betty yu was there. reporter: at&t park is filled with thousands of people, bounded by their love of music, tragedy in the north bay and the willingness to help rebuild the area. [ indiscernible ] reporter: dave matthews and metallica, among the headliners at band together bay area. firefighters and first responders, who in many cases lost their own homes while they save lives. it s a big responsibility and they did an amazing job. we are so grateful for it. it s overwhelmingly clear that everyone supports them. reporter: victims who lost the most were also in the crowd tonight. none of us lost our homes but we are grateful there is such a big event for all the people who did lose their houses. it s astronomical. reporter: 100% of ticket sales are going to an emergency fund led by tipping point and sports legends made an appearance throughout the show. including john montana joe montana. the bay area was obvious tonight particularity for jay easy. like i sai
to raise money for the victims of the wine country wildfires. betty yu was there. reporter: at&t park is filled with thousands of people, bounded by their love of music, tragedy in the north bay and the willingness to help rebuild the area. [ indiscernible ] reporter: dave matthews and metallica, among the headliners at band together bay area. firefighters and first responders, who in many cases lost their own homes while they save lives. it s a big responsibility and they did an amazing job. we are so grateful for it. it s overwhelmingly clear that everyone supports them. reporter: victims who lost the most were also in the crowd tonight. none of us lost our homes but we are grateful there is such a big event for all the people who did lose their houses. it s astronomical. reporter: 100% of ticket sales are going to an emergency fund led by tipping point and sports legends made an appearance throughout the show. including john montana joe montana. the bay are
murders happened one after another. there was no dna technology to speak of at the time. it was the brilliant work of police investigators and their tenacity and, of course, dna science that made the difference here. january 1976 18-year-old veronica casio s body was found at the sharp park golf course in pacifica. she was stabbed 32 times and raped. a year later paula baxter s body was discovered. this man 66-year-old rodney howbauer was formally charged with the cold case murders. this is how he looked years ago, his mugshot from an unrelated crime. steve credits the advances in technology with solving the cold cases. cigarette butts left at the two crime scenes contained his dna. it s time to bring this man to justice for the murders that we can clearly prove at this point and bring some closure to the families as best we can. he was extradited from an oregon prison last night. where he had been serving time for an attempted murder conviction. his dna also reportedly a
body discovered in millbrae. this man was charged with the cold case murders. this is how he looked 40 years ago. his mug shot from unrelated crime. the da credits advances in dna technology with solving the cases. abc7 news learned cigarette butts left at the crime scenes contained his dna. it s time to bring this man to justice for the murders that we can prove at this point. he was ex-indicted from oregon prison last night. where he had been serving time for attempted murder. his dna also reportedly was found in a crime scene in reno. in a jail house interview, he said i don t know anything nothing about this. this doesn t make sense i have no idea about that. he said he was guilty of the crime in oregon but not gypsy hill murders and told us i m confused and just wants answers. police believe halbower killed two other gypsy hill victims carol booth whose body was found near kaiser hospital, and 14-year-old tonya blackwell, the body discovered in the gypsy hills area o
overseas. saudi arabia s king abdullah has died. he was 90 years old. his half brother deputy prime minister will be his successor. he had been on the thrownne since 2005. it is reported he died of pneumonia. he modernized the ultra conservative muslim kingdom. funeral prayers are being held across saudi arabia tonight. new details on chilling cold case. this is the man accused of brutally killing four bay area women nearly 40 years ago. crimes known as gypsy hill murders. rodney hillbauer was linked by dna. live if red wood siddy where the suspects made his first appearance in a california courtroom, michelle? sn. reporter: he didn t enter a plea today. he needs to receive a lawyer but it was the first time that victim s families were able to see him face-to-face. wonderful, so i just wish i could bring the girl back to my brother. reporter: detective sergeant in 1976. paula baxter was found stabbed to death. she was last seen after a play rehearsal. cane said he worke