this all happening at a home on fieldstone court in fairfield. that is where police say, the ten children were first found in late march .... living in the middle of garbage and feces....(grant) kron-4's charles clifford joins us live --- with the latest charles? well, this all started back on march 3st when fairfield police found a missing 12-year-old and took the child home and discovered what they are calling squalor. the fairfield police department says that during a search of this home on fieldstone court,

fairfield 16-mile-an-hour winds. west winds pushing in the clouds from the coastline and yes, we are sitting right under a low pressure system and that low is causing some precipitation to the north and east of us. a chance for afternoon thunderstorms and look at this, even right now, noticing some lightning strikes popping up there south of sacramento and across the sierra foothills. saw that about 30 minutes ago. so east of us is where the instability is happening. and that's going to be the story for the next few days for them. it should not impact us though. we are going to stay cool for today and then this ridge of high pressure will be arriving and when that gets here, that means warmer weather, sunshine is coming. here's a look at the rain-snow futurecast. the overall picture shows plenty of moisture for northern california but north of us. we are not necessarily going to see any of that. this afternoon, we are going to continue to see that chance for the afternoon thunderstorms, lightning, when that unstable

the pictures taken in fairfield. you can see it was a wet morning in fairfield. i do believe we caught people out with umbrellas and windshield wipers going. we are getting reports of lightning in the in #o and east bay. for more on this we bring in steve paulson. >> we also have day baseball today. >> that's right. >> i don't think you have to worry about that there. it is the reds and giants. 12:45. must better conditions. low clouds have been chewed up considerably. this is an event towards the upper low coming in. i will show you that in a second. spectacular rays over pleasant hill this morning. yes. it looks like twilight. we do have the low moving in. and on the northeast quadrant of it, it is firing up thunderstorm activity big time. we have a convergence at the surface coming off of the sierra. also very high dew points. a lot of moisture coming in from the bay area and the west coming in from the delta. those converge there. then you combine an upper low and this is the circulation around the upper low. that is lifting it north/northeast. sacramento and

same with concord, fairfield even beyond that. so it's definitely pushing a lot of what's going on over the coast far out east across the east bay as well this morning. now, winds are getting a little stronger through downtown san francisco, west southwest wind direction at 10. oakland now up to 12, barkley 10, vallejo 11. fairfield noticing breezy conditions at 23 miles per hour. a look at your afternoon his and our next chance for some rain develops, all that coming up in a bit. michelle? >>> one man is dead, another is wounded after they were shot inside a car parked in front of a san jose super market. it happened around 1:15 this morning in lucky's parking lot on blossom hill road. emergency workers tried to save one of the men, but it was too late. a another was taken to the hospital in stable condition. police believe another shooting on colero avenue may have led up to this shooting. >>> police say they rescued ten children from an abusive home in fairfield. investigators say they found the kids living in filth on field st

nbc bay area's jean elle joins us in fairfield with the disturbing allegations. jean? >> reporter: raj, this house is on a quiet cul-de-sac, and tonight neighbors here say they are stunned to learn ten children lived here. they say they never saw them or even heard them. but tonight fairfield police say behind closed doors, their father was hurting them. >> right over my back fence. never seen a kid out there. never heard anybody. >> reporter: david lives behind the house where fairfield police say jonathan michael allen was abusing nine of his ten children. >> the children described incidents of intentional abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising, injuries consistent with being shot with a pellet gun or a bb gun. >> reporter: allen is charged with torture and child cruelty. by phone tonight, the children's maternal grandmother calls allen a monster, providing photos of what she says is a room where he worshipped the devil. >> he would make us -- he would put duct tape on our eyes, lay us on the floor, tell us we couldn't move, and if we did, he would beat

this all happening at a home on fieldstone court in fairfield. that is where police say, the ten children were first found in late march .... living in the middle of garbage and feces....(grant) kron-4's charles clifford joins us live --- with the latest charles? well, this all started back on march 3st when fairfield police found a missing 12-year-old and took the child home and discovered what they are calling squalor. the fairfield police department says that during a search of this home on fieldstone court, they found 10 children ranging from 4 months to 12 years old living in horrible conditions.sot while inside officers found unsafe and unsanitary living conditiobnsall of the children were placed in protective custody. their mothere, 30-year-old ina rogers was arrested and charged with child neglect.upon further investigation, police determined that all of the children may have been physically and emotionally abused by their parents.sotthe children described incidents of intentional abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and wo

