it was dumped there. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5 merchandise. >> joe vazquez, kpix 5. -- joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> san francisco is getting a new batch of liquor licenses but kpix 5's cate cauguiran explains the neighborhoods getting the licenses may surprise you. >> reporter: the sunset isn't typically considered one of the hot spots. >> friends wouldn't come out here for -- unless we were going to hang out. would be nice to have a few more options in terms of night life. >> reporter: san francisco reached its cap on liquor licenses till now. they got a law passed to help areas identified as needing an economic and special -- and social boost. >> neighborhood specific and when the business goes out of business it can't be sold. >> first of its kind in california. >> reporter: now for the first time in 77 years san francisco will get a chance to issue 5 new liquor licenses to restaurants. before the legislation one major barrier for local neighborhood restaurants to get a liquor license is they had to buy it from a previous owner and it would cost them up to $300,000. >> there are bro

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kpix 5's cate cauguiran is live. >> reporter: fixing two water main breaks. this one in alameda sent water several feet into the air for hours. >> a pop and water started. >> reporter: water 50 feet high. tonight just one more mess for east bay mud. the cause, a construction accident. fire confirmed with kpix 5 a construction crew broke a water line sending water a few stories tall. this is maller than when we first -- smaller than when we first ariverred online. >> a -- arrived online. >> an unmarked water line. >> reporter: good news, no homes will be impacted. in oakland a different story. there are still homes without water. as crews work to repair and replace a 16-inch water main that burst this morning. gushing water broke open a sink hole. >> to have a sink hole form and have the buckling. it is a big break. >> reporter: the cell phone video shows montana street turned into river. 10 homes suffered water damage. in addition to replacing the pipe there is still major clean up work to get done. no word on what caused that break. the excess water from thi

phil matier, kpix 5. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the issue has divided people responding to a poll on our kpix 5 facebook page. so far evenly split. 50% say yes, the city should allow an official sponsor for "420 day" in golden gate park, 50% know. what do you have to say in vote at cbssf.com/votenow. find us on facebook under kpix 5. >>> a san francisco neighbor caught up in a wave of deadly shootings, the latest this morning. a woman was killed after shots rang out on plymouth avenue and broad street. that's in the city's oceanview neighborhood. chopper 5 was over the scene shortly after. one of the victims was a muni contractor. he was shot while on the job. kpix 5's wilson walker on the recent surge of violence. >> reporter: >> i thought it was a cherry bomb when i first heard it. one shot and then shots, they were gunshots. >> reporter: by the time the gunfire ended two men were shot in the lake and a woman was shot and killed steps away from her front door and two men were shot in the legs.

maria medina, kpix 5. >>> the umbrellas are out in the east bay, as well. cities like walnut creek have been seeing steady rain most of the day. no reports of any major problems there. but enough to keep the storm drains busy. the same storm system is hitting the pacific northwest even harder. this tornado ripped through the seaside town of manzanita, oregon, after a massive waterspout moved onshore. that twister tore up trees, left homes and businesses badly damages. no word on any serious injuries there but thousands of customers are cross that region are still without power. >>> in the sierra, firefighters are counting on the storm to help put a damper on a big fire burning near south lake tahoe. about 500 homes near camp richardson are under a mandatory evacuation other. another 500 homes are being asked to leave voluntarily, near emerald bay. the emerald fire has burned about 200 acres since it broke out early this morning in the hills above cascade lake. right now, it's about 25% contained. evacuation centers have been set up at the south lake tahoe r

that story only on kpix 5 coming up at 6:00. live in pacifica, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> we have learned in just the past few hours that a third student at santa clara university has meningitis. kpix 5's devin fehely is on the campus where the university is now organize emergency vaccinations to students and employees. devin. >> reporter: students began lining up even before the doors opened at 2:00 this afternoon and the line has been nonstop ever since with students concerned about an outbreak that has sickened three and exposed hundreds. the line outside the center at santa clara university stretched as far as the eye could see as students waited for vaccines. >> everybody is worried about meningitis and about 500 students could have been exposed. so out of 4,000 students on campus, that's a big deal. >> reporter: according to the santa clara department of health, all three patients belong to the same social network, the pi kappa alpha fraternity. two of the patients are so sick they are in the hospital. and the fellow studen

be sure to download our kpix 5 news app for all your mobile devices. >>> and still ahead on kpix 5 and cbsn bay area -- >> amping up, spending more money, and then they take it away from us. >> frustration tonight over covid restriction whiplash. a bay area county having to backtrack a bit. >>> and the happiest employees in america apparently work for a bay area company. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell coming up in sports, the 49ers are dealing with a positive covid test of a player and an old friend comes back to town. we'll see you coming up in sports. >>> a little bit of fog trying to creep in from the coast as we look up from the mark hopkins hotel, but that fog isn't going to make its way as far inland as it did last night into this morning. the big changes headed our way into the weekend coming up in the forecast. >>> new at 6:00, contra costa county is halting its re-open efforts. a steady rise in covid cases is causing concern. a week ago the cases were just over 5,000. yesterday we saw more than 5,000 cases. >> reporter: businesses here were looking forward to finally opening up to 5

