shooting suspect. was missed before the deadly rampage. >> from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich in for sara tonight. the man accused of committing a mass shooting at the place where he lived and worked has officially been charged with seven counts of murder. 66-year-old chunli zhao hid his face behind a piece of paper in a san mateo county courtroom today. if convicted, he could face life in prison without parole or the death penalty. now the district attorney is diving into his past. the d.a. tells us his office believes they know a motive in the shooting but stopped short of revealing it. but we do know tonight a clue was found inside the suspect's car. >> there was a note inside the car. we're not revealing that at this appointment. question was whether this is any evidence of copycat at monterey park, and we believe the answer is no to that, not just simply we're not sure, we believe the answer is no. >> we'll have more on half moon bay tonight. but first the louisiana county sheriff department revealed new information about the suspect in the monterey park shooting. deputies believe 72-year-old huu can tran used this unregistered mac-10 gun to kill 11 victims and shoot nine others. it's illegal in california, and tran bought it in 1999 in monterey park. all right, there's new surveillance video also, it's actually showing a hero wrestling the gun away from the suspect. this is at a dance studio in the city of alhambra. the suspect traveled here after shooting up the studio in monterey park, but 26-year-old brandon tsay, he managed to fight the gun out of his hands. deputies say the gunman committed suicide with a handgun. a rifle was also found at his home and both were registered. now, as for a possible motive, investigators don't have many leads. tran's only known criminal history was an arrest for unlawful possession of a firearm in 1990. >> based on the interviews the investigators are still conducting, they have not been able to establish a connection between the suspect and any of the victims thus far. >> today investigators also found a motorcycle near the scene and believe it was placed there as an alternative getaway vehicle. well, vice president kamala harris traveled to monterey park today to meet with the families and the families of the victims. she left a wreath at the site of the mass shooting, and when she was about to leave, a reporter asked her this. >> could this congress do anything? >> they absolutely can. >> you think they can accomplish -- >> they have the power to. can they do something? yes. should they do something? yes. >> will they? >> will they do something, that is where we all must speak up. >> all right, let's go back to half moon bay now. tonight we now know the names of the victims killed in a workplace shooting rampage. they are five men and two women ranging in age from 74 to 43 and mostly mexican and chinese immigrants. an eighth victim still hospitalized tonight. we're also getting our first look at one of their faces, 50-year-old marciano martinez jimenez. now, our katie nielsen has his story. >> reporter: this park is not only turning into a memorial for those lives lost on monday afternoon but also a gathering spot for members of the community. we've seen people stopping by with flowers and cards, notes of support and condolence for the seven people who were killed, including 50-year-old marciano martinez jimenez. according to a fundraising page set up by his brother, marciano lived in half moon bay for 25 years and worked at concord farms. he was also a volunteer at a clinic. he's originally from mexico. his family is trying to raise money to get his body back home to be buried next to his parents. here at the memorial in the park at the corner of main street and kelly avenue, people have stopped to pray or just take a few quiet moments to reflect on the events of the past few days. a local florist brought by 70 bouquets of roses to leave at the memorial while another woman who's worked in half moon bay's agricultural community for more than a decade brought candles, one with each victim's name written on it. >> they're not recognizable in the community. they're invisible without transportation and without resources. we didn't know their names in life, and we should darn well know them in having lost them to serving us and serving our agricultural community. >> they provide so much for us, i guess it just kind of like hits home a little bit. my dad and a lot of my uncles have been farm workers, and it just -- it kind of sucks that we can't even be safe at our jobs anymore. >> we've seen quite a few community members with no direct ties to the agricultural community stop by with flowers, cards, stuffed animals. this is a small coastal community, maybe 13,000 people, and what people have told us is this affects everyone in the community, whether they