fairfield police arrested the father, 29-year-old jonathan ellen for allegedly torturing his children. police say the kids have burns consistent with being shot with a pellet gun. the mother 31-year-old aina rogers faces child endangerment charges. today the public defenders office visited the home but didn't comment on the case. >> are you representing ms. rogers? >> the mother denies the allegations and even showed us inside. >> there's no broken bones, no major scars, nothing. my kids get bump and had bruised, and scratched because they're kids. >> our camera captured what appeared to be feces on the bathroom floor. the investigation started in march after one of the kids ran away. police found and returned the child and that's when investigators say they discovered the conditions. >> and look at it. it's just so eerie. >> eva drove by after hearing the news. she said her family rented a home here last year. >> when i heard this house was in squabbles, i was like wait this house was so clean when we left it. >> the father is being held on a $5 billion bail. in fairfield i'm jessica

kpix 5 katie nielsen is live in fairfield for us tonight. katie? >> reporter: liz, this is the house where fairfield police say nine of the children were tortured by their father. those children range in age from four months to 12 years old. >> i am not an animal, and i am not a torturer or a monster. >> reporter: john allen defended himself today in this jailhouse interview, saying he did not torture his children. >> i didn't do what they said i did. they had a normal life. like i gave my everything to these children, my everything. >> reporter: prosecutors say allen tortured the children and caused cruel and extreme pain and suffering for a purpose. >> the children said they had abuse, resulting in burns, bruising, injuries consistent with being shot by a pellet or bb gun. >> reporter: allen says the mother forced to lie about the abuse, all to collect extra money from the state. >> saying how much money she will get from section eight house, how she'll be able to live in the best neighborhood. have thousands of dollars a month for food stamps. >

it is 66 degrees in fairfield. i would expect fairfield to be 70 degrees this time of the year. then there is the depth of the marine layer. it is way up there over 2000 feet so all of that cool moist air is pushing in london. this high pressure center has basically been weakened enough to where the air is beginning to flow on shore. we are not seeing an offshore flow like we saw last week, but seeing an onshore flow that will last for the next 48 hours, and then things will start to warm up. in san francisco tomorrow, clouds and fog. late in the day, san francisco will peek out at 60 degrees. 71 degrees in fairfield tomorrow. i would think the low 80s in the inland bay valleys. the hayfever suffers, tree pollen is down and the grass pollen and weeds is coming on. that volcano in hawaii is definitely something to keep an eye on. >> when you think about rocks coming out the size of cars, and we don't know when it is going to end anytime soon. >> you think about main -- mount st. helena, the whole top of the volcano just blew away. this is a different deal. this is a hotspot, and

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in fairfield. amy? >> reporter: she's due here at court at 8:30 this morning. her husband, the children's father, has been speaking out from jail. jonathan allen says he is not an animal. he wants to tell his children that he loves them. he and his wife ina rogers are accused of abusing their ten kids. police released pictures from inside their home showing feces on the bathroom floor. police say the messy home was full of garbage. police say the kids were tortured, sometimes for sadistic purposes and sometimes shot with a pellet gun. the father de nyes it. >> i'm not a cruel dad whatsoever. i may look like x, y and z, but i am not a cruel dad whatsoever. i'm the most loving parent that i can possibly be. >> reporter: he says the kids were brainwashed into thinking they were abused. rogers faces nine counts of felony child abuse. she is set to be in court this morning. the children are now in custody with her mother, their grandmother. live in fairfield, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> now a live desk up

fairfield the beast -- fairfield police say the child abuse investigation started nearly two months ago when she -- when the mother was based on living conditions. >> my mom is calling the police here and there and they did not give us a fair chance. >> the attorney for anna rogers did not comment and the next appearance is scheduled for may 24th. >>> new details we are getting our first work -- look at a manner arrested for this deadly crash. he is suspected of driving while high on marijuana. >>> gentry was close for a .5 hours overnight here at stevenson boulevard after a five vehicle accident killed three people. one man is under arrest. eight people riding in this white escalade when the crash occurred and 930 last night. a woman and two children thrown from the suv and died on the northbound lanes of 88. >> you never get used to this. our hearts go out to the families -- 880 -- >> five others taken to the hospital. a man and four kids, one in critical condition. investigators say dang nguyen hai tran was under the influence driving a toyota camry when he caused the crash. >> the d

about i don't care, 11, fairfield, 02. but those gusts are a little stronger through those hills, especially on the east side. here's a look at your temperatures now, 57 san francisco, 57 san jose, and 52 in santa rosa, concord at 56. afternoon temperatures not going to rise much along the coast. only the upper 50s, low 60s for san francisco and oakland, mid-60s in san rafael. most other locations, everyone inland, we're only going to be in tumor 6 0s. not much 70s in sight unless you go out east. a lot of us are being impacted by this here p. low is definitely going to send more of those west winds as it gets closer and closer to us. it's also who's cranking up that colder ocean air and sending it right to the bay area. we're not necessarily going to get measurable rainfall from this, but i wanted to show you this future cast. as far as that marine layer, it looks like it's going to stick around for most of the day. not expected to get much sunlight. by early tomorrow morning, you my be waking up to a light drizzle throug

this all happening at a home in fairfield. that is where police say, the ten children were first found two months ago .. and as kron 4's charles clifford explains they were living in the middle of garbage and human waste.... well, this all started back on march 3st when fairfield police found a missing 12-year- old and took the child home and discovered what they are calling squalor.the fairfield police department says that during a search of this home on fieldstone court, they found 10 children ranging from 4 months to 12 years old living in horrible conditions. sotwhile inside officers found unsafe and unsanitary living conditiobnsall of the children were placed in protective custody. their mothere, 30- year-old ina rogers was arrested and charged with child neglect.upon further investigation, police determined that all of the children may have been physically and emotionally abused by their parents.sotthe children described incidents of intentional abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and wounds consistent wi