betty yu, kpix 5. >>> kpix 5 obtained a memo from b.a.r.t. that reveals they don't want you to see the crimes committed on the train because of fears of racial bias. kpix 5's joe vazquez has the memo and details of a new attack. >> reporter: five men followed a passenger off the b.a.r.t. train friday night around 10:00 p.m. according to university of california at berkeley police who report the group walked with the man a few blocks and robbed him on the cal campus. the suspects threw the victim to the ground, kicked him and stole his property. the victim had minor injuries. the men were all wearing black hoodies. >> i think people are concerned. they are fearful about the stories that have come out. >> reporter: a b.a.r.t. director told melissa caen she is concerned about the state of mob robberies and she asked the b.a.r.t. management why more videos and public information haven't been leased about the attack. the response she got from the general manager. it would create a racial bias in the riders against minorities on the train. >> repor

>>> live from the cbs bay area studios this is kpix 5. >> breaking news. a new wildfire in northern california is burning out of control right now. there are emergency evacuations. this fire explode in size in the past few hours. kpix 5's veronica de la cruz. >> reporter: flames charred 1700 acres in six hours. the fire forced the evacuation of the canyon creek resort in yolo county. chopper 5 over the scene. flames ripping through terrain, helicopters dousing the fire with water. flames came crose to taking down -- close to taking down a power line. near monticello dam road in yolo county on the east side of lake berryessa. >> reporter: wild flames across the hills on the north side of highway 128. a half mile away people getting out of the area. >> i saw the fire coming over the hill, i am leaving. >> reporter: it started as a brush fire before 5:00 p.m. consuming acres of brush and grass. the winds pushing the flames east. >> i am on highway 128. the fire is burning aggressively, rapidly. the firefighters are creating a fire line to try get it contained

in west oakland, mike sugerman, kpix 5. >> kpix 5 helped expose a bay area county overcharging people on property taxes. >> how the county is making it right next on kpix 5 news. ,,,,,, but that's what happened to. maria medina tonight on how man is >>> the tax man usually cometh. rarely does he giveth. i feel like shakespeare. [ laughter ] >> but that's what happened today. maria medina tonight on how the santa clara county tax man is owning up to a mistake. >> hi, larry stone. >> reporter: it's the moment he waited for, for months. >> you know, when government makes a mistake, we have an obligation to fix it. >> reporter: and it came on christmas eve. >> so here's your check, um, for $27,836.14. >> reporter: this was erin just four months ago. >> there's times where we didn't have the money to pay our mortgage and i had to charge it. >> reporter: struggling to make ends meet after her property taxes went up more than $300. something just didn't seem right. and after months of pushing county leaders for answers, she discovered the county overcharged her for property taxes for more th

julie watts, kpix 5. >> wow. now for a look at what's ahead on the "cbs evening news," scott pelley is in new york. scott. >> reporter: here's the "cbs evening news" tonight. luck be a lady. powerball fever grips the nation with its billion-dollar jackpot. we'll go behind the scenes of the lotto operation. plus, a city where deplorable school conditions have teachers calling in sick. >> these are our children. they deserve better. >> and airline profits are soaring. so when will flyers get a break on their tickets? those stories tonight on the "cbs evening news." ♪ let us share what we see ♪ just you and i ♪ ♪ grow old with me ♪ let us share what we see ♪ and oh the best it could be ♪ just you and i francisco' >>> i'm veronica de la cruz in the kpix 5 newsroom. new at 6:00 tonight, calls for san francisco's mayor to fire the police chief after a deadly shooting. tonight ed lee goes on the record. >> i still have great confidence in chief suhr and i'm sticking with him. >> tonight the mayor tells our

watched football tonight on kpix 5 you will do it again on sunday. raiders home opener against the falcons. sunny skies. 73 degrees. kickoff temperature, it will be a pleasant weekend in oakland and fremont. the onshore flow is not gone but minimized because of the high pressure. we have less of the onshore flow. beach means nothing changes. low 60s. bay, couple degrees warmer. inland 25 degrees warmer this weekend. talking mid-90s in the hottest spots. coming up on saturday and sunday. the fog is already returning tonight. it will be there again tomorrow morning. a near repeat tomorrow. highs 90 livermore. 64 san francisco. 80 san jose. 62 pacifica. san rafael 71. napa 83. warming up for the weekend. leads to beautiful conditions for a walk. walk to end alzheimer's. saturday morning, san francisco, great morning and great event. mid-60s in the city saturday morning. warmest weather is saturday, sunday and monday. inland low 90s. only low 70s near the bay. low 60s along the coast line. with cooling coming up next week. a pick your climate weekend. we

