SONOMA COUNTY (CBS SF) — A man and woman suspected of gunning down two Sonoma County residents during a 2016 marijuana heist were arrested last week in Austin, Texas, authorities said Monday.

Robert Lee Randolph Jr., 30 and Maria Teresa Lebron, both from the Philadelphia area, were taken into custody without incident at an Austin apartment on Friday afternoon, according to Sonoma County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Spencer Crum.

The pair are suspected in the Oct. 15, 2016 shooting deaths of 36-year-old Nathan Proto of Sebastopol and 28-year-old John Mariana of Guerneville. A 23-year-old unidentified woman was also shot in the head but survived.

Investigators believe the shootings happened during a marijuana robbery at a home off Hwy 116, south of Sebastopol in unincorporated Sonoma County.

The suspects fled before authorities arrived and were back on the east coast before investigators determined who they were. Sheriff’s detectives traveled to the east coast to find them, but the pair eluded
arrest, Crum said

Sheriff’s detectives worked with the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and various law enforcement agencies to track the suspects down. On Friday, around 1:30 p.m., the FBI and local police followed leads that led to the Austin apartment, where a SWAT team served an arrest warrant

Drugs and at least one weapon were seized at the apartment and Lebron and Randolph were booked into a jail in Austin, Crum said.

Detectives from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office traveled to Austin over the weekend to interview the suspects. They will remain there pending extradition to Sonoma County, where they will face criminal charges in the 2016 deaths and robbery, Crum said.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Firefighters in San Francisco were at the scene of a deadly house fire in the Presidio Heights neighborhood early Monday morning.

One man was dead and two people were injured, including a San Francisco firefighter.

San Francisco Fire got the call reporting smoke and flames at a home on the 3800 block of Clay Street early Monday a few minutes before 1 a.m.

The front door of the home was sturdy and heavy and took the firefighters a bit longer than usual to force it open.

10 minutes after units arrived, the fire went to a second alarm. The fire started on the home’s second floor, and spread to the third floor.

Details are unclear at this point, but It looks like the majority of the damage was in a second story room that faces the street.

There are at least two people who live there. One of the residents, an older man, was dead. The other victim went to the hospital with severe burns and was in critical condition, San Francisco Fire Department Lt. Jonathan Baxter said.

A firefighter also suffered burns when a crew opened a door and flames pushed towards them.

That injured firefighter was wearing full protective gear and was treated and released from the hospital.

Firefighters were pulling debris from the home to ensure the fire does not reignite as officials investigate the cause.

The victims in the fire have not been identified pending notification of next of kin.

BODEGA BAY (CBS SF) — One person died following a fiery solo-vehicle crash off a cliff on State Highway 1 in unincorporated Sonoma County near Bodega Bay early Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The CHP said the crash was first reported around 12:39 a.m. near the Salmon Creek Beach Ranger Station.

Bodega Bay Hwy 1 crash (credit: Pat Patterson)

A vehicle reportedly went off a cliff and caught fire. According to the CHP, the driver was the only person in the car and was found dead inside the vehicle. There are no other injuries, CHP said.

The Bodega Fire Department and Monte Rio Fire Department responded to the crash and put the fire out,The southbound lanes of Highway 1 were closed during the incident. Authorities said there was no indication yet as to what might have happened to cause the crash.

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — This year, KPIX 5 is celebrating a major milestone. KPIX was the first television broadcasting station in Northern California and the 49th in the nation. Channel 5 went on the air with its inaugural broadcast 70 years ago on Dec. 22, 1948.

The station has shared a lot of history and memories with Bay Area viewers and its story begins where the cable cars climb.

At Mason and California streets on San Francisco’s historic Nob Hill sits the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins, one of the most prestigious hotels in the world.

More than 300 feet up, no matter where you look, the view is breathtaking. Seventy years ago, it was the highest point in downtown San Francisco. Above the famous “Top of the Mark,” there is an attic and that’s where Channel 5 began.

KPIX General Manager Philip Lasky speaks on the roof of the Mark Hopkins Hotel. (CBS)

Leading up to KPIX’s inaugural broadcast, station engineers were hard at work in that attic. General Manager Philip Lasky and Chairman Wesley I. Dumm of The Associated Broadcasters shepherded the station on-air.

They brought what was, at the time, sophisticated broadcast equipment from RCA via the Flying Tigers to San Francisco. The team had already brought the Bay Area KSFO radio, and now it was time to turn to television and bring visual broadcasting to Bay Area homes.

On the roof, engineers installed the Bay Area’s first TV broadcast antenna.

Penny Wilkes, the late Mr. Dumm’s daughter, shared historic photos with KPIX. Hoisting the transmitting antenna to the roof took quite an effort.

SEE MORE: KPIX at 70: Your Stories for 70 Years

In the months leading up the inaugural broadcast, retailer Sherman Clay began to advertise in local papers, tantalizing readers with the promise of the upcoming “T” day. Sherman Clay was founded in San Francisco and the store was a publisher and seller of sheet music as well as musical instruments. The company began to sell television sets but needed the help of KPIX.

KPIX began sending out test patterns so that Sherman Clay representatives could show interested customers how television worked and how they could adjust their sets for the best quality picture.

In the attic of the Mark Hopkins, the transmitter and master control were installed so that engineers could kept a close eye on the transmissions and be close to the new antenna, “To make sure it has the proper quality so the viewers enjoy the best possible picture,” explained engineering director Roald Didrikson

On the ground floor of the hotel annex, the studios hummed with talent. KSFO radio had 11 studios already installed and KPIX used the largest one, known as Studio 11.

The inaugural broadcast began at 6:45 p.m. — again with a test pattern — so owners of the newfangled TV sets could fine-tune the picture. An estimated 600 TV sets had been purchased by the time the broadcast began.

After a 15-minute test pattern, viewers were treated to “Howdy Doody,” a half-hour children’s program.

At 7:30 p.m., viewers watched a 30-minute film entitled “Valley of Heart’s Delight.”

Next came a five-minute news broadcast, then a 10-minute cartoon called “The Santa Claus Story,” followed by a half-hour football movie called “Touchdown.”