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in fairfield, amy? >> reporter: kristen, it's quiet here on field stone court. the children taken from the home. they are in the care of relat e relativ relatives. their dad is in jail. mom is out on bail, but she is staying quiet inside. >> public defender's office. >> reporter: two people knocked on ina roger's door this morning identifying themselves as being from the public defenders office. she did not want to open the door. they coaxed her into doing it quickly, her out of view of the tv cameras. this after yesterday, she boldly declared her innocence. >> i strive and thrive myself on being a good parent. >> reporter: while she was quiet inside this morning, her neighbor across the street told us he's surprised to hear the accusations against the couple. >> we was shocked, but, you know, because, you know, they are pretty much like friendly, you know, whenever i see them in and out of the house, we wave if we see them, especially the husband. >> reporter: rogers faces child endangerment charges an

fairfield, napa. but then all of that moved to the sierra. and that's where it hovered. so we are ugoing to see calmer conditions out there. and we are definitely noticing a little bit of cloud coverage south of san francisco. kind of hanging right around the bay and then further south across the south bay. but to the north, you're xnice and calm. look at our winds picking up here. sfo 14-mile-per-hour winds. and then west winds that direction still happening. so we are still getting that redwood city, barely a breeze, calm

and when you see past fairfield you see orange, that's the 70s and 80s. you can see the camera moving around a little bit. that's a good sign that the winds are blowing stiffly out of the northwest or west. and there's fog. that tells you the high pressure is reestablished. that means when you get the fog that means you're going to start warming up in places like concord and danville and livermore and san jose. so tomorrow morning, san francisco exactly what you would expect. more fog tomorrow than we had today. right at the coast you will see very little clearing tomorrow. last couple of days that hasn't been the case. but the coastal areas will remain cool. around the bay, mild and inland just warm. so that's your forecast for friday. a little bit warmer in the warmest spots and a little cooler in the coolest spots. friday, saturday, general warming bay and inland. sunday, that changes and goes back the other way with another tweak. you will see it coming. so here's your friday, saturday. and then this guy, boom, bumps into the coast. doesn't bring rain

this is eastbound i-80 in fairfield. we just talk to the chp a moment ago and they tell us at this point, they do not have an estimated time for those lanes reopening. this backup is likely to get even worse. we will keep you updated on the situation and we will have more later in this newscast. >>> the man accused of being the go to stay killer has not yet entered a plea to multiple counts of murder. but there is artie talks about moving the trial out of sacramento county. the district attorney said she is open for a change of venue in the case against joseph deangelo given the fact that he faces charges in at least four counties. the district attorney says there should be just one trial in one jurisdiction. >> ultimately, at least from my perspective, the goal is that we try to do these all in one county because of the logistics and resources and because of victim sensitivity. >> the defense could also i have to just to move the trial outside of the counties were d'angelo faces charges given the attention the case has

kron 4's lydia pantazes joins us live from fairfield. lydia... ( lydia ) prosecutors say they will file nine counts of felony child abuse against the california mother of 10 children who officials say suffered long- term abuse in a filthy home. ina rogers is scheduled to appear in court wednesday. solano county deputy district attorney veronica juarez filed a notice with the court tuesday in the case against the 31-year-old.the charges allege that rogers caused the children to be in a situation that was likely to produce great bodily injury and death. rogers told reporters earlier this week that the allegations against her and her husband are false.the children's father, 29-year-old jonathan allen, pleaded not guilty to torture and child cruelty charges and is being held on $5.2 million bail. < i want police to know that i am not an animal i am not an animal you didn't even ask me or tell me what i supposedly done...> ( darya ) stay with kron 4 as we continue to cover this child abuse case. on our website... we have all of the court docu

a thunderstorm south of fairfield and just to the east of cordelia. you can see grisly island road and gum tree road, a couple of lightning bolts moved across cordelia to american canyon, napa, dropped a couple more lightning bolts. then you see from 7:20 to 8:30, it just fell apart. so what is going to happen for the rest of today? here is a look at the future radar. you can see the best radar returns are to our east and north. some scattered showers across northern sonoma county, lake and mendocino counties, lightning possible also. remember the 30/30 rule. if you hear thunder after lightning less than 30 seconds, stay in for 30 more minutes. >> thank you, mike. >>> this morning, the san francisco police commission is effectively paralyzed after surprising board of supervisors vote last night. the board rejected the reappointment of joe marshall and sonya milar to the police commission. marshall has been on the police commission since 2004. without them, the commission has only three members, not enough to hold meetings or make decisions. interim ma