see you in 30 minutes. >>> that's it for kpix 5 news at 5:00. james brown is in for scott pelley next on the "cbs evening news." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com transactions >> brown: securi >> brown: securing the airports. major changes are in store for travelers. how vulnerable are our airports? >> reporter: are you confident a brussels-style attack could not happen at a u.s. airport? >> brown: also tonight, the last fugitive from the paris attacks is arrested. was he also the man in the hat in brussels? an arrest is made in a murder that shook a college campus. and steve hartman went on the road to find out what's so special about a ripped up dollar bill. >> reporter: you saved this for 40 years? >> saved it for 40 years. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> brown: good evening. scott is off tonight. i'm james brown. and this is our western edition. added security is coming to u.s. airports in time for the summer

maybe feelings but you can talk those threw. >> reporter: christian a, kpix 5. -- christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> the self-driving cars ark google car got into crash. sharon chin on why they are saying don't blame us. >> oops. >> google self-driving cars was towed away after crash. >> i was shocked to see. >> reporter: police say no one was injure when the accident -- injured when the accident happened at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. the car was crossing the street when another vehicle ran a red light and slammed into it. google says the car was in self- driving mode with a person that steering wheel. when the vehicle they hit the breaks but it was too late. he sees the cars on the way to work but never like this. >> i have never seen one in an accident. i see at least 30 to 40 a day and they are good cars. that is why i was shocked. >> reporter: days ago the federal government issued new rules on self-driving cars that took effect this week. it set up set up an assess -- set up an assessment and includes performance standards. google says the self-driving cars have logged 2 million miles on

and that is your kpix 5 forecast. scott pelley is in new york. " " amount of salt >>> let's check in for a look ahead it the "cbs evening news." >> scott pelley is in new york. >> great to be with you in san francisco. it was the announcement that no one on earth saw coming. benedict xvi becomes the first pope in six centuries to resign. alan pizzey is in vatky city for us tonight with a story on what happens next. we'll have that tonight on the "cbs evening news" at 5:30 right after kpix 5 news. >>> shake up the amount of salt you eat and protect your heart and save your life. >> you only need to cut out the nine aniest amount out of your diet every day. dr. kim reports on just how easy that can be. >> reporter: arna has high blood pressure so tries to keep salt out of his diet but it's not easy. >> when i go to the supermarket i look at the package and the sodium. if it's high i don't buy it. >> reporter: packaged and restaurant foods are to blame for almost 80% of the salt in our diets. most people consume a teaspo

kpix 5's christin ayers saw it all at a watch party at oracle arena. tough night. >> reporter: it was a tough night. it was a disappointing night. a lot of people came out hire to sit and -- here to sit and watch the game. 13,500 people showed up hoping for a win that never came. >> reporter: if they couldn't be in cleveland for the warriors game this was the next best thing. court side at the official warriors watch party at oracle arena. >> so cool, the energy, there is nothing like it. >> reporter: there were no players on the court tonight but you wouldn't know it by the roar of the crowd. a fan experience good enough even for a retired nba player. >> i was number 13 draft the year kareem abdul-jabbar came out. >> reporter: he played for the seventy sixers. even without the team here he couldn't miss a night like this. >> the enthusiasm is thrilling. the warriors have taken the bay area, california, and the united states by storm. >> reporter: even as the storm weakened tonight with a loss to the cavaliers, dashing hope for a sweep, fans are keepin

in pacifica, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> here's the proof. santa cruz mountains are saturated after being doused by storms overnight. the ground, roads weakened and there are a ton of mudslides. >> kpix 5 reporter kiet do joins us live from the summit along highway 17. kiet. >> reporter: they just cannot catch a break out here in the santa cruz mountains. they have been rained on 6 out of the past 8 days. they have had 30 road closures since the weekend and so today, the county of santa cruz has declared a state of emergency which clears the way for them to ask the state for repair money and it is a huge costly mess out there. after a week of rain, in santa cruz county, they have small slides, big slides, skinny slides and wide slides. >> i think we need a break. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the biggest one today is the mudslide on highway 35 near bear creek road which shut down the road all day. a large tree fell over and came to rest on some power lines. crews are so busy they couldn't get to it for hours. on rodeo gulch road storm runoff erod

. >>> area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> breaking news tonight. major b.a.r.t. delays. a station shut down and a body on the tracks. tonight investigators are working to figure out how a person got caught beneath the train. kpix 5's kate kelly says it is a mess. >> reporter: strategy at the 16th b.a.r.t. station. for those who rely on the system it created a separate mess for commutersoon friday night. -- commuters on a friday night. riders arrived to a shut down b.a.r.t. station. they got reports of a person hit on the tracks that 16th b.a.r.t. station. people said police escorted everyone out of the station. >> i was looking forward to going home. usually i am out but this will tack on an extra hour. >> it ruin my night. i was on my way to oakland to see my boyfriend. now i can't get out or come in. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. strains were shut down for an hour. the medical examiner removed the body from the tracks. but b.a.r.t. has not said how or why this happened. b.a.r.t. said the trains are back up and running but to expect a 20 minute delay. kate kelly, kpix 5. >>> to

