Crashed into a pickup truck near the fruitvale b. A. R. T. Station. The driver of the truck was killed. The pursuit was authorized because they believe hernandez was a threat to the community. Officers expect thad this person may be armed and dangerous, with the firearm. Our policy does allow officers to pursue a vehicle that is involved in a violent felony or has a firearm involved. Tonight, hernandez is in custody. The chief says the pursuit is under investigation, and a review board will determine if it did in fact comply with department policy. Police in antioch are searching for the person responsible of killing a woman by setting her on fire. They received a call for a small fire around 5 30 this morning. Contra costa county responded and found a womans body on fire. She died at the scene. Police are releasing Little Information about the victim. Police are interviewing witnesses and neighbors in the area to try to identify the woman and a person of interest. The man accused of killing five men in stockton and one in oakland is in jail tonight. Were learning the suspect also had a history of crimes here in the bay area. Stockton Police ArrestedWesley Brownlee early saturday morning. Theyve learned that brownlee was convicted twice in Alameda County on drug charges. He finished his parole in 2006, 15 years before the alleged killing spree in stockton. Brownlee is due in court tomorrow. An end in sight when it comes to the covid state of emergency. It will come almost exactly three years after Governor Newsom declared the emergency. Its set for late february. So why so late . And what does it mean for the state . Jodi hernandez joins us with more. Yeah, i think weve reached the point where we can pretty much by consensus agree that its time to move on. Reporter thats the reaction of the Health Officer as Governor Newsom announces californias covid state of Emergency Declaration is coming to an end. The governor plans to end the declaration at the end of february. Folks in the state are well aware we may see another surge in the winter. Reporter the state says most people wont notice big changes, but we may not be able to get vaccinated or tested at local pharmacies and we may see an end to work sick time under covid rules. They wont have that once the emergency is over. I think people will start to get back to normal, as you can see, each holiday progresses. People are starting to get out. Its a good feeling. Reporter but most people say they more than ready to move forward. This 24yearold says hes pretty much stayed home during covid and never got the virus. But the Diablo Valley College student says hes happy to be out and about again. Back on campus. Filming videos and doing everything i need to be doing. Reporter macha says the Emergency Declaration did save lives by allowing vaccines and ppe to be distributed efficiently. And while we may no longer be in a state of emergency, he says covid isnt going away. This disease has pretty much undergone a transition from being a pandemic to being what we call endemic. Its part of the background, one of the many diseases we have to deal with on an ongoing basis. So far, only 11 of people who are eligible for a bivalent shot have gotten one. Dr. Sarah coty is warning people not to wait to get the added protection, particularly with holiday gatherings coming up. You need your bivalent booster. And especially if youre 50 years or older. You really need a bivalent booster. Dr. Cody says the booster shot offers better protection against omicron variants and it can reduce your risk of reveling long covid if you do get sick. And now kids 5 and up can get the first booster shot. The first doses arrived in santa clara today and shots will be offered tomorrow. A surprisingly quick turn around for President Bidens opportunity loan forgiveness program. An easy web address was announced. Theres a website posted behind the president studentaid. Gov. In total, more than 40 million americans can stand to benefit from this relief. And about 90 is going to people making less than 75,000 a year. Let me be clear. Not a dime will go to those in the top 5 of income bracket, period. Eligible applicants can cancel up to 10,000 of student debt and an additional 10,000 if they got a pell grant. Applications must be filed by the end of next year. Three weeks out from the midterm elections and republicans and democrats are in a fierce fight for the senate. Early voting in georgia begins today, and republican candidate Herschel Walker admitted it was his signature on a check to a woman who claims he paid for her abortion. He still denies that claim. Nbcs alice barr has the latest from washington. Reporter early voting is under way today in georgia. Ground zero in the battle for control of the evenlydivided senate. Im worried about this country. Reporter voters lining up this morning fresh off a highstakes debate between rafael warnock. We passed the inflation reduction act. Reporter and republican challenger Herschel Walker. We have to protect this country. Reporter in a nbc news exclusive, walker giving his most extensive comments yet on allegations he paid for a former girlfriends abortion in 2009, acknowledging for the first time that a 700 check the woman claims was used for the abortion is his. Thats my check. Reporter but walker insists he doesnt know what the check was for, fiercely denying the abortion claim. This is still a lie, because shes the mother of my child. Its a lie. Reporter more Senate Debate kicking off in a closelywatched race in ohio, republican j. D. Vance hoping to drive voters to the polls. The economys not doing great. Reporter democrat tim ryan distanced himself from President Biden in the last debate. Do you want President Biden to run again in 2024 . No, ive been very clear. Id like to see a generational change. Reporter others are seeking the president s help. Hes back in the white house again after helping campaign for democrats out west. A new poll shows republicans leading with 44 of likely voters saying the economy or inflation are the most important issues facing the country. In washington, alice barr, nbc news. Thanks, alice. There are a lot of issues on the ballot. We have a voter bank set up to help you out. If you have any questions about how to register to vote call the number on your screen. 