Gomez might be connected to fires stretching back months. For months antioch a street has been targeted by one firebug or more. Dumpster fires mostly. Some of them out before engines arrived. But not these. s. It breaks my heart. Reporter last weeks fires raise the stakes. Structures involved in even a home with a family in it. This floral shot with this floral shop left in ruins. It was a popular business. It suffered the most amount of damage of the fires he has been charged with. Reporter a local transient louise gomez of 37. He has five charges against him. One of attempted arson. Reporter charges filed wednesday. He has been in jail since last friday arrested for an unrelated charge and then arrested for multiple arsons. A fire that did not take Health Investigators zero in on him. A cold fire is a fire that never really got big enough to call the fire department. It was discovered after the fire was out. We were brought in at that point. We were able to link him to a few differen
Good morning, everyone. Im carolyn tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, january 7. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. Hey, carolyn, good morning to you. Hi, everyone. Its a little chilly and we do have some fog around the bay area. Live doppler 7 showing some cloud cover, twomile visibility at san jose. But at the airport were down to 42minute delays. Thats an improvement from over an hour, just last hour. 49 in the city, its 47 in san jose, 50 in oakland, and from this vantage point, you can see the low cloud deck. 39 in napa, 50 in livermore. We do have a winter watch in effect. You can see the snow in the sierra nevada. We need so much more and it is on the way. Cloudy today. Looking at mostly cloudy skies midday. A few peeks of sun. It will be a cooler afternoon, but it will be dry. Take advantage of that because were expecting very heavy rain and gusty wind at times tomorrow. Ill time it out for you with my accuweather 7day forec
The commute is getter busier, steve. As you know, this is one of the peak hours of the commute. 22 minutes between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze doesnt seem like a long time. It is a little on the light side. By this time we have 35 to 40 minute delay. That is good as you drive in. At the bay bridge we had a crash westbound right near the gore point of the hov lanes. That is clear. One vehicle is still out there but traffic is moving by. It has improved. This is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. And northbound traffic is moving okay. We have something going on the san mateo bridge. A couple of cars may have gotten into it on the right hand side there. You may not be able to see it behind this pole here. A little bit of activity. Traffic on the san mateo bridge approach is slow as a result. That crash was in the lanes for a bit and traffic is slow. Dumbarton bridge traffic is normal. 7 01. Lets go back to the desk. Berkeley has become the first city in the United States
Cameras although payne when i spoke with him earlier couldnt tell me what the cameras captured. We know a mom here to pick up her daughter the day is happened says she saw the whole thing. What she tells us she witnessed coming up at 6 00. Thank you. Now to the south bay. This just in. A soccer coach accused of Sexual Assault. In man is accuse ds of assaulting a minor he met while coaching. He had numerous coaching jobs including at Oak Grove High School and south bay. And south valley junior high in gilroy. Police say the Sexual Assault happened at a private home in morgan hill. Also within the past hour several felony charges have been filed against these two teenagers involved in a side show that injured a Richmond Police officer. Juan within mr. Castanada will face charges of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and falsifying a police report. They were arrested after police say they trophy their car at of an officer as they tried to flee a side show. The officer is now recover
Reporter its not just a problem in san jose. Investigators say thieves recently targeted mail trucks in pleasant hills, antioch, and richmond. But its not clear whether the thefts are related. Here in san jose, the Postal Service is still trying to determine just how many customers in the willow glen area were impacted by the breakins monday. What were asking is, keep an eye out. Three to four weeks, if you receive a Bank Statement or credit card statement with transactions you did not make, contact us. Reporter the postal inspector says some arrests have been made in connection with previous breakins last year. But so far, hes not revealing any details about those suspects. Reporting live in willow glen, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Okay, thank you, marianne. He contacted women through an Online Dating website and then convererced them into sex r pretending to be a Police Officer. Hes facing multiple charges. Police say earlier this month he met a woman online and arranged a mee