colleagues not only does she serve in the general but also in honored honda and we have an admiral served. she not only received the distinguished cross, this is the second highest cross awarded in our military services. the one above that is a congressional medal of honor. this is in honor of serving in her command and serving the men and women in armed forces and bringing training to not only services but to sf general and other facilities where trauma facilities and these protocols are done. i just want to make that note. thank you. >> thank you. i had a question on anna's market. is this a store that is going to be reopened. it says reopening. i'm not sure if it's reopening or repurposing itself. >> i do not know anything about that. dr. aragon? >> my understanding is that this is a store completely renovated to be able to provide fresh fruit and vegetables for consumers. i think that's why it's reopening. they closed down. they renovate the location, but the other important thing that this program does is that in order to provide fresh produce, in fruit you really have to have

for them. >>> honda pays the largest civil penalty of its kind ever. the auto maker agreed to pay 70 million in fines for failing to report more than 1700 death and injury claims related to crashes involving cars with faulty air bags. hondas and others with the air bags made by takata corp. were later recalled. >>> general motors knows a thing or two about recalls. faulty ignition switches linked to two or more fatalities linked to billions in costs last year. that was all just in the first year for the new ceo mary barra. general motors over the year shares are down 10%. what's ms. barro's outlook for 2015? philip lebeau has that story. dedicated their lives to this country, it's hard to have our shortcomings laid out so vividly. >> reporter: including defending general motors ceo mary bara believes her company changed for the better. >> i hope you see gm moving in a positive direction and get to the core with the right brands and making the right decisions and i think you know me well enough now with the time we had the opportunity to talk last year that i'm a very results oriented

conditions, president lazarus. >> i. >> commissioner honda. >> i. >> commissioner wilson? >> i. >> thank you. the vote is 4 to zero. this appeal is upheld with further revised plans and conditions. >> moving on to item 7. the subject property is at 958 geary street. the zoning administrator decided december 19, 2014. at that time upon motion of commissioner fung the board voted three to one to one with commissioner honda decenting and one vacancy to up hold the [inaudible] discretion. the letter of determination is regarding whether a medical cannabis dispensary may be reestablished at the retail space at the subject's property and we'll start with mr. papas who has three minutes. could we switch the mic? >> good evening commissioners and secretary and the attorney . on the screen i have some reasoning for [inaudible] request. i'll just quote here -- i get quoted a lot of stuff last week, a month ago. a hearing request only in extraordinary cases to prevent manifest injustice. that is what's occurring to divinity tree at the moment. i don't have new circumstances, but i'd like you to rev

right. >>> it appears that honda may have put the public at risk and they have been ordered to write a big check because of it. we're going to tell you about the record breaking fine. >>> coming up later. >> i'm investigating reporter russ ptacek at metro center. coming >>> before they would hurt or even kill people. >>> the head of general motors is promising to improve their safety record and their reputation. >> mary para held a press conference. gm had to recall 30 million cars in 204. more than two million were over the faulty ignition switches that were linked to at least 42 deaths. gm was hit with allegations that the company knew about those failures 12 years before they did anything about them. >> if i were to sum up 2014 i would have said a year of great disappointment, but also great progress. >> the recall crisis did not hurt their bottom line selling nearly three million vehicles up 5% over 2013. >>> if you recall the bird's >>> cracked rails, broken down trains, major issues today. >> yeah, they were standing in the cold. where those riders are cold and angry and that is

should you renewed. >> correct. >> we have a motion then from commissioner honda 0 it 0 uphold the all 3 permits on conditions that the 5 replacement trees be planted within 4 months. >> correct. >> okay. and this is on the basis that the subject trees should be renewed motion to uphold all 3 permits with ann that condition commissioner fung arrest commissioner president lazarus and commissioner wilson. >> nay thank you the vote is 3 to one the permits are upheld including the condition of expedited planting only 3 votes are needed to uphold the conditions thank you. >> we're going to take a very short break. >> welcome back to the january 14, 2015, of the san francisco board of appeals with the president extent i'm going to call item 9 out of order called the scott vs. the sdcers on montgomery street an greenwich street of a letter of determination whether the non conforming restaurant use locate at the subtlety property has been daunted abandon i understand did appellant is requested this matter will be reschedule can we hear if the appellant or the representative we'll see about tha

