We begin with new information about the dramatic capture of a San Francisco political consultant. Ryan chamerlain is now in custody and this morning appeared in court for the first time facing a charge of possessing explosives. Ktvus alex savidge was in court and tells us whats inside the criminal complaint. Good afternoon, alex. Reporter well, good afternoon. The fbi says chamberlain had all of the components for an improvised exesploiv device. What explosive device. What they havent said is what he planned to do with it. We want to give you the details in the document by the court. The documents describe this device as a glass jar with potentially explosive green substance, a substance inside that jar also an igniter, ball bearings and screws and a Circuit Board that the fbi says would have been to detonate this bomb remotely. Chamberlain, a 42yearold political consultant went before a judge a few hours ago facing one charge of possessing explosives. He did not enter a plea at this m
Or 59, maybe drizzle. There are a few breaks in the low clouds but a lot of low clouds out there, so 50s, 60s, upper 70s, Mendocino County is the only 80s we will see. 50s on the temps in the lows and combine that with a decent breeze, although still roaring out at travis which was only 72 or 73 yesterday and vacaville was 76. That is amazingly cool. As long as its at 30, ive done this a long time, its hard to warm up those inland temps if they are still gusting that strong out of travis. That is absolutely the vanguard for cooler inland temps this time of year when you see wind this strong and also a fog bank that big. That might get compressed later in the week. Fog, sun, breezy, coast bay and the inland a lot of upper 70s or 50s and 60s. Heres sal. We are looking at highway 4, why dont i put it up so you can see it too. Highway 4, this is what i was looking at and just about to draw a line here on the traffic thats coming through. You can see traffic is already busy coming through l
[ male announcer ] to celebrate, visit your local Benjamin Moore dealer today and get 50 off every 250 purchase. Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. And we have breaking news tonight. Bart service shut down between San Francisco and west oakland right now. Joe vasquez is at the bart station. Joe . Reporter liz, a relatively busy friday night right now, but a lot of folks trying to get from San Francisco to oakland and vice versa are not able to do so right now. What we are told by bart is that someone got run over by the train in oakland at the west oakland bart station. That slows Service Starting around 10 15 this evening and so what you are seeing right now underground as i took a walk through there, a lot of people sitting around waiting trying to figure out what to do next. Will the trains begin soon or will they have to decide how they are going to get across by bus or otherwise. I actually just spoke with a tourist from toronto who took a taxi here which cos
Girlfriend and best friend left him depressed. He never exhibited any peculiar behavior or did anything to raise our suspicion that he might be involved in nefarious activity. On twitter he tried to defend himself saying he was not armed and no one was ever in danger. Matt keller will have a report at the top of the hour. Developing news which could be bad for commuters, muni employees could sage another sickout. Efforts yesterday tripled the bus and train service. Amy hollyfield is at the muni station. I got a text from the muni spokesman 100 additional vehicles are on the street today but Significant Impact to riders remain. It look like you will want to rethink your commute if you use muni and maybe it will not be as bad but it doesnt sound great. Officials have raised the stakes saying if they call in sick they better have a doctors note if they want to get paid but some could city be staying home of the commuters crammed on the few buses and trains running with all of the workers
Amy hollyfield is at the federal courthouse in San Francisco with that story. We are learning more about him. A Law Enforcement source tells us he did have the materials to put together a bomb, components that need only to be assembled to kill or maim people. They will not tell us what the materials were or what he planned to do with them or why. That could be changing soon. Here are some sketches of the 42 yearold chamberlain in court. His friends and relatives did not want to comment. The prosecution asked the city council to keep the complaint sealed by the judge was hesitant saying the public has a right to know and criticized that authoritied had a press conference this morning but they want to keep some facts private. He says they cannot have it both ways. He said he would likely unseal the complaint in the next few days. He announced chamberlains charge, one count of possession of illegal destructive device. Chamberlain last arrested before 6 30 last night near crissy field. The