let's check in with andria borba. kpix andria borba is live in the caldecott condo with more on that vehicle >> reporter: the storm has gotten stronger every hour we've been outside. it was light at 5:00 on have your at six, and this at 7:00 tonight out here now the caldecott tunnel in contra costa county. the commute home has been wet, slick, and it's been dangerous on this tuesday before thanksgiving. after 160 days of, rain has returned. >> it's about time. i mean, we've been waiting for it. it's been pretty dry. >> reporter: as gray storm clouds moved across, fingers were crossed pickup >> i'm really excited. i think we need the rain. of course, i don't like the rain, so i'm glad i got my shopping done, and i'm ready to go home and read my book. >> reporter: windshield wipers were flying off the shelves and walnut creek. 40 sets all gone before noon, and for drivers wondering if they can put off new blades, here is this piece of advice bigger >> though rubber, no matter who you get it from, is not as good as it wa

. >>> let's check in with andria borba at the call the cot tunnel. the soggy commute home? >> reporter: the rain that was soft at the 5 pm hour has picked up in intensity. you can see it is coming down. we have video for you from marin county. you can see earlier today that band of showers coming in very hard into marin county. that is headed east and hitting us hard and contra costa county. drivers poking along through the caldecott tunnel are not just dealing with traffic but rain and wet road conditions. there is a sense of relief that there is a rain. and after three pg&e shutoffs. residents are ready for the lights to remain on and for the hills to stop being bone dry. >> i'm really excited. i think we need the rain. i've got all my shopping done and i'm ready to go home and read my book. >> reporter: drivers have been flocking to auto parts stores to replace wiper blades. they said even in the past day they sold up to 40 sets of wipers. commuters could be facing longer commute times. very slow. people are taking it very cautiously. all of the oil has come up from the

andria borba is live with a possible connection to a similar crime. >> reporter: ken, at this point it looks like 2 crimes over 2 days were very similar and may be connected to a get away car. the last one happened here at portsmouth square saturday night. this afternoon meditation, silence standing in stark contrast to this on saturday night. that's when a group of 3 elderly men were robbed and violently attacked by 4 people that sped off in a waiting suv. the attack was captured from the ground and above by surveillance cameras. the attack was similar to this one just a few blocks away friday night. a violent purse snatching of an employee outside garden bakery. >> that get away car seems to be the same in this incident. >> reporter: sfpd has stepped up patrols around in area and has leads on both friday's and saturday's cases. supervisor aaron peskin said this is unacceptable. >> the people living here live in very small rooms. this is their living room. they should be able to come out, be safe, and hang out with their friends and community which is why you can tell i'm really quite

kpix 5's andria borba is live in contra costa county with more. >> reporter: as we know it hasn't rained yet. it's still very dry outside, ask nonthank you -- and now the wind is about to kick up again. now pg&e says they might have to cut the power off. for pacific gas and electric customers facing round 3 of power safety shut offs, you can feel the frustration as much you can feel the low humidity levels. >> we'll have to be like pioneers for a few days. >> i'm tired of this crap. >> reporter: the latest round of planned power outages extends to 22 counties and more than a quarter of a million customers starting wednesday morning. >> we live and work in these communities and we're also impacted when pg&e has to shut off power. the spent of a public safety shut off is to prevent a catastrophic wildfire. we want to keep customers safe. >> reporter: the utility giant is working on hardening their system against high winds. >> in areas where it makes sense we're adding coatings to the line to make them more resilient and replacing our wooden poles with poles made of a stronger material. >>

andria borba is outside tonight's city council meeting with more on the sudden decision to let those suspects go. andria? >> reporter: well, ken, we are waiting for that update from the police chief here in orinda. we expect that at the top of the meeting here. we tried to talk to people who live in the neighborhood where the shooting happened on halloween. they say they are afraid to go on camera because no one is in custody tonight. after dramatic raids around the bay area on friday, 4 of 5 suspects in the orinda halloween mass shooting are out of custody. the decision to not formally charge the suspects within the mandatory 72 hour arrest period came after representatives from the contra costa county district attorney's office met with sheriff's investigators monday. >> ethically our prosecutors are bound by very strict standards that we will not file charges unless we can prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt. so it's not fair to the public if we don't hold that high standard. >> reporter: tonight on the 28-year-old lebraun wallace remains in custody held on an unrelated charge