commissioner fong commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you. the vote is 4 to zero those 3 permits are upheld on this basis and that condition thank you. >> thank you moving on to to item 5 appeal thomas versus the department of public works at 2120th street the continuance to 20th street of an alternatives from 6 to 8 feet by excavating down and replacing the slab that matter was heard on november 12th and continued for the dpw and permit holder to conduct a site survey and commissioner president lazarus if you want to give each party 3 minutes would you like to hear if the department farsz actual the permit holder approached me their attorney has not arrived they ask the board to call another case. >> okay so we'll put that off and if you see that person arrive. >> there's a flagger. >> flagger (laughter). >> i'll call the next item appeal that's jason versus the department of building inspection with the planning department approval on commercial street protesting the ordinances to charity center of an alternatives to add stairs between the locations and provide the accessibility to

. >> i. >> commissioner honda. a: i. >> commissioner wilson. >> i. >> the vote is four to zero. this hearing request is deanied and notice of decision will be released. we'll move on to item 9. the board received a little requesters asking that the board take jurisdiction over case number 2013.08231b which was granted by the zoning administrator. the project is to construct a two story horizontal addition at the rear of the building. we'll start with the requesters. you have three minutes. >> thank you. good eveninging commissioners and madam president. my name is kate pool this is my husband. we live with our two children at 1782 sanchez street, which is the down hill property to the adjacent property. we'd like to enable our neighbors to expand their living space, we'd like it done in a way that it won't shift the costs on to us. this the current plans don't achieve that because it would increase seismic risk to our home from their property. we think there are viable alternatives to allow them to expand to the extent they'd like to, and we're asking you to give us a chance today to

interesting elections was honda. here was a moment for the tech industry to come up and show his muscles put a guy in that they like, a former obama moderate. >> he was within four points of honda, who's been for seven terms. this may be one of the areas where you're going to see change. it was significant that silicon valley put up its own guy this time. >> do you think he's going to run? >> i think so. >> i don't think we have heard the last of him or neil kashkari either. >> the local governments are going to try to control the situation either welcome it because they have their own constituents who are uber driver uber users, so they have a problem. they get in and they get popular, and then the politicians or the regulators are like, wait a second you're not doing x, y, z correctly or you're not looking out for consumer safety, but they have a built-in base already. we're going to see more pressure on uber and lyft to do more regulation. >> these guys are supposed to be disrupters and revolutionaryies but they have the same communication problems as corporate america does. w

consumer alert now. record fines tonight for honda. the national highway traffic safety administration issued fines of $70 million for failing to report accidents and other safety issues over 11 years. the agency says it's investigating how many deaths are tide to the 700 crashes. the center for auto safety is calling for criminal charges against honda. the car maker says it is cooperating with them to fix problems in the reporting of data. >> now we go to something just in from fairfax county. a school budget reveals a massive shortfall may be on the horizon. in fact, the superintendent predicts that fairfax county schools will be $100 million short in 2017. jay korff is live in falls church on this story tonight. jay, tell us about this. >> the board meeting just wrapped up a short time ago here in this large auditorium in falls church. during this meeting, the superintendent, she said, look, this is a frugal budget when she talked about the proposed 2016 budget. then she looked ahead and issued a dire warning. superintendent dr. karen garza told her board that the school system coul

organized the deprive and honda. >> thank you, commissioners questions. >> dr. sanchez. >> i want to thank the director for an excellent report especially regarding the highlights of many of our colleagues that have been servicing our department for many, many years for the jails and the outreach for the homeless, etc. i was wondering i happened to hear that there's more community discussion on how quote the old candle stick park will be going from the old area i was wondering if, in fact, any of our people are providing information or if, in fact they take it down forevermore the reason i'm saying that over the years that community is really been hit hard by a number of issues especially with the old navy base and you know a lot of the dirt going out and rising asthma and cancer we know what's been been involved in the department it's been there as a key resource but i know it happened here, etc. but i was i want to make sure we are involved we can make some really good insight property owner to the outcomes and the communities that are going through this and they'll come to some discussi