know someone who is directly impacted or not. now, there is a vigil planned right here in downtown at this park, main street and kelly avenue, on friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. everyone from the community is invited to attend. >> as details surface about the deadliest mooting in san mateo county history, we're learning about the warning signs that were simply ignored. andrea nakano spoke to a former fbi agent and a psychiatrist who says the violence is an example of a failed mental health policy and gun laws. >> reporter: two mass shootings in california in the last five days have taken 18 lives as investigators try to find out why the alleged shooters went on a rampage, evidence is surfacing about one of the suspect's violent pasts. >> we don't look enough at the mental health crisis and how we're going to solve that. some of it -- i hate to say it, but maybe mandatory institutionalization is the way to go. >> reporter: security analyst jeff harp was a former fbi agent. as a security analyst, he now investigates potential dangers in the workplace. >> well, how many of these things do we have to have before we finally go, huh, those warning signs were serious. >> reporter: harp says the suspects in the vast majority of mass shootings have a history of mental illness. in 2013 a coworker of the man accused of killing seven in half moon bay asked for a restraining order against chunli zhao. the coworker claims zhao tried to suffocate him with a pillow and threatened him with a knife. >> it's not just one sign that tells you, oh my gosh, this person's going to go off the deep end, there's a culmination of events that happen that lead to this. the problem we have is we got to be able to put all those pieces of that puzzle together in a manner that allows us to act up on it. >> reporter: in this case, the man in this surveillance video wrestled the weapon away from the shooter at a second location. dr. david spiegel, a psychiatrist, says people can become a hero by just speaking up. >> i can't advise anyone that's in that kind of acute dangerous situation, but he saved lives. if you want a model of what to do, it's to take a threat seriously and do something about it and get help doing it. >> reporter: dr. spiegel says the pandemic and the isolation that came with it may have worsened some people's mental health issues. he ass when you factor in living in a country where guns are accessible, it's a deadly combination. >> the combination of people who lose perspective who may get delusional or who just get angry or get drunk and the ability to kill this many people that fast is just a dangerous combination and horrible things will and have happened and they will continue to until we do something about it. >> reporter: in the case of the half moon bay shooter, zhao legally purchased a semiautomatic handgun. as lawmakers grapple with the issue of gun control, the best advice for now is to report anything suspicious. >> community members coming together to oakland's wilma chan park tonight, honoring the many lives lost in this recent string of violence. and students at santa clara county university also holding a vigil on campus. we spoke with a student there who has close ties to the area of monterey park. >> i wanted to come and mourn along with other people. and also mainly because my sister worked really close to the place the shooting happened in monterey park. so it just, it really hit me. it shocked me how close everything was to me. still ahead tonight, a judge just ruled there's no reason to keep the footage secret, so the key evidence that we could all see in the attack on paul pelosi. the bedroom with a bathroom? all mine? i was amazed. this is home. it feels like home. >> plus, california has been struggling to keep former inmates out of jail. the new program here in the bay area that could pave the way to a new standard. and later, ticketed for talking? the push to punish certain drivers for talking on the phone even with hands-free devices. and still later in sports, 49ers two more practices and it's wheels up to philadelphia. and whoa, what a warriors thriller. and beautiful weather across the bay area. temperatures well above average, especially the north bay, up to the mid-70s in santa rosa. one more warm day, this changes. details coming up in the first alert forecast. and brett goldstein and cal penn are the gue a judge ruled today to allow body cam video and audio from the night david depape allegedly attacked paul pelosi in his home to be released. depape's lawyers tried to block the release, saying it could prevent him from getting a fair trial. the judge ruled since it's already submitted as evidence it should be public. no word yet on when the video and audio will be released. getting out of prison can be a shock to the system, especially if you have nowhere to go, and many people