andria borba is here on why the man's whole private high profile attorney says his client was wrongly targeted. >> reporter: john burris says hundreds, if not thousands of people eat and drink on bart on the platforms and the train every single day. but, he believes that his client was targeted because he is african-american. this cell phone video of steven foster getting detained over a sandwich on bart has sparked a d-day on the platform, an apology from bart's general manager and tonight a claim against the transit agency. >> it easily could have been avoided by officers or an officer, who had good, common sense to de-escalate. >> reporter: the claim is the precursor to either a federal or state civil rights lawsuit against bart which has 45 days to respond. steven foster says he knew he could not eat on a bart train, but not on the platform. he bought the jimmy dean breakfast sandwich from the all aboard cafi which leases space from bart at pleasant hill station. >> this is like a daily thing for me. i've never been stopped for it. i've never seen anyone else stop for it. >> repor

live in oakland tonight, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> a scare during a mall demolition. part of a wall comes crashing down a little too close for comfort for witnesses on this busy street. is this safe? >> we have just learned the teen suspect in the santa clarita school shooting has died. police tried to zero in on a motive, and an update on the students that survived the rampage. >> and the punishment coming fast for a browns player that hit the steelers quarterback with his helmet. >> reporter: san ramone, you have an outdoor ice skating rink, and there's hundreds of people out here to check it out including kristy yamaguci. >>> we have just learned the 16-year-old suspected of opening fire on his classmates in santa clarita has died. police still don't have a motive for the attack that killed 2 students. police say the suspect nathaniel berhow shot himself with the last bullet in his gun. our reporter is in santa clarita with the latest on the investigation. >> we know it was a planned attack, it was deliberate. >> reporter: investigators estimate it took the suspect

andria borba is there for us. >> reporter: holiday shopping season is in full swing. if you need any proof look behind me. this is the line for the gap factory store at the outlets. people are looking for 60% off, and deals wherever they can get them. the pie has been demolished, and tonight, the only stuffing these folks want is in there shopping bags. and in the case of the shoppers? they want kate spade handbags in their bag. it is predicted this holiday season that americans will spend $144 billion online. up 14% from last year. we wanted to know. how much of your christmas shopping will be done sitting on your laptop, in your pajamas, versus out in the crowd? >> 70%. >> 70% online? >> i think that's fair, yeah. anything that is maybe brick and mortar is either way ahead of time or last minute. >> 50% online. >> 50% online, 50% in stores today. >> reporter: the general manager of the san francisco premier outlet say despite some retailers like barney's folding, the tale of people moving from brick-and-mortar to laptop are overblown. >> i think online complements w

andria borba is live outside oracle park today. >> reporter: the announcement of his hiring was made last night. there was an outcry on social media. today, the giants had to answer questions, along with kapler, about his past actions. the main topic of conversation i gabe kapler's introductory news conference as the new san francisco giants manager wasn't balls and strikes but about his handling of sexual assault allegations while with the dodgers. along with president of baseball operations. >> it was interesting that they both sort of held hands and jumped off the cliff together. >> reporter: ray, a longtime bay area sports writer says if the giants can let her win a world series in a year or two the controversy will likely be forgotten. >> even including the baggage, it makes this an interesting hire and an interesting development for our franchise and a franchise that has had issues with violence with women before. >> reporter: here is what kapler said about the issue. two these are problems in major league baseball clubhouses. and, for mention i know he speaking for himself but

andria borba is live in dublin with how the victim's daughter is responding tonight. >> reporter: she told kpix 5 that her father was about to have a grandson in just a few weeks. he was the happiest, nicest person she ever met. inside a dublin courtroom, jermaine brim tried to hide his face as he was formally charged with the murder of oliver williams. williams, a father, soon-to-be grandfather and raiders fan. his daughter, destiny lewis, due in a few weeks told kpix 5 that he was happy and excited. my father was a really good person, kindhearted and loved everybody. i wished this never happened. the stabbing happened tuesday afternoon on a warm springs bart train between the baker and south tabor stations. the stabbing happened over a pair of sneakers. prosecutors alleged brim was trying to steal from another man when williams intervened. when the train pulled into south hayward station, brim ran leaving paramedics to tend to williams who was bleeding from multiple stab wounds to the neck. today, there is a moment of silence for williams at the bart board meeting less than 24 hours