consumer report says while seven are only doing regional recalled honda mazda and chrysler have expanded nationwide but when it comes to the fix there aren't enough parts to handle all the recalls although the part responsible should soon be in construction. >> they don't have the capacity to do it on their own so another company is working specifically with honda and might be going with other brands. >> most of the defective air bags are on the passenger side of the car. >> so should i be concerned? >> if you have one of these vehicles that has it have somebody travel in the back seat to avoid that risk situation. >> something doddy is no longer worried about. after seeing our story toyota offered to replace her air bag immediately. she's back on the around reassured. >>> even with increased production it could take up to two years to fix all eight million effected cars. if you want your car fixed fast be pro active and persistent with dealers. for a link to find out if your car is effected head to kpix.com/consumer watch. >>> well our cold weather now covers much of the south west unit

forcing honda to pay out a record $70 million in fines for failing to report over 1,700 claims for injuries and at least one death. honda publicly admitted in november it had seriously underreported claims linked to possible vehicle defects from '03 to 2014. this fine is the largest ever handed out by the national highway traffic safety administration. >>> a lot of meetings and phone calls today among prominent california democrats as we learned today one of the most prominent is stepping aside. senator barbara boxer first elected in '92 after a decade in the house has announced she will not seek a fifth term in the senate. an open seat in the state with 40 million people is a big political event, and there are already predictions this could be the first-ever $1 billion senate race. >>> an independent investigation now backs up what the nfl has contended all along, that no one in the league saw that violent elevator video of ray rice striking the woman who's now his wife before the images were made public back in september. former fbi director robert muller led this investigation.

honda foundation and the health foundation had $3.5 million and on the attachments to this it lists out the gifts over 25 thousand for each of the organizations and lists house the organizations distributed the funds during the year and the last page is the board of supervisors for each of the foundations and i must say that the department a grateful for the gifts i'm sure the commission is as well thank you. >> thank you was there any public comment. >> no public comment and commission i'd like to make a correction it says the approval was approved no action needed and commissioner discussion. >> certainly is wonderful that our public whishes to support our department and its activities and you're saying that oh, we're looking at what was life insurance dispersed in terms of the expenditures. >> that's the second item on the attachment. >> obviously a large number of projects get small amounts of money and some get quite a bit arrest commissiioner sanchez. >> yes. i would say this is an excellent report and those who are revolved involved in the foundation are putting in the dedica

patrol. they desperately need more officers on the streets. robert honda is in san jose with new details on this story we first broke. robert? >> reporter: well raj, as you know earlier this week we reported that the already understaffed department lost 14 officers since december 1st, and another 23 plan to leave this month. it was obvious steps were going to be taken to make up for the shrinking force. but the loss of a metro yuptdunit has the rank and file reeling. 23 officers and 4 sergeants will be taken out of their unit and put in patrol cars starting february 1st. and while it means more police cars on the street it's also a big loss in combating gangs, drug trafficking, prostitution and other crimes. >> we're talking about 400 narcotic investigations a year. over 600 arrests. 6,000 hours of community policing. that we're losing. >> reporter: police leaders plan to bring back a metro unit in mid-march, reduced by seven cops and one sergeant but acknowledge at that point they also will have cut staff in virtually every unit. >> there is no untouchable unit or bureau that we

commissioner honda and commissioner bobbie wilson's there's a seat vacate pursuant to the charter when a vacancy exists the board may overrule the boil omi by a vote of 3 members the t to my left is ryan and at the controls mr. pacheco the boards legal assistant and i'm sgnlz we have scott sanchez did zoning administrator representing the planning department and practicing those and he'll be joined by mr. duffy representing the building inspection and also joined by the senior planned checker representing the street use and mapping mr. pacheco if i could go over the boards guidelines and conduct the swearing in process arrest at board requests i turn off outline cell phones and pagers please carry on conversations in the halfway the departments representatives each has 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal people affiliated must conduct their minutes to 3 each has up to 3 minutes but no reluctant for participant affiliated members of the public who wish to speak on an item asked but to the required to submit a business card when you come up to the podium speaker card