here's kpix 5 chief meteorologist, paul deanno. paul? >> we've had more hail than rainfall in the bay area over the past couple of weeks. another round of hail with cold unstable air aloft in the area of low pressure that went right down through the central valley right now. the hills surrounding it including snow continuing to fall in and around just to the east of mount hamilton and also a few flakes of snow over the santa cruz mountains. mount diablo getting a break. it has seen some snow off and on, drying out in concord and also walnut creek. let's show you what it looks like. another location that saw some hail earlier today. pellets of ice hitting the ground are, also hitting the windshield as you can see in a second. not just a little bit of hail, but a truckload full of hail in our state capital, sacramento. kids were out having a hail ball fight if you will. going out there, enjoying what looks like a snowstorm in sacramento. not snow, but hail and a lot of it. how much rain fell? this is the best part of it. hail is not going

kpix 5 reporter len ramirez joins us with more. len. >> reporter: allen, because of the 1906 earthquake weevils been conditioned here in the bay area to think of the next big event as a single catastrophic event, but this new information suggest that the bay area may also be prone to a series of very large earthquakes happening over a relatively short period of time on all the major faults. >> it's big earthquakes. >> they say new data suggest that when it comes tore quakes, we may not be in for the big one, but rather it might be a series of more. >> sometimes six events comparable if not larger. >> the last 14 years the team have been entrenching on the ground of major bay area ground faults. what they found deep in the dirt was evidence of it dating back to the 1700s. it suggests the because hit by a series of earthquakes between 6.8 and 7.5 over just a few decades between long periods of relative quiet. >> they're flying past each other. they're flying past each other on our major faults. so stress is always coming in. the crus

kpix 5 doppler showing heavy rain moving through. american canyon soon to be vallejo, napa, fairfield, showers over the east bay hills, martinez, antioch and concord. very soggy in the valley. especially towards morgan hill and the mountains continues to get pounded. a new flash flood warning for the creek and the southern santa clara county till 7:30 p.m. otherwise the flash flood watch continues till 11:00 p.m. tonight with flood warnings around northern and central california. how much rain fell? half a foot. nearly a foot in the santa cruz mountains. and mountain tam, 4 inches of rain. cities now, 4 inches for napa. downtown, san francisco, coming up on 2 inches. oakland and danville an inch and a half and pittsburg with .90. the wind, strongest in years. >> reporter: in the bay area and on top of the sierra nevada, windigos, jet stream speed. 173 miles per hour. kirkwood 100 miles per hour. gusts at the pass 87 miles per hour. in the bay area, gusts in the hills 78 miles per hour. strong wind gusts. sausalito 60 miles per hour.

david jackson, kpix 5. liz, back to you. >> thank you. >>> the fairfield man accused of killing 13-year-old genelle conway allen made his first court appearance today. kpix 5 reporter ann notarangelo talked with the man who found the girl's body. >> reporter: 32-year-old anthony lamar jones sat shackled as he was assigned a public defender and his arraignment was continued to next week giving his attorney time to look over the case. the district attorney's office announced it is charging jones with one count of murdering 13- year-old genelle conway allen of suisun and three specks circumstances, that it was during a kidnapping, during a rape with a child under 14. that means jones could face the death penalty. it's an emotional time and jones' family wasn't talking. >> flog to say. >> reporter: she was last seen at this intersection a few miles away from where her body was found a day later in a park. a man who found her february 1 came to first and said jones' soft-spoken demeanor surprised you. >> what di

welcome back to a special pre- game edition of kpix 5 news. the 9ers set to take on the broncos and we'll preview the game coming up. >>> but first, a massive wildfire in riverside county has burned several homes and injured at least five people. four of them firefighters. the silver fire has raced across 11,000 acres into the san jacinto mountains. it's forced hundreds from their homes in the twin pines area near banning. it's about 90 miles east of los angeles. bigad shaban is there. >>> reporter: the wildfire has burned

in the kpix 5 newsroom. coming up at 6:00 what is in medical marijuana? there's no government testing. so we went out and got it tested ourselves. $600 worth of pot, our surprising findings. and calling out two of california's largest health insurers. how a new investigation says they misled customers on "covered california." and they are a favorite at the tidepools. tonight some new clues into what is killing starfish from southern california all the way to alaska. that's what's coming up at 6:00, allen and liz. back to you. >> all right. we will see you in 30 minutes, ken, thanks. >>> well, rain hopefully? >> yeah. >> oh. >> we're looking forward to it. >> this will be one of the wetter periods of time we have had for a while. the next four days we are showers wednesday, thursday and saturday. it's not going to pour, but you might want to have the umbrella in case you get caught in it. >> i just washed the can. >> reporter: thank you, allen. always helping us out. >> not a problem. >> "cbs evening news wit