live in hayward, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> berkeley is facing a lawsuit over its natural gas ban. the california restaurant association is suing the city arguing the ban violates existing law and would hurt businesses. it wants to halt the ban before it starts in january. back in july berkeley banned natural gas in new homes, apartment homes, and commercial buildings are next. >>> and from the embarcadero center, they'll be lighting up the holiday lights kicking off the holiday season in san francisco. >> it's that time of year. kpix 5's mary lee is there for the big celebration. hey mary! >> reporter: yes, so excited to be out here for an amazing night to kickoff the holiday season. this is the 33rd annual holiday building lighting ceremony here at embarcadero center, and you can see the festivities kicking off. i want to talk to shirley with united airlines, and you've been participating with this personally for 7 years. how does it feel to be out here right now? >> yes, we've been sponsoring this for 11 years, and i've been here for 7. i just love being here. kicking off the ho

andria borba has some new information on a possible cause. >> reporter: the cdc thinks it may have identified one of the sources of these lung illnesses fromd juice itself. 29 lung samples and patient turned up vitamin e acetate use as a thickener in the vaped juice, particularly on the black market. dr. arthur rheingold is an epidemiologist. >> the notion that inhaling some vitamin or, some chemical of some kind might, in some percentage of people, cause a life-threatening illness is not very surprising. >> reporter: so far, the cdc has tracked over 2000 vaping related lung injuries and at least e acetate in lung tissue found thc in 79% of those tested. >> i don't smoke tobacco. this is just marijuana, cbd. >> reporter: lindsay hartman of chicago says she thinks vaping injuries come down to use. >> i know people who have had and, you take that into consideration that it is a possibility. it also adds into how often i do it. >> reporter: even president trump waited on vaping before boarding marine one this afternoon suggesting raising the limit age from the current standard of 18. >> we have

andria borba has more on parents demanding action. >> reporter: well veronica, 6 of the students hit were actually walking to school here on the streets of alameda trying to get to their classes when they were struck down in the street. on the tree lined streets of alameda, there's a driving problem. since school resumed, 7 kids have been hit by cars on the island's roads in the months of september and october. >> there was one right here. um, only like 2 weeks ago. >> reporter: all of the kids survived their injuries, but parents and schools are begging the city council to make changes. alameda's vice mayor john knox wyattsays the city is taking action. >> stepping up enforcement and making some engineering changes on the street. >> reporter: they plan to adopt a zero vision policy to try and curb the collisions much like san francisco. children have been struck at llbuboulevards. >> we're seeing pedestrians and cyclists hit at record levels. >> reporter: parents say it's easy to tell who's paying attention to the road and who's preoccupied with something else. >> people are blowing

in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> pg&e scale back the number of people impacted by the blackout. there are still more than 6000 customers without electricity in the county. napa county over 10,000 are in the dark and 81 in solano county. >> we are anticipating all clears for the zones we have out of service to come in roughly 0-200 tomorrow morning. as we receive those all clears, we will then begin our patrolling and restoration sequences. >>> tonight, the man in lafayette said they lost about $26,000 during previous shutoffs and he's looking for a reimbursement. the idea first came from governor gavin newsom. >> the feeling is that there is more, there's more that needs to be addressed. it should be considered in the context of what appears to be an ongoing operation, as well as what the future looks like. whatever it is going to be. these costs have to be absorbed. we don't have the money to do it. i don't think any city does. >> reporter: the mayor wrote a letter to the governor asking them to order the utility to pay for the loss of revenue. don't forget, kpix 5 is your surv

live in the embarcadero tonight, andria borba, kpix 5. >> you can find updated forecast from mary and darrin. we will have special coverage on air and on kpix.com. >>> and alleged highs in fremont. it happened at the fremont help it up police chased a getaway car and chased five teen suspects. the crime has some shoppers shaken. rep police say the target store behind me was crowded with thanksgiving night customers when about 20 minutes before closing, gunshots rang out. >> target at the hub called and shots fired in the store. >> reporter: a security guard confronted the suspect as they left the target store in fremont hub store. investigators say a passenger in the suspect's' getaway part is identified as adrian verona and fired one shot in the air for the alleged robbery crew drove him. >> there were probably like five police cars and a fire truck and an ambulance bitter >> reporter: he arrived at the target shortly after the shooting. he questions how safe it is now. >> i just 01 someone going in with a gun or any kind of weapon. nobody wants to you know, see the. replicable polic