nearby. police think a green honda may have been involved. this crash early this morning on 580 in castro valley killed a san francisco woman and injured three others. the chp says the driver of a kia hit a guardrail near the 164th street off-ramp. it flipped over several times, throwing the driver and passenger from the car. the passenger didn't survive. then a honda crashed into the kia causing it to then burst into flames. both drivers were injured. someone who stopped to help in the first accident was also slightly hurt. >>> health officials in santa clara county are aggressively spreading the word. get your children vaccinated against the measles. christian hartnett reports from san jose. >> reporter: the county office of education and the public health department sent out a letter today to parents telling them to check the status of their children's immunity to the measles. santa clara county as a whole is good about getting kids vaccinated but some schools not so much. >> i'd rather do the vaccination and, you know, cover my bases. >> reporter: jim moore has two kid at rocke

:00 this morning, a honda accord traveling westbound on tasman drive hit an suv heading north on great america parkway. the driver of the honda died at the scene. other driver was taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. officers are trying to figure out if one of the drivers ran a red light or whether speed played a factor. >> we are asking for -- if there's any persons out there that saw this crash early this morning, please give us a call. and we're checking right now local businesses and so forth to see if anyone did see the collision. >> officers are checking to see if surveillance cameras in the area captured footage of the accident. >>> two men are in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after they both -- they were both struck by a car on highway one at millbrae. they lost control of their suv and became stranded in the middle lanes of the highway. that's when they both got out of the suv and were hit pie an oncoming car -- hit by an oncoming car. so far it does not appear alcohol was a factor. >>> first it was black fold. now firefighters on fresh ure

from regulators by slapping honda with a record fine. the company has agreed to pay $70 million. that's the largest civil penalty ever against an automaker. half of the fine is for failing to report more than 1700 complaints about honda vehicles causing deaths or injuries. the other half stems from honda's not reporting warranty claims. >>> coca-cola looking to cut some costs so looking to cut some jobs. 1800 in particular. the giant benchl-make -- beverage-maker says the cuts will be made at all job levels both here in the u.s. and international locations. about 500 positions at its atlanta headquarters included in this. in its statement, coca-cola suggested additional cuts might be coming later. >>> reports this morning that an oklahoma divorcee has cashed her $974 million check. earlier in the week, sue ann arnall had refused to take the check from howard hamm. saying it isn't enough. now hamm's attorney says they got word from the bank that the check has been presented for payment. there's been no comment from the ex-wife. >> isn't it beautiful you can write a check for $974

car company slapped with a fin for fail fog report deaths. the automaker is honda and the feds say 1700 complains went completely unreported over the past 11 years. the fine? $70 million. but to put that in perspective honda report $1.3 billion in profit over just three months last year. still, it's the largest fine the national highway traffic safety administration ever levied against any automaker. no spoom response from honda. >>> a court in connecticut now just ruled the state can indeed force chemotherapy on a teen cancer patient, evenshow she says she doesn't want and it her family has been fighting it. we have been following this legal tug of war involving 17-year-old cassandra. doctors diagnosed her with cancer faking the immune system. court documents show a judge let the state department of children and families take custody of cassandra after she missed several appointments at the hospital. those officials forced her to undergo the treatment. her mother supported her decision to refuse the chemo and saying it's her body and her right to refuse your poison because that's

of the book: >>> federal regulators just slapped honda for failing to report more than 1700 serious accidents involving its cars. these are accidents that go back to 2003 involving injuries and deaths. so how could it possibly take this long to act? i'll find out next. xt. ♪ >>> i just complained about the obama administration doing something in the last block, so now i'll give them credit. they just imposed a record $70 million $70 million against honda. the fines are the maximum allowed by the national highway traffic safety administration. the accidents date back to 2003. they require car makers to report possible defects and deaths injuries and damages. we have learned this year that that doesn't always happen. so why did it take regulators so long to discover involved death ae any action then. >> at some point you lose your free pass right? and there are 310 million americans roughly in their 310 million cars roughly. there's a car for every american who can drive. at some point why are we using the honor system? >> that's a great question. the honor system is wonderful, but

