Nerve in the bay area. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. Two men have been arrested and are facing charges in the case. Iteam reporter Melanie Woodrow spoke with one of the suspects today at santa rita jail. She is in the newsroom now with the very latest on this. Melanie . Dan and kristen, i spoke with 21yearold javon lee over an internet video visitation to santa rita jail. He did not want to appear on camera, but he did answer several of my questions. For the first time were hearing from one of two men accused in connection with 34yearold shuo zengs death. The man died in oakland as he attempted to get his stolen laptop back. 22yearold byron reed and 21yearold javon lee are in custody. Reed is the suspected getaway driver and lee was involved in taking the laptop. They agreed to speak to abc7 news, but did not want to appear on camera. He says reed is his friend. When i asked if he was with reed december 31st, he said, quote, im not trying to ta
The door. Upper 50s throughout the day. As we take a look at storm ranger, still some scattered light rain here and there. But once again, a break in between heavier rain. Ill track that for you in a few minutes. Mike, you have a couple of crashes clearing. Yeah. Just like the skies youre showing, changes in place for the commute as well. A nice smooth drive. Green, including thewee lookinga oakland. South 880 and broadway. Its in the clearing stages. Should be no problem. No slowing there. We have this crash that cleared. South 101 outside of the Robin Williams tunnel. There may be more flashing lights or might see sensor lines. Heres a live look. Damp roadways. Just be careful. Back to you. Thanks, like. Pedal to the metal when it comes down to wait times by half of what they were last year. Starting out with good news, sharon. Reporter thats right. There were so many complaints and so Much Negative press that apparently new leadership created this quick turn around. The sacramento b
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. This conservative speaker says that she is coming to uc berkeley like it or not. Tonight, we asked the mayor how is he going to stop violence like this from erupting again . Even, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Joe vasquez is at the cal campus tonight. Joe . Reporter despite the possibility of a violent uproar, ann coulter is determined to come here to uc berkeley and speak. She will arrive around 6 00 p. M. On thursday. And since the university has not given her an inside venue, it is possible she will speak outside here at sprout plaza making it very difficult for police to protect her. Oh yes. Oh yes. I will be there thursday. Im hoping the university will find a safe and appropriate venue for me. It doesnt seem like it should be that complicated. But if not, i will find some place to speak. Maybe ill be out in the hall with a megaphone. Do we think it is going to be absolutely mayhem . We are very worried about that. Repo
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. This conservative speaker says that she is coming to uc berkeley like it or not. Tonight, we asked the mayor how is he going to stop violence like this from erupting again . Even, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Joe vasquez is at the cal campus tonight. Joe . Reporter despite the possibility of a violent uproar, ann coulter is determined to come here to uc berkeley and speak. She will arrive around 6 00 p. M. On thursday. And since the university has not given her an inside venue, it is possible she will speak outside here at sprout plaza making it very difficult for police to protect her. Oh yes. Oh yes. I will be there thursday. Im hoping the university will find a safe and appropriate venue for me. It doesnt seem like it should be that complicated. But if not, i will find some place to speak. Maybe ill be out in the hall with a megaphone. Do we think it is going to be absolutely mayhem . We are very worried about that. Repo
With the states drought theres always problems. Look at this tree that came down on a car. The woman driver was not hurt. This was just one of several reports of downed trees. One lane was shut down as crews worked to clear backed up drains causing the traffic to back up too. And crews were trying to prepare for mud slides. Ken pritchett is in the sierra. Amber lee road along with the chp during tonights commute. We begin with our chief meteorologist bill martin and the next round of rain. Yeah and whats happening out there right now frank and julie and everybody else is were getting pretty heavy thunderstorms just moving on shore. This is happening right now. This isnt futurecast this is live radar. You can see these thunderstorms moving north and south of fairfax. What is happening here, this is moving very slowly. About 17 minutes or so san rafael you should see heavy rain returning. These Lightning Strikes offshore are pretty significant and theyre going to last throughout the even