro duduce heavier pocket here. this is well to the north of us. i don't really see things moving into the north bay until about 9:00 tonight near middle town. eventually this pushes down to san francisco by 10:00 p.m. we'll have a full track of this coming up in about 15 minutes. as this rainfall moves in we also want to let you know winds will be gusting possibly up to 31 miles per hour in san jose, 34 in san francisco. next update about 6:15 tonight. >> thank you, jeff. >>> download it now and you can watch live doppler radar and get alerts before it hits your n

==raj/2-shot== and i )m raj mathai. multiple shots fired. we )ve ben tracking this story -- on air and online -- for the past 90 minutes. raj/vo here )s what we know: a witness sent us these pictures from the mall parking lot. you can see crime scene tape in front of a car and the paramedics on site. this is right at the chili )s restarant. boxes nbc bay area )s terry mcsweeney is at the eastridge mall. terry -- that chili )s isa busy restaurant. any evacuations at this hour? peggy/rail new det tonight about the visit conservatve

. >> and i'm raj mathai. this is not a hot spot for crime and that has neighbors concerned. a quiet and scenic cul-de-sac. nbc bay area's jean elliott is there with the details. >> reporter: raj, that shooter is still on the loose tonight. that shooting happened right on the other side of that van. and the shooting happened on the other side of the street. >> he was able to call police to say he had been shot. >> reporter: michelle brown says her 30-year-old nephew was in the kitchen when a burglar broke in and shot him in the chest. >> they broke into his bedroom, the first broom was the bedroom window. >> she doesn't know why he her nephew. >> they went to one home and took a photo, they went to another home and took a sandwich, left a soda and a sandwich here. >> reporter: neighbors say the suspect got into at least two other homes on chimney rock. john adams says his wife was home when the thief came in through the open door. >> she heard the dogs bark and the guy went in the back door and out the front after looking for stuff. he went into the her purse, took two 20s an

. >> i'm raj mathai. we've been covering this. a car riddled with bullets, a school on lockdown and investigators lining the streets near west park elementary school right off highway 29. several officers were involved in this shooting. nbc bay area's rick boon is in napa with a cell phone and the new details. >> reporter: yeah, i just talked to neighbors, and they tell me that as they heard those shots you just played there, they ducked for cover. that's what a lot of people on this trestreet, when they heard those bullets. this all began just before 2 che2:00 p.m. officers fired several shots at a reek aft a vehicle after the car first fired at police. neighbors called police after hearing shots near a home. police responded. that's when the altercation happened. it played out directly across the street from west park elementary. the school was placed on ho lockdown, parents showed up, worried, but couldn't get through baugh the streets are shut

==raj/2-shot== and i )m raj mathai. this is usually when the trouble begins...and that )s why the police presence -- remains in full force. raj/live our sky ranger has been overhead throhgout the day. this is right above civic center park -- across the street from berkeley high school. so far -- peaceful protests. conservatives -- and liberals -- separated by police officers -- in riot gear. the question now...will this turn violent? and will these protestors -- march toward the cal campus jess/boxes we have multiple reports for you tonight. let )s begin with nbc bay area s thom jensen -- live at civic

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. >> and i'm raj mathai. an unusual tactic used to crack down in a hot spot for crime. san jose p.d. has opened an office right in the hot zone. nbc bay area damon trujillo has the story. >> reporter: we're talking about fountain alley here in downtown san jose and looking at the police stats posted by san jose police, there have been 60 calls for service in this area alone in the last 30 days. there are police officers on the corner ever fountain alalley, ad between first and second. police are moving in right here for good. you name the drug, and you'll likely find it here on fountain alley. crime happens here virtually daily. >> we see crimes, drug dealing, prostitution here and there. >> reporter: the city fish market says the crime has affected business. police have known about this aalley for years, they'll make arrests, but that hasn't stopped the problem. >> how is crime here? >> ver