The historic night ended with the first ice hockey game televised in the Bay Area, a game between the San Francisco Shamrocks and the Oakland Oaks.

A day before this broadcast day KPIX engineers did a practice run on Dec. 21, with a remote production at Winterland — then the home of the Shamrocks, where the San Francisco team practiced. Producers, cameramen and technicians wanted to find out if they could cover a game that moved as fast as ice hockey and practiced following the puck so they’d be ready for the real game on inaugural night.

On New Year’s Day, ten days after that first broadcast, KPIX was first to televise the East-West Shrine game at Kezar Stadium.

The station gained a reputation for tackling ambitious live remotes — live broadcasts away from studio facilities.

“Doing a television remote was a big affair regardless of who was in front of the camera,” explained Prof. Herbert Zettl, who worked for both KPIX and CBS on some of the station’s remotes. He went on to design the studios at San Francisco State University, where he taught broadcasting and wrote the definitive book on television production.

On Sept. 4, 1951, KPIX broadcast the first live coast-to-coast TV coverage of a major news event.

From the San Francisco Opera House, President Harry Truman proclaimed the official end of World War II and the Allied postwar occupation of Japan with the Treaty of San Francisco. Forty-eight nations at the event officially signed the treaty, which would take effect the next year.

“I’m glad to welcome you to this conference for the signing of peace with Japan,” declared Truman on the live broadcast. KPIX originated the coverage for CBS News.

KPIX cameras also helped legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow with his first episode of “See it Now,” which was nationally broadcast on Nov. 18, 1951. Murrow was in CBS’s New York studios and showed his audience how television could do simultaneous live, coast-to-coast transmissions.

First, Murrow summoned WPIX to provide an image of the Brooklyn Bridge. Then it was San Francisco’s turn.

“May we have the Pacific Coast please?” intoned Murrow. A KPIX camera came into view with a beautiful image of the Golden Gate Bridge. Then, Murrow asked for more.

“San Francisco can you use what’s called a “zoomar” lens and close in on that bridge a little?” Murrow asked.

“Roger,” replied a KPIX operator, as viewers across the nation saw our remote camera zoom in for a tighter shot.

Families of Korean War veterans await their return home aboard the USNS USNS General Nelson M. Walker, August 23, 1953. (CBS)

Another ambitious remote: when POWs from the Korean War came home. KPIX provided images for CBS News on Aug. 23, 1953. The station had reporters and remote cameras at Fort Mason in San Francisco as the USNS General Nelson M. Walker pulled up to dock.

KPIX reporter Lee Giraud stood with the waiting families. He was beside the Curry family from Illinois — a mother with her two little boys — when he leaned over to one of the boys and asked him a question.

“You think you’re going to know your daddy when you see him again?,” Giraud asked.

“I think so,” replied the little boy, looking a little anxious.

Then, more than 300 POWs came down the gangway and into the arms of their loved ones. Those two little boys found their dad and their mom hugged him tight.

In the crush was a Sergeant Dixon from San Jose and KPIX reporter William Winters interviewed him.

“Would you look into the camera so all the other folks in San Jose and the USA can take a look at you?” asked Winters.

Dixon described how the Chinese treated American POWs (“OK” he said) and how North Koreans often did not take POWs, they just killed them. Viewers could see Mrs. Dixon hold her husband tighter.

Even before the USS Walker broadcast, the demand for bigger and better broadcasts had exploded and, by 1952, KPIX had outgrown the Mark Hopkins Hotel.

To fill the need, the station built the Bay Area’s first modern broadcasting facility. The location: Van Ness and Greenwich streets in San Francisco. The three-story building would hold three state-of-the-art broadcast studios. The transmitter and antenna moved to Mount Sutro.

KPIX then went full throttle. Brand new shows included “Adventure School,” which was hosted by the late Marian Koelher Rowe, and “Marshal J” with his Dalmatian called Rowdy. His set was a ranch house. For the teeny-bopper crowd, KPIX broadcast “Dick Stewart’s Dance Party.” High school kids from around the Bay Area would flock to the studios on Van Ness to be part of the newest dance craze.

“Ninety minutes a day, six days a week with teenagers dancing,” laughed Dave Parker, one of the KPIX directors at the Van Ness location. He remembers some students came from nearby Galileo High School at Van Ness and Francisco streets. After their last class in the afternoon, the students walked a few blocks and stood in line. Parker called them “the regulars.”

“These were kids who we particularly liked and they were asked to come back, again and again and again,” remembered Parker.

Bay Area swing and big band leader Del Courtney hosted a live variety show and featured guests like Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis Jr. On the show, viewers would see “in studio” car commercials, where a beautifully dressed woman would show off a featured vehicle. On one show, a Pontiac Star Chief displayed — with all the bells and whistles — for $2,988.

Then, of course, there was the old favorite known as Teletours. The host would bring landmarks and interesting events that were occurring around the Bay Area into your living room.

KPIX was also a pioneer in TV news. In 1959, the station broadcast the first half-hour news show in Northern California. “The Noon News” featured “Guy on the Beat” John Weston and “Girl on the Beat” Wanda Ramey.

Ramey fought to do harder stories than the lighter fare usually assigned to her. On July 7, 1960, she attended a press conference in San Francisco where Lyndon Johnson was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination. She grilled him on the Democratic Party’s platform, asking if student demonstrators should receive the same kind of support given to civil rights advocates.

“Do you think that should they come out in support of the student demonstrators?” asked the TV pioneer. Ramey was the first female newscaster in the western United States.

In 1962, “The Big News” hit the airwaves. The program was the Bay Area’s first full hour of nightly news and featured the anchor team of Don Bryce, Nancy Clark and Glen Hanson.

Four years later, KPIX hired the talented Ben Williams, one of the first African-American reporters in the country. Also in 1966, KPIX hired Belva Davis, making her the first black female television journalist on the West Coast.