andria borba was there for tonight's vote. >> reporter: just weeks after a halloween shooting that left 5 dead in orinda, changes are coming to short term rental rules in the small contra costa county city. the city mandated a 2 night minimum for hosted rentals. >> they won't forgive their representatives for failing to take a stand when so many other cities are enforcing the law. the risk here is not doing too much, it's doing too little. the temporary ban on short term rentals appears based on the logic that if we can prohibit persons that don't live here from throwing parties here, we can avoid horrible tragedies in the future. >> reporter: this is less than 24 hours after 4 of the 5 suspects in the shooting apprehended in massive raids on friday were not formally challenged by the da's office and released from jail. >> ethically we're bound by strict standards that we'll not file charges unless we can prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt, so it's not fair to the public if we don't hold that high standard. >> reporter: this is an urgency ordinance meaning it will only be in place f

in orinda, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> up next, hundreds of dogs testing a vaccine on what could be a cure for the number one killer of canines, cancer. >> so they can identify and kill these cancer cells before they can blow up into a full full-blown tumor. >> i think it would be fine to make this the gayest chick-fil- a in the country. >>> and went from a battle to the full-blown welcome party virtually overnight. the new twist for a bay area chick-fil-a. >>> why sfo is now adding more curbside options only for expensive uber rides. we ask, is the airport making a profit off the company? >> really the idea here is paying a few dollars more for the curbside access. >>> don't forget, we are streaming now on cbsn bay area, you can find us online at kpix.com. the cbs news app, or your favorite platform. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you're living with a condition, kaiser permanente's integrated care team will help you get through life without missing a beat. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>> cancer is the leading cause of death and dog. >>> 800 of them, some right here in the bay area, may help lead the w

live in contra costa county, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> all right, at this point it's wednesday morning when the worst of the winds will come through, but first let me give you the headlines. here's the red flag warning. you've gotten used to looking at these, but read the fine print. right underneath where it says red flag warning on the top, don't look in the blue box on the bottom just yet. look here. it says 4:00 a.m. wednesday through 7:00 a.m. on thursday. basically right through the day on wednesday and very early on thursday morning. that's going to be the concerning time to get through, and then i want you to read this line. peak gusts near 60. and then look at the areas in red on the map behind me. i'll bring you now to what will probably be the peak point in the winds. this is wednesday morning. this should look familiar. we're focused on the north bay because that's where the worst of it will be, and we're highlighting the mountains. all the purple lines, those are the ridges, the northeast trending mountain ridges that are going to be headed right for the winds, or at least

as andria borba reports, that might just be the tip of the iceberg. >> is wrong, just one pick >> reporter: she doesn't want us to use her name but this woman is still traumatized by memories of her visits to dr. dr. john warburton. she was injured on the job in 2005 and was ordered to go see him at his office in downtown oakland workers comp claim. she says he was always making lewd comments. >> he spoke about my body. he said i had a going on. >> reporter: on one visit to try to hold close the back of her hospital gown. >> i just, i knew he was just staring at me. >> reporter: even though she complained that she said that she was forced to see the doctors multiple times over the years. >> i just felt powerless. >> reporter: dr. warburton kept practicing here and his office for years, seeing hundreds of workers comp patients. as it now turns out, others say during that same time, they also felt prey to his predatory practice. this former patient, who also wants to stay anonymous, was told to undress when she saw dr. warburton even though the injury was on her wrist. >> reporter: did you f