driving a 2002 honda accord which was part of a recall. honda says it hasn't been able to inspect that car yesterday. if confirmed, this would be the sixth caused by the japanese auto parts makers air bags. >>> and this is a really interesting statistic. there are nine types of cars sold in 2011 that have never had a driver death in an accident. >> this comes from the insurance institute for highway safety. honda odyssey, subaru legacy and mercedes-benz gl. there are other brands too. audi kia, lexus, toyota, volvo. most of these vehicles are mainstream models and have four-wheel drive. we've listed all of them on the nbcwashington.com. >> and i posted it, too. >> particularly with the suvs they have the ability to apply brakes on individual wheels if they start to spin so you don't have those sorts of accidents like we used to. >> and it's big herger and although sometimes they become overconfident during icy conditions. >>> a live look outside, the picture here not showing too many clouds but of course we're waiting for rough weather to come our way. >> weather and traffic on th

stopped at the intersection of sunset and vine. >> movie producer don rydell is driving a red honda civic. >> and in the middle of the street i saw a young man waving. i just thought, well, it's friday morning, h's out having a good time early so the light turned green, i are went across the intersection. he was looking straight up, strict ahead. until my car became parallel until he zipped around, faced me and boom. i hear this sound, the glass on my car window shatters. >> the bullet misses rydell by half an inch, lodging in his car door. >> there was glass all over my clothes, glass had hit my cheek. >> chris godly, a photo editor for the hollywood reporter is one car behind in a black toyota. >> i saw him raise his gun and take a shot into the car and i saw the window explode. he saw me coming. the barrel of his gun is now raising up towards me. i had no real choice but to drive straight through the intersection i saw the gun come around in my direction and i knew going to happen. everything slows down in that moment. >> the bullet goes through the truck's door and grazes godly'

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blocking the fast lane according to the chp, and then moments later the driver of a honda pilot suv, also headed in the same direction t-boned that sedan. the sedan then burst into flames. now when crews arrived, one woman, it's unclear whether she was a passenger or a driver, she was killed. two other passengers and the driver of the honda pilot were taken to eden medical center for injuries. >> that vehicle left the roadway and subsequently overturned into the center divide. at a later point in time, a second vehicle, a gray honda pilot struck that vehicle, causing the overturned vehicle to -- be engulfed in flames. >>reporter: still lots of unanswered questions when it comes to the scene. we're still trying to figure out if that sedan had some type of mechanical problems that cause it to overturn on 580. it's also unclear whether drugs or alcohol or speed were involved in this. chp continuing their investigation this morning. back out here live, this is changing as we speak. they just towed away the honda pilot. they also towed away that sedan, it's off to the right shoulder now,

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consumer alert. honda has been hit with the largest fine issued by the government agency that overseizure safety behind the wheel. >> national highway safety traffic administration hit the automaker with $70 million in penalties after discovering the company failed to report hundreds of problems. "7 on your side" investigator joce sterman is at the live desk with the scope of what the company didn't tell the feds. joce? >> leon it was a lot. honda did not report more than 1700 incidents where it was aware of someone being hurt or killed over the last 11 years and now the company is going to pay the price for keeping that a secret. now this all has to do with what's called early warning reports. they detail actual or potential safety problems with cars that carmakers know about. they're required to submit them to decide about things like recalls. in this case, the agency claims honda didn't supply 1,729 of those reports that include injuries and deaths. at this point, the agency doesn't even know the breakdown of how many in that total were killed because they're still going through the da