can wind up back behind bars. but now a new transitional house in oakland is offering former inmates more than just a place to stay. we take a closer look. >> reporter: when bernard king first arrived at a halfway house in east oakland after living in a six by ten cell for 15 years, he expected it would be an upgrade. but even in his wildest dreams he couldn't have imagined anything like this. >> a bedroom with a bathroom? all mine? i was amazed. >> reporter: these days bernard, who asked us not to use his real name, has a queen-sized bed, a big screen tv, and his own door that locks from the inside. >> i can keep it clean, and i can live the quality of life i want to live. >> reporter: bernard scored a coveted spot at a nonprofit called the collective, a new form of reentry housing designed to make the transition from prison to life outside a little less daunting. richard cruz is its founder and coexecutive director. >> the point is to give agency back. and that means like you get to make the decisions, you get to work out your problems. we will be here for you side by side to help in any way we can. >> reporter: richard knows firsthand how hard it is to make a fresh start. after spending 30 years behind bars in 2018 he was assigned to a reentry home in hayward a strict, no nonsense facility with a long list of restrictions and conditions. no family allowed, curfew at 9:00 p.m. sharp, and a full schedule of mandatory classes whether he needed them or not. he says it felt less like a home and more like a jail cell in disguise. >> there was five bedrooms, 32 people in this house, and one bathroom. and it was everybody was trying to get up first so they could use the bathroom and get out. >> reporter: so in 2020, he came up with an idea, a new kind of reentry home with wraparound services. one that doesn't monitor people's every move. residents have their own room, a monthly allowance of $200, and a clipper card for transportation. there are no curfews and no limits on how long they can stay. >> we did not want it to feel like the traditional reentry homes with all the same furniture all like bunk beds, everything else. we wanted it to be different. >> reporter: so far it seems to be working. of the collective's six graduates, all have found jobs and permanent housing. >> i know we've helped them break down son barriers and help them transition through a time that's rough. >> reporter: as for bernard, he's now got a full-time job. he's hoping to move out on his own in the near future, but until then there is no other place he'd rather be. >> this is home. this is like, it feels like home. >> reporter: creating more compassionate reentry houses by throwing the old rules out the window. >> thank you. now, another gorgeous day here in the bay area, but before we give it away, take a look at this photo. and where do you think it is? i know you know the answer. i know the answer. but this looks like somewhere that's not even in our neck of the woods. >> looks like greenland. >> absolutely. so all right, if you're playing around with us, playing from home, this is -- >> the twitter tag gives it away a little bit. >> caltrans. doesn't say where. this is 89. >> yeah. >> clearing the sides there. emerald bay down below, i would assume, yes? >> yeah. >> unbelievable. look at that. >> that is just amazing. these are not small vehicles. >> no, absolutely not. if you look at the range of how much rain we got, you were giving the measurement of snow. >> it depends on elevation and temperature, but it's about 18 inches of rain. that would be about 180, you're talking about 15 to 20 feet of snow. on average. some places got more than that. >> it's the weekend? >> i think there's many good ski weekends still to come over the next several weekends, because -- >> because it's clear and cool tonight. >> there you go. so i'll talk about that and we'll look at the weekend as well. clear, cool temperatures eventually tonight. right now it's still quite mild outside. the winds are stirring things around keeping temperatures from dropping off too fast. it's warm again tomorrow. those gusty offshore winds with us tonight through the first half of the day tomorrow, then they're going to relax. a short cooling trend on friday with light showers in the forecast by sunday. let's take a look at the winds first. they're gusting up over 30 miles per hour, especially north of the golden gate as we head through the rest of tonight. futurecast indicating 40-mile-per-hour gusts around napa and fairfield. they back off by late morning. still 25 to 30-mile-an-hour gusts on the map at that point, but those diminish significantly through the afternoon. the winds much lighter, still offshore, but lighter by early afternoon and evening. those winds pivot early tomorrow night into early friday which means the onshore wind is going to bring our temperatures back