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 18yearold veronica casios body was found at the Sharp Park Golf Course in pacifica. She was stabbed 32 times and raped. A year later paula baxters body was discovered. This man 66yearold 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. Its 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 appeared on a cigarette butt at a crime scene in reno where this 19yearold was killed around the same time as the others. In a jailhouse interview with abc 7 news, i dont know anything. No knowledge about this. This finding a cigarette butt and dna from 30 years ago, doesnt make sense. I have no idea about that. Howbower said he was surprised to be named the killer. He said he was guilty of committing the crime in oregon, but not the gypsy hill murders. Im confused, i just want some answers. Police also believe he killed two other gypsy hill victims. Their cases are still under investigation. Carol booth whose body was found near Kaiser Hospital in South San Francisco and 14yearold tanya black well, her body was discovered in the gypsy hills area of pacifica. Her brother john attended the d. A. s briefing today. I wish he would admit to it. I dont see that happening. If convicted, rodney could spend the rest of his days in prison. Vick lee, abc 7 news. Developing news in san bruno, where a motorcycle crashed into a car after a police chase. This is happening at the san bruno avenue exit off northbound 280. Sky seven hd was over the crash in the last half hour. At least one person went to the hospital. The california Highway Patrol was chasing the motorcycle at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. Well bring information to you as soon as we get it. You can look for updates by following us 24 7 on twitter. The San Mateo CountyDistrict Attorney is deciding whether charges will be filed against the owners of two dogs involved in a rampage yesterday. The pit bulls were running through the streets near san mateo high school. One person was bitten and they attacked a gardner who used a leaf blower to fend them off. One officer hit both animals with his car when they tarted running toward a school. One dog died, the other is now with animal control. Police responded to an explosion in San Francisco. The man had blown off most or all of his hand because of some sort of explosive device. This all happened just before noon on turner terrace, the explosive was a powerful firework perhaps an md80 or maybe something stronger. Breaking news out of saudi arabia, where people are taking to the streets over reports of state run media that King Abdullah is dead. Hes believed to have been in the hospital for several weeks. He had suffered frequent bouts of ill health since becoming king in 2005. Officials initially denied the reports, but made the news official about 45 minutes ago. His 79yearold brother inherits the thrownne. More than a week after that mysterious gray gunk appeared on the shore line the scare is over. Reporter you wont see volunteers searching the shore lines any more, looking for birds covered in a mystery substance. Time temperature and exposure have taken their toll. Officials dont think they would find any live birds. There are lots of dead birds unfortunately, we cant get at them, we cant put volunteers and employees at risk to go into the mud to get a dead animal. Its too much of a risk. They saved about 300 birds this week, and found 200 dead ones. All of them covered in a mystery substance. Theres some birds out there that are soiled, theyve been managed to get away and are hopefully going to be able to live you can and if the stuff will wash off eventually, theres only so much we can do as a state agency, and only so much the volunteers can do. Officials are trying to identify the substance. They have ruled out oil, and the shipping fuel additive. Were all waiting for the lab, and were all curious like everyone else to what this really is weve never seen it before. I mean, its a really interesting phenomenon. Officials say whatever ended up in our bay has dispersed and no more is coming in they feel like the emergency is over. Theyre taking their time with the lab results, they want to get it right, they dont want to rush science. In san Leandro Amy Holly field. Bay area Health Workers are mobilizing to deal with the Measles Outbreak that started in disneyland. There are 59 total cases mostly in california. 42 of the people went to the theme park. Here in the bay area, there are eight cases, five in Alameda County, two in san mateo. As long as youre up to date on your vaccinations, theres no reason to be concerned. Disney is the Parent Company of abc 7 news. Coming up at 5 00 what doctors are doing to keep the disease from spreading. Sky 7 hd was over a head on collision that shut down a section in monday tara for over two hours this morning. Emergency crews airlifted the cars driver to the hospital with head wounds. It was a downed tree that caused traffic delays on highway 13 in oakland this morning. Sky 7 hd fell overhead. No official word on what brought it down. One abc 7 news viewer said it was pretty windy in the hills this morning. The university of california regents postponed a policy that would have tied bonuses for College Coaches to athletes grades. Janet in a Janet Napolitano backed that measure. Thieves head up a san jose Youth Football Program stealing thousands of dollars worth of equipment. Chris wen joins us live with a look at whats next for the team. Chris . Members of the san jose hit squad practiced here at the high school. And with the season just three weeks away parents are now scrambling to find new equipment. And theyre now turning to social media to ask for the communitys help. Its a sight no football coach ever wants to see. I happened to notice the door was cracked when i pulled up, i looked inside i was completely shocked. Thieves ransacked the equipment shed belonging to the san jose hit squad. 