Entered the not guilty pleas for him in court on his behalf with him sitting there in the courtroom today. Three on not guilty pleas on charges of arson and one for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm. 54yearold coy from Boulder Creek is accused of starting that fire two weeks ago that threatened hundreds of homes and destroyed two of them. Also damaging six more, as you said. Coy was already in jail accused of looting homes in the burned area when investigators linked him to the fire that caused an estimated 7 million in damage. Lets be honest, he lit a fire that caused an evacuation and burned 300plus acres. Thats not something that happens every day in this county. And its arson. Its not an accident. And the message should be that we are going to come after you if you do those sort of things in this county with all the resources that we have and were going do do everything we can to hold you accountable. Reporter prosecutors say multiple witnesses saw coy start the fire. Coy had already entered not guilty pleas on seven other charges from the same time period and at the same location where fire investigators say that fire started. Detectives are also looking for the owner of the home where it started. They say that she is a person of interest, not a suspect in this case. Prosecutors say that all of those cases may be linked, but that is still something that is under investigation. In the meantime, coy remains here jailed on all 11 of those felo felony counts with bail set at 800,000. Nbc bay area news. Thank you very much, tom. In fact, happening now, were monitoring the board of supervisors meeting happening in Sonoma County. Video that we took earlier from one of their conferences. Theyre getting updates from fema and cal osha about the cleanup efforts and debris removal from the wildfires that devastated that area. Im sure everyone is wondering what the weather will be like tonight as kids go out trick or treating. Do those costumes need to be extra heavy . Taking a live look outside. The sun is out right now, but kind of a cool start to our morning. Meteorologist kari hall tracking the weather for that halloween forecast. Its important. Yes, it looks really good. Were getting a lot of sunshine. Thats going to help us out. As we take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge, all clear skies and we will see that as we head through the evening. Temperatures are still going to be a bit cooler than average, bringing in those cool Ocean Temperatures and well be into the mid60s today for oakland as well as the inland valleys. San francisco expect a high of 60 degrees today. So as you make plans to go out trick or treating in heyward for the evening, will be at 63 degrees for 5 00 and dropping back to 60 degrees. The main thing here and all around the bay area, it will cool off very quickly once the sun sets. Ill talk more about that. A look at more microclimates and rain this weekend. Thats coming up a little bit later. All right. Thank you very much. Let get back to that developing story we told you at the top of the newscast. A shooting at a vta station. Anser hassan is live at that station right now. Whats going on out there . Reporter laura, i just spoke with sheriffs officials. They say theyre in the process of wrapping up their investigation. The station is still closed and a bus bridge is still in service. Officials got out here at 4 00 a. M. To begin conducting this criminal investigation. They say just after 1 00 a. M. This morning they got a 911 call with a man down with an injury to his face. He was taken to the hospital. They discovered he had been shot in the face. This victim is described as a middle aged man who was riding his bike when he was hit. His injuries are not lifethreatening. Now sheriff officials are still trying to determine where the man was shot. If he was trying to get on to the platform or if he was just riding his bike underneath this overpass here. Right now there is no eta to when the station will open and they dont have any information on the suspect. Theyre asking anyone with any information to call the Santa Clara County sheriffs department. We will keep you informed as to when the station reopens. Right now traffic is moving, but the station is still closed. Reporting live, anser hassan, nbc bay area news. All right. Thank you, anser. Now safeway San Francisco turned into a crime scene overnight. An employee stabbed outside of the Grocery Store in the quiet Richmond District. We brought you this story as breaking news on today in the bay. Pete suratos has more on the scene. Reporter yeah, good morning to you guys back in the newsroom. And the information that were getting this morning from San Francisco police is that this all started with the suspect shop lifted inside of this safeway in the Richmond District. That leading to an altercation with a store clerk, stepping in trying to do the right thing, but eventually gets stabbed in the process. We have video of sfpd on the scene. They were processing the scene after it took place roughly around 12 30 a. M. Were talking about the safeway in the Richmond District at 7th avenue and cabrillo. According to sfpd, they say the suspect got into this physical altercation with the clerk and in the process the suspects dog bites the clerk in several areas of the clerks body, including his legs and torso and stabs him as well. Employees naturally tried to help out their colleague and the suspect at the time actually tries to stab them. He wasnt successful, but he did flee from the scene. Eventually sfpd did detain that suspect and he was arrested by police. Now, take a look at the crime stats in the past month. Not a lot of action here in this Richmond District. Where this stabbing took place. But as for that victim, that store clerk being told he