kron 4's terisa estacio is live in fairfield -- where police just wrapped up a news conference. tersia, what's the latest? kron4's (grant) thanks terisa. tonight we have team coverage. (catherine) kron4's michelle kingston is in the neighborhood in fairfield tonight-- and talked to neighbors who say they had no idea what was going on behind closed doors. michelle? no idea. they are totally shocked. they said they never saw any children -- let alone 10 children.we know the mother is inside right now -- she's not talking to us.we've seen a younger man come and go from here this afternoon -- he's also not commenting. (mk)"we're not doing no press conferences, i'm sorry. can you tell us what happened at court today? no, i'm sorry." police say conditions inside this home are horrible ...and they removed 10 children here ... ranging in age from four months to 11 years old.larry magnaye, neighbor"i wish i knew! no hesitation, i'd report them."neighbors say they had no idea any children were living inside this home on fieldstone court in fairfield.magnaye"it's horrible. it's like, how?"

laura anthony is live in fairfield where police wrapped up a news conference a short time ago. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. the charges are actually the culmination of a six-week investigation. it all began when one of the children, a 12-year-old boy ran away and police here returned him to the family home. officers were stunned by what they found. >> this is absolutely appalling. >> standin in the doorway of her fairfield home, ina rogers says charges she and her husband abused, even tortured their ten children are untrue. >> i strive and i thrive myself on being a good parent to my children. my husband has a lot of tattoos, he looks like a scary individual and that's why people are so quick to judge him. but absolutely not. my husband is an amazing person. i'm an amazing mother. >> the 30-year-old rogers is out an bail after her arrest in late march charged with the abuse after police returned her 12-year-old son to the family home. after he had been reported missing. rogers showed reporters the inside of her home which she claims was messed up by police during their search.

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there's still an onshore breeze. 51 fairfield. napa airport is down to 42 49 lakeport. santa rosa, novato, the 40s. sunday vote was now at 50 degrees. concord, buchanan, 55. you go over by the pillow -- pavilion. 44 pope valley. mid 40s occidental. even mill valley at 45. we will rebound a little more sunshine and some warmer temps. near average for this time of year. there goes below that out of the picture. that's the last one. no, there's another one on its way. for late sunday into monday. but it will be a little warmer with temperatures being right around average. stopped in sacramento. all the way into the weekend. there will be some activity. watch what happens sunday into monday. possibility maybe for us on tuesday. monday afternoon evening or tuesday for us to maybe get again another round of some understand activity. that's next week, though. 60s, 70s on the temps. really nice this -- a lot of people have been think steve, this is a nice may. the yes, -- may. yes, it is. and that's for the foreseeable future. >> so for him and the allergy folks? >> i can't hel

gustier across the hills throughout fairfield and antioch. then temperature wise we are in the 50s for most locations because of that cloud cover serving as a blanket. we have four different cameras up here on top of the tower. because of the clouds, not necessarily able to see all of the city lights but as we get closer to the daylight and a lot of this will burn off we will give you good access to the views around the bay area. back to you. >>> we are building the anticipation. you may have to use your windshield wipers on your way into work. i had too. i had some mist on the windshield. if you are heading out the door and are going through palo alto we are tracking a full highway closure in the northbound direction of 101. that begins at university. all traffic diverted off at university. you are then allowed to use that frontage road and can get back on it the freeway going northbound at willow road. cal tran is out there. they are expected to wrap up by five this morning. we are seeing speeds dip below 30 miles an hour approaching the sc

. >> reporter: she left her fairfield home today saying she was meeting with attorneys. but by afternoon the solano county d.a. office amended their complaint to include nine new felony counts of child abuse. >> we believe that we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she is the -- the allegations are that she committed nine felony counts of child abuse. >> the mother says the d.a. says the mother and father have both alleged to have strangled and purged and water barred the children inside the fairfield home. a tour of the home yesterday showed a room where ten slept, animal and human feces making some hallways impassiblered according to police. the investigation started in march when a 12-year-old ran away. authorities returned him to the family home in fairfield which led to the arrest of inn rogers for child endangerment. the 29-year-old father jonathon all isn't now jailed on seven counts of torture and nine counts of child cruelty. police said jonathon allen tortured the children for sadistic purposes. >> the children described intentional abuse resulting in pun

ina rogers had nothing to say as she arrived to court in fairfield. only these still pictures were allowed inside the courtroom. rogers was initially arrested last month on a misdemeanor charge of child endangerment after investigators found 10 of her 11 children ages 4 months to 12 years old living in a fairfield home filled with trash and human and animal waste. the children later reported injuries that included burns, bruises and broken arms. police say they were punished using scalding water, bb guns, crossbows and even water boarding. the d.a. has now added nine felony child abuse charges against the mother. in court, the deputy district attorney says her bail should be $495,000 to reflect the more serious felony charges. referring to the children, the prosecutor said, quote, she abused them if not assisted her husband in torturing them. she still has the potential to do that if she is not in custody. the judge agreed saying, quote, while she may not be a danger to the public at large, she may still be a danger to her children. rogers said she di

