andria borba, kpix 5. >> we appreciate it. thank you. >>> a bay area web hosting company has found itself caught up in the investigation of the el paso shooting tonight. day, apparently, helped with the posting of the alleged gunman's hate-filled messages. kiet do has the story. >> reporter: for years, tech companies claimed they are not media companies. they are just platforms, delivering content to their users, and whatever their users do is their business. now, public opinion has shifted and there is more public pressure for these companies to do more. at first, it looks like cloudflare would set this debate out, saying they were just a neutral utility service, but by early sunday morning, ceo matthew prince had made the decision to cut off 8chan from the security protections cloudflare provides. 8chan went down shortly after. in a blog post, the ceo said the website was a "cesspool of hate." >> he realizes what he is aiding to some degree, this kind of rhetoric. >> reporter: matt cabot is an associate professor of cyber se

what has changed since kpix 5 brought you one historic broadcast? >> we drank a lot of beer. >> plus one of the niners' new superstars goes down. will nick bosa be ready for the regular season? >>> when it comes to cops, nothing is more expensive than an accident. >> how captain sully sullen burger is trying to prevent any more close calls. >> how long we stay chilly and breezy. a tiny rain chance for one part of the bay area and a warm up back to the 90s. lots to talk about. hang out for 7 minutes, i'll have it for you coming up. >>> we are continuing to follow that breaking news at san jose state right now. chopper 5 live over the scene. police investigating a possible threat. a report of a person with a gun near spartan plaza. we've seen a big police presence there on alert. one alert went out to the community telling them to shelter in place and stay out of that area, spartan plaza. school is not in session yet, so there are a limited number of people on campus right now. >>> switching gears now to sports. the count down is on to our coverage of

. >>> the new kpix 5 news at 7:00 starts now on fire watch. good evening i am elizabeth cook. >> we discussed new details on it. calling it the spirit fire, it now covers 10 to 12 acres. it is about 60% contained. forward progress has been stop. crews responded on a ridge west of fairfax, in marin county. crusade that the evacuation warning that was in effect for rental santa margarita east was rented lifted. >>> a wild chase along more than 30 miles of east the bay area freeways. >> we are live at the chp headquarters. >> reporter: can, elizabeth behind me the freeway is moving. this was not the case for a good chunk of this afternoon while the chp investigated. hours of freeway backup. this can be blamed on this. a chase that ended on westbound 580 with the suspect vehicle wedged between a transit bus and a concrete center divider. according to the chp, they got word from officers in the stockton area that the silver and paulette was driving erratically. chp officers try to pull the car over, but the driver evaded them and the chase was on.

. >> the new kpix 5 news at 7:00 p.m. starts right now with surveillance video following a brutal stabbing at a gas station. good evening. >> neighbors say it is part of a troubling trend. the attack happened at a shell station at east hamilton. off of highway 17. kpix 5's len ramirez is there for us tonight. . >> reporter: neighbors say the stabbing that took place early this morning is pattern of violence that is hitting this neighborhood. surveillance video shows it stabbing incident at gas station at 1:20 a.m. in the morning. the victim can be seen getting jumped. moments later suspects are seen getting into a vehicle and speeding away. the victim calls out to the gas station attendant for help. moments later the victim is seen gathering paper towels from the windshield washing station to soak up his own blood as the attendant calls 911. >> suspect stabbed the victim multiple times. the suspect had a couple other people in the car with him and they all fled the scene. >> the victim was treated for multiple stab wounds

in san francisco, wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> some flyers with racist and anti-immigrant messages were scattered around san jose state university today. on the first day of classes no less. kemp is officials say they are aware of the flyers being posted at other universities around the country as well. they say the content was not considered criminal, and at sdsu they were immediately removed. >> we are denouncing the messages of bigotry and exclusion. we strongly doubt that. we also want to reinforce and state and remind everyone of our core values of our institution which is diversity. >> reporter: >>> also tonight, a 12 year old boy has been arrested in alameda accused of setting the woodstock playground on fire. this happened july 13th. authorities collected evidence at the scene and then reviewed nearby surveillance video. then, they arrested the boy at his school. cited him up for arson and released him to his family. officials say damage to that playground is in excess of $200,000. >>> homeowners and high risk fire zones are now scrambling to find insurance some insurance compan