andria borba, kpix 5. >> in a statement bart said it will not comment on a future lawsuit. we do to get your thoughts on all of this, do you think that this lawsuit is justified? you can weigh in right now on facebook, twitter and instagram. we will share your comment later on in the newscast. >>> in southern california two students are dead after a gunman opened fire on a high school campus. police say the teenager pulled a gun out of his backpack and then started shooting on his 16th birthday. the gunfire broke out at saugus high school in santa clarita just before classes began. these are life aerial pictures over the campus. here is what we know, the 16- year-old suspect is in custody in the hospital. please say he turned the gun on himself after the shootings and is now in grave condition. police say he shot five students, two of them died. a 16-year-old girl and a 14- year-old boy. the other students who were shot were hospitalized and are expected to survive. students told the reporter, rachel kim, about the terror that unfolded. >> reporter: armed sheriff's deputies

andria borba live where one bellringer was physically attacked. >> reporter: that woman is going to be okay, and says she will come out here and bring her bell again to raise money for the salvation army. but, the chair of the salvation army in this area says it puts an absolute dent on their fundraising efforts this season. there is a stand for a salvation army cattle right here but no cattle, nor bellringer, just silence, the story is one of two salvation army reading locations that have been robbed in the last week. >> it's really shocking. i've been doing this for 30 years. 30 christmases. big cities around america and this is never happened to me before. >> reporter: the second attack happened yesterday outside this busy hobby lobby on willow pass road and concord. >> i think it's pretty low. >> reporter: a woman named eileen was handling the bellringing when a man on a bike road up. >> she smiled at him, escorted them the interface and then grabbed the kettle , then rode his bike away and it was all done in seconds. >> reporter: shoppers outside the store are stunned. >> that's h

kpix 5's andria borba is joining us now with what scientists just learned. >> reporter: well, ken and maria, the cdc announced this morning that they have been finding pieces of vape juice embedded inside the lungs. after a rash of vaping related illnesses around the country, the cdc may have a breakthrough. 29 samples turned up vitamin e acetate used as a thickener in vape juice, especially on the black market. >> they're typically absorbed by ingesting them in food or potentially in over the counter vitamins. sometimes it's used topically to rub on the skin, nothing that says anything about inhaling it. they could be safe to swallow and not pose any risk to health. that doesn't mean they're safe to inhale into your lungs. >> reporter: so far the cdc has tracked over 2,000 illnesses and 39 deaths.

andria borba is live with more on the disturbing acts of violence against asian-americans. >> reporter: ken, veronica, it has the community here in chinatown scared. behind me is what's called the living room in this community. the supervisor says he wants to make sure the people that live around here feel safe to get out of their homes. this is another video of a terrible robbery and assault saturday night near the square that sent 2 elderly men to the hospital. the man on the ground appears to be th >> i've seen the same video you've seen, where the same individual who got punched and head hit the curb did any profo is a miracle. and i'm, you know very, very thankful for that. >> reporter: the suspects in the saturday assault at the corner of clay and walter lum appear to be linked by get away vehicle to this violent purse snatching of an employee outside garden bakery on jackson street friday night. >> acar the perpetrator jumped into appears to be the same car they jumped in here. >> reporter: at the square today, hours of meditation for peace in a community frightened by repeat at

andria borba on the first-hand account of the fatal bar to fight. bart fight. >> reporter: this remarkable young woman would like to be a nurse and go to her skills into that part train. making sure that the dying man did not bart train emergency services? this is taking forever, why is it taking so long. >> reporter: those were the thoughts running through sophia humphrey's mind on tuesday as she was applying pressure to the neck of oliver tyrone williams as he lay dying on a warm springs bound bart train. sophia, ache college nursing student ran into jermaine brim shoeless before she boarded. >> i made a beeline for the gentleman in the middle of the train, he took one of his shoes. that is when mr. tyrone approached, and, stopped him basically. said don't take issues, it's not okay to steal from other people. >> reporter: brim laughed, then came back and began attacking williams as another homeless man tried to break it up. >> i was enthe knife was pulled. >> reporter: when the train pulled into the station, brim ran , she got out of her wheelcha

andria borba is live with more on the disturbing acts of violence against asian-americans. >> reporter: ken, veronica, it has the community here in chinatown scared. behind me is what's called the living room in this community. the supervisor says he wants to make sure the people that live around here feel safe to get out of their homes. this is another video of a terrible robbery and assault saturday night near the square that sent 2 elderly men to the hospital. the man on the ground appears to be th >> ve