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rogers' next hearing is scheduled for may 24th here in fairfield. in fairfield, allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> authorities say a deadly explosion at a southern california office building looks like a deliberate act. the woman who was killed may have targeted. the explosion happened yesterday afternoon in the city of aliso viejo in orange county. authorities say terrorism is not suspected and they don't believe there is a threat to the public. investigators believe that blast may have come from a package bomb. officials say the woman who died owned a day spa in the building. so far there have been no arrests and authorities have still sifting through the scene for evidence. three other people were injured two of them remain hospitalized but are expected to survive. a witness described seeing those two injured women staggering out of the building. >> i saw the front of the building is blown out and there were two ladies walking out, one of them was an older lady, the clothing was ripped and then the younger one, she had some injuries to the face a

in horrible living conditions in a four bedroom home in fairfield. the case began when a 12-year- old boy went missing. officers found them and returned them home and decided to search the residence. and that is when police found nine more children. police said the kids were living with spoiled food and animal feces and urine in the house. they arrested the children's mother on suspicion of child endangerment back in march and that is when they took the kids into protective custody. police, the da's office and child welfare officials launched an investigation. they determined that the children had suffered severe physical and emotional abuse including puncture wounds, burns, and getting shot by a bb gun. on friday officers returned to the home and arrested the father jonathan allen on suspicion of felony torture and child abuse. >> these allegations are absolutely incorrect. and yeah it's unfair. their whole idea of us is wrong. you know me and my husband are doing what we have to do out of 11 kids. i work in the medical field. i don't accept any typ

fairfield police arrested ro jers' 29-year-old husband jonathan michael allen. he's been charged with nine felony count os of child cruelty and seven of torture. he's pleaded not guilty. >> the children described incidents of intentional abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot with a pell let gun or an air soft gun. >> based upon what i've seen, we believe that nine of the children were abused. >> i got pregnant at the age of 16. >> reporter: rogers told us she has 11 biological children ages 4 month months to 14 years old. three she had before meeting allen and eight in the past ten years. she told us she home schools the children while working full time as a medical technician. . >> i told the police, take my children in and get physicals on them. give them x-raies, do whatever you have to do, you will find nothing. >> reporter: allen is being held on $5.2 million bail. in fairfield, laurie anthony, abc 7 news. >>> santa clara's mayor urged a council member to step down now that a total of nine police reports

wind gusts at 25 in fairfield. and at time to time we have seen similar winds around the region. so those winds ushering much cooler air. 13 degrees cooler in fairfield, 24 degrees cooler in santa rosa. tomorrow morning future tracker wind showing you pretty calm but those winds are expected to turn breezy once again tomorrow afternoon, and they will usher in even cooler air to finish off the weekend. we'll detail those numbers coming up in the full accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. >>> abc 7 news was on san francisco putraro hill when a blaze broke out just about 2:00 this afternoon. no one was hurt. arson investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this afternoon's fire. >>> this weekend sonoma county is playing host to the iron man triathlon where athletes and spectators are showing up in a big way. cornell? >> reporter: this is the homestretch for iron man competitors from around the world. they're converging here in sonoma county this weekend. these brave folks really making it look easy. the event comes at a perfect time for local businesses. many have str

it would 72 degrees in fairfield as the warm spot. i expect 82 degrees in morgan hill easily, and we are seeing temperatures 10 degrees below that. this pattern that started on sunday has continued monday and into today and will bleed into tomorrow. it will be about the same and maybe slightly warmer. i think tomorrow is a switch day where we will start to warm up a little bit. there is a low pressure system here and there is one here and the three of them are combining to stretch out the marine player for us. in the northern part of the state, they are getting thunderstorms. in lake tahoe, it is doing the same. you can see some thunder out towards reno, and there was some showers around lake tahoe. this is sort of an unusual weather pattern. it doesn't feel like late spring, but a lot more like early spring the way these patterns are setting up. no rain for us and it is just about cool. i would love to get some rain in here right now as it will help out with the pollen and clear out the atmosphere. all you need to know is it is more