kickoff at 5:25 right here on kpix 5. >> that's it for kpix 5 news at 4:00. join veronica de la cruz for a special nightbeat simulcast on kpix 5 at 10:00. >> come on out saturday morning alzheimer's walk. alz.org of the help us find a cure. >> see you back here at 11:00 tonight. have a great evening. enjoy the game. >> and the "5th quarter" to follow nfl football. any more promos? [ laughter ] ,,,,,,,,,, >> champions of the world, drench broncos. >> it is caught for the win! >> danny wh willett has won the masters. jason day, major champion. >> correct henry will win it. >> cbs sports and nfl network welcome to you "thursday night football." tonight, it's an a.f.c. east battle between the new york jets and the buffalo bills. [captioning funded by cbs sports division] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

reporting live i'm joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> kpix 5 andrea nakano continues our team coverage with the mark -- andria borba is with the mark leno campaign. >> reporter: that's correct. mark leno told me earlier this afternoon that this will be the last public office that he runs for. when or lose, this is the last one. if he wins, he will, of course, run for reelection here in san francisco. but if he loses tonight, this will be the end of his public service career. just a short time ago mark leno spoke on stage out here at castro and market on 17th street to a crowd of supporters, talking about his campaign and what happens next. >> when i arrived here 41 years ago as a jewish boy looking for a safe place to land on planet earth, san francisco welcomed me as i know it has welcomed so many of you. we want to keep the character and quality of this neighborhood and so many of our neighborhoods that we want to keep this a place where working people can afford to live. >> reporter: now the party wrapped up here just a short time ago with people being told to go home. it doesn't look like t

kpix 5's len ramirez has more. len. >> reporter: well, allen, the two teens were gunned down sunday night. they had just started their summer break so officials are now concerned about other young people in this community throughout san jose as they go into break with this kind of a violent start. >> from the south side. >> in the nines around here. >> to the east side, friends are mourning friends. >> they were great kids. >> two teenage boys and a 20- year-old man were murdered in san jose sunday marking a bloody beginning to the long summer season. >> what you don't want is this to be the sign of something worse than it is. a summer is the worse time when it comes to increased levels of gang violence. >> the first killings happened sunday evening in the back parking lot of a shopping center. a neighbor told me in spanish how she heard shots and came out to find a 15-year-old and a 17-year-old on the sidewalk, both mortally wounded. friends identified the victims, both students at nearby independence high. the ot

kpix 5 is working with food banks and other organizations to help. sharon chen has more on our food for bay area families drive under way. >> reporter: second harvest of silicon valley is be feeding a record number of people during the covid-19 pandemic and many of those folks have never had to use a food bank before this year. the good news, is that there are plenty of volunteers helping at one of them, a 13- year-old harrison who decided to start his own cookie company called crumbs. tell me what you did. >> crumbs is a small cookie business that is trying to help out and support my community. we currently specialize in making many deep dish chocolate chip cookies which have been very popular. >> what made you want to give? >> so everything that has been going on right now during the covid-19 pandemic, i wanted to find some small way to help out my community. why i love second harvest is because they are giving out food to the people who need it the most. and i feel that a healthy meal is very important. >> reporter: that is absolutely fantastic. i

dennis o'donnell, kpix 5. >> what a night. thank you, dennis. >>> outside in the streets right now, you knew people would be celebrating, but there's a side show going on. never a good idea. we understand people's enthusiasm, but somebody could get hurt. possibly seriously hurt. this is at 100th and international boulevard in oakland. it has been going on for at least the past 45 minutes to an hour. elsewhere people have been dancing in the streets, a little more controlled there. this was at 14th and broadway just a short time ago from chopper 5. kpix 5's maria medina is in uptown oakland tonight. >> it's certainly a huge party here in oakland. right on this corner we've seen a lot of cheering and honking, even fireworks and egg throwing. but police do have a warning. >> reporter: as the winners -- as the minutes turned in to seconds, warriors fans began to celebrate. >> we won. that's it. that's all that matters. best basketball team on planet earth. >> i'm so excited. >> were you nervous though? >> i was a little nervous bu

kpix 5's wilson walker is live in oakland with those details. wilson? >> reporter: ken, the oakland unified school board could make a landmark decision tonight, but if they do, there will not be a crowd on hand to see it. there is an online meeting underway to consider a resolution named after george floyd. it would eliminate the school district's police force of 10 sworn officers and 50 unarmed security guards. >> today a vote by the school board we can have not just police-free schools, but shift our school security officers into culture keepers on our campuses. >> reporter: this has been a goal for years, eliminating the school police officers in favor of more social workers. >> so a full-time counselor at every time. a full-time social worker at y school. a full-time restorative justice coordinator at every school. >> reporter: one voice of skepticism was the california school superintendent tony thurman. >> i'm aware there are some districts in this state that have already gone through this argues r. action and many of those school districts made t