18445484884, open from 5 00 to 6 30 tonight. Vice president Kamala Harris is on her way to the bay area. Shes going to attend a fundraiser. The east bay native last visited the area when she was here to discuss abortion rights. Californias average gas price is down to 6. 05. Take a look at the prices in the big three cities in the bay area. San jose is down to 6. 11. Oakland down to 6. 12, and San Francisco down to 6. 25. One jury in the kristin smart case reaches a verdict. Also days after taking part in the latest january 6 hearing, congresswoman zoe lofgren returns to the bay area. Youll hear her one on one conversation with us. Look at this, a storm to the north by friday. Ill talk about some weekend shower chances coming up in about eight minutes. Cotton candy. Pink lemonade. Bubble gum. When Tobacco Companies sell candy flavored products, they know exactly what theyre doing because four out of five kids who use tobacco start with a flavored product. And once theyre hooked, they can be addicted for life. This election we can stop big tobaccos dirty trick. Voting yes on prop 31 will end the sale of candy flavored tobacco products. Saving kids from nicotine addiction. Vote yes on 31. Okay. This went on for a long time. Playing out overnight, a Long Police Chase stretching from the south bay to the peninsula. Chp stay started when officer tried to pull over a driver in san jose around 1 00 in the morning. The driver wanted for a number of traffic violations. Now the car eventually crash add crashed an hour later in brisbane. The driver did walk out and was taken into custody. The jury for ruben flores came back with its verdict around 11 30 this morning. It will not be read until the jury for his son paul flores is done deliberating, then both verdicts will be read. He is accused of killing kristin smart in 1996 when she was a student at cal poly. South bay congresswoman zoe lofgren took part in grilling witnesses during the january 6 hearings. Robert handa joins us from stanford where the secretary of state also weighed in on the problem. Reporter well, misinformation continues to be a big topic. Especially since it does make diplomacy more difficult by dividing the country. One key member of the january 6 Committee Says they are getting closer to the truth. Consider woman zoe lofgren came bearing gifts to help the university deal with Climate Change. And she shared her thoughts on what the january 6 committee has accomplished so far and the subpoena theyll issue to former president trump. We do hope that the former president comes in to talk to us. Well see. His letter to us was very odd and didnt indicate that he would come in. It was just a rant. Reporter are there consequences for the former president if he doesnt in. Doesnt . There could be, but i think he has a responsibility to come in. Reporter secretary blinken says misinformation is a huge problem right now and they hope that projects under way will get to the truth and facts. This is a day in and day out battle for us, combating misinformation around the world. We have a big focus on this, something called the Global Engagement center. Reporter lofgren agrees. Some people defied the subpoena and are going to jail. Reporter lofgren does anticipate more hearings, not only to get more information but also to put out recommendations to make sure another insurrection never happens. At stanford, robert handa, nbc bay area news. Thank you, robert. There was an ultimate vip tour, as you heard, Antony Blinken was here. They saw where taxpayer dollars going at the Stanford National accelerator lab. Its going to receive an investment of 130 million through the inflation reduction act. This national lab is a national treasure. We have u. S. Led, World Class Research that is essential to our national security, essential to our economic competitiveness, its essential to solving the problems of the world, problems that are also having an impact on peoples every day lives. Secretary blinken went on to say that it is also essential to Climate Change and that the accelerator is an important contribution to the bay area. Well, we want to tell you about a new report that has found the Trump Organization charged the secret service more than five times the record government rate to stay at its hotels during Donald Trumps presidency. The government sets a daily travel allowance for the secret service. The secret Service Received at least 40 waivers, allowing them to stay at more trump properties. They were charged more than 1100 for one night at trumps washington, d. C. Hotel to protect son eric trump. The government rate for a night there is only 242. The report says the overcharge happened about 40 times. Today marks 33 years since the loma prieta quake devastated parts of the bay area. It hit at 5 04 00 p. M. 5 04. 