in fairfield terisa estacio kron four news. (pam) four news. estacio kron fairfield terisa estacio kron four news. (pam) in the north bay .... a staff member at american canyon middle school is arrested ... after he was allegedly caught on camera inappropriately touching a student. 46- year- old louis gonzalez was arrested .... and is facing several charges tonight. police say, school staff had been reviewing surveillance video after recent fire alarm evacuations ... when they say they found footage of gonzalez touching a student in the gym. the video was recorded last month. the school says, gonzalez worked as an aide to students with special needs ... and is on administrative leave pending investigation. police are now looking into whether there are additional victims. (landng vo) (ken) the domestic violence case against 49ers linebackerreuben foster may be in jeopardy after bombshell testimony from his accuser incourt today. foster's ex-girlfriend testifying that shelied to everybody and was out to get foster, to hurt him. what's more, as kr

kron 4's lydia pantazes joins us live from fairfield. lydia... police arrested jonathan allen on friday. he's now facing felony torture and child abuse charges. his wife -- ina rogers -- is accused of abuse and neglect. fairfield police say their investigation started back in march... when the couple's 12- year-old son ran away. he was found a short time later... but officers noticed nine other kids living inside the house in filth. police say they found animal and human feces... and garbage on the floor. rogers claims that mess came from áher tearing the house apart -- looking for her son. c-p-s took custody of the children -- ranging in age from 4 months to 12 years old. investigators say once out of the home... the children started to open up about how allen was treating them. they say he shot them with a pellet gun. they were also suffering from a number of injuries including burns. <"that's why this is absolutely crazy. he was the nice guy, he was the one playing video games with them. and i'm telling them you need to clean up and do chores

winds right now, breezy the entire afternoon and ebbed and flowed throughout the day. 25 in fairfield and we've seen similar ratings throughout the day. 8 to 10-miles-per-hour from sfo to oakland. we had a land breeze. so warm to finish off. today the winds switched to a sea breeze. ushered in the cool air. 24-hour temperature change. cooler in santa rosa than this time yesterday. 23 degrees cooler in napa, and 11 in fairfield and concord this time yesterday. so a lot of 60s and low 70s on the board. a breezy 60 degrees. 77 in san jose, 61 in santa rosa and san roman 74 degrees. over the next 12 hours, low cloud cover return to a majority of the region. already have it along the coastline spilling into the bay and spread around the entire region. a lot of us tomorrow morning waking up to gray sky temperatures on either side of 50 degrees. live doppler 7 and along with satellite. high pressure to the west and the way winds flow from high to low pressure. that's why you have the winds coming off of the ocean water and the sea breeze kick in and brought back the marine layer and with us

wind gusts at 25 in fairfield. and at time to time we have seen similar winds around the region. so those winds ushering much cooler air. 13 degrees cooler in fairfield, 24 degrees cooler in santa rosa. tomorrow morning future tracker wind showing you pretty calm but those winds are expected to turn breezy once again tomorrow afternoon, and they will usher in even cooler air to finish off the weekend. we'll detail those numbers coming up in the full accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. >>> abc 7 news was on san francisco putraro hill when a blaze broke out just about 2:00 this afternoon. no one was hurt. arson investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this afternoon's fire. >>> this weekend sonoma county is playing host to the iron man triathlon where athletes and spectators are showing up in a big way. cornell? >> reporter: this is the homestretch for iron man competitors from around the world. they're converging here in sonoma county this weekend. these brave folks really making it look easy. the event comes at a perfect time for local businesses. many have str

and 6 degrees warmer in fairfield. there's the story, as high pressure ridge sets up. you get a warming pattern that will last right into your bay area weekend. so we'll talk about the warmup. tomorrow's friday! today was warmer, warmer still for friday. >>> thank you. the start of hurricane season now just days away. and the national hurricane center is using new improved technology to warn people of major storms. it comes following a record- breaking year for hurricanes last year. the center is using data collected from planes, buoys and satellites to warn people of dangerous conditions 72 hours before an approaching storm. they say that will give people an additional day to prepare and evacuate if necessary. >> we are getting more information than we have ever had before just looking right into the storm. >> we had our best season yet when it comes to hurricane forecasting and the track in 2017. >> noaa plans to release its official outlook for this season sometime next week. >>> well, today marks one year since robert mueller was appointed to start his investigatio

in winters. 70 in napa tomorrow. 73 in fairfield. 74 brentwood. 74 antioch. so not a bad looking day, just not as warm as you might expect for this time of the year but no one is complaining. the air quality is the big upshot here. if you live in the avenues out in the richmond and sunset district, people are happy. typically this time of year it's foggy. it's not really a thing right now. >> what do you mean? >> they can see. when you live out there you want to see the sunset over the ocean but the fog the last few weeks has been obscuring so they are getting -- we're cooler but they are actually getting no fog so they are able to see sunsets and hang at the beach a little bit which i think a lot of the folks like. >> i'm sure they do. >> bill, thank you. >>> well, several years ago, the internet went crazy over the color of a dress. you remember? was it black and blue or white and gold? >> okay. so this year, it's an audio clip that's dividing the internet. you can listen to it for yourself. due hear "yanny" or laurel? >> reporting: laurel, laurel, laurel.

