right now at 11:00, could he get a new trial? scott peterson is back in court and back in the headlines. we are hearing from his former defense attorney. >> i am cautiously optimistic that no one knew the evidence better than i did and i will tell you there was nothing that i thought was compelling, let alone beyond a reasonable doubt. max got peterson appeared virtually today. his new attorneys are hoping to uncover different evidence, new evidence that they say could prove he did not kill his wife and their unborn child. >> this story has gripped the bay area for 20 years and now, a new chapter in the saga. joslin joins us now. he represented peterson in 2004. >> reporter: he is paying

attention. he says he's helpful that this could break the case. scott peterson has maintained his in his hands and the l.a. in his's project is trying to access evidence like a mattress recovered near his home. today's hearing shows a lot of work to be done to us. all eyes are back on scott peterson 20 years after he was convicted of murdering his wife and their unborn son. the county courtroom had scott peterson appearing from prison in his status hearing. >> can you see and hear the proceedings, sir? >> reporter: insert the court room where his attorneys with the los angeles innocence project. they want to review evidence that did not make it into court. we spoke with the attorney who represented got peterson in his 2000 for trial. he says he's cautiously optimistic.

>> i'm also a little bit angry. it's true -- if it's true that the police, meaning the d.a.s office, modesto pd, were sitting on some of the evidence and did not turn it over. >> the l.a. innocence project focuses on a house where a burglary took place and a burned-out fan with a stained mattress in modesto the morning after lacey disappeared in december of 2002. >> i've been waiting 20 years to find some of these police report and audio recordings and video recordings. >> reporter: attorneys want the mattress tested for dna and they think it could make the difference. >> if the van, if the dna is reserved, if the dna has not degraded, if the dna is still available to be tested, that, to me, is game changing but game over. >> reporter: the los angeles

innocence budget director said they filed motions in january asked the court to order further discovery of evidence of allowed new dna testing to support the investigation into peterson's claim of innocence. the hearing today was the first step in a long process. prosecutors disagree and in court argued against motion made by attorneys, saying these are not new issues. >> we also believe a lot of these items have been raised as part of the initial appeal and litigated as part of the first pbs. >> neither prosecutors nor defense made comments after trial. >> the project made a strong showing to the court and i think that's why you saw the court that involved and they both sides need to get to work. >> the judge said the next the hearing were the 16th on the 29th and pointed out that the innocence project wants an order. >> they want their filings under seal so it's not available to the public in

general because it they tipped their hand on who they are going to talk to as a witness, that could be a problem and people may not want to come forward. >> clark says this will take time. >> i've always thought that at some point, there would be some and i would break in this case. so far, i'm hopeful that this is it. >> reporter: to give you an idea of why this could take time, clark said the prosecution needs to get to work to pick up the information and that dna analysis takes time and ease of the prosecution want to get their experts to verify the work of the defense. it's interesting to note that lisa peterson's family was not in court. the brother-in-law and sister both were. in the studio, nbc bay area news. let's make a switch, let's talk about the weather. not

rain, this time, there's something else coming our way. >> what do you see for tomorrow? back thankfully we have the rainfall in the last couple of weeks which helps the fire danger. it's dry, but we have a wind advisory for the north bay, the east bay, higher elevations did wind advisories don't start until 5:00 and then go to 11:00 friday, 500 feet and above. additional information about this to get you ready, it is the strongest thursday and could bring down trees and power outages and recent rain, that helps out the fire danger. it won't hit extreme levels, is teams. we have that seven-day forecast and we can show love in about 15 minutes. a troubling confrontation as we begin the month of ramadan. a man was assaulted at a mosque

. police in nevada were saying it now what they originally feared, but members of the mosque are all rattled. >> reporter: last night, a man who is wanted on another matter was walking by the islamic center. he was invited in to learn about ramadan, but the piece of the celebration was shattered. >> one of our congregation members notice he had a firearm bag and you can see at and due to some of the things we've seen in the world, in mosques and other places of worship, he was concerned that something might happen. >> zachary says the member tried to grab the bag when the suspect turned violent. >> he assaulted one of our congregation members, punched in , pepper sprayed him, and fled.

>> a few hours later, lisi cilli received a call from david , confessing that he was the one involved in a "misunderstanding" . a search turned up evidence linking him to the crime with no sign of the gun. despite initial fears that this might be a hate crime, this does not appear to be the case. >> he didn't actually brandish the firearm. there wasn't evidence that this was premeditated or targeted. >> this evening, neighbors brought flowers to show their support. like i was devastated that happened in my community and to people of faith that i think in the united states, people don't know a lot about and are afraid of. >> we have that tension in our community already. when that incident occurred, we were very scared. fortunately, no one was seriously harmed. >> reporter: the suspect, who

police say has a prior felony conviction, is in jail, held on a quarter million dollars bond. nbc bay area news. disruptive and dangerous, light rail stations across south they are at risk because of thieves ripping off copper wire. the sheriff's office is this an uptick of theft. two dozen, so far, this year. there's been $500 in damage so far. deputies arrested two in connection with copper wire theft. the sheriff's office is the theft interrupt train operations and can disable warning light. >> we are noticing the last couple of trends, it's occurring during daylight hours , so these bad actors are getting more brave and actually stealing in broad daylight.