. >> raj mathai a lot happening at this hour. we're specking new details about the tragedy in fresno. in just a few minutes the police chief in fresno is expected to update us about the suspected gunman. kori muhammad killed three people today and wanted for another killing last week. now among the primary questions we mentioned this is a it terror related nbc bay area's marian favro is in the newsroom has more on the behavior speckly online. >> fresno police has been studying the facebook beige of muhammad. he post-ed anti-government comments and wrote did he not like white people. all three of the victims shot and killed today were white men. police say the victims appear to be random. one was a pg and e kboe in a company truck. the second a man in the parking lot of a catholic charities offers. the third victim a man walking on the street nearby. investigators say all of the attacks appear to be unprovoked. fresno police chief jerry dire says in total muhammad fired 16 rounds from a handgun across four different locations, all

. >> i'm raj mathai. as the bay area cleans up and restores power, another storm is here. this is happening as many people and businesses are recovering from what happened last night. this video sent to us by alec bernardo. you can see a downed tree at the kfc in newark. no one was hurt but the restaurant is red tagged. live camera network the golden gate bridge on the left. dublin and san jose. not much traffic on this getaway friday. a lot of people telecommuting because of the foul weather. live doppler radar is lit up in green especially this the north bay. everyone is going to get hit a bit. we have several reports on the micro climate alert. hi rob. >> san jose commute looking good. golden gate bridge a different story as we have got the windshield wiper commute going on there. gusty winds across the bridge. on the radar you can see the downpours. right now the approach to the san mateo bridge dry on this side. mid span in the rain. 64 degrees. rain pressing from west to east across the bay area. the outer fringe of this storm is

. >> i'm raj mathai. newly released documents show that nearly three months ago a fire inspector recommended that oakland apartment building be shut down because of fire danger. >> and now today, we hear from survivo survivors for the first time. a lot has happened, scott. >> reporter: yeah, you're right, jessica. within the last two hours at the law office here in oakland we met a family member of one of the victims. as you said, big changes in oakland tonight. also questions being asked as to why people were still living in the apartment building when fire broke out on monday. a group of those affected by monday's deadly apartment fire spoke out for the first time today. >> we're grief stricken. >> reporter: as the city of oak land announced it's making big changes to its fire prevention unit, saying it will double the size of the agency responsible for inspecting buildings and finding potential hazards. oakland also released e-mails between the city and the owner of the burned buildings. some of which

the news at 6:00 starts roun thank you for joining joining uls garvin and raj mathai. jessica kay aguirre we've been tracking the story three hours now. no contest's bay area sky ranger was on the scene. a man wanted to be for robberier to down fences who said on people's roofs, climbed ladners hopes of trying to elude police. in the end it didn't work out. nbc sharon joins us live in the east oakland neighborhood what an afternoon. >> that's right jessica. and this is dwechlg a scene we just saw san francisco police investigators arrive and they showed up in a unit. they just -- let's take a look at some video took one of the suspects away. still here, they're going to process the car left behind here still at the scene. but this car ened up crashing into the tree and after the driver jumped out it. you can see from the sky ranger video that the car swerved in and out of traffic in oakland. at one point driving in the wrong direction. he cut through many neighborhoods and finally near delaware and maple he jumped out of the car and started running. you can see him jum

good evening thanks for being with us raj mathai. >> jessica aguirre. we keep eye on the search in berkeley updates for the massive outage i want to show you the problem at the heart of the power outage. pg&e substation? san francisco. you can see the smoke coming out. a circuit breaker failed and that sparked the fire. and this is the impact. tens of thousands in the dark. forcing people to go home early from work, businesses close for the day. bringing traffic to at a stand till i want to show you map of the power outage area. union square to the embarked orr. we're talking about a large swath of the city left in the dark. >> as expect with no stop lights traffic was and in many parts still is a mess. major arteries and smaller side streets backed up. school, businesses and hospitals had to scramble throughout the day. thankfully no major injuries during the outa.