Over the course of her career, Davis would become a national treasure. Although she had no TV experience, she was already an accomplished print and radio reporter when she joined KPIX. Davis would eventually retire from television with seven Emmy Awards, becoming one of the most respected and trusted journalists in the nation.

“I worked with so many talented people in those early days at PIX. It was just … it was just amazing,” remarked Davis.

During the 60s and 70s, from the Van Ness location, KPIX covered it all: the good, the bad and the ugly.

From student protests, Robert Kennedy’s assassination, the kidnapping and trial of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, the Black Panthers, the horror of Jim Jones and Jonestown, the Milk-Moscone murders to the hippies, the counterculture and general Bay Area craziness.

Remember the Beatles’ final show at Candlestick Park in 1966? Before that appearance, there was an earlier visit in 1964 for a gig at the Cow Palace and the start of their first North American tour. The Fab Four’s raucous arrival at San Francisco International Airport was captured by KPIX crews.

KPIX reporter Rod Sherry speaks with Beatles fans awaiting their arrival at San Francisco International Airport, August 18, 1964. (CBS)

At the time, everything was shot and edited on film.

“We had film at KPIX. When I started, you have to give that film time to develop.” said former news anchor Wendy Tokuda, who began working at KPIX in 1978. She was the first Asian-American to anchor a Monday through Friday, prime time newscast in the Bay Area.

Her co-anchor was an Oakland native: the legendary Dave McElhatton. His KPIX co-workers called him “Mac” and he was well-loved. Mac was a radio broadcaster who took television news by storm. Along with Wayne Walker in sports and Joel Bartlett with the weather, KPIX or “Eyewitness News” as the news was then called, soared to number one in the market.

“It was a golden time, there’s no question about it,” remembered Tokuda. “It was a golden time for local television in this beautiful city.”

In 1976, technology local television around the country when a new show debuted on KPIX: “Evening Magazine.”

“Our show was the very first show to use video out in the field,” remarked former “Evening” host Jan Yanehiro.

Evening Magazine was a locally-produced magazine show. Yanehiro’s first co-host was Steve Fox who stayed for three years. He was replaced by Richard Hart and the two would host the program until it ended in 1991. The use of portable, battery-run cameras that shot on magnetic tape cassettes allowed “Evening Magazine” crews to stay in the field and on location.

“We were not in a studio,” remarked Hart. “We took the video everywhere and it was not film, as Jan pointed out.”

“3/4 inch tape!” exclaimed Yanehiro, referring to the width of the U-matic cassette tapes.

The use of video was — at the time — shunned by newsrooms, as many believed it would never work out or last. KPIX News would shift to the new technology.

The Van Ness studios churned out even more shows, including “People are Talking” with Ann Fraser and Ross McGowan. They were the king and queen of daytime television in the Bay Area. The show began in 1978 and ran until 1992. Some of their notable shows included visits to a nudist colony, to San Quentin State Prison and to the AIDS ward at San Francisco General Hospital.

By 1979, KPIX had outgrown its studios at Van Ness and Greenwich. There were so many shows and people working there, KPIX had to rent out space in a building across the street. It was time to move once again.

The station packed up the studios and headed to 855 Battery Street. The five-story building was an old warehouse for the American Biscuit Company, later known as the National Biscuit Company, Nabisco for short.

Where cookies and candy were once made, KPIX now made the news.

“The first thing that struck me when I walked in was that it was beautiful, clean, and there were so many people,” remarked former anchor and reporter Kate Kelly.

KPIX 5 News team in 1986: (L-R) Joel Bartlett, Dave McElhatton, Wendy Tokuda, Wayne Walker

Over these last decades, from the station’s current 855 Battery home, KPIX has covered Bay Area news, weather, sports, social unrest, technology, politics, lifestyles, entertainment, the environment, AIDS, papal visits, human tragedies, fires, droughts, catastrophes, and triumphs.

Breaking news was always the main focus.

“When a big breaker would happen, you’d hear it immediately; the whole newsroom, the decibels would go up. The executive producer and the news director would come out of their offices there would be bells ringing on the teletype machines,” said Kelly.

Perhaps some might remember a signature feature of those broadcasts: The Eyewitness Newsreel at the end of every show.

Dave McElhatton as he anchors coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989.

Aside from Bay Area and national news, KPIX delivered news from across the globe, including the occupied territories, East Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union, Romania, Afghanistan, Iraq, Honduras and countries on the African continent.

Former anchor Dana King traveled to Rwanda to report on the horrific genocide.

“Helping people understand what happened, why it happened, who it happened to and to also understand that it could happen anywhere,” explained King.

Before the newsroom became digital, crews lugged around big recorders and portable cameras in the field. The tape became smaller and smaller. At the same time, computers came to the newsroom.

“We kept the typewriters in case the computers crashed and, in fact, one day they did,” recalled Tokuda.

Today, staffers still walk by one old IBM typewriter in the newsroom, stashed next to the Xerox machine, near the office supplies.

The technology kept improving. It got smaller, better and faster.

“We had to change our game and we had to change the way we told our news,” said Tokuda. “It became more immediate.”

These days? Just ask former anchor and reporter Hank Plante.

“You can do a live shot in a newscast using an iPhone and you can put it on a selfie stick and you can do that from anywhere in the world,” said Plante.

Now, we stream news updates all day long on nine digital platforms. Exclusive cameras on top of the Salesforce Tower, as well as Sky Drone 5, provide unparalleled views

Whether it be breaking news, weather, sports, consumer coverage, original or investigative reports  — we’ve got you covered.

Here’s to 70 more years.

We thank our staff for their past and present hard work and dedication. Here is a partial list of reporters and anchors. Please forgive us if we left you off.