in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> the suspect accused of murdering a man in a livermore parking lot has been captured south of sacramento. police believe 30-year-old john shot and killed a man early this morning near the livermore walmart. investigators remain on scene for hours blocking off the area to shoppers. police believe he and the victim were both transients who lived in a nearby creek, and that the violence was a part of a long-running dispute >> they knew each other, it was a feud that went down between the two of them that led to the suspect pulling the firearm and shooting. >> he was captured in oak grove this afternoon and we brought back to livermore to face murder charges. >>> fire crews and contra costa county getting control of a fast-moving grass fire that forced some residents to flee their homes. the winds fueled a 58 acre fire outside of a rural town of oakley and burned two buildings. nearly 5000 people lost power as a precautionary measure by pg&e. the crews had to call in air tankers to fight the blaze. forward progress has been stopped and the evacuations ha

. >> and the new kpix 5 news at 7:00 p.m. starts now with details on a tragging ride share crash. -- tragic ride share crash. police say it was a man in a stolen car that slammed into a lyft. a woman in the back seat was killed and kpix 5's andria borba reports police decided to end the pursuit minutes before the crash. >> reporter: that's right. the crash happened two and a half miles from where i am oic didn't take long for the suspect to get there and run a red light. late saturday night, officers recognized a stolen 1996 honda accord in this parking lot on duane avenue. they put spike strips under the tires to make an easy arrest. an hour later officers say the 32-year-old got into the vehicle. >> as soon as he did that, the officers activated their lights and approached the vehicle to try stop and detain the suspect. as soon as the lights went on he sped through had parking lot. >> the spike stripes failed. officers decided not to chase ing way too fast. >> our officers within a few seconds of seeing his disregard of saf

wilson working, water, kpix 5. >>> and our collective was destroyed by fire. we have a look at what was lost and asks whether officials have any idea what was going on inside. >> this warehouseabout half a mile away from the ghost ship warehouse. this one is called moxie, i checked the record and it s no one took out any permits to make modifications inside. the city natick never gave approval to the operator to divide the warehouse into small studio spaces. the fire broke out around 6:20 this morning, at 23rd avenue. fire officials said the artist collective printed out studio spaces to 37 artist into buildings. the fire destroyed the building that housed about 10 studios. >> there's a lot of hidden fire in the warehouse, it was two stories and it collapsed. >> they show us pictures of what it looks like. and oakland building engineer tells me anytime you divide up the warehouse, you need building permits and inspections to check for egress. the city database shows no permits were pulled since moxie took over the warehouse in 2014. >> we did hire additional i

.>>> the new kpix 5 news at 7 starts right now with jury deliberations underway on the ghost ship warehouse trial. >> the wait for a verdict is now on. julia goodrich is in the courthouse in oakland tonight. >> reporter: at the defendant has spent more than 2 1/2 years behind bars, and now their fate is in the hands of the jury. the victim's family members say all they've ever wanted was accountability. the trial is over, but for these families, it doesn't end the pain.>> this is extreme pain brought on to families, extreme. we are condemned for life with the loss of wonderful people. >> and now they wait, wait for a verdict.>> it's nerve-racking , the but you just have to wait and hope for the best. >> i just have to have blind faith in the jury. >> the defense of the prosecutions final rebuttal today lacked professionalism with their emotional tirade.>> the emotional tirade is the last refuge of a dying cause. he screamed at the jury, he paced up and down, he yelled, he gestured. >> jurors must now decide whether the defendants are responsible for involuntary manslaughter, in the deaths o

. >>> the new kpix 5 news at 7:00 starts right now. thousands of people in northern california told to get out now because of a big wildfire in shasta county. good evening. >> as you can see, the fire is now burning down homes. it broke out in redding. so far this new fire has burned at least 280 acres. 820acres, that is. crews have struggled all afternoon to get a hold testify. in the last couple hours, the aerial assault was stepped way up as conditions start to turn in their favor. that super tanker now dumping tens of thousands of gallons of retardant to try to keep the flames out of nearby neighborhoods. you a few moments ago, cal firs the fire has slowed and the flames have decreased on the ground northeast of redding right now. >> reporter: the fire fight was in full swing with ground crews and air crews hitting the mountain fire hard. but it also left several scrambling to get out of the way of the flames. the fire is getting very close to homes on the hill side behind me. you see the helicopters and planes doing everything the