down to near average for friday and again saturday. the winds aren't going to be overly blustery, but that onshore direction makes a big difference in terms of the overall temperature pattern. the overall shift in our weather pattern is going to continue with that chance of showers on sunday. it's only a 30% to 40% chance sunday into sunday night, and it tapers off to 10% to 20% chance on monday. if you get rain, and it's lower than a 50/50 chance in any particular spot, it's going to be light, brief. less than 0.1 of an inch of rain total. and it's not going to be an all day washout. i wouldn't cancel outdoor plans on sunday. plus you're watching football anyway, just be flexible with outdoor plans. signs of a wetter than normal weather pattern shaping up into february. that looks tenuous for me, but we can hope for some showers. here are the warm temperatures right now, still in the 50s and 60s. 65 in santa rosa. those temperatures have mostly dropped to the 40s by early tomorrow morning. just the chilliest spots in the upper 30s. then we warm up, most of our temperatures into the middle 60s. the warmest spots north of the golden gate up to 70 degrees thanks to the offshore, down slope winds. that is a warming effect, but it goes away for the end of the.ter normal. means upper 50s with a few low sprinkles ushered in. we're going to usher in a much colder air mass, high temperatures in the low to mid-50s through the middle of next week. so we are going to finish up the month of january and head into early february on a cold note. temperatures a good 5 to 10 degrees below average. and that one shower chance, that's it for the rain chances in the seven-day forecast. all right, straight ahead, league finalists for the nfl awards. and some 49ers made the list. who? and the warriors tonight. you know, the game's 48 minutes, they needed 47:59 to get it done. also coming up, look, we already can't hold our cellphones while behind the wheel, but a new california bill aims t all right, so i was out at dinner tonight. and i think i heard some cheering from chase center, am i correct? >> it sounded like old times. >> it did. >> the chase center was rocking tonight. >> i don't know what's going on. >> good win. we're talking about the warriors. there are games to get a season going, and the warriors may have been involved in one tonight. steph curry, what were his thoughts before they hosted the grizzlies. picking up at 1:13, and this happened. curry missed, but he was fouled. so curry made all three free throws. couple plays later up two, clay thompson couldn't find the bucket. wild shots ensued. after the play, curry was thrown out when he threw his mouthpiece into the crowd from frustration. you see him pleading his case, but here it is. automatic ejection. that's a league rule. you can't throw an object into the crowd, and there he goes. so he's gone. now warriors down one, 20 seconds left. thom. son hit from deep, and he let the crowd know it. yeah. grizzlies looking to respond. morant, nice pass. brandon clark tied it at 120-120. two seconds left for the warriors to win this game. jordan poole right place, right time, we're done here with a second left. warriors a gritty win over a quality team that they could see in the playoffs. 122-120, golden state now has won seven straight against the grizzlies at home. >> what did you think of jp's toss? >> his what? to who? >> you didn't see it? >> no. oh, he threw -- yeah, i did see that. it was one of those like too soon jokes. >> i don't even know what you're talking about, bro. >> oh, come on now. >> i don't even remember. short memory. all right, nfl and the 49ers. if he's healthy, he's playing. that was head coach kyle shanahan on his defensive lineman charles, booked monday on a misdemeanor charge on suspicion of domestic violence. meantime, five 49ers were named finalists today for nfl's individual awards. hedckck purasnick bosa is upof med one of three finalists for the nfl's offensive rookie of the year. coach of the year candidate kyle shanahan notices the strides he's made since training camp. >> in an ideal world you're hoping to keep that guy on the practice squad, but he was looking so good in his reps in practice that eventually we let him go in the game. then he looked that way in the game. we thought it'd be way too much of a risk to lose him. >> i just wonder out loud if brock purdy's success will cause other teams to take a closer look at their low round picks, could he help a guy like stetson bennet of georgia get drafted. undersized guy like brock purdy is. but hey, if all he does is win games, that's the bottom line, right? >> great role model for kids too, wondering if you can make it up the ranks, you got to play. up next, why former president trump is being allowed back on his facebook and twitter accounts. 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