Van Amberg, Ed Arnow, Jim Avila, Christin Ayers, Marilyn Baker, Joel Bartlett, Ken Bastida, Maralee Beck, Don Bleu, Stan Bohrman, Andria Borba, Don Brice, Renel Brooks-Moon, Michael Brown, Dave Bryan, Jim Bunn, Melissa Caen, Cate Cauguiran, Anna Chavez, Sharon Chin, Kenny Choi, Nancy Clark, Christine Craft, Sean Comey, Chuck Coppola, Elizabeth Cook, Kim Coyle, Kathryn Crosby, April Cummings, Paul Deanno, Kiet Do, Belva Davis, Donna Deaner, Veronica De La Cruz, Nancy Ditz, Anna Duckworth, Jaclyn Dunn, Miranda Dunne, Lance Evans, Devin Fehely, Tim Findley, Jessica Flores, Jamie Floyd, Joe Fonzi, Sasha Foo, Don Ford, Bob Fouts, Dan Fouts, David Fowler, Steve Fox, Ann Fraser, Wayne Freedman, Reed Galin, Vern Glenn, Liz Gonzales, Roberta Gonzales, Juliette Goodrich, Cynthia Gouw, Harold Greene, Michelle Griego, Emil Guillermo, Brian Hackney, Cicely Hand, Robert Handa, Glen Hanson, Pam Harper, Richard Hart, Zack Heene, Mike Hegedus, Andrew Hill, Bill Hillman, Sherry Hu, Tracy Humphrey, Cheryl Hurd, Jan Hutchins, Neda Iranpour, David Jackson, Lynn Joiner, Milt Kahn, Lawrence Karnow, Jonathan Karsh, Kate Kelly, Mark Kelly, John Kessler, Don Knapp, Sydnie Kohara, Grace Lee, Mary Lee, Mike Lee, John Lester, Da Lin, John Lobertini, Ron Majers, Anne Makovec, Frank Mallicoat, Michael Marsh, Allen Martin, Phil Matier, Liam Mayclem, Doug McConnell, Dave McElhatton, Don McGaffin, Ross McGowan, Fred McLeod, Maria Medina, Craig Miller, Dave Monsees, Jennifer & Joe Montana, Kim Mulvihill, MD; Doug Murphy, “Mutley,” Andrea Nakano, Loren Nancarrow, Christopher Nance, Katie Nielsen, Jerry Norman, Malou Nubla, Diana Nyad, Sandra Stricker, Fort Pearson, Rollin Post, Christi O’Connor, Dennis O’Donnell, Sandra Osborne, Jeanette Pavini, Hank Plante, Roz Plater, Rick Quan, Wanda Ramey, Len Ramirez, John Ramos, Manny Ramos, Gary Rebstock, Trish Regan, Gregg Risch, Barbara Rodgers, Tomas Roman, Mike Rowe, Tony Russomanno, Rolando Santos, Mark Sayre, Jeffrey Schaub, Linda Schacht, Bill Schechner, Patrick Sedillo, Rod Sherry, Nancy Snyderman, MD; Drew Soicher, Susie Steimle, Mike Sugerman, Brian Sussman, Wendy Tokuda, Kaity Tong, Emily Turner, Joe Vasquez, Thuy Vu, Wayne Walker, Wilson Walker, Jackie Ward, Julie Watts, Brian Webb, Elizabeth Wenger, Anna Werner, John Weston, Ben Williams, Colleen Williams, William Winters, Jan Yanehiro, Linda Yee, Betty Yu

We would also like to thank Alex Cherian, the film archivist at the San Francisco Bay Area TV News Archives, who has lovingly restored and protected KPIX’s film archives for years

OAKLAND (AP/CBS SF) — The Oakland Raiders’ game against the Denver Broncos on Monday night could mark the team’s last game at the Oakland Coliseum before relocating to Las Vegas.

The rundown Oakland Coliseum will be the site of the Raiders’ 2018 home finale against longtime divisional rivals the Broncos.

The Raiders are moving to Las Vegas in 2020 and have no lease for next year. With Oakland officials having sued the team for the move, the Raiders are looking for temporary homes for 2019.

On Friday, San Francisco Giants officials said they are exploring the possibility of the Raiders playing at AT&T Park next season.

The Giants confirmed the possibility of it happening in a statement: “There has been initial interest expressed in exploring the opportunity of the Raiders playing at AT&T Park. Many details would need to be figured out. The Giants want to do what’s best for Bay Area fans.”

The Giants’ new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi told KPIX he just heard about it on Friday.

While this proposal is in the exploration phase, there are a lot of factors that can get in the way of it becoming a reality.

A major issue is that the San Francisco 49ers own territorial rights to the market — which means they would have to approve any move by the Raiders to San Francisco.

AT&T Park has converted into a football venue in the past. It has hosted 11 college bowl games and was the home of the University of California Berkeley football team for one season while Memorial Stadium was undergoing renovations.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors will host 32 students from Oakland public schools for a special game experience on Christmas Day when the team takes on the Los Angeles Lakers.

The students, ranging in age from 7 to 12, will be given a behind-the-scenes arena tour and lunch, “with multiple surprises throughout the day,” according to a team news release

The students were identified through the nonprofit Oakland Public Education Fund, which has raised more than $60 million in the past five years to supplement educational programs

The Christmas Day event, presented in partnership with Chase, is part of the Warriors’ “Season of Giving”. Players, coaches, legends, executives and front office staff have volunteered more than 500 hours, helped serve more than 3,000 meals and donated more than 2,000 toys and 500 turkeys over the past two months, according to the team.

VACAVILLE (CBS SF) — Police have identified a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a teenage boy early Monday morning.

Daignet Montoya, 39, was sitting in his car in the 300 block of Bel Air Drive shortly after midnight when he was approached by a group of about five people, according to police

Vacaville shooting suspect (Vacaville Police Department)

Montoya, of Vacaville, got into an argument with the group and went to his apartment to retrieve a gun, police said. He then returned to the group and got into another argument

He fired one shot at a 17-year-old Vacaville boy when a bottle was thrown in his direction, according to police, who responded to a report of the shooting at 12:22 a.m

The boy was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. His identity is not yet being released by the Solano County coroner’s office.

Montoya was booked into Solano County jail on suspicion of murder. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at (707) 449-5242.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Students in registered nursing and culinary arts and hospitality studies will benefit from a $2 million scholarship gift to the City College of San Francisco Foundation from the Alexandra Page Clark Trust.