live at cal, kpix 5. >>> this is xo x truffles on columbus avenue, behind the bars you could see him and his in san francisco. yesterday it was a different story as the owner got attacked. >> reporter: surveillance video shows the moments before the attack. the mott man walks in with a large bag. he tells him he has to leave. after a few words are exchanged, they walk out the door. the shop owner trips and falls. >> he jumped on me and he got me in a headlock. i was suffocating. >> reporter: he says that he recognize the attacker because he had been sleeping on the sidewalk earlier in the day. he was in a chokehold struggling to breathe he says that only a few people stopped to watch. but nobody stepped in right away. >> i was screaming for help. because he had me really good. >> his hero is his own 13-year- old son. he made who were sitting down, the customers were telling me not to do anything. they were telling me to put down the bat and stuff. i decided to kind of hold it up. i was trying to aim for his head or for his ribs and stuff. and i think when he saw that i was getting re

. >>> kpix news at 7 starts right now and good evening. we begin with that brazen attack on san francisco's waterfront. the violent struggle at the front door of a woman's apartment building. this comes i need them amid a heated debate amid plans for a new homeless shelter. >> the attack happened right behind me here on beale street as a woman was trying to walk into her apartment building they actually had someone sitting at a security desk, she said that this is a harbinger of things to come for this neighborhood. >> she says she is ready to move out of her home at six years at the watermark, after this violent attack by what she describes as a mentally disturbed man early sunday morning. she said it started with a semi- calm conversation, then took a terrifying turn. when the man claimed the building security guard was a robot. >> he asked me to open the door for him so he could get into the building. and kill her, so he could earn my trust. >> she said he then demanded her keys, wallet and phone, throwing her to the ground as she fough

. >> the new kpix news at 7:00 starts now. with for the rest of a neighbor accused of spray painting racially charged graffiti on his luck. >> let's get right back to ondrea who is live for us on this. >> reporter: well it was a surprise to neighbors in that neighborhood. they thought it may have warranted a hate crime charge. took this afternoon cleanup was the main thing in bay point. while those cleaning up graffiti laced with racist slurs are asking a single question, why no hate crime charges in this case. >> i would think it would be. it could be a black person or white person or whoever did it. but it is still hateful.>> if he was bold enough to say that word and put it on people's houses, then he should be able to take the weight of the repercussions. took this reaction after their neighbor alton brown was arrested on the court last night. he is facing three felony vandalism charges but no hate crime charge tacked on. >> the office of the sheriff does not tolerate hate or bias related crimes. mr. brown has a personal r

coming up, how long the chilly weather last on the kpix news at 7 pm. from the couldn't be prouders to the wait did we just win-ners. everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. mix with unlimited, and switch it up at anytime so you only pay for what you need. it's a different kind of wireless network designed to save you money. save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. plus get $250 back when you pre-order a new samsung note. click, call or visit a store today. >>> construction workers paving the way for a smooth road ahead in san jose. >> we look at the massive repaving project underway.man, the rumble -- the oil -- the steam, can only mean one thing. for san jose taxpayers, it's christmas in august. >> you are like santa clause out here. >> yes we are. san jose is like santa clause. spending the taxpayers money in the residential areas. a lot of people really appreciate it. >> reporter: the crew from mck services, are working at a rapid pace, paving 1100 feet

. >> during this back-to-school week the kpix 5 morning team has you covered each day, highlighting issues affecting students. tomorrow's topic is preventing bullying. one bay area principal has a unique way to fight the problem . that is tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. >>> a lot of folks heading back to school and are grateful they can still whether some are close because it has been so warm. >> at least for the first week. it is going to be a warm one and we will get some relief. that it will be the weekend and hopefully you will be going to school for the numbers tomorrow will be near the triple digits for inland areas, even tonight it continues warm. the numbers in san francisco 68 degrees, but in san santa rosa it is 83. in concorde it is 90. inland tomorrow it is going to be near 100 degrees. a sea breeze will keep things mild by the shoreline. we don't get a break in line until friday when things cool down. low clouds not to the rescue. they will form overnight but they are fairly inexpensive and then they burn off early in the day, so that is not much in the way of relief tonigh

