Had about eight minutes to scatter. After the first set of explosions the fireworks explosions went off you could hear a sigh of relief then explosions and cheers. Reporter fog could not block the brilliance of these pyrotechnics. Which wowed an appreciative crowd of about 200,000 people. The crew working on a barge off pier 39 started the show around 9 30. But spectators started staking out their spots much earlier. Janetta barber and her children claimed a bench about 6 30 this evening so they wouldnt have to jockey for space. Because it gets too crowded. And theres so many people you cant walk. You come out here, get a spot. And fight to get back to the park. Reporter more than 2,000 people skipped the scene on the sidewalk for a view on the water. Its the absolute busiest day of the year. We get thousands of people for this event. Reporter the fleet increased the number of boats out by 50 . Fireworks cruises sold out days ahead in part because the holiday fell on a friday. Works ou
Body discovered in millbrae. This man was charged with the cold case murders. This is how he looked 40 years ago. His mug shot from unrelated crime. The da credits advances in Dna Technology with solving the cases. Abc7 news learned cigarette butts left at the crime scenes contained his dna. Its time to bring this man to justice for the murders that we can prove at this point. He was exindicted from oregon prison last night. Where he had been serving time for attempted murder. His dna also reportedly was found in a crime scene in reno. In a jail house interview, he said i dont know anything nothing about this. This doesnt make sense i have no idea about that. He said he was guilty of the crime in oregon but not gypsy hill murders and told us im confused and just wants answers. Police believe halbower killed two other gypsy hill victims carol booth whose body was found near kaiser hospital, and 14yearold tonya blackwell, the body discovered in the gypsy hills area of pacifica. I am told
Murders happened one after another. There was no Dna Technology to speak of at the time. It was the brilliant work of Police Investigators and their tenacity and, of course, dna science that made the difference here. January 1976 18yearold veronica casios body was found at the Sharp Park Golf Course in pacifica. She was stabbed 32 times and raped. A year later paula baxters body was discovered. This man 66yearold rodney howbauer was formally charged with the cold case murders. This is how he looked years ago, his mugshot from an unrelated crime. Steve credits the advances in technology with solving the cold cases. Cigarette butts left at the two crime scenes contained his dna. Its time to bring this man to justice for the murders that we can clearly prove at this point and bring some closure to the families as best we can. He was extradited from an oregon prison last night. Where he had been serving time for an attempted murder conviction. His dna also reportedly appeared on a cigarett
Olivia. Super hungry . Get my Chipotle Chicken Club combo. Its got the chipotle sauce you love and spicy crispy chicken. You get it with fries and a drink for just 4. 99. Thats a ton of food. Lets do this. Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Bay area kids put in isolation tonight. We have learned more than 30 children including this east bay baby cannot leave home because of the measles outbreak. Good evening, im brian hackney. And im elizabeth cook. Ken has the night off. Christin ayers is at Kaiser Hospital in oakland with exclusive information she learned about an hour ago. Christin . Reporter we learned two cases of measles have been diagnosed at this kaiser facility in oakland in the past month alone. One of those cases directly linked to that outbreak at disney land and tonight, babies all over Alameda County have been placed in isolation. Hi reporter Jennifer Simon briefly stepped outside with her six month old daughter livia. For three weeks,livia has been
In an oregon prison last year when he was serving time for attempted murder. The dna linked him to baxter casio, and Michelle Mitchell from nevada. But there are many others hes suspected of killing. She couldnt live her life. Reporter john blackwells little sister tanya was stabbed in pacifica when she was 14 years old. Blackwell knows he may never be charged in her death or for the murder of carol boots whose body was found in San Francisco, but he hopes other families will find peace knowing hell face justice. Some closure is better than no closure. Prosecutors will not seek the Death Penalty in this case because it was deemed unconstitutional when the crimes were committed. Live in redwood city michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. Happening now a demonstration has disrupted a meeting of b. A. R. T. s board of directors. You see our cameras inside that meeting. An activist with the group called black lives matter chanted and carried signs as Police Escorted them from the room within