wilson walker, kpix 5. >> stay with kpix 5 for the very latest on this investigation and how to help the victims. all that at www.cbs5.com. >>> and developing tonight, the fairfield fire department says two infants have been discovered abandon. unfortunately one of them has died. the other has been taken to the hospital we are told. this discovery was made after 4:00 p.m. near a dumpster behind businesses on pittman road. police now have the area closed off as they continue to investigate. >>> officers searched the area and found a female and detained her. it is apparented based off her condition she gave birth. >> the tragedy comes despite california's safe surrender law. it allows parents to surrender newborns within 72 hours of birth and no questions asked. >>> body camera video shows the time an engineer went on a drug fueled rampage. he took lsd on july 4. we want to warn you some of the video is hard to watch. he attacked them at the place where they were staying before taking off to a nearby home. a security guard arrives and calls for backup. he is accused of stabbing the sec

to >>> i'm veronica de la cruz in the kpix 5 newsroom. new at 6:00 tonight calls around the globe to oust the judge in the stanford sex assault case but a prominent voice for women is coming to his defense and calling the six- month sentence fair. plus are you willing to pay to get bart back into shape, they are going to voters to pay for an overhaul. that and more at 6:00. ken, i'll be joining you then. >> thank you. see you then. >>> that is it, kpix 5 news at 5:00. >> that's right. >> the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. >> and veronica and i will see you back here at 6:00. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >> pelley: the president invites sanders in. the pressure's on to get out. >> i'm with her. i am fired up. and i cannot wait to get out there and campaign for hillary. >> pelley: also tonight, the government opens an investigation of insurance scams exposed by cbs news. >> these criminals were filling sandbags with cash as quickly as they cou

kpix 5's sharon chin explains... it's how she does i >>> a south bay teenager brings smiles to children in the u.s. and around the world. kpix 5's sharon chin explains it's how she does it that makes her this week's bay area jefferson award winner. ♪[ music ] >> okay, you guys go to all the trash cans on this side. >> reporter: sonali ranaweera leads fellow students in an afternoon routine at a high school in san jose. they collect bottles and cans that the 16-year-old trades for cash at the recycling center. the work can be filthy. >> just knowing that i'm doing something good, that makes me not even think about the gross part. i want to change someone's life. i want to make someone smile. >> reporter: she has raised more than $60,000 through recycling for smiles, a nonprofit she founded in 2011. a quarter of the money has gone to new york-based smile train to fund corrective surgery for nearly 60 children with cleft lips or palates. the community fundraising director offers high praise. >> sonali is one of our su

from 49ers pre- season foot here on kpix 5. the niners hosting the greey packers at levi's stadium in santa clara. we'll check in with kpi ts >>> near 30 minutes away from 49ers brie season football right here on -- preseason football right here on kpix 5. the 9ers hosting of the packers in santa clara. we'll check in with dennis o'donnell in a few minutes. >>> first breaking news. we are get,ting word of a deadly crash on the golden gate bridge in the past half-hour northbound lanes on the north side at vista point. the accident involves a motorcyclist. that means the bridge is going to be shut down for the investigation. and as you see what it's done to traffic, so expect major delays trying to get out of san francisco. that does segue into our next top story. >>> the golden gate bridge's iconic toll plaza could soon undergo a major makeover. officials considering replacing the outdated tollbooths with a more streamlined structure. >> kpix 5's don ford shows us what the new toll plaza would look like. >> reporter: it's been h

elizabeth cook, kpix 5. >>> time for a look at weather. our chief meteorologist paul deanno live in san leandro. >> reporter: it's 65 degrees now according to the kpix 5 mobile weather lab. there are baseball fields and then there are incredibly well planned baseball fields. the blue jays are taking on the rakers in san leandro tonight. when mom and dad go to the baseball game, you need have something set for younger brother and younger sister. this baseball field is next to an awesome park for the little guys so the parents can enjoy the game and let the kids go play. it is absolutely perfect. bravo san leandro, you did this little league park correctly. we're looking at the bay bridge from the rooftop of kpix 5. we are in the 60s right now. san jose down to 69 degrees. san francisco you're at 60. oakland 63. san bruno 61. warm spots include livermore at 78. santa rosa 76. we'll cool off tonight but we'll not have fog and low clouds. vallejo 53. napa 52. livermore 53. san francisco 53 degrees tonight. low pressure moving out so we had the

kpix 5's sports anchor vern glenn is here. talk about perfect timing with the super bowl here, we have one 49er and one raider going to the hall of fame. >> the story is just writing itself, isn't it? >> perfect, perfect. >> it's just terrific stuff. hey, on nfl honors night, it doesn't matter what award is handed out tonight. there's just nothing bigger than the announcement of the 2016 pro football hall of fame class. out of this one, boy, in he had only been around -- >> put together a defense for me actually called the eagle defense. and in 1988, my -- >> this is a live picture of a press conference going on. this is after the pro football hall of fame class has been announced. it was headlined by brett favre of the green bay packers but locally, boy, if only he had been around for this one. the raiders! ken stabler. he is in! yeah. ten of his 15 seasons, he engineered some of the greatest moments, great comebacks of the raiders team of the 1970s won super bowl xi. he was a 1974 nfl mvp. hey, at 49ers empire, say hello to