andria borba is at chase center. with how golden state fans are taking the news. >>> first with klay thompson out for the season with a torn acl, and now steph curry injured as well. >>> steph curry breaking his hand in game five of the nba season. the superstar, along with the great monterey green was the few remaining bright spots from the championship era. sports marketing, creative director at baker street advertising says while the injury is heartbreaking it could be good for the long run. >> i think it is a blessing in disguise and some ways. stuff was going to be way overworked this season. >> reporter: fans are still hoping for the best. >> we have great hopes for the team. we know that steve kerr will do a great job. >> reporter: one denver nuggets fan even felt the dubbs pain. >> the game overall is kind of tough. >> reporter: why relishing the golden boys with a bit of tarnish on them. >> i think they could take their turn back in line for a little bit. >> reporter: no word on the prognosis yet. in san fra

andria borba is joining us now. she has been at the outlets, and livermore and think in this she is all bundled up. andria? >> reporter: i'm glad i have this coat on it is chilly out here. lots of these people are in line but they are walking around trying to burn off the turkey. take a look behind me. this line you are looking at is the line for the gap factory store here at the outlets and livermore. thousands upon thousands of people have descended upon these outlets to begin their christmas shopping now. the storms stores opened up here at 3 p.m. but some folks were lined up much, much earlier including at the coach outlets and the kate spade outlets. the general manager set here says details of internet sales killing brick and mortar stores are wildly overblown. >> i think online complements what we have got going on at the premium outlets with the discount. they can shop online, be familiar with new stores and then come out and touch it, feel it, and then find better deals they did not even see online. >> repo

these power outages mean for their bottom line tonight on kpix 5 news and 7 live on treasure island, andria borba. >>> new at 6 a legal showdown between a napa grape grower and pg&e, this is over part of a vineyard that has been in his family for generations. john ramose on the farmer who is hoping for a miracle. >> reporter: this property is a part of the cook vineyards, but it's also a part of the history of napa valley. and, now pg&e says it needs to take it in the name of progress. terry guards vineyard it feels like a living time capsule. his family and his grandfather lived in the ancient old house on the edge of the property. his grapes are a rare variety imported from france, ideas and vines planted by the chinese more than 100 years ago. but, it is this corner of the property that is standing in the way of progress. >> reporter: already on the line and the size of property needed to temporarily house the equipment, we are now seeking a permanent easement for 1.3 acres. the tanks will be brought in as needed, and then removed, the guard believes the tanks could easily be replaced by

andria borba on gabe kapler's not so grand entrance. >> reporter: it was not your typical meet the manager news conference. there were conversations about features of madison bumgarner or brandon phelps but rather what he had done in his past, along with the president of baseball operations. introducing the new san francisco giants manager, gabe kapler, to the world wasn't about touted accomplishments, and said it was a mea culpa over how he and the giants president of baseball operations handled sexual assault allegations in 2015 while with the dodgers. >> i think they prepped really hard. they knew what was coming. >> reporter: it is said that kapler is an interesting higher especially after last year's incident of larry baer getting caught on camera knocking over his wife. >> this is a turning moment in the history of the franchise at least in his role of people interested in social justice. >> reporter: here is what kapler said about the issue of violence against women. >> these are problems in major league baseball clubhouses. farr mentioned that you know i think he is speaking for hi

borba. >> reporter: well, ken, veronica, it's deva vu for the areas here as they prepare once again to potentially lose power as a preventative measure to pg&e's lines sparking fires. with the hills bone dry, no rain in sight, and high winds forecasted again, pacific gas and electric is once again pulling the plug for at least 264,000 customers in yet another public safety power shut off. >> don't know what we can do about it, but i hope we can do something to change it. >> reporter: nancy case and her husband lost power in the last shut off. they bought a generator, but use it sparingly. >> being like the pi f

andria borba with more on why there was already a search for the suspect before this attack happened. >> reporter: well, veronica, tonight bart is on a bit of damage control after a homicide on the train. we've also learned some pretty new information tonight about the suspect in the homicide and who they were before they boarded that part train. today, on the platform and macarthur station, the burden general manager, bob powers, was listening to passengers and trying to reassure them of this. >> bart is a safe transit agency. >> reporter: the suspect in yesterday's fatal stabbing, jermaine bram of san francisco walked away from a hospital in san leandro and was considered an at risk missing person. his neighbor, who asked to have the identity concealed, had this to say. >> very nice guy. he never cause any problem, very quiet, very peaceful. >> reporter: the stabbing happened between bay fair and south bart stations as the train was moving. he was allegedly trying to steal shoes from one man one another, oliver williams of oakland intervened and was stabbed to death. the man, who sh