. >> raj mathai. berk berkeley once again in the are national spotlight. the viral video sparked a lot of emotion. 20 people arrested so far after this weekend's protest. but they're looking for more people now it's turned into a digital hunt. nbc bay area marianne favro joins news berkeley. marianne. >> raj we just learned that of the 20 people arrested here saturday almost all of them are from the bay area. the youngist person was a 17-year-old girl. the oldest a 68-year-old man. and tonight of face batter charges. this punch caught on video during the berkeley protest has now prompted a strong condemnation from the president of kal state university. that's because the man shone hitting a woman during the protest saturday has been identified as csus student an alternative right leader by the name of nathan dimigo. the prolts at the park involved more than 400 people quickly turned violent. police arrested 20 people and they say they expect there could be more in the future. >> we're going to review video footage. anybody involved in criminal acts on apri

good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm raj mathai. >>> and i'm jessica aguirre. let's look outside, above the walnut creek bart station. for the past few hours we've seen trains rolling past the station but not being able to stop. now the distraught man who was holding up those stations is no longer hanging on the wall of the bart station and trains are back in service. nbc bay area cheryl hurd has more on the rescue, do we know what his beef was? >> reporter: well, it got a little tense for a moment there, but the good news jessica is that the trains are back on track here at the walnut creek station for about the next four hours. the good news the man who caused all of this is now safe. the contra costa fire investigators did what they do best. somehow they were able to gain his confidence while putting up the ladder. he thought about jumping on the side of it. but he didn't. he was put into an ambulance and taken away. this is the end result of all of this. a huge commuter mess at the lafayette station. you can see from sky ranger. it took place for about

. >> raj mathai. the boss is finally apologizing in the third response since the video went viral the ceo of united says he wants to make things right and avoid another s chmuger being forcibly removed from a flight tonight the feds ule taking axe so a san francisco supervisor. nbc bay area. following kwechlts all day chris uptd as you know a big presence at sfo could this happen here. >> the supervisor says it could but shouldn't his proposal is simple don't let the cops do airlines dirt work he wants to change city code so airport police oem only intervene wle risk to safety or security. this unbelievable video immediately opened the public's eyes. >> my god what are you doing. >> >> including san francisco's supervisor jeff shea hi who took at the actions of law enforcement. >> the amount of force that was used to get him off the plane was appalling. >> chicago's airport police have suspended one officer involved and called the incident not in accordance with its standard operating procedure. super

i'm raj mathai. >>> i'm jessica aguirre. it's a brawl outside of a fast food restaurant. it's a vie lept beating across from san jose state. she was attacked by a group of women. michelle roberts is there. >> reporter: no students are believed to be involved in the incident. it happened in the parking lot behind me and on the sidewalk. many students walking by this area, it's a busy area, say any time violence happens on or near campus, it's alarming. >> we try to go in groups. >> reporter: some san jose state students will take extra precautions at night about a brutal attack caught on camera. the fight broke out outside of jack-in-the-box across from campus. >> people are coming and it's bad for business. >> reporter: the owner of la victoria tackry a, he installed several surveillance cameras following a recent shooting in the area. this is what happened at 1:30 this morning. the victim appears to be the woman in the dark clothing. other women are throwing punches and at least one of the attackers was using a bottle as a weapon. about a minute into the attack,

raj mathai has the night off. one suspect, four different looks and an yowl out search to find him. developing at this hour, a warrant issued for santa rosa chiropractor after he disappeared this the middle of a sex crimes trial. is he missing or is he on the run? that's what police are trying to piece together. cheryl hurd is live in walnut creek. that's the last place there was a sighting of him? >> reporter: that's right. police aren't saying exactly where he was spotted but the report came from a family member on march 8th and they are saying he was with a female person at that time. look at the pictures you are about to see. because bun yad is really able to change his appearance. the four pictures you see here are of dr. darius bun yad. head shaved, with a full beard, the second from the left. during his two-week trial he looked similar to the picture on the far right, clean shaven and a full head of hair. we spoke with the sergeant by phone. >> the day that the prosecution rested and the jury was sent to deliberate. that was his last day in court. >> reporter: bun yad was acc