20,000 worth of equipment gone. All of our speed helmets, shoulder pads game jerseys, game pants they took everything. The spring Football Program serves more than 140 students, ages 5 to 15. Many who come from under privileges backgrounds. Parents and players now have to start from scratch. I cant believe somebody would do Something Like that to kids. Warren has been part of the hit squad since it started two years ago. Some of the kids played they have a rough life. If it wasnt for shannon being their mentor and stuff they wouldnt be where they are now. Jay braun says programs like the hit squad arent only pivotal to player development, more importantly, they keep kids off the street. Most of these programs are selfreliant on fundraising they had to work hard to get this equipment and this money. I hope the Community Responds and rallies around these young boys. Roberts and his team of volunteers have turned to facebook. And gofundme to help raise money for equipment. Karma will get you. Taking from the kids you have to live with yourself. In san Jose Chris Wen abc 7 news. If youd like to help, you can find a link to the san jose hit squad team go fund me page on abc 7 news. Com. Spencer christian is off today today. Unseasonably cool but sunny day, were tracking a warmup on the way. We have clear skies across the region well take you out side, a look at our south beach camera, nothing but bright blue upstairs. Temperatures in the mid to upper 50s from San Francisco oakland, half moon bay. Well show you a look to the west. The sun setting today at 5 52 p. M. Temperaturewise not too bad. Were still in the 50s across the board. Live look from our Golden Gate Bridge camera. That will linger in the Early Morning hours, by tomorrow afternoon, were talking about mild conditions and a couple 70s on the board. From here on out into the weekend were tracking the possibility of record warmth. Well have those numbers in the full sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00. Feeling the pressure patriots Quarterback Tom Brady on the nfl deflate gate controversy. Dozens of jobs to Silicon Valley, and why its not the first time this company has made headway in the bay area. New at 4 30. Do you find yourself speeding over the slightly altered golden gate br female announcer its time to make room for the new mattress models but sleep trains huge year end Clearance Sale ends sunday. Get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempurpedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. Save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. Plus, free sameday delivery, setup and removal of your old set. Dont wait sleep trains year end Clearance Sale ends sunday. Guaranteed sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep the new England Patriots responded to what everybodys calling deflate gate with both their head coach Bill Belichick and tom brady saying they have no idea how 11 of their 12 footballs used in the afc championship game turned out to be under inflated. Nfl rules state the footballs must be inflated between 12 1 2 and 13 1 2 pounds per square inch. Somehow when the balls were checks at half time, 11 of 12 new england footballs were under inflated. So were the patriots cheating . What did belichick know and when did he know it . I have no explanation nor what happened. To me the footballs are approved by the league and game officials pregame. We play with whats out there. Toms personal preferences on his footballs are something he can talk about in much better detail. Its on to tom brady. The last remark interesting. Belichick deferring to brady. Because this story has grown and grown and grown, the patriots decided to have brady talk today about four hours after his head coach spoke. I didnt alter the ball in anyway. I feel like ive always played within the rules, i would never do anything to break the rules. I have no knowledge of any wrongdoing, of any youre comfortable saying that . Yeah im very comfortable saying that. I dont know everything. I also understand that i was in the locker room preparing for the game, i dont know what happened over the course of the process with the footballs. So both brady and belichick channeled their inner sergeant shultz. They know nothing. Are we to believe this was the work of a rogue ball boy. Secretly running around deflating footballs . The patriots won the game they beat the colts 457. It really had nothing to do with the outcome of the game. Brady has told the patriots, he likes him a little under inflated to do this its probably been going on for years. They happen to catch them this one time. The patriots have been caught cheating before, now its a national scandal. Well see what the investigation turns up and what they decide to do about this. Super bowl 49 hasnt been played. Planning is well under way for super bowl 50 next year at levi stadium. The Bay Area Host Committee has been planning the event for well over 18 months. These are their offices in San Francisco. A grown of