fairfield 13. but fairfield you have been dealing with breezier conditions than that all week long. santa rosa and napa getting a break from wind. and a break from 'nfcloud coverage. you can see that here in the satellite-radar where most of that marine layer is hanging around this morning. but yes, it is further out east of livermore. so definitely parts of stockton are dealing with some clouds, as well. so the winds are still pushing it across southern portions of the bay area. but for now, here's what we can expect. more sunshine today compared to yesterday. that sun will fábe out earlier this morning. and, in fact, you will see a beautiful sunrise because we have a few clouds out there. futurecast ,(,howing by 9 #wza. all we are going to see is just some coastal cloud coverage. maybe a few areas of clouds hanging around the bay. but other than that, it's going to be nice and clear. then look at this. to the north up in mendocino county and across the sierra, that's where we could get another chance for afternoon thunderstorms. they had snow across the hplj-s homewood and yes, t

kron 4's terisa estacio is in fairfield tonight with the latest on the investigation. the children's mother ina rogers has said she knew nothing about the alleged torture of her children including accusations that the father shot the children with a bb gun but that is not the case.. according to prosecutors, in fact, it is far from the truth. (take vo) these are the latest documents filed today here at the solano county court house. ina rogers, the fairfield 30 year mother of 11 children now facing 9 counts of felony child abuse, and one count of cruelty to a child by endanering health. chief assistant district attorney sharon henry about the new charges and the case. sharon henry, prosecutor solano county. it is causing great bodily harm." "it is an agregious case." (continue vo) and there is this in other court documents prosecutors alledge quote on a continuous basis the children were getting punched, strangled, bitten, shot with weapons such as crossbows and bb guns. also, they were hit with weapons such as sticks and bats, subjected to wterboarding and having scal

santa rosa 66, san jose 62, upper 60s around 70 toward fairfield. wendy, fairfield gust at 26. that time of year, winds to pick up and tracking winds toward sfo westerly at 23 miles an hour. outside, not much of fall here just higher clouds drifting over for sunday evening. tomorrow morning, the coolest back down into the 40s to low 50s. patchy fog could be returning in the coast side and that could include san francisco, 7:00 tomorrow morning 52 and the afternoon the cloudy skies by 12 and we should have more sunshine and breezy once again temperatures in the upper 60s. a lot happening in the pacific, no rainfall maybe drizzle tomorrow morning. a warm - - warmer tomorrow. cooldown by midweek and warm up that could be the interesting warm up later in the week by friday into saturday. tomorrow warmer, cooling things off by wednesday. very warm on friday, saturday could be around 90 degrees. wednesday cooler days of the week and gradually number - - warms up. thursday, friday saturday, could be warmed up - - warm-up from the coast inland could be close to 90. return of patchy fog

fairfield police arrested her husband. charged with nine felony counts of child cruelty and counts of torture. >> intelligenceal abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot with an air soft gun or pellet gun. >> we believe that nine of the children were abused. >> i got pregnant at the age of 16. >> reporter: rogers told us she has 11 biological children. three before meeting allen. and eight in the past ten years. she told us she home schools the children while working full time. >> you will find nothing. >> reporter: allen is being held on $5.2 million bail. >>> unsettled feeling tonight for staff and feeling at sonoma state university. a deadly stabbing in a dorm. wayne freedman has new information from investigators tonight about the crime and those involved. >> reporter: finals week, and yet this morning one major distraction. the information coming from this press conference. >> this is not a random act. it appears that everybody was aku acquaintances. >> reporter: a mu

in fairfield, philippe djegal, kron four news. here in fremont the chp says three people,including two children, were killed late tuesday in a two vehicle crash on 880 in fremont. the victims were identified as 39 year old noelle johnson along with her boyfriend's two children, 14 year old christy limas and her 9 year old sister brook. the family is from manteca where close friend ruschelle tolbert and others are grieving.the driver of the other vehicle, identified as 21 year old dang tran, of san jose, is suspected of here in fremont the chp says three people,including two children, were killed late tuesday in a two vehicle crash on 880 in fremont. the victims were identified as 39 year old noelle johnson along with her boyfriend's two children, 14 year old christy limas and her 9 year old sister brook. the family is from manteca where close friend ruschelle tolbert and others are grieving.the driver of the other vehicle, identified as 21 year old dang tran, of san jose, is suspected of driving under the inflence of marijuana. in