“As our students face challenges related to the affordability crisis, this scholarship could be a real lifeline,” said Dr. Mark Rocha, chancellor of CCSF, in statement today about the scholarship gift

Clark, who died in August 2017, was an alumna of CCSF, where she graduated from the culinary arts program.

She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Berkeley and a master of science in biology at New York University

Clark worked as an assistant research scientist in the NYU Department of Biology and co-authored several scientific articles on plant genes

Clark established the Alexandra Page Clark Trust to do research in the area of brain diseases.

SFO (CBS SF) — A United Airlines flight bound for Washington, D.C., has made an emergency landing at SFO Monday morning after experiencing an unknown mechanical issue, according to airport officials.

SFO officials said United Flight 516 departed from San Francisco International Airport at 9:23 a.m. but experienced unspecified mechanical issues within 20 minutes of take off.

The plane returned to the airport and landed safely at SFO at 10:09 a.m., according to airport personnel. The plane was taxiing back to the gate on it’s own power.

So far, there is no word from airline or airport officials what the mechanical problem the plane experienced was or when the flight would resume its journey.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Free agent right-hander Mike Fiers agreed to a two-year contract to stay with the Oakland Athletics, who were determined to find an experienced starter this offseason to help lead a young rotation.

And Oakland would like to add another starter, too, realizing it must provide depth given all the injuries last season. Ace Sean Manaea is recovering from shoulder surgery and not expected back until at least the All-Star break.

“We were pretty clear, and it’s pretty obvious, starting rotation was an area we absolutely had to address,” Billy Beane, A’s executive vice president of baseball operations, said on a conference call Monday after the team announced Fiers’ deal. “… It’s all about the starters right now. We have to be opportunistic and patient.”

The A’s acquired Fiers in August from Detroit, and he helped the club reach the playoffs for the first time since 2014. He went 5-2 with a 3.74 ERA in 10 outings with nine starts after joining Oakland, which lost the AL wild-card game at New York.

Beane credits the 33-year-old Fiers for being “a reliable guy throughout his career,” which is key for the A’s given all the injuries to their rotation.

“He did a great job for us after the acquisition,” Beane said.

Jharel Cotton had Tommy John surgery in March, followed by three others who also underwent the elbow ligament replacement surgery: opening day starter Kendall Graveman, Daniel Gossett and top prospect A.J. Puk.

Fiers provided some much-needed stability.

He was 12-8 with a 3.56 ERA in 30 starts and 31 overall appearances and 172 innings in 2018 between the Tigers and A’s.

On Friday, the A’s added second baseman Jurickson Profar in a trade from Texas and signed reliever Joakim Soria to a $15 million, two-year contract. Beane likes how the roster is shaping up, with starting pitching still the area to address.

“We feel pretty good about the position players’ side at this point and feel pretty good about the bullpen certainly with the acquisition of Soria,” he said.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Travel on Bay Area roadways Monday turned into a sloppy mess Monday afternoon as heavy rain rolled through creating treacherous driving conditions.
The National Weather Service forecast called for breezy conditions with showers starting in the early morning developing into heavier precipitation and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

High temperatures will be in the upper 50s. Southwest winds will be 10 to 20 mph, increasing to west winds at 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.

The heaviest rain is predicted to move from the North Bay to cover the greater Bay Area by 3 p.m., which will impact traffic as families head to their Christmas destinations Monday afternoon.

Monday night will be mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy and breezy with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening and a chance of showers through the night.

The persistence of “king tides” has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a coastal flood advisory from 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. Monday impacting low-lying areas along the coast and inland bays.

“King tide” isn’t really a scientific term, but rather a catch-all description of the higher-than-normal tides that often accompany a new or full moon.

Lows will be in the lower 50s, with west winds will be 20 to 30 mph before becoming northwest winds from 10 to 20 mph after midnight.

Overnight on Christmas Eve, snow will develop over the Sierras and farther east into the Great Basin.  On Christmas morning, rain will end over parts of Northern and Central California as rain moves into Southern California.

Christmas day is forecast to be sunny with highs in the upper 50s and northwest winds clocking in at 10 to 20 mph.

SAN JOSE (CBS SF/CNN) — The sell-off of the Silicon Valley giants Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet (Google) continued Monday as the Dow plunged 653 points to finish the holiday-shorten trading day well below 22,000 points.

Facebook shares lost $1.03, Amazon $33.39 a share, Apple $3.90 a share, Netflix $12.51 and Alphabet (Google) $6.58 a share.

The S&P 500 fell 2.7% and the Nasdaq was off 2.2%.

Stocks initially fell on Monday following a statement from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that he had checked on the health of the country’s largest banks.

The market recovered late morning, but then plunged even lower after President Donald Trump tweeted: “The only problem our economy has is the Fed.” Investors are concerned that Trump may fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

Mnuchin on Sunday released an unusual statement to say he had called the CEOs of the country’s biggest banks. He said the executives assured him their banks are healthy and have “ample liquidity” to lend to consumers and businesses. “Markets continue to function properly,” he said.

The major bank CEOs who spoke by phone with Mnuchin were “totally baffled” by the session, according to a person familiar with the call, who said the executives found the encounter puzzling and largely unnecessary.

“It was totally out of left field and an odd thing to do,” the person said, describing the timing of the call — on a Sunday before markets opened — as strange. All were taken aback by the public nature of Mnuchin’s tweet.

On Monday, shares in JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Bank of America (BAC) and Citi (C) all lost ground.

“This is the type of announcement that raises the question of whether Treasury sees problems that the rest of the market is missing,” Cowen & Co. analyst Jaret Seiberg wrote in a note to clients. “Not only did he consult with the biggest banks, but he is talking to all of the financial regulators on Christmas Eve. We do not see this type of announcement as constructive.”

Mnuchin also convened a call on Monday with the President’s Working Group on financial markets, which includes the chairman of the Federal Reserve and top market and business regulators.

Stocks are on pace for their worst December since the Great Depression. On Friday, the Dow ended its worst week since 2008. The Nasdaq is in a bear market.