andria borba joins us now with some details from the indictment released by the fbi. >> reporter: well, this began as a counter intelligence investigation complete titled three wars out, and phone calls clocked down to the second as the fbi closed in on what they are calling spies. this 26 page indictment lays out the case against twitter employees who linked private data to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the saudi royal family. the two key players are these two men. their bribed at first with a fancy watch and then hundreds of thousands in cash, gave up information on dissidents of saudi arabia. connie is the editor in chief. >> they have access to the credit card information, to your email address, your ip address, which can help triangulate where you are physically located. there are conversations that you might have with others through direct messages, who you faller, how often you tweet. >> reporter: according to documents the data was a specific as noted in this email from the complaint and down to the age of potential complications helping pin down a dissident between turkey an

andria borba on the espionage case that could force twitter to answer some tough questions. >> reporter: well, veronica, this is a case years in the making by the fbi. they comes at a time for big tech when they are facing hard questions about how they manage their data internally. this was how a years long fbi counterintelligence investigation came to a close with the rest of of dual abouammo, witnessed by stumped neighbors . >> it's all true, you kind of know what you're going to get out of it. >> reporter: this 26 page indictment lays out the fbi's case against twitter employees who allegedly leaked private data to the kingdom of saudi arabia and the saudi royal family. two key players are abouammo and ali alzabarah. the parent bribed the first with a fancy watch and then hundreds of thousands in cash , gave up information's on dissidents of saudi arabia. the editor in chief at the met. cmet says this. >> they have access to your credit card information, and your email address, your ip address, which, can help triangulate where you are physically located. there are conversations that

live in dublin, andria borba kpix 5. >>> calling breaking news out of richmond, chopper 5 over chancellor avenue and fourth street. where police have swarmed after a shooting that happened around 4:00. please have confirmed there are two victims, both male. what had to be airlifted to a hospital. please have not said whether anyone has been arrested. also this evening, san jose police on the hunt for a truck driver involved in a fatal hit and run. police released these rainy images of the suspects vehicle. a white truck, possibly a commercial sewage truck. investigators believe the truck had a cyclist traveling westbound along bayshore highway this morning. the victim's identity has not yet been released. >>> porch pirate that busted an alameda county. wasn't in pd arrested these for snatching packages from people's homes. but, it wasn't just good police work. wilson walker tells us an anticrime network made up of neighbors provided officers with an assistant. wilson? >> reporter: there are any number of things about this neighborhood that might conceivably make it a nice target for folks

andria borba with more on why there was already a search for the suspect before this attack happened. >> reporter: well, veronica, tonight bart is on a bit of damage control after a homicide on the train. we've also learned some pretty new information tonight about the suspect in the homicide and who they were before they boarded that part train. today, on the platform and macarthur station, the burden general manager, bob powers, was listening to passengers and trying to reassure them of this. >> bart is a safe transit agency. >> reporter: the suspect in yesterday's fatal stabbing, jermaine bram of san francisco walked away from a hospital in san leandro and was considered an at risk missing person. his neighbor, who asked to have the identity concealed, had this to say. >> very

. >>> andria borba is live in livermore braving those early crowds. >> reporter: also braving the chilly temperatures. take a look behind me, there's already plenty of people out here looking for a bargain. experts say you don't necessarily need to hit the street and the parking lots to find the deals anymore. the turkey still isn't cold, but shoppers are already lined up outside of the coach store at the premium outlets in livermore. the outlets officially opened at three, but some couldn't wait. with the holiday online sales expected to jump 14%, to nearly $144 billion this year. >> 50% online, 50% in stores today. >> reporter: we wanted to know, is this the last hurrah of brick and mortar shops? >> online, i don't think so, i think i'll do it today. >> amazon is my best friend including since grad school days and i do very little brick- and-mortar, very little. >> reporter: nicole's husband disagrees. >> there are items where i need to visit we tried on, and i appreciate that, as opposed to the site is going to fit. shoes, pants, things like that. but a lot of the everyday items, just