deadly accident. we know at least one person is dead. that's the driver of the honda accord that you see right there that is on great america parkway. we know it collided -- the driver of that car collided with a chevy tahoe that you see that's mangled up front with its hood. there was just one person in that vehicle as well. that person was transported to the hospital. it's unclear of how badly that person is injured. this happened just before 5:00 this morning. again, right here at this intersection, great park parkway and tasman. this is very close to levi stadium, the hilton as well as other high-tech companies. now, again, we're trying to find out exactly how long this intersection is closed and also a little bit more information about the victim. we don't know the sex of the person who died. paramedics and emergency crews did try to help this morning but they did not survive. at this moment, you can see police are investigating. they are also looking for witnesses to piece together what happened. did somebody run a red light? was somebody distracted? was alcohol involved. we ju

comeback. >> and honda faces the largest fine ever impose on the automaker. nick giovanni has those stories and more with a look at your mown. >> let's start with gm. their ceo mary barra is promising her company learned its lesson in the wake of the largest safety crisis in its history. you take a look she's claiming gm will be a much different company. she made the comments in the bake of a recall of -- wake of a recall of 30 million cars last year, more than two million of those over faulty ignition switches. >> if i were to sum up 2014 i would have said it's a year of great disappointment but also a year of great progress. >> they have been linked to at least 42 deaths. >>> honda meanwhile is facing the largest government fine ever imposed on an automaker. $70million. announced yesterday by the national highway traffic same administration. it comes after an investigation found that honda failed to report more than 1700 deaths and injury claims as well as certain warranty claims. honda admits it violated reporting requirements of the law. it's taking steps to correct the errors r

front of the honda civic. >> we were fortunate one of the honda civics had air bags. >> his friend was badly injured. gilligan had a bruised heart. a 38-year-old woman was killed the driver that caused the accident survived gilligan recovered. like others he testified before the golden gate bridge board of directors on importance of installing a moveable barrier. today it gave him a sense of security. >> this eliminates the severe risk. but i don't think to the extent of what happened to us. >> the final number of collisions will be recorded as 28. >> there is more still to come here tonight at 6:00. just ahead, changing of the guard in washington. california's attorney general is about to announce a greater addition. >> a side show and what some participants were doing there. >> five years of frustration leads to a walk out affecting the mental health care of thousands of patients. >> visibility may be reduced for commuters for a second day in a ?e >> california attorney general is ready to make a run for the u.s. senate. the official announcement is expected tomorrow and will com

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city streets will dramatically slow down. nbc bay area's robert honda is live along 85 in cupertino to tell us about the improvements and possible trade-offs. robert. >> reporter: well janelle, traffic flow on 85 has been a concern for caltrans and other agencies for quite some time. taking a look right now during these rush hours, you can see why activating metering lights are being considered in both directions. big changes are in store for commuters moving or trying to move through cupertino mountain view on highway 85. caltrans the mtc and bta plan to activate 15 new on-ramp metering lights in that stretch. right now, lights are a solid green on seven southbound ramps, so drivers can get used to them. starting tomorrow metering lights will go on for the afternoon commute 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.. also tomorrow eight northbound ramps will be solid green for one week before metering lights go on for the morning commute 6:00 a.m. to an extended 11:00 a.m. period of time. some drivers we talked to welcome the metering lights but are skeptical of a schedule. >> it might help on the freeway,

2002-2003 jeep libertys. 2002-2004 jeep grand cherokees. 2003-2004 honda odysseys and the 2003 acura m.d.x.. also include read all pont vac vibe, dodge viper toyota control atoyota matrix, and toyota avalons from 2003 to 2004. one million of those toyota and honda vehicles are also part of the takata recall where defective airbags have the potential to explode with such force that it turns the metal casing into shrapnel. at least five deaths have been linked to the problem nationwide. ntsa administrator mark rosekind said that heightens the risk for consumers. >> what we're talking about the potential of a double problem here whether there could be an inadvertent airbag deployment, and actually because of the defect that's involved it could actually be then connected to a takata airbag inflater problem. >> reporter: ntsa said it identified about 400 instance where's an airbag deployed without a crash. of those nine vehicles had ruptured takata airbags. those cars didn't have the initial repair. there were 39 cases of spontaneous airbag deployments in vehicles that had already been fi

