In on san jose street racers. Are inherently more popular racing spots, this is santa teresa and Bailey Avenue in south san jose. Previously officers could only go after the racers themselves, but this new law now makes spectators fair game. They say that you have been warned. This is never before seen aerial footage of a street race in san jose on highway 101. You can see how a line of cars and work in tandem to block the traffic while another spins donuts. In another clip at jackson street in downtown san jose the sideshow takes over the intersection as onlookers record the scene on their phones. Lieutenant christina luwawu cabarrot says though spectators often use their bodies to block patrol cars from getting to the scene. Knowing there would be few consequences. Sometimes it becomes violent in the sense that you start the rocks or bottles of. So it is frustrating but im hoping that now with this ordinance, that that will obviously put people on warning. Reporter this week the new street racing spectator law went into effect making it unlawful for any person to be knowingly present as a spectator at a street race on a public street or highway or well preparations are being made for a street race. These are people actively in the roadway, actively videotaping or, egging on the people that are doing racing as a side to activity, walking in traffic for putting in barricades. Various other activities that we can specifically identify that put them there at the scene. Reporter San Jose Police are getting trained on the new law and a big push to begin enforcement starts tonight. On any given night there are 20 30 specially trained officers who can gather in socalled red teams short for racing enforcement detail to go after racers and spectators. Three teens are dead and another in the hospital after a horrific crash in san jose. Reporter once more the department is also launching this Public Service announcement to educate the public about the new law. The fine is up to 1000 or six months in jail. As the tagline says about watching a street race, it is not worth it. As for any racing spectator who thinks they can slip away . There is always another day. We have ways of tracking people down. Especially for egregious crimes. Just know that in another time, that we will eventually catch up. Reporter and san jose kiet do kpix5. Cannot be within 200 feet of a street race and the law also applies even if the street race or sideshow occurs in a publicly accessible parking lot that is on private property. Stop top stories we are following, three people are being praised for helping the victims of each mall shooting in san bruno. Two army staff surgeons and a recruiter inside the tanforan mall yesterday when shots rang out. One used his shirt to stop one victim from bleeding until First Responders arrived. A possible solution to the sfo rideshare gridlock solution. Traffic backs up on millbrae avenue and old short. These people are lyft and uber drivers need to make pickups at the airport. Sfo agreed to open a new waiting area for rideshare drivers in north of the airport to ease traffic. Reporter the social media outage has been affecting a facebook, instagram, whatsapp and twitter for hours worldwide. Recently loading on instagram began working for some. Facebook who owns most of the digital platforms affected says issues began during one of their routine maintenance operations. White nationalist has been sentenced to the seven 2017 melee. William scott cleaner was the only supremacist charged in the incident that injured at least 14 people. Today he was sentenced to four years in state prison. He pleaded no contest back in april. Sacramento county prosecutors say that he not a defenseless person unconscious with a pole during a fight between members of a White Nationalist group and antifascist counter protesters. Las vegas Police Confirmed they fire a better veteran officer who froze in a hallway during a 2017 mass shooting. Officer Cordell Hendricks said that he was terrified with fear as the gunman killed 58 people from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay casino resort. Body camera video had shown hendricks, a rookie officer and three Hotel Security officers waiting on the 31st for as the gunmen shot from a above. , they now say hendricks was fire back in march. But the union is reportedly fighting to get him reinstated. Meantime, a new lawsuit blames the makers of the military sold rifles used in the attack and the dealers who sold them for the vegas shooting. The parents of 31yearold victim Carrie Parsons says the power of those weapons was the only reason it was possible for a gunman to fire deadly shots from so far away. No comment from the companies. In alabama, a District Attorney is dismissing manslaughter charges against a woman who lost her unborn baby when she was shot during a fight. Marshae jones was five months pregnant with another woman shot her in december. Jones was arrested after a grand jury concluded she intentionally caused the death of her fetus. Today, a District Attorney decided to drop the charges saying that it wasnt in the best interest of justice to pursue prosecution. The trump administrations abortion restrictions are in limbo once again the ninth Circuit Court of appeals will take another look at a ruling that sided with the administration. The rules would have banned tax of payer funded clinics for making abortion referrals. It would also prohibit clinics that receive federal money from sharing office space with abortion providers. Now, an 11 member panel judges will reconsider the case. California has become the first day to the crown act. Any prohibit grooming policies that ban certain natural styles, chdreadlocks, or cornro no more can businesses, schools, organizations and the state of california and hopefully more, they can no longer refuse employment, or in minutes into school because of your natural hair. That is locks, braids, etc. Which means i can bring myself, day in and day out to work. Supporters of the law says that the acronym stands for creating a respectful and open workplace for natural hair. The bay area has 78 new citizens this evening. We were there for the naturalization ceremony today. For immigrants from different countries, this was held at the uss museum in alameda. Some say they are pretty exciting to be celebrated the fourth of july as u. S. Citizens. I am very happy in this country, i have been very successful for my financial position. It feels great to have my family, they are thrilled to bits. U. S. Citizenship and immigration officials is a they are welcoming more than 7000 new citizens in nearly 110 naturalization ceremonies from july 1st through july 5th. And a special fourth of july arrival this afternoon underneath the golden gate bridge. A french container ship greeted by a couple of fibers shooting water from their cannons. The ceremony was a show of International Unity between the u. S. And france. Coming up, the carpool lane, not an option when your passenger is not alive. Wait until you see here what a hearse driver said when he got pulled over. And that growl doesnt wasnt just in the washing machine on the fritz. This bear causes a whole lot of damage in one california