After another brutal day on Monday, the Dow is 18.8% lower for the year, having lost 5,036 points. The S&P 500 is down 19.8%.

Adding to investor concerns: The partial shutdown of the federal government will continue at least until Thursday, and possibly into January. Although the closure of some government services isn’t expected to hurt the economy, the inability of lawmakers and President Donald Trump to put politics aside to enact a budget is unnerving to investors.

“The confusion and disorder surrounding this week’s spending debate suggest fiscal deadlines in 2019 — including the debt limit deadline, which we expect to fall between August to October — could be more disruptive than they have been since the 2011-2013 period,” Goldman Sachs economists wrote in a research note.

The stock selloff in part reflects concern about a looming slowdown in economic growth. Investors’ worries were exacerbated last week when the Federal Reserve signaled no slowdown in its plans to continue raising interest rates next year. The market is also reacting to the Trump administration’s trade war with China. The trade war helped knock China’s stock market into a bear market over the summer.

Still, some market veterans argue that a panicky Wall Street is prematurely pricing in a recession that may not hit until 2020.

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OAKLAND (KPIX) — If this was, in fact, the last home game the Raiders will ever play in Oakland, the weather was appropriate for the occasion.

“Oh yeah, it’s like the Raiders fans crying,” said Richard Vierra, warming his hands over his tailgating grill. “It’s super sad. It’s a dismal day for a dismal afternoon.”

For Vierra, this was a day to pull out his late father’s Raiders jacket for the possibility of a final farewell. Anticipating that farewell is something Raiders fans have been doing for years now.

“With the city council and the mayors and Mark Davis going back and forth year after year, after year,” said an exasperated Michael Wagner, working a grill covered in bratwurst and sausage. “Being a fan, stuck in the middle, I’m just pretty much tired, and glad the decision has finally been made.”

That final decision, a move to Las Vegas, will happen in 2020. Where the team plays next year is still to be determined but a growing legal entanglement with the city of Oakland has many convinced next year will not be played at the Oakland Coliseum.

The team’s future has been uncertain for about a decade.

With departure certain, at least within a year, some are thinking longer term. The years-old “Stay in Oakland” campaign would now settle for keeping the team name and colors.

Organizer John Lupo says the right thing to do would be for the Raiders to shed their identity before relocating to Nevada, but he does not think next season will be played in Alameda County.

“Sounds like the most logical place that they’re really entertaining is AT&T,” he says. “I’m thinking AT&T or down in San Diego,” predicts Wagner. “I don’t think they’re gonna be here, and that’s my biggest thing,” laments Vierra.

So was this the last tailgate? Maybe so, maybe not, but one way or another, Oakland’s 4th-and-long march to ‘goodbye’ will eventually draw to a close.

MILL VALLEY (KPIX) — Flooded and closed. A foot deep or more in some places. Caltrans coned off the area and closed the North Bay intersection early, establishing a detour.

Some drivers just didn’t want to obey but even BMW drivers get the message eventually. King Tide always win, especially when its pouring down rain.

CHP Officer Andrew Barclay says the combination King Tides and heavy rain keeps them busy.

“If the road is closed, do not try to drive through it. And yet, people will and our message is always this,” Barclay said. “If we can get in to rescue you, because our vehicles are going to get stuck, then you’re stuck there as well.”

Then there’s bike riders, who went around the edges ignoring the detour.

Bicyclist James Thorp explained, “Through the King Tides. I didn’t realize it, I didn’t check the weather. My Phone said it wasn’t going to rain this morning so.

By mid-afternoon, the tides receded and most vehicles could get through, but just as the last cones were removed, the sky opened up on Mill Valley.

Tuesday’s tides will be slightly lower.

SAN QUENTIN (CBS SF) — Gov. Jerry Brown Monday ordered further forensic tests on evidence used to convict death row inmate Kevin Cooper of the murders of a Southern California family in the 1980s.

Cooper, who has exhausted his appeals through the court system, was twice denied clemency pleas by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

DNA evidence linked Cooper to the crime, but his attorneys have claimed the evidence in the case was tampered with, destroyed, and hidden in order to frame him.

In his order Monday, Brown ordered limited retesting of four pieces of evidence in the case using the latest advances in DNA technology.

“I take no position as to Mr. Cooper’s guilt or innocence at this time,” Brown wrote in his order. “But colorable factual questions have been raised about whether advances in DNA technology warrant limited retesting of certain physical evidence in the case.”

The governor ordered new tests on:

• The tan t-shirt that allegedly had Cooper’s blood on it
• An orange towel
• The hatchet handle of the murder weapon
• The hatchet sheath

Brown also appointed retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Daniel Pratt to oversee the process as a special master.

Cooper was convicted and sentenced to death by a San Bernardino County jury of entering the Chico Hills home of Douglas and Perry Ryen and killing the couple and their 10-year-old daughter and 11-year-old family friend.

They were found by the family friend’s father hacked and slashed to death. The victims had been stabbed a total of 143 times with an ice pick, an ax and a knife.

The couple’s eight-year-old son, whose throat was slashed, survived.

New York Times’ columnist Nicholas Kristof, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, state Treasurer John Chiang and reality television star Kim Kardashian are among people who called for Brown to order new DNA tests.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Gov. Jerry Brown issued 143 pardons and 131 commutations of sentence Christmas Eve, but San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s brother was not among them.

Breed had asked Brown to reduce the prison sentence for her brother, who is currently in prison for a manslaughter conviction.

According to court documents, Breed’s brother Napoleon Brown was initially convicted in 2005 of murder, robbery and carjacking and sentenced to 44 years in prison. But in 2011 his murder charge was amended to involuntary manslaughter and his sentenced was reduced to 42 years.

The charges stem from a robbery in June 2000 of a San Francisco restaurant, in which 25-year-old Lenties White was pushed out of the getaway vehicle on the Golden Gate Bridge.

White was subsequently struck by a vehicle and killed. But before she died, according to the court documents, she named Brown as her killer.

Brown, now 46, is serving his sentence at California State Prison, Solano in Vacaville and won’t be eligible for parole until 2032, according to prison records.