. >> reporter: the white 2013 honda odyssey was customized for her use with a wheelchair ramp special seating and hand control. she only had it for about three months and it gave her a sense of freedom and mobility and usefulness. that's what was taken. >> i feel like i'm trapped. i know i'm not. i can go out in the front yard but i can't go anywhere. >> reporter: they believe the van was taken sometime between 11:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. palmers say vehicles like the one that was stolen to this spot are unique to each owner. another person in a wheelchair wouldn't necessarily be able to use it the same way she did. >> it's specific for this wheelchair. we have all our ramps in the back. >> reporter: fortunately palmer's family come to her side to help with errands and some of the things she used to do on her own, but no one can replace the sense of independence that was taken away by a medical condition and restored by a vehicle. >> it's just really hard because it sort of re-enforces the whole disability thing. >> reporter: derrick ward news4. >>> take a quick look. the van they stole was a 20

administration said it is recalling about 2.1 million vehicles toyotas, chryslers and hondas. the concern, the vehicle's airbags could deploy inadvertent inadvertently, even when the vehicle is not in a crash potentially causing injury or death. these vehicles were previously recalled for the same problem in 2013 and 2014. but nhtsa says the fix "was not effective." today's recall was triggered by a problem in an electric component made by an american supplier trw automotive. but about a million of the rawed honda and toyota models also have defective airbags made by the company takata. those airbags have been known to deploy with too much force sending out metal shards. cory lost his right eye due to a airbag malfunctioning. >> i thought i had a black eye and felt blood. i thought i broke my nose. i didn't know. >> reporter: late last year takata apologized. >> we are deeply sorry about each of the reported instances. >> reporter: the latest recalled instances recalled acura mdx, dodge viper, jeep grand cherokee pontiac vibe toyota corolla, toyota matrix and toyota avalon. all ma

white honda four suspects exited the vehicle and entered the victim's running vehicle which was occupied by the victim's two children, ages 9 years old and 13, who were sleeping in the vehicle. the suspects ordered the two children out of the vehicle while brandishing a silver semi-automatic handgun. both victim's vehicle, followed by the white honda. the vehicles were last seen eastbound on san pablo avenue. >> pam:in the early morning of january 22nd, contra costa sheriff's deputies located the victim's vehicle in the unincorporated bay point area. when deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, the suspects fled on foot. after a short foot pursuit, two of the three suspects were taken into custody. the third suspect was not located. the two suspects taken into custody were identified as 23-year- old martin chavez of bay point and 22-year-old walter pittsburg. martin chavez was booked at the martinez detention facility and is violation of probation , vehicle theft and possession of stolen o'farrell was book at the martinez detention facility bail for vehicle theft and property. >

the hospital. police have not released a description of the driver but say a green honda may been involved. >>> all lanes are open on interstate 580 after a rollover crash that happened at 4:30 in the eastbound direction near the 164th avenue exit. a sedan hit the center median then rolled over. a honda pilot suv then slammed head-on into the car. one woman died, two others were injured. >>> more than $300,000 in wine stolen from a famous napa valley restaurant has been recovered, 2700 miles away in north carolina. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in yountville with the effort to find the thieves. >> reporter: behind me, restaurant row in yountville and that office over there, the headquarters of thomas keller's restaurants. we actually spoke with him earlier today but he declined to go on camera, referring us instead to the sheriff's office. they didn't go on camera either. they said this is an active investigation, it is still continuing. they described it as a possible inside job last december because someone broke in when the burglar alarm was off. they knew exactly

estacionamiento donde el vehiculo marca honda entró por esa puerta atropellando a varias personas que quedaron seriamente heridas... --cuatro personas heridas, una de ellas de gravedad y dos clientes mas que debieron ser atendidos por ataques de panico y crisis nerviosa... --ese fue el resultado del infortunado suceso en el que este honda fit ingresa abruptamente por la puerta de la tienda macys del "new park mall" en newark... todo fue caos y confusion tanto para clientes como para quienes trabajan en diferentes tiendas y restaurantes del lugar... bite lilia betancourt porque eran demasiadas patrullas lo que se veían y muchos helicopetros... empezaron 2 y luego 4... el auto rompio las puertas de la tienda llevandose por delante todo lo que se cruzaba a su paso... bite renny lawson policia newark el auto logro avanzar de 40 a 50 pies al interior de la tienda... atropellando a varios de los clientes que realizaban su compra en ese momento, indico la policia de newark quien conducia era una mujer de aproximados 63 aÑos con ella iban dos personas mas que aun no han sido identificadas -