traffic heading east towards fairfield and sacramento backed up for miles. the chp says that accident gives us a reminder for drivers. >> watch out for any cars on the shoulder. >> after the crash officers found a pet rabbit hiding under the driver seat of the mitsubishi. not clear if the rabbit may have been a factor in the crash. chp says it has been given back to its owner. >>> cal tran starting a project i will shutdown planes in contra costa county for the next few months. crews will repair the pavement on the freeway between richmond and hercules. the freeway will be open but there will be eastbound and westbound lane closures mondays and fridays between 8:30 pm and 4:30 am. cal tran says the work is scheduled to be finished in early november. >>> police in santa rosa checking surveillance video of an armed robbery. look at it here. it happen sunday night at this shell gas station on college avenue. a gunman walked in and left with an unknown -- unknown amount of cash. he got into a red car that police believe may be a 90s chevy lumina. a reward about

we learn more about what police found, when they originally entered a fairfield home. police say, the children described in detail what they went through. (pam) the fairfield mother accused of child abuse and torture appeared in court again today.(ken) the solano county district attorney's office filed a motion to add charges against 31-year-old ina rogers...(pam) and, as kron four's philippe djegal reports from fairfield... the judge granted that motion. (philippe) 31-year-old ina (eye-nuh) rogers arrived at solano county superior court with family by her side... she would later leave with sheriff's deputies after being taken into custody.sharon henry/da's office- "nobody, um, should live in those conditions." on march 31st -- rogers was arrested and posted bail on a misdemeanor charge of child endangerment. this after police discovered her kids were living in unhealthy conditions. the children's father, 29-year-old jonathan allen was also arrested. on wednesday, rogers returned to court -- where prosecutors amended the criminal complaint. rogers is now charged with n

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in fairfield. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. she now faces nine charges of felony child abuse. meanwhile, her husband is speaking out from jail saying authorities have it all wrong. he says his german shepherd puppy is responsible for all of the massive feces in the bathroom as you see in the pictures released by police. other pictures show a messy house. but the dad says it functions well with the older children caring for the younger ones. police accuse jonathan allen and ina rogers of bunching, burning and waterboarding their ten children. >> i'm not an animal. i'm not a torturer and i'm not a monster. i am not a cruel dad whatsoever. i am the most loving parent that i could possibly be. >> allen says the kids have been brainwashed into thinking they were abused. the children are now all in the care of their maternal grandmother. their mother, rogers, will appear in court this morning. their dad, allen, is being held in jail. bail set at $5.2 million. live in fairfield, a

vacaville, fairfield, vallejo also looks good. and getting out to the hercules area and then eventually continuing out to the macarthur maze. steve mentioned highway 24. there was earlier police activity. 24 and 13. it did cause a problem for a bit. but now all the lanes have been opened and there is no slow traffic in the area. that's about all. 4:32. let's go back to the desk. >>> today, the judge is overseeing oakland's ghost ship warehouse fire case. hearing a defense motion to released the two defendants. >> each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. already been reduced from million dollars to $750,000 bail. defense lawyers argued their client cannot pay that amount either. a state court ruling in january ordered judges to consider other options for defendants unable to pay bail and who are not considered a flight risk or a danger to the public. options would include electronic monitoring the trial for the two men scheduled to begin july 16. >>> 4:33. the man accused of fatally stabbing a 19-year-old woman near

. >>> the husband and wife from fairfield accused of abusing their 10 children art -- are due back in court. ktvu crime reporter henry lee tells us about new charges against the mother. >> reporter: rogers had nothing to say as she arrived to court in fairfield. only these still pictures were allowed inside the courtroom. rogers was initially arrested last month on a misdemeanor charge of child endangerment after they found her children living in a fearful home filled with trash and human and animal waste. the children later reported injuries that included burns, bruises, and broken arms. police say they were punished using scalding water, bb guns, crossbones, and even waterboarding. the d.a. has now added nine felony charge -- child abuse charges against the mother. deputy d.i. veronica morris argued that bill should be sent -- set at $490,000 to reflect the more serious felony charges. the prosecutor said, she abused them if not assisted her husband in torturing them. she still has the potential to do that if she's not in custody. the judge agreed, saying, quote, while she may not b

upper 60s at fairfield and livermore. to the evening hours with the satellite animation you can see the forecast animation irked say. clouds thicken overnight could be reduced visibility for morning commute tomorrow. the day starts off with clouds but will it warm up and britain up? the answer in a few minutes ppt see you then. >>> well a few of you may have felt it. a mag 23.2 earthquake shook southern santa clara county around 2:30 this afternoon. the usgs centered the quake eight and a half miles north of morgan hill. felt as far as berkeley no reports of damage or injuries. >>> a vallejo family is becoming the second plaintiff in the state to file a lawsuit over e. coli contamination in roe main lettuce. >> family says three people one of them a 3-year-old got sick after the salads from a pizza chain. only on abc 7 news and eric thomas has the story. >> because the imagery related to that. >> ty has a lot of home schooling to catch up on after being out of extwo weeks wrestling with the painful symptoms of e. coli nnk