andria borba live with the story tonight. >> reporter: the salvation army is on hundreds of dollars for all the people they serve here in contra costa county after not one but two kettles were stolen. the salvation army in contra costa county after not one but two kettle theft in the course of a week. >> it's a sad thing, it is disappointing. a couple of guys have felt that we could just take some money that goes rectally back into the community to help people with food, turkeys, toys. and help all year long. >> reporter: the first happened outside this supermarket in martinez. the crook new the salvation army's kettle collection mo, and he had the person sign work as if you worked with the group, collected the kettle and then went off. 10 minutes later the scheme came into focus with a real salvation employee came around. >> said no, the guy came to get the kettle that we realized that was in our guy. sadly, he was duped by a trickster. he took the kettles. >> reporter: the second hafted happened yesterday outside of hobby lobby in concord when a mile a man drove by on a bicycle. he sp

kpix 5's andria borba is live in alameda where the parents are demanding action. >> reporter: well ken, veronica, one of the crashes happened right behind me. we're right next to edison elementary school here in the city of alameda. the parents, pta, and even the city wants to do something to change this trend. even before the early darkness of daylight saving time hit, the streets of alameda had a big problem. a stunning number of cars hitting pedestrians, all children. there have been 7 children hit on the streets since the beginning of september. >> change is needed and needed fast. >> reporter: alameda's vice mayor says the city is taking action, including adopting a vision zero policy. >> slow down, know you have a responsibility, your actions have a greater impact on what's happening out there. >> reporter: the crashes have happened at busy intersection like high street and fernside, and quiet ones like this one near edison elementary school. >> i think the parents in the neighborhood, you can tell when they're driving through the stop signs here because they're very slow, very c

live in san francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> the nations largest seller of e-cigarette is halting u.s. sales of its best-selling flavor departed. >> reporter: double team maria medina with the information on today's announcement. >> reporter: another setback for jewels is already under scrutiny from u.s. regulators, lawmakers and health officials today juul announced, it is ending its u.s. distribution of mental vaping pods, after a new government study showed that juul is the top brand among high schoolers who use e- cigarette's and that many prefer mint. the flavor accounts for nearly 60% of the company's retail sales. juul ceo said today "these results are unacceptable, and that is why we must reset the vapor category in the u.s., and earn the trust of society by working cooperatively with regulators, attorney general for public health officials, and other stakeholders to combat underage use. health officials say under age vaping has reached epidemic levels, and the latest government survey one in four high school students reported using e-cigarette and just the previous month.

. >>> coming up and 6, andria borba will have a full report on the questions surrounding bart safety in the wake of the attack. and the changes the agency is making, right now. >>> taking a live look at washington. the impeachment hearing is still going on right now. both democrats and republicans say new testimony bolsters the case. one of president trump's top democrats or diplomats, george tomlin said there was a quid pro quo involving the president and ukraine. nicole killian his life for us on capitol hill, with this closely watched testimony. >> reporter: and has been very closely watched all day long. for the most part things have wrapped up. lawmakers are just taking care of some business. but, that being said democrats say that today's testimony was significant, and troubling. while republicans say it did nothing to implicate the president. late wednesday house lawmakers heard from lauren cooper and david hale, defense and state department officials who testified about the holdup of military aid to the ukraine. >> specifically the ukrainian f going on with ukrainian security

andria borba, "the victims daughter is saying this evening. >> reporter: ken and veronica friends of the victim called him tyrone even though his given name was oliver. his daughter says he is just weeks away from becoming a grandfather to a grandson and was the happiest person she ever knew. inside a dublin courtroom bart stabbing suspect jermaine brim trying to hide his face as he was formally charged with the murder of oliver williams . williams, a father and soon-to- be grandfather and raiders fan. his daughter, destiny lewis do in a few weeks with his grandson told kpix 5 that he was happy and excited. my father was a really good person, kindhearted and loved everybody. i wish this never happened. the stabbing happened to tuesday afternoon on a warm springs bart train between mayfair and south hayward station. the stabbing happened over a pair of sneakers. prosecutors alleged brim was trying to steal from another man when