authorities in visalia say, they have evidence that joseph deangelo is also the so-called 'visalia ransacker' of the 1970's.. the new murder charge against deangelo - filed in tulare county - brings the number of victims in his alleged murder spree to 13... investigators believe deangelo is the man behind roughly one- hundred home burglaries in visalia - between april 1974 and december 1975. they also say, he is the man who shot and killed college professor claude snelling during a home invasion in 1975. police say, snelling had discovered a man trying to kidnap his 16- year-old daughter... and he was shot as he rushed over to save her. < sot :24 "...and to this very day." >(grant) (grant) (grant) (grant) (grant) investigators say, they have enough information from witnesses ... and details from the crime scenes... to connect deangelo to the visalia ransacker case. the 72-year-old has previously been charged with 12- killings throughout the state and is suspected of dozens of rapes in the 1970's.. across the bay area and california. (vicki) an oakland police officer is fighting for his life

authorities in visalia say they have evidence that deangelo is also the so-called 'visalia ransacker' of the 1970's. investigators believe deangelo is the man behind roughly one- hundred home burglaries in visalia... between april 1974 and december 1975. they say he shot and killed college professor claude snelling during a home invasion in 1975. police say snelling had discovered a man trying to kidnap his 16-year-old daughter... and he was shot as he rushed over to save her. investigators say they have enough information from witnesses and details from the crime scenes to connect deangelo to the visalia ransacker case. ( darya ) a car crash escalated into a physical fight between the two drivers, leading to the death of both men.chp is still trying to piece together what happened that left the two men dead and closed i-5 near sacramento for several hours over the weekend. the drivers crashed and then drove farther down the highway where they continued to fight. one of the men pulled out a baseball bat, beating the other and killing him. the other man then started walking in the midd

here in tulare county he's thought to be "the visalia ransacker" who burglarized many and killed one father. farrel (like feral) ward is a retired exeter corporal who worked with deangelo from 1973 to 1976 (ward)"he was an educated idiot and he kind of laughed about it and i said you should be in the fbi, because he knew everything about everything."ward says he was in disbelief when he first saw his former co-worker's booking photo (ward)"working with a serial killer, you know, that's i mean, i guess i'm lucky to be alive and so are the other guys."(nats paul myers)"we're extremely lucky that we have these archives." the staff with exeter's sun gazette dug up this photo of 27 year old deangelo when he joined the city's police departmentreggie ellis says the ransacker case has long haunted this community(reggie ellis president & publisher, sun gazette)"just people thinking they knew who it was or always wondered about the guy down the street."(kay recede in tulare county)"ellis says the last time the visalia ransacker struck was in late 1975. months later, deangelo would join the aub

high school needs your help buying championship rings for its football team.( james ) mcclymonds' beat visalia's golden west high school in december. they're now the california division five-double-a football champions. and they need rings. the oakland a's community fund is behind the "you-caring" fundraiser. they're giving donors a's tickets and gear. so far... close to ten- thousand dollars has been raised. the goal is 25- thousand for the rings and other team equipment. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning buzz... it is team steph against team lebron in the n-b-a all-star game. and we are now just two years away from a new professional football team. ( darya ) and next... closing the wage gap in hollywood -- between white women and women of color. how jessica chastain and octavia spencer together... to equal pay day. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. checking your south bay drive times é( james ) casey afflect has casey ( james )( james ) casey afflect has voluntarily withdrawn from

.">( james ) police in visalia say deangelo is the prime suspect in the 1975 death of a community college teacher. if the link is confirmed... it would boost the number of victims to 13 in the serial killing case. ( darya ) happening now in the east bay... antioch police are searching the gunman responsible for shooting a man multiple times. police received reports of gunfire yesterday afternoon on lovebird way. while officers were responding... a man walked into a nearby hosptial with multiple gun shot wounds from the shooting. officers say the man's injuries are non-life threatening. details about the shooter have not been released and the case is currently under investigation. ( james ) in the south bay... crews are on the scene of a deadly mobile home fire.( darya ) the fire broke out at the westwinds mobile home park in san jose. kron 4's lydia pantazes joins us live. lydia... ( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) a fire broke out at a daycare in san .jose. it happened at the early discoveries child development center yesterday afterno

the crash.four people were unaccounted for, until this morning when 51 year old christi lewis from visalia was found dead.three people are still missing, one man and two women--kirra drury from ventura and her best friend raegan heitzig.the two posted these photos to instagram, celebrating the holiday weekend on the river. chris byrd, kirra drury's family friend :"we don't know. no one news what happened with kirra, but i'm hoping for the best."kirra's boyfriend lance nelson was also on the boat, but posted this picture the day after the crash, of the two of them kissing, with the caption "please come back, kirra"now the community of ventura is rallying behind kirra and raegan, setting up a go fund me page as family heads wait for word from officials. (grant) the search will resume tomorrow morning. nine people were hospitalized after the crash, including two with critical injuries. (vicki) happening now... tropical storm gordon is expected to continue strengthening over the next 24 hours...as millions of people along the gulf coast are preparing for what could become a category one hurric

the stabbing happened this afternoon near visalia...about 40 minutes south-east of fresno... police say two women got in a fight on the bus... three people were stabbed and the suspect was restrained by the bus driver and another passenger. witnesses describe what happened...(grant) all three victims were taken to the hospital... no word yet on how severe the injuries are. one person is in custody. ((vicki/landing vo))today is the deadline for congress to come up with a plan for undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. they were protected by a program called daca which the president tried to end but was upheld by a san francisco judge.tonight congress still hasn't come up with a solution. ((ella in monitor)) kron 4's ella sogomonian is live in redwood city where frustrated san mateo county leaders came together. they're demanding that co

hospitalized after the crash, including two with critical injuries. 51-year old christi lewis from visalia was found dead yesterday morning. one man and two women are still missing. ( james ) for your money... changes could be coming to 401k plans this fall and google has released a tool to prevent child abuse online. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. ( jane )good morningworkplace retirement plans could be headed for a makeover in congress. while the changes are still being looked at, they could include reducing costs for small businesses to offer accounts, more information for employees about their investments, and offering more options for guaranteed income from the retirement plan.google released a free artificial intelligence tool to help companies and organizations identify images of child abuse on the internet.google's content safety api is a developers' toolkit that uses deep neural networks to process images in such a way that fewer people need to be exposed to them.google says the technique can help reviewers identify 700 percent more child abuse content