. >> i'm raj mathai. a lot of people caught off guard. rarely do cici such a destructive storm in april. our live cameras helping tell the story. a soggy friday night with thick roads all around. robert mayeda is with us. what's the impact for the weekend. >> what we are seeing is the rain starting to spread in san jose. 58 degrees. one big change from 24 hours ago are the wind speeds are less than half what they were last night. we had wind gust up around 60 miles per hour. right now, 30 miles per hour win speeds around the bay area. san jose looking at lighter rain. this is where the heavy rain is right now, san francisco over towards the trivalley. and very interesting, throughout the night we have been seeing these thunderstorms to have coast. marine weather warnings for hail and the potential of some water spouts offshore southwest of santa cruz and off to the southwest of san francisco two hours ago we saw an energetic environment in the bay area. rain right now. it will be followed up by more scattered showers and the ongoing chanc

i'm raj mathai. >> we were on early because of the giants game right here on nbc bay area. >>> they're bracing for what could be a nasty battle over free speech. tensions running high on the campus of uc berkeley this evening, after ann coulter's speech is kansed due to safety concerns again. tomorrow a free speech rally is taking place regardless. nbc bay area cheryl hurd tells us will coulter make an appearance? she says she is season the, but will she? >> this has been going back and forth, cheryl. >> reporter: they have been, and both sides are standing their ground. ann coulter will not be here on campus. officially, but her supporters and her detractors say that they're going to hold a rally here in berkeley anyway. >> you did not cancel? tell us what happened. >> ann coulter on fox network sean hannity show. very upset about her cancelled speaking agreement on thursday. >> my allies ran away, they gave in, and then i was -- there was nothing i could do. >> lock her up. >> reporter: coulter or not, supporters from across california showing up to cal's campus tonight. they had no

. >> i'm raj mathai. a lot of weather damage to tell you about. we want to start with new information about the u.s. missile strike in syria. it is now friday morning overseas. here's what we know at this moment. the u.s. launching nearly 60 missiles at a military base in that country. nbc bay area's ian cole joins us now with president trump's response and what might happen next. >> reporter: the missiles targeted syrian government aircraft, runways and instra pressure. the navy is calling the strike successful. president trump tonight saying they were necessary. >> tonight i ordered a targeted military strike. >> reporter: new video showing those 59 missiles launched on syrian forces, each one weighing 1,000 pounds, fired from two navy ships in the eastern mediterranean and aimed at the shayrat airbase where u.s. first believe syrian president bashar alled a assad launched deadly nerve gas on his own people this week, killing at least 100. >> assad choked to out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. it was a slow and brutal death for s

. >> i'm raj mathai. the dog is gone but the lion might be in the neighborhood. this story is happening in pescadero. >> cheryl hurd is there for us with the latest tonight. >> supposing they're coming down and you know taking the easy pickings. >> reporter: for the family it didn't seem like easy pickings but that's what it turned out to be. vicky and her daughter says they thought their 15-pound dog lenore started barking in the middle of the flight because their other dog walked into the bedroom. >> very vicious attack sound she does when she's not liking something and then she instantly was silent. >> reporter: her bed is about a foot away from the backdoor. they left it open for fresh air. she got up and took a closer look at what she thought was her other dog going outside. >> as it walked down our path, i thought, that looks a lot like a lion. >> reporter: her other dog was gone and leo was sleeping in the other room. then she saw evidence confirming her fears. >> there were some very large paw prints walking in. >> reporter: this family lives in pescadero

i'm raj mathai >> i'm jessica aguirre. police thought it was a terror attack, but now it's a hate crime. we begin with the story in the central valley. seen here in before and after pictures is accused of randomly killing three people in fresno today and then shooting and killing an unarmed security guard last thursday. nbc bay area cheryl hurd is in fresno with the very latest for us. cheryl. >> reporter: this is where the suspect was taken into custody. he told police that he did it and he knew they were looking for him. tonight detectives are going door to door talking to people who may have heard or seen something during this morning's shooting rampage. monique skinner heard the shots and saw the victims. >> it was an innocent man that was shot dead as he was coming to get him something to eat. you know, like i feel like it's wrong. i don't care if it was a white man that shot a black guy or black man that shot the white -- >> reporter: the rampage began late this morning. shots rang out outside catholic charities on f