that's where kpix 5 betty yu is live tonight. betty? >> reporter: ken, police say this suspect was making multiple threats. right now as you can see feller avenue is still blocked off for this investigation. several hours after this police- involved shooting. on the ground we can see heavily armed officers suit up and pick up their weapons. from the air more officers from the special operation's team. then we see officers kick down a wooden fence. once in a backyard they search around what appears to be a shed. a few minutes later, several officers and a k-9 approached the door at a different house. they wait for a woman to come out and she does with her hands up covered in blood. then they restrained her and walked her to a waiting ambulance. >> as we walked in, one of the kids where somebody said hey there, are cops driving by really fast. and so rather than them coming out with their shot, you are like oh my god, and we all ran outside just checking. there is one call after another call. >> reporter: a neighbor shares this cell phone

. >> right here on kpix 5, next ,,,,,, >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >>> what a way to kickoff super bowl 50, san francisco's waterfront coming alive right here on kpix 5 with lights, fireworks and this is just the begin. >> first, their run from the law ends here in the bay area. two dangerous fugitives chased down and caught. the drama and a whole foods parking lot. >> those escaped inmates had been on the runt for more than a week and tonight they are back in custody. this starts eight days ago at the orange county jail. three violent offenders pulled off the escape and today their luck run out in san francisco. andre borba says all it'sing thanks to one observant manage. >> in the parking lot of whole foods on haight where life on the lam quickly unraveled. eight days days after a brazen escape from the men's jail until orange county an eagle- eyed man pointed out the man. >> the citizen informed police that they had known these people were wanted and possibly matched the description. >> reporter: tiptoff the white van, the pair along with fellow esc

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>> kpix 5 obtained this video of the ill-fated jump in 2012. gerardo flores of san francisco claims the chute opened early causing him to pass out in midair. they then crashed to the ground near marina municipal airport. flores was rushed to a san jose hospital where he remained unconscious for two weeks. he suffered serious head trauma and numerous broken bones. >>> live pictures from justin herman plaza in san francisco's financial district. thousands are expected for a big concert going on. if you want to see the show, bring a canned food item to get in. volunteers hope to package 15,000 meals for stop hunger now and hope it collect 15,000 pounds of canned food for the san francisco food bank. as for the show itself, it starts in 20 minutes. and that's when grammy nominated singer genelle monet will take the stage. just yesterday she performed at the white house with legends like aretha franklin in the women of soul concert for the president. >>> thieves trying to steal a part of california history. their target, the golden spike at californ

you can watch the game right here on kpix 5. if you are going and/or tailgating, sun and cloud mix, midafternoon. upper 50s in oakland coming up sunday. pretty strong storm. we are not getting the brunt of this. the pacific northwest is and they are just getting hammered today. i-5 travel is horrible. over the passes, stevens, snoqualmie pass, rough in washington state. we could use the rainfall. we'll get some just not as much as our friends up to the north. the rainfall will get here about 24 to 30 hours interest now. tomorrow mid afternoon, look up and say it's to rain any minute? no, it's not. mostly cloudy but it's not going to be raining except lake and mendocino counties. tomorrow night it will rain. 3 a.m. heavy rainfall will slide through and on-and-off rain saturday before a second wave of some heavier rainfall moves in late saturday night into sunday morning. although it megyn before midnightsaturday will be rainy and we could get up an inch of rain in the bay area with higher amounts in the north bay. so tomorrow, cl

and kpix 5's anne makovec is there with more. anne. >> reporter: we're still waiting to find out when the city memorial, the city of san francisco memorial, is going to be for robin williams as well as glide memorial, planning one right now. but here in front of his home in tiburon you can see this memorial has been growing by the day. flowers and cards outside of his front gate. today we saw activity going in and out of the home this morning but no one spoke to the media except for fans who came to pay respects. >> we've grown up with him. it's just hard to believe that he's gone now. >> reporter: she never met robin williams buy deeply feels his loss. >> i want to stand on a desk all time and just show him that we honor and respect him and love him. >> as the memorial grows where he hanged himself this week, so does one outside the "mrs. doubtfire" house in san francisco where parts of one of his most famous movies were filmed. >> i'm getting hot flashes. >> reporter: interestingly, the man who now owns that famous house is a d