>> if you see anything suspicious, reported to police. stomach he's accused of using a 3-d printer to create illegal guns. this san jose man is in custody, acting on a tip, police searched the home and arrested benito hernandez on gun charges. please it is on two printers, guns, silencer, and more in his home. court records reveal he's not allowed to own any firearms because of his prior mental health historand records show he's been accused of using his actual lk to convert firearms into fully automatic machine guns did police are trying to determine if he was selling any of the guns he was allegedly making. martinez, hit with a hazmat scare, and aging taker filled with a mysterious liquid lead to a shutdown. that started around 9:30 and the sheriff's office was called. someone left that. a toetapping

driver hired to move it called authorities after find liquid inside the tanker. it was not labeled, the hazmat was called in. the area shut down for three hours. >> we been here for approximately a week and no one can give a definite time. occasionally we get people dropping containers off. it's an ongoing problem and it been going on for years. >> it was determined to be a type of vegetable oil. it's one of three takers abandoned last week and they are now trying to find who the owners are. another notable night of the election season, president biden is projected to have clinched the nomination. former president trump has also gotten enough delegates that we have a rematch. biden is back on the campaign trail tomorrow in wisconsin. how about this?

a razor thin margin in the race for congress. an update in the high-profile district 16 race, on the peninsula of south bay. two candidates are separated by 162 votes. this replaces the former san jose mayor. look at second place. county supervisor, leading by 162 votes. the top two advance to the november elections it looks like we have some ideas >> joe has the endorsement and has been in politics for decades, so it would not have been surprising to see him get that spot but evan low represents a younger generation, with also lots of experience in local politics and the state assembly. he's asian american,

representing a significant portion of the constituents in that district i really think it could go either way. >> here's an inside look, where the work continues. there are 96 thousand ballots left to count in santa clara and san mateo. today was the deadline for any of those vinyl ballot to arrive and they had to be postmarked by march 5th. back in 60 seconds, with problems across the bay area and exclusive access to the chp as they fight organized retail crime. also, this might help, a credit, coming to pg&e customers . how much money you will get, automatically, next month. check it out, we may not get our next chance of rain until march 20th because of a dry and windy weather system. i'll show you how high those

oakland city leaders are plotting new numbers, released by the governor's office about the ongoing crime crackdown. the chp made aggressive recoveries, of stolen cars is part of the undercover sting operation. the suspects connected to gangs, organized crime and carjacking. city council hopes the increase in support continues. >> we need that relationship to keep going because we continue to have the robberies, the assaults, and we need all the help we can get. >> the mayor's office on the released numbers that show a decrease in crime around oakland, compared to last year, including a decrease in auto burglaries in the downtown area. >> cracking down on retail

theft, high on the to do list. we know it's a problem across the bay area. our partners got exclusive access is a targeted organized crime rings that steal merchandise and sell it online. here's courtney reagan. a convoy of law enforcement is about to descend on an unlikely place, a mansion in san diego county, complete with its own vineyard and chapel. police believe is also the headquarters for a lucrative theft ring that steals items from retailers and resell them on amazon. as we pull up, authorities say they have the suspected ringleader in handcuffs. her name is michelle mack and she is accused of giving a dozen women across the country a list of stores and merchandise to target. these products then end up on an amazon digital storefront at deep discounts.

the next morning, a team unloads the hall along with officers. $387,000 in stolen items. >> i think people feel like it's hopeless. i want retailers and the victims of this to know that's not true. >> we got exclusive access to the highway patrol, watching up close are they fight organized crime. retailers are pointing to theft including target, footlocker, walgreens, and also. the ceo spoke to us in an exclusive interview about the issue. >> what do you think that amazon could have done to know that these were stolen goods? >> what i would say more broadly is this technology available, there is advanced analytics and data capabilities to try to understand behaviors

that are indicative of reselling: goods. >> amazon declined an interview but a spokesperson said "we invest more than $1 billion annually and employed thousands of people to fight fraud, adding the use of sophisticated detection." michelle has pled not guilty to charges of conspiracy, grand theft, and stolen property. her husband and seven others were also charged and pled not guilty. details, into boeing after the door panel blew off midflight. the new york times has reviewed a slideshow about the investigation and among the findings boeing failed 33 out of 89 audits. the mechanics used a tokyo -- a hotel key card and applied dish soap as a lubricant.

the investigation is one of three. the entity is he is also looking into the airline and the justice department has launched a criminal investigation. south inferences go, trying to improve its connection to the rest of the city to transform and reconnect communities that have been divided by highway. the city is looking at barriers . the goal is to increase access by improving transportation, housing, job, and parks. we are talking about sunshine and wind. >> the wind will come first and we've got nice weather. we've got two different weather systems tomorrow and this area of high pressure brings that sunshine back and then we see this area of low pressure tomorrow night over the southwest. that will help the pull the wind across california anne gust to the mountains.

let me show you more details in the microclimate forecast. we've got beautiful weather. patchy fog, high clouds to the mid-days, and lots of sunshine tomorrow afternoon. not too bad. morning temperatures begin in the 40s, 46 to the peninsula, south bay out 45. we have some of the coldest weather there, with daytime highs for tomorrow back into the 60s around the inland valley did we have a 6 degree warm-up so i think it's comfortable through the day, 66 in san jose. the wind is not too bad, is out of the north, that we see that wind increase tomorrow night. san mateo to san francisco, 61 in the marina and for the north bay, 64 and back to sonoma. gorgeous leather coming our way

tomorrow at least into the daytime hours and by tomorrow night, we begin to see the wind increase. in the mountains, i think it's 15 to about 30 miles per hour but the windiest day is thursday, stong, northeasterly, only in the mountains of the month day and the coastal mountains and strongest wind to the east bay. we hold onto that through thursday night and into friday, that wind is expected to calm down. we might get downed trees, power outages and i want to let you know that your our chance is, pine ashok, either. we will get over the wind through friday's forecast. it's much better this weekend, mid- to-upper 60s in san francisco and the inland valley is a 73 saturday and 75 on sunday. began to rain, but this is the

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