Speaking Wednesday at the reopening of a public housing complex in the city’s North Panhandle area, Breed said, “My thoughts go out to the family of Lenties White. I know members of the family; I’m very close with them. I know that the situation has sadly opened up a lot of old wounds and it’s a tragic situation.

“Part of why I wrote the letter had everything to do with what I’ve always stood for,” Breed said.

“With the all the work that I’ve done over the years to help and serve others, especially in the Western Addition community, when I was asked to write another letter, I was of course concerned that as mayor this could backfire… I wasn’t necessarily trying to hide anything but I was concerned. I talked it over with my family, my community, my advisors and others,” she said.

“Basically, I came to the conclusion that whether I was mayor or not, ‘is this something that I should do?’ and the answer is yes.”

According to court records in the White case, in 2000, Breed provided an alibi for her brother, saying that he had been sleeping at her grandmother’s house the time of the robbery and death.

Regarding reports that Brown was found to be in possession of heroin in prison last year, Breed said, “It’s sad but it’s unfortunate, my brother has a drug problem. He’s been in jail almost 20 years and he still has a drug problem so again we have what is a serious problem with our criminal justice system and people who suffer from substance abuse disorder and mental illness not getting into treatment.

“I’m not here to make excuses for some of the things my brother has done in his past and I think that it’s important that anyone who commits crimes pays the appropriate price,” she said.

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SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — By the time the final bell rang Monday, the Dow’s fall was the largest Christmas Eve tumble in market history.

The Dow closed down more than 650 points after a holiday-shortened trading day.

Since early October, the Dow has lost more than 5,000 points, and the tech-heavy NASDAQ, more than 1,800 points. In fact, the NASDAQ’s drop has been so severe (23 percent) it is officially a “bear market” which is something we haven’t seen in a decade.

For Bay Area companies, these losses are hitting especially hard.

“What happens when you see this much loss of market value is companies are gonna be much more hesitant to invest,” said Jim Wunderman, President of the Bay Area Council. “When they do that, that means less new jobs, less promotions for people and so forth.”

The Council’s members are mostly large companies and nearly all headquartered in the Bay Area. Among members, “you’re hearing this kind of talk – lets have a little more patience out there when it comes to taking the next step,” Wunderman said.

The Bay Area economy is somewhat diverse, with sectors like business services, healthcare, and energy.

“But a lot of the economy is built around tech,” Wunderman said. “I think if you see a downturn on the tech side it’s going affect the whole Bay Area economy, there’s not way around it.”

He said the current market behavior was unique in that it’s not related to the underlying economy. Traditionally, problems in the economy have caused the market to fall.

One example is the 2008 crash that was caused by real estate recklessness. But the current economy is strong, so the market is being spooked by something else: overwhelming unpredictability.

“We haven’t seen this much uncertainty heaped upon itself, I don’t know, if ever,” Wunderman said.

He cited the recent announced troop pull out from Afghanistan and Syria, the departure of Gen. Mattis from the cabinet and the government shutdown as contributing to market anxiety.

“It’s not surprising that this much uncertainty would have a big effect on the downside on Wall Street,” he said. “If it didn’t you’d kind of wonder, are people not paying attention?”

Still, it doesn’t appear to be a permanent retreat from the market. Investors who have stepped back are “just gonna wait until the storm blows over. Hopefully it does that.”

OAKLAND (AP) — After the final seconds ticked off, Derek Carr ran straight to the Black Hole with several teammates before taking a victory lap around the Coliseum to celebrate with his fans.

If this truly is the final game ever in Oakland, the Raiders gave their fans plenty to cheer at the end of another disappointing season.

Dwayne Harris returned a punt 99 yards for a touchdown after Denver failed to down it, Oakland native Doug Martin ran for 107 yards and a score and the Raiders beat the Broncos 27-14 on Monday night in what was possibly the final NFL game ever at the Coliseum.

“It was emotional because as I was doing it, I was remembering all the memories from breaking my ankle, to fourth-quarter comeback wins, to throwing three picks in a quarter. Everything,” Carr said. “Just how loyal our fans are. I know it stings. I know it hurts that we might not play here. I don’t know. I was going to make sure that if this was the last time, I wanted to say thank you in whatever way I could.”

The Raiders (4-11) are set to move to Las Vegas in 2020 and have no lease for next year. With Oakland officials having sued the team over the move, the Raiders are looking into other options for 2019, including AT&T Park in San Francisco.

A decision is expected before the Super Bowl, but many of the die-hards came out for this game knowing it could be the last NFL game ever in the stadium that opened in 1966.

“I don’t want to get too sentimental tonight,” coach Jon Gruden said. “Hopefully that’s not the case. That’s for other people to decide. You see the love affair these fans have for the Raiders.”

While the Raiders celebrated, the Broncos (6-9) hit a low after being assured of having back-to-back seasons with losing records for the first time since 1971-72. After going 5-11 in coach Vance Joseph’s first season, Denver has done little better in year two and general manager John Elway could be ready to make a change after the season.

The Broncos opened the month with playoff aspirations, but three straight losses to teams that entered the game with losing records ended those hopes and have the team searching for answers.

“The message is to keep fighting,” Joseph said. “That’s what we do right now. We have one more game left and this team’s fought all year.”

Shortly after Oakland native Marshawn Lynch lit the torch in honor of late owner Al Davis before the game, Harris delivered the biggest highlight with a punt return that was tied for the second-longest ever.

Andre Holmes deflected Colby Wadman’s punt just before it crossed the goal line and Isaac Yiadom was in position to down it at the 1. But he couldn’t hold onto the ball and Harris picked it up before racing 99 yards down the sideline for the touchdown that stunned the Broncos. Only Patrick Peterson (99 yards) and Robert Bailey (103) have punt returns that long in NFL history.

“As soon as he touched it I knew I was going to try to return it if he had tried to throw it back,” Harris said. “I’ve been trying to get that play all season. … As soon as he did it I knew it was an opportunity for me to take advantage of it.”