we'll have another update at 8:55 right here on kpix 5. news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms as well as our website kpix.com. introducing togo's new hot chicken sandwiches. the brewpub chicken with grilled chicken, crispy smokehouse bacon, and fresh avocado. the new buffalo chicken with frank's redhot wings sauce. or the tangy barbecue chicken with chipotle mayo. the new hot chicken trio at togo's. how far would you go for a togo? >>> good morning here at 8:27 we are continuing to track that breaking news. let's take a live look out to the nimmets freeway. you are pretty much at a full stop. northbound on nimmets. this backup goes all the way super south. let's take a look. the your drive speeds are up to 10 miles an hour. you can just crawling along. any of those options is going to be a better way to go. the picture for the bay arebeer. >>> it is a breezy and gray start to the day along the coast and for parts of the bay even some of our inland locations as well. we're going to continue with breezy conditions with w

. >>> this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >>> good morning it's 7:26 i'm kenny choi. one person is dead after a fiery car crash on u.s. 1. at 3:30 a.m. two people were taken to the no wd yet on when 101 will be back open fully. >>> a big rig crash on an alameda county freeway. it happened just before 11:00 last night. where eastbound 580 meets southbound 680. and there's a growing push to boycott fitness gyms equinox and soulcycle because the gym chain's owner is holding a fundraiser for trump's re-election campaign tomorrow. the companies are not involved with the fundraiser. >>> we'll have news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms including our website kpix.com. >>> good morning here it's 7:28. continuing to track this severe traffic alert out of the south bay this morning. or into rather. taking a look at our live maps as you are approaching san jose south of 85 backed up all the way now to morgan hill. your reroute is to take monterey road. it should be open in the next 15 minutes. >>> it's a gray start to the day along the bay and parts of the co

thanks for joining us this morning for kpix 5 news this morning. cbs this morning is coming up next. >>> good morning to our viewers in the west and welcome to "cbs this morning." massive, online fraud bust. a global manhunt is under way after 80 people are indicted and more than a dozen arrested in one of the largest internet fraud cases in u.s. history. who was targeted in the multimillion dollar scheme? >>> caribbean hotel killing. an eyewitness who was one of the first on the scene tells us what he says he saw in the struggle between a resort worker and the american who killed him, claiming he was defending his family. >>> sinking island. why dozens of people are refusing to leave a piece of coastal louisiana before it disappears under ocean waves. >>> and taylor sounds off. pop star taylor swift releases her new album overnight and tells "cbs sunday morning" why she has always been doubted in ways that men never are. >>> it's friday, august 23rd, 2019. here is today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> at least 80 people already arreste

. >>> this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> it 7:56. a firefighter is recovering from heat exhaustion this morning after battling this fire in the san jose hills. flames burned along santa teresa boulevard near bailey avenue, and it raced up the dry hillsides yesterday. >>> mountain view's new school shares the name with a man who came to the bay area as an undocumented immigrant. the school district chose josi antonio vargas. he went on to become a reporter for "the washington post." >>> transamerica pyramid may soon be up for full sale for the first time ever. the business times reporting the deal could bring in $600- $625 million. >>> we'll have news updates throughout the day on your favorite platforms, including our website. it is kpix.com. >>> a couple accident in play at 7:57. let's get to the overall map so i can show you where the trouble spots are and you can get a gauge of how long this is going to take you. east oak freeway is pretty much slow and go towards the maze. there is a stall, but that's in the eastbound direction o

. >>> this is a kpix 5 news morning update. >> it's 7:26 i'm kenny choi. san jose police are investigating a hit and run that killed a man near sjsu's main campus this morning. the man was found dead near the king library around 2:45 this morning. traffic is expected to be blocked at 4 lieutenant and san fernando streets until around 8:00 a.m. . >> police are searching for a suspected arsonist behind a string of fires in the past two days. it someone set her to the car on fire while she was sleeping inside. >> today the city's department of transportation will launch a new three year paving plan. about 100 miles of city streets will be smooth and have new pavement. for news throughout the day kpix.com. >>> good morning here at 7:28. let's check in from your real time traffic center on your travel times this morning. no longer in the green anywhere. you are in the yellow. however, in the red on the east shore freeway slowing things down as well as highway 4 right in the red. pretty much the same thing across the san mateo bridge with those foggy skies. >>>