63 people died. Thousands more were hurt. A special monument in front of fire station 35 was unveiled earlier this afternoon. Every time you see those photographs it is a reminder that we live in earthquake country. That its looming. That sometime its going to happen again. We need to be prepared. You know, people move here, and you get so stressed out about it, or youre from here and you havent felt one for a while. Just having that kit ready to go and those simple things, duck, drop, cover and hold on. Those are simple things we need to think about. As we head into the forecast tonight, we are looking at changes as we roll through the next couple days. Lets get you into the microclimate forecast. And well take you out to san jose. What a day, after some clouds, fall weather this weekend. Temperatures in the 60s. Back up into the 70s. A little bit of a breeze here. Its going to last for another hour and then well see cooler 60s return with cloud cover. There is some larger changes in the works right now. We are tracking this system off to the south. Weve been telling you about it for a week now. Theres no hope of any rainfall for us from this system because its disconnected from the main storm track. The way its set up right now, its going to help to bring warmer air into the forecast. Temperatures going up a little bit more tomorrow, also as we roll into wednesdays forecast. The other thing were going to notice tomorrow thats going to be a little strange is high clouds moving in, in the morning and mixing in with the fog. And hang on through the high clouds in the afternoon. I think we will see sun breaking through as well, but its not going to be fullon blue sky everywhere across the bay area. So how about the heat . Its not going to be record setting but definitely above average. And certainly makes you stop in your tracks after that cool weather this weekend. Were going back up to 85. Mid80s in morgan hill. Low 80s in san jose. 70s oakland and San Francisco and palo alto. If this is too much for you and you want the fall weather back, were going to be able to deliver on that for you, also the possibility of showers. I know all of us have been anxious to get anything in here with the drought in place. We are expecting some shower chances here as we roll into saturday morning, maybe even a little bit of sierra snow. So early totals on this are on the low side. Trace amounts to. 2 of an inch. San jose is going to be having a hard time. But we are looking at sprinkles moving back in as we hit saturdays forecast, the way thing look now, even snow on saturday. 2 to 4 inches. So more on that, but we will get back to the 70s. And the inland valleys, we hit the peak on wednesday, 92. And then sliding back down. 72 on saturdays forecast. A Little Something to help with the immediate fire danger. You have every single number on that board. A little 90, a little 70. Coming up, apple set to release its new revamped ipad pro. What youd expect from the tablet. Another wild swing on wall street today. It was in the right direction, up. Way up. The dow rose sharply, nearly 2 . The s p jumped 2. 5, and the nasdaq had its best day since july, nearly 3. 5 . Okay. This is a bridge too far with inflation, but maybe for you inflation giving you another reason to go easy on the butter. Now were hearing about why the price of butter is jumping so high. Prices for butter and margarine, 32 higher than last month, compared to last year. That jump, the highest compared to other types of groceries. According to the bureau of labor statistics, part of this is because of the higher cost of labor and distribution, but ingredients for both of the spreads are being impacted by the war in ukraine and the weather. Apple could be releasing new tech this week. Bloomberg reports the new ipad pro could be out in the next few days. No word from apple on this yet. The company typically releases new products ahead of its Earnings Report and it comes out next week. It is said to have a new m2 chip, making it faster. Popular music group ready to serve its country. Well explain when we come back. Naomi every year, the wildfires and smoke seem to get worse. Jessica there is actual particles on every single surface. Cooke california has the worst air pollution in the country. The top two causes are vehicles and wildfires. Prop 30 helps clean our air. It will reduce the tailpipe emissions that poison our air. Kevin and helps prevent the wildfires that create toxic smoke. Thats why calfire firefighters, the American Lung association, and the coalition for clean air support prop 30. Naomi im voting yes on 30. Many kpop fans are heartbroken right now. Lots of screaming going on right now. Thats because one of the most popular bands in the world is reporting for duty. All members of bts are moving forward to fulfill their military obligation to the south korean military. It is one of the Biggest Bands in south korean history, selling more than 30 million albums across the globe. Fans will have to wait a few years to see them perform again. They will miss out on billions of dollars because of this move. Must serve their country, okay. Very beautiful. You can watch us on roku, amazon fire and apple tv. Happy monday. A lot going on here, underground casinos in a quiet neighborhood. How San Jose Police raided and busted the casino, leaving neighbors in this area stunned. Just shocked. Shocked that its even happening here in our neighborhood, you know . Its, yeah. Im glad it is, you know, they stopped it before it got even worse. The way police spent years trying to crackdown on similar operations. Also, are President Biden and Governor Newsom on the same page . Our political analyst breaks down possible rifts between the two. And russias latest attack on kyiv that has people and soldiers running for their lives. The news at 5 30 starts right now. Thanks so much for joining us, im janelle wang. Its not a new problem. Illegal casinos. Sjpd making another bust. Its not just the gambling but the other types of crime that come along with it. Reporter police say they had been watching these homes for weeks, trying to gather enough evidence. And when they finally moved in, it was a huge relief for neighbors. Skyranger was overhead when police raided the