>> i'm raj mathai. tonight ponchos and umbrellas. rain arriving in the region including at at&t park. it made for a soggy seventh inning and beyond. die hard giants fans trying to stick it out through this rain. our cheert meteorologist is with us. where did we go from here. >> for tomorrow morning's commute we will continue to hold onto the areas of rainfall. what we are seeing right now is is as the push into the bay area it's starting to fall apart that's why most of the region has picked up less than 5 hundredths of an inch. heavier pockets in san francisco like we saw in that video. tomorrow morning again, 8:00, we will see more from napa down towards the south bay. we think things will start to pick up once we hit 4:00 right near the north bay with potentially heavier pockets. i'll have the full track on this coming up on my forecast at 11:20 tonight. >> not much of a spring break for students around the bay area. track the storm with our free nbc bay area app. >>> new at 11:00 tonight a two alarm fire under control in san fran

i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. we begin with a brutal crime. new details of the manhunt in richmond. police are looking for the man who shot and killed his exgirlfriend right in front of her two sons. this is man they are looking for cheryl hurd is live in richmond and talked with the victim's family. >> reporter: that family is heart broken tonight. here marks the spot where rashawnda franklin was shot and killed. her family is speaking out because they say they want the suspect caught. a family and mourning. >> my daughter was a lovely mother, the mother of three. >> reporter: two of her sons were in the back seat when richmond police say her exboy friend shot and killed her. >> my heart is torn. i'm sorry. i'm broken i'm trying to hold up for my dar. >> reporter: at 8:45 this morning this surveillance video shows her stopped at ream avenue when police say her excut her off, got out of the car and shot her. a woman driving the red car was behind frankly, she said she knew something bad was about to happen so dialed 911. she spoke only to nbc

. >> i'm raj mathai. that warning is for women this evening. a caves sexual battery on muni. there may be more than one victim. jean elle joins us with more on this case and the warning. >> reporter: the san francisco police department says it is actively looking for a man accused of inappropriately touching women on the n judea line. one woman filedle a police report and other women on social media say it has also happened to them. san francisco police are paying special attention to the n judea tonight, the light rail line spans the city. women in the sunset are reporting an unwelcome passenger a poster on next door says this man is touching women inappropriately. word of a sexual battery investigation on public transit is unsettling for riders. >> it's scary that, you know, it's happening on, you know, on public transportation where people are utilizing that every day. >> reporter: police say they took a sexual battery report involving this man last week. since his picture hit social media, investigators are getting additional calls. while police are searching for the alle

good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm raj mathai. >>> and i'm jessica aguirre. let's look outside, above the walnut creek bart station. for the past few hours we've seen trains rolling past the station but not being able to stop. now the distraught man who was holding up those stations is no longer hanging on the wall of the bart station and trains are back in service. nbc bay area cheryl hurd has more on the rescue, do we know what his beef was? >> reporter: well, it got a little tense for a moment there, but the good news jessica is that the trains are back on track here at the walnut creek station for about the next four hours. the good news the man who caused all of this is now safe. the contra costa fire investigators did what they do best. somehow they were able to gain his confidence while putting up the ladder. he thought about jumping on the side of it. but he didn't. he was put into an ambulance and taken away. this is the end result of all of this. a huge commuter mess at the lafayette station. you can see from sky ranger. it took place for about four

with us raj mathai. >> jessica aguirre. we keep eye on the search in berkeley updates for the massive outage i want to show you the problem at the heart of the power outage. pg&e substation? san francisco. you can see the smoke coming out. a circuit breaker failed and that sparked the fire. and this is the impact. tens of thousands in the dark. forcing people to go home early from work, businesses close for the day. bringing traffic to at a stand till i want to show you map of the power outage area. union square to the embarked orr. we're talking about a large swath of the city left in the dark. >> as expect with no stop lights traffic was and in many parts still is a mess. major arteries and smaller side streets backed up. school, businesses and hospitals had to scramble throughout the day. thankfully no major injuries during the outage. we have a team in reporters in place let's begin with kristie smith smith tracking story for hours you have good news as well. >> that's right. this outage had a donl o effect had hitting

. >> i'm raj mathai. a lot of people caught off guard. rarely do cici such a destructive storm in ap