The Broncos weren’t much better at the other phases of the game, committing pre-snap penalties, generating almost no consistent offense in the first half and then allowing Martin to scamper 24 yards untouched around the end to make it 14-0 midway through the second quarter.

“It was definitely important to me and to the players to give this win to (the Oakland fans) for Christmas,” Martin said. “Merry Christmas to Oakland. Hope you enjoyed it. We love you.”

Case Keenum got the Broncos on the board with a pair of TD passes in the second half to DaeSean Hamilton and Courtland Sutton. But it wasn’t enough as Jalen Richard scored on a 3-yard run for Oakland and the Raiders sealed the win with interceptions by Marcus Gilchrist and Erik Harris.

RED FLAG ALERT

Gruden threw his challenge flag after Keenum’s 19-yard TD pass to Sutton, believing that Keenum crossed the line before the throw. But scoring plays are automatically reviewed and the replay booth confirmed the call without a stoppage. Oakland was charged with a timeout, the second time this season Gruden has tried to challenge a TD.

FIRST-HALF SHUTOUT

The Raiders came into the game allowing the most points per game in franchise history since 1961, but gave up nothing in the opening half against the Broncos. It’s the third straight meeting between the teams where Denver failed to score in the opening half. Those are the only times in the past 90 games that Oakland has pitched a first-half shutout.

MILESTONE WATCH

Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay passed the 1,000-yard rushing mark in the first half, joining Dominic Rhodes and LaGarrette Blount as the only undrafted rookies to top 1,000 in a season in the Super Bowl era. Lindsay ran for 46 yards before leaving with a wrist injury and as has 1,037 on the season. He needs 68 more to break Rhodes’ record set in 2001 for Indianapolis.

UP NEXT

Broncos: Host the Chargers on Sunday.

Raiders: Visit the Chiefs on Sunday.

NOVATO (CBS SF) — For 27 years, a north Novato home has lit up the neighborhood and the hearts of those who visit the house every year, but this year, the Rombeiro family considered turning off the lights.
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The family had doubts about being able to put up their display after Edmundo Rombeiro suffered numerous health setbacks.

The Christmas lights display on 34 Devonshire Drive in Novato is unlike any other in Northern California. The family starts decorating in August to be ready for the yearly tradition and it’s not just the outside of the home.

Visitors are welcomed inside the home, where several rooms are decked out in an unique holiday theme.

Edmundo Rombeiro’s favorite decoration in his house is the train room. He has roughly 40,000 visitors walking through his house every year, an idea his wife wasn’t too keen on at first.

“I thought he was crazy, especially to open the door to the public,” Mary Jo Rombeiro told KPIX 5.

The Rombieros contemplated ending their 27-year run this year. On New Year’s Day of 2018, Edmundo suffered a heart attack, then an aneurysm. He had brain surgery, suffered 4 bouts of pneumonia during his 3-month hospital stay.

Doctors told his family, Edmundo most likely wouldn’t survive. He proved the doctors wrong.

“It’s been a really hard year for our family so for us to continue to do this it means so much,” Edmundo’s daughter Kathy said.

Kathy maybe the biggest reason why this holiday tradition continues in Novato. On what they thought was his deathbed she made a promise to her dad to keep the holiday lights on.

To keep her promise, she drove from Rohnert Park to Novato every day to work on putting up the decorations, just like her dad used to do.

“I really thought we weren’t going to put this on.” Kathy admitted, “But with a little bit of magic and a lot of prayer, we have this today.”

Edmundo says he has the best daughter in the world. With her help, the family will try to keep this tradition going for 30 years but then call it quits.

“I told my wife the other day, we go to 35 years and she said no no no no no,” says Edmundo Rombeiro.

While the Novato community will be disappointed to see the Rombeiro house go dark, there is a slim chance it might go past 30 years.

Santa’s little helper may step up again to keep this tradition going for years to come. As Kathy says, “My dad’s dream has been to go 30 years but we’ve been talking a lot about this and thinking and I don’t know, this is in my heart so I don’t know maybe we will go beyond 30, we will see.”

The lights will stay on until January 6th. The Rombeiro family says after this season is over, Edmundo will go through intensive physical therapy. The hope is he will be strong enough to be back on the sleigh parked on his driveway to take pictures with the kids again.

OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Fans celebrated the Oakland Raiders victory against the Denver Broncos with mixed feelings and heavy hearts Monday night.

“First of all, I was excited for Vegas, but now the day has come and I’m not, I’m not ready to let go,” said Raiders fan Erasmo Rivera of Stockton.

Rivera is having a hard time accepting the ultimate fate of the Raiders. The team’s days in Oakland are numbered, but the possible last hurrah at the Oakland Coliseum came a year early to most fans.

“60 years of history, they cannot get rid of the Raiders, no,” he added.

Loyalty to the Silver and Black runs deep in Oakland — the city has been the home of Raiders for 40 of their 59 NFL seasons.

After the stadium lights went dark Monday, the uncertainly continued to grow over where the Raiders will play the 2019 season while construction on their brand new stadium in Las Vegas is being completed.

Staying in Oakland seems unlikely given the city sued the team and the NFL earlier this month. The federal lawsuit alleges that the parties violated antitrust laws by boycotting Oakland as a host city.

“I really don’t care about that, all I know is I’ll be driving to Vegas and they can play in Iraq, and I’d still be a Raider fan. It does not matter where they go,” said fan George Luna of Hollister.

Rumored cities for 2019 include London, San Diego, Santa Clara, and AT&T Park in San Francisco.

“I’ve been coming out here since 95, since the Raiders came back to Oakland, so I’ll always be an Oakland Raider fan, but I don’t know if I can be a Las Vegas Raider fan. After this I’m kind of hurt,” said Eric Richardson.

The lawsuit will not try to keep the team in the city, but does seek the maximum amount of monetary damages.

It has been a long goodbye for fans, some more accepting than others.

“We’re here in the rain and it’s not a bright day to be here as a Raiders fan, and we’re still supporting strong,” said Talley McSwain.

The Raiders haven’t had the most remarkable season, but Monday’s game is a memorable and emotional one for all the fans.