them will travel to phoenix for the super bowl, to get a backstage look at how to pull off the event. The Committee Just hired a director of volunteers. They need to recruit about 10,000 of them for next years event. You need a lot of volunteers, whether theyre at the airports the hotels, Public Transportation hubs to be able to direct people and make sure that people who are visiting the bay area for super bowl are well informed and have a great time. Anyone interested in volunteering can register at the Super Bowl Organizing Committee website, you can find a link to it at abc 7 news. Com. Another automaker is turning to Silicon Valley to develop advanced hightech vehicles of a future. Abc 7 News Business and Technology Reporter david louie is live at the new palo alto facility, with an inside look, david . This means more jobs being created in Silicon Valley. Ford is looking to hire more than 100 people to staff its new innovation center. It joins bmw in being here in the valley theyre all hoping to develop the hightech car of the future. Ford is the latest automaker to recognize Silicon Valley for its innovation focus. Its creating a new Research Center to forthrelationships with local companies and universities. We sat down with bill ford three years ago, when ford first set up a small office in palo alto with just a dozen employees. The goal now is to have a team of 125 in place later this year. Ford president and ceo told me connected in awe taken mouse cars of the future will be full of cutting edge technology. How do we make it convenient for them . How do we do these over the air updates, just like you get on your smart phone, to keep your vehicle almost to the point where it gets better with age. Ford is already working on computer based systems to improve selfdriving or Autonomous Vehicles so testing doesnt have to be done on the road. The use of more language voice recognition, so you control various features of the vehicle. If you want more lumbar support in the seat, you say, i want more lumbar support. If it isnt enough, you say more please. Ford will be competing with other automakers to attract engineering talents. Its a big challenge, because systems will need to be reliable, safe and time tested otherwise, theres a big liability issue if something goes wrong. They couldnt do a release one, and then a 1. 1, they have to put something out there thats going to stay for ten years, you know be warrantable. They cant be sued. They will be sued but you know they like to be sued less often. Ford employees will work in conjunction with germany and michigan. In palo alto david louie, abc 7 news. This isnt fords first presence in the bay area. The Automated Assembly line closed in 1984 when imported cars became more popular. The great mall opened on that property ten years later. Time for another check on our weather, it looks pretty nice behind us. We start to think about the weekend, drew . In the weekend, its going to be a warm one and the potential for multiple record highs to be shattered sunday afternoon, big time warmup headed our way. Well show you unfortunately with this warmup, were not finding any moisture associated with it we have dry skies outside, and a seasonably cool day. 57 in San Francisco. 63 across the bay in oakland. 57 right now in Mountain View and san jose sitting at 55 degrees. Live outside on our mountain cam showing you, we have good air quality up above. Easy to breathe today and lots of light blue on this thursday afternoon. Areas of dense fog occurring overnight tonight. Were talking about the record warmth possible this weekend, chances for rain unfortunately are fading as we head into the next seven days. We have cause for concern, along our beaches High Surf Advisory in effect starting tomorrow morning at 6 00 and going until sunday morning for waves up to 15 feet that means we are going to have breakers washing over large rocks and jetties. Localized beach erosion, and of course, the rip currents will be strong the next 72 hours. Take a look at your forecast overnight tonight, early into friday morning, weve gotten into this pattern where the dense fog moves in from the delta overnight, thats going to be the case as we get into friday morning. Take note of that once again dense fog is on the agenda as we end the workweek. High pressure firmly in control a strong ridge is boileding. That ridge is going to help warm us up over the next couple days with the temperatures peaking on sunday. Your average high this time of the year is 60 degrees. By sunday well be nearly 15 degrees warmer than that with record highs possible in the 70s. The next seven days looks to be normal, is with temperatures staying above normal. The fog developing after midnight. 40s notice north bay, 40s around the by. Highs for your friday, well see a couple 70s on the board. Santa cruz, San Francisco getting up to 65. 59 in oakland and san jose up to 67 degrees. Heres your accuweather sevenday forecast. Records possible on sunday. Mostly cloudy on tuesday and then there is a very slight chance of some showers on wednesday, but a very slight chance. Like we mentioned that chance is fading quickly. High pressure keeping the blocking pattern in place, for now, the weekend looks sunny and rather warm. Thank you drew. Up next will farrell, creating a major stir on twitter. But was this real . New after 4 30, a real life spy thriller for book comedian will farrell sent twitter into a frenzy which is not hard to do these days. Pe