was taken to a hospital with lifethreatening injures, but there is no update from sfpd if that status has changed. In San Francisco, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. All right. Thank you very much, pete. This morning, the search is on for whoever robbed a walnut creek walgreensover night. Threatened the pharmacist with a gun and made off with opioids. Were waiting for police to release surveillance images. Danville police are still looking for a man who robbed a pharmacy last month. Police say that thief also targeted opioids. Police say these pharmacy robberies are the symptoms of the opioid abuse epidemic. We looked at the data. 91 americans die every day from opioid abuse. Five per day in california alone. Since 1999, the death rate has increased 200 . According to the centers for disease control, the rate of prescribing the drug has actually dropped. The data shows california is doing better than most states in that respect. Developing this morning, President Trump saying that he wants a tax reform bill on deck by christmas. This is a taped message from earlier today and the president also announcing an Upcoming Trip to asia. Of course this comes amid major controversy on capitol hill. A guilty plea by this littleknown Campaign Adviser raising questions, more questions about where the russia investigation goes next. Tracy pots has this part of the story. Reporter heres the name that almost no one knew before yesterday but may become central to this investigation, george papadopoulos. The lowlevel policy staffer whose pleaded guilty to lying about his connections with russia during his time on the Trump Campaign. Speaking of the president and the campaign, a trump Attorney Says that a report that the president was fuming over this indictment simply isnt true. Former Trump Campaign chair Paul Manafort and his business associate rick gates face a dozen federal charges. The indictment alleges they hid 75 million in offshore accounts. Money earned years ago consulting for russianbacked ukrainian leader. There is no evidence that mr. Manafort or the Trump Campaign colluded with the russian government. Reporter but a guilty plea by a lesserknown Campaign Adviser could be the link investigators were looking for. George papadopoulos admits lying to the fbi about his russian contacts during the campaign. They had him out there playing dial a crook, calling people with a wiretapped phone. This deal shows that the special counsel is counting on cooperation, not just willingness, but also results. Reporter the white house insists papadopoulos role was limited. It was a volunteer position, and, again, no activity was ever done in an official capacity. Reporter on capitol hill, democrats pointed fingers while republicans said little. That really isnt our job. Thats not our wheelhouse. Reporter some analysts believe even this seemingly unrelated gates and manafort charges could connect to russia. These defendants are looking at decades in prison, so there is a tlemd incentive for them to come to prosecutors and say wed like to cooperate. Reporter meantime, President Trump tweets this morning, check the dems. Now, heres another possible connection, Law Enforcement officials tell nbc that Paul Manafort, Campaign Chair at the time, forwarded an email from george papadopoulos, that lowlevel policy staffer, suggesting that the man at the top of the campaign may have known about that russia connection. From washington, im tracy pots. Well be watching this. No doubt. You know what else we should do . Whats that. Fill up the gas tank, marcus. Im with you. Tomorrow, drivers will be paying more at the pump. The gas tax hike that everyone will be feeling in their wallets, even if you drive an electric vehicle. Plus, the big three social networks go to washington. We will bring you the very latest on the investigation coming up in business and tech. Get 40 off on coit Residential Cleaning Services including carpet and hardwood, tile, stone, even air ducts and window treatments. And your satisfaction is 100 guaranteed or your money back. Thats 40 off everything coit cleans. Call or click today. Thats 40 off everything coit cleans. The holidays are right around the and thats the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. Right now, the dow up 26 points. Stocks tread water on clashing earnings reports. More on wall street. And the holidays are right around the corner and best buy is actually offering Free Shipping through december 25th. Now, its waving the 35 minimum needed for Free Shipping for the third holiday in a row. The good news here, the lastminute shoppers, best buy is also expanding its sameday delivery service. Shoppers can place an order by 3 00 p. M. Local time for less than 6. Well, i hope my name sawn your list. It is. Tomorrow, save your money. Go fill up the pump today. The states new gas tax takes effect. So if you want to save a couple of bucks, you really should fill up now. Not that much, but a little. Here is a look at the price increase for you. Unleaded gasoline will cost 12 more cents per gallon, diesel users will pay 20 cents more a gallon. It will generate 5 billion in new revenue to fund state and local projects. We also looked into where that money will go. By 2019, nearly 77 cents of every dollar you spend on gas will actually pay for taxes. The state gets 58 cents. The president of the Silicon ValleyTaxpayers Association says he thinks californians are getting ripped off. If the money thats currently being taxed, again, were the highest taxes in the nation on gasoline. Why is that money not being spent on road repair . Well, even if your car doesnt use gas, youll have to pay a new 100 vehicle registration fee. That starts in 2020. Well, in the next 15 minutes, facebook, google and twitter will start a twoday marathon of questions on capitol hill. Questions about their role in with companies that may have had in spreading russian influence during the election. Scott mcgrew says we already have some of that information ahead of time. Yeah, good morning. We do have some of that information ahead of time. Ill show it to you in just a minute. Before we get started, a quick point, you have to realize how rare it is for Tech Companies to go to washington at all. Tim cook did it a few years ago talking about taxes and Facebooks Sheryl Sandberg was there a few weeks ago ahead of facebooks big testimony. Now at question, how did the russians working for the kremlin create accounts and advertisements on the big social networks and what kind of reach did they have . Good example, we now know the most popular republican twitter account in tennessee was actually russian. Twitter eventually shut the account down. All three social networks are now telling us actual numbers. The numbers they will Tell Congress today and tomorrow. Facebook, for instance, says there were 470 accounts from russia pretending to be something else. Twitter, about 2,700. Far more than it first acknowledged. In fact, i want you to take a close look at these numbers. Facebook may have just found 470 accounts, but they created 80,000 posts from those accounts, most of them fake news. Reaching 126 million facebook users. Thats a lot when you consider about 139 million americans voted in the election. Twitter, 2,752 accounts linked to a russian firm. Google, about 1,000 videos on youtube. That first hearing gets underway at about 11 30 our time. Thanks so much, scott. Learning a piece of irreplaceable Silicon Valley history burned in the tubbs fire. From Technology PioneersWilliam Hewitt and david packard. Of course, two founded hp, Hewlett Packard in palo alto back in 1938. That was the Electronics Firm that acquired the hp archive. They actually store the material at two santa rosa offices and they were destroyed in the fires. The nuns fire in Sonoma County is now fully contained. And the tubbs fire is now 99 contained. But there are some new challenges ahead. Now, the rain coming this weekend. A toxic soup of chemicals could leak into storm drains and eventually into the bay. I want to talk to you about lead, mercury and arsenic can also be in the ashes of thousands of homes and businesses destroyed by the wildfires. County officials we spoke with say that they might use straw and bails of hay to keep those ashes from running off into the local creeks. Im kept in the dark just as you are, even though im a supervisor. I ask the questions and i get, well, were researching that. We dont know. And cal fire has set up a task force for stream protection. So, kari, you know, that is a big concern in the north bay. How much rain are we expected to get . At least for the north bay area, possibly up to two inches of rain so thats going to be quite a bit with a couple of storm systems moving in. Then we have the concern of flooding in the burn scar areas. Thats something well be watching not only this weekend but as we head into our rainy season. Its time to clean up now and kind of clear away the leaves from the storm drains and all the stuff we have to do as winter comes as the weather is nice and quiet now. Its all clear. Sunny, 60 degrees as we look outside from the castro. A live look from pleasanton. Only 59 degrees . We have that much of a strong onshore flow and our temperatures will gradually warm up over the next several hours. A look at that sevendry forecast at the bottom of the screen, not much of a warmup over the next few days and the rain moves in just in time for the weekend. Were only at 58 degrees in napa and 359 in oakland and palo alto. Our high temperatures for today in the south bay reaching up to 68 degrees in East San Jose. And for the east bay, were also going to have some upper 60s. These temperatures are pretty much what we had yesterday and quickly cooling off once that ocean breeze kicks in and we have those winds gusting at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. In the Mission District today, 62 degrees. Outer sunset at 60 and w57 degrees in point rays. Santa rosa will be up to 67 degrees. Getting ready to head out on your lunch break in san jose, our temperatures make it into the mid60s for the next couple of hours and mostly sunny skies. Youll be rushing home so you can get there in time for the trickortreaters. Its going to be in the low 60s in the east bay. At times you may have to roll down the windows, let that fresh air in and enjoy the sunshine. Going out trick or treating in san rafael, its going to be 63 degrees at 5 00. 58 degrees at 6 00. You can see how quickly we make it down into the lower 50s. May have to put a jacket over some of those costumes to stay warm. As we get closer to the weekend, we are going to have this cold area of low pressure, and with that it will bring in a chance of showers. Now, its still up in the air whether this will tap into some tropical moisture, which could help boost our rainfall totals. Thats something well be watching for not only here but the sierra. No snow as of now. The little bit we got earlier in the season has melted. Looks like there is quite a bit of snow on the way for the weekend. Could be measuring snow in parts of the sierra in feet. Ill keep you up to date on. Cool weekend. Reaching into the upper 50s in San Francisco. For the inland areas, not much of a change. Rain off and on. It wont rain the entire weekend, but, yeah, well be tracking that as we go into early next week as well. All right. Something new. Coming up, new get tough on Crime Initiative on the ballot. The reason supporters want more criminals to give dna samples. Plus, first happening now. Netflix said its suspending production of the final season of hous