live in san francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> thank you. >>> right now, reporters from kpix 5 and kcbs are on a live webcast and twitter chat answering your questions about the yee investigation and examining the impact of his bombshell case. use the #yeechat and watch live at kpix.com. >>> a freak accident left a car smashed and a man feeling lucky. anne makovec with more on the close call this morning in san leandro. >> reporter: it's hard to believe a man was in the driver's seat of this honda civic when the piece of metal tore through it and the man survived and is expected to be fine. >> it almost killed one of my guys missed him by inches. >> reporter: paul tavares' coworker was taking a nap in his car outside of their workplace on dolittle drive when the chunk of metal came crashing down and he managed to get out himself. >> i looked at him and he was in shock. i said are you okay? he goes yeah. >> reporter: firefighters say it appears the metal came from this metal recycling plant across the street. they say it was a canister, possibly a propane tank that workers thought w

sharon chin, kpix 5. >> each surgery costs $250. at 5 cents a can or bottle you need 5,000 of them to pay for one operation. her family travels to peru this year and she met some children with the corrective surgery not the one she paid for but she still saw firsthand the kind of impact that she is having for these kids. i'm sure sonali has bigger plans. next she wants to get to 100 surgeries so she has to pay for 40 more and then wants to tackle world hunger. >> of course. >> how old is she? [ laughter ] >> she is a teenager with a lot of energy. >> good for her. >> that's great. deserve. >>> you can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online at cbssf.com/hero. >> all from stuff we throw away. that's absolutely amazing. >>> our weather is pleasant. we are going to talk about san francisco, no rainfall this time of year. but man have we been so chilly for the entire month downtown san francisco, august 8, 70 degrees that's it. first couple of days of september won't get there. we'll stay chilly for a while. temperatures o

kpix 5's joe vazquez is in the news room tonight with new information. joe? >> reporter: the president will make the announcement tuesday that he will the end daca program that protects deferred action for childhood arrivals -- that protects children brought her to the u.s. as children. >> she came to the u.s. when she was 15. she now a community organizer for an activist group that supports immigrant rights. she not surprised the president appears to be stepping back from his earlier words that seemed to support daca. >> we love the dreamers. we love everybody. thank you very much. >> reporter: she said the daca program has afforded her job security and the ability to visit her grandfather in mexico who is on his death bed. >> i was able to see him and say good-bye and be at peace with the fact that he had to move on. and i hate to think about many people who are not going to have that opportunity. >> reporter: 11 republican attorney general gave the president the choice, end the daca program or they will end it. >> bipartisan bills would make daca legal. >>

kpix 5 consumerw >>> well, first it was the gilroy garlic fries. now crabs are coming to bay area mcdonald's. but these crabs are not dungeness. consumerwatch reporter julie watts is live in san jose to explain. julie. >> reporter: yeah, guys. here it is. the new mcdonald's crab sandwich. it's actually getting pretty good reviews from the folks who we've seen who tested it. but it is prompting questions one of which you brought up that dungeness crab issue. the other, why are they unveiling a san francisco style sandwich in san jose? can i have a crab sandwich, please? it's the newest addition to the menu crab sandwich $8 pricy but worth a try for curious locals like our own len ramirez. >> it's a little messy but good. >> reporter: most we spoke with enjoy the snow crab mixed with the mayo blend atop a sourdough bun. >> like a fisherman's wharf crab sandwich? >> i don't know about that. >> it would be better if the crab was larger. >> reporter: it was developed by local mcdonald's operators ars part of the regional favorites program. remember the

here's a look at kpix 5 hi-def doppler radar. you notice a lot of activity offshore but it's not moving from west to east. it's moving from southwest to northeast. that's critical for at least the next six hours that will keep the rainfall in the north bay. that said, lake county, mendocino county, north sonoma county and very soon north napa county you're already seeing light rain showers and that may impact your friday evening plans there. but south of the golden gate the rain should hold off until after midnight and it will be light rain at that. temperatures outside on a friday evening, yes, you made it to the weekend. san jose 68 degrees. livermore 68. concord 68. oakland 68. san francisco 62. santa rosa 63. so compared to this time yesterday temperatures are running about 5 to 9 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. overnight tonight with the cloud cover, we stay in the 50s. mountain view in pacifica 56. san francisco 58. livermore low 53. 55 in fremont and san rafael. there's a weak cold front on the way. a lot of activity off

you can watch it right here on kpix 5 followed by a special edition of kpix 5 news. >>> we are a civil country, and we don't just bump your other pets. but we're doing it to our horses. >> inside california's horse auctions as one group fights to save them from slaughter. we find out how easy it is for a horse to get lost in the system. a kpix 5 undercover exclusive. >> and a big boulder move. the heavy equipment brought into the devil's slide construction site. >> this is typically the heart of our rainy season, not this year. 40 of the past 43 days have either been partly or mostly sunny including today. how long do we stay sunny? the answer in your forecast, sunny right there, next. yesterday afternoon. investigators say the 14-year-old boy was headed to basketball practice when he was >>> new details tonight about the concord teenager hit by a car yesterday afternoon. investigators say the 14-year- old boy was headed to basketball practice when he was struck crossing solano way. he is now at oakland children's hospital in critical condition. police say the teen was in a crosswalk w