front of the honda civic. >> we were fortunate one of the honda civics had air bags. >> his friend was badly injured. gilligan had a bruised heart. a 38-year-old woman was killed the driver that caused the accident survived gilligan recovered. like others he testified before the golden gate bridge board of directors on importance of installing a moveable barrier. today it gave him a sense of security. >> this eliminates the severe risk. but i don't think to the extent of what happened to us. >> the final number of collisions will be recorded as 28. >> there is more still to come here tonight at 6:00. just ahead, changing of the guard in washington. california's attorney general is about to announce a greater addition. >> a side show and what some participants were doing there. >> five years of frustration leads to a walk out affecting the mental health care of thousands of patients. >> visibility may be reduced for commuters for a second day in a flo: hey, big guy. i heard you lost a close one today. look, jamie, maybe we weren't the lowest rate this time. but when you show people

million, that's how much honda will have to pay for safety reporting violations. two $35 million fines, one is for honda's failure to report 1,700 deaths and injury claims over the past ten years, the other for failing to report warranty claims properly. it's the largest auto safety fine in u.s. history. >>> still ahead, this weekend's glamorous dinner and drinks for the biggest stars in hollywood. stay with us. >>> here's what we're working on for our 6:00 newscast using lie detectors to fight crime. the state's new plan to help prevent sex crimes at 6:00. >>> it's dinner theater hollywood style, the golden globes, 72 hours away and tonight we're learning what the nominees and guests enjoy for dinner. the first course a modern waldorf salad. california cuisine with a global inspiration, then arctic char and filet mignon, and waiters will pour 400 magnums of champagne. you can watch the golden globes rights here on nbc bay area this sunday night. the show begins at 5:00 p.m. and tomorrow night don't miss our primetime special countdown to the globes with meredith vieira, featuring inte

. honda is looking at an accident in houston earlier this month involving a 2002 accord. the faulty air bag ss can rupture when deployed spewing metal fragments. honda says several recall notices were sent but this car was never brought in for repairs. >>> well headline here about the super bowl ticket prices. they are through the roof. overnight the cheapest game ticket on stubhub was nearly $7500. now, if prices do stay this high this would mean the most expensive super bowl ticket in history. just for your information, i know you want to know, the most expensive ticket on sub stubhub was $172,505.25. but you do get to sit right next to bill belichick during the game. >>> meantime, in a major crackdown by authorities and the nfl, nearly $20 million in fake super bowl gear was seized. more than 325,000 counterfeit items were taken out of circulation. the operation began a year ago after last year's super bowl focused on international shipments of bogus merchandise entering the u.s. >>> well, starbucks and match.com are hooking up and making it easier for millions of singles to do t

. right now you're looking at the honda crv. we're looking at the driver-assisted technology. this is a camera that's attached to the side view mirror so that when you're making a turn, you get a better idea of where you're headed. christian, how does this particular technology work? >> it works through the turn signal. it will tell you if there's a driver in your blind spot. >> and it makes it easier if you're not paying attention, which you should be doing. >> this car will do the work for you. >> so the camera is looking for the paint? >> looking for the paint. >> how does it work? >> it will tug the wheel. >> that's not just a symbol -- >> it's a radar. it works with a radar signal. it will base itself on the car in front of you. >> so if the car in front of you is going 50 -- >> it will go at 50. if the car in front of you stops, it will stop. >> what's it like? >> it's incredibly difficult to n ngs. >> reporter: you're thinking based on your experience how many years will we see driverless cars? >> i'd say in ten years, from audi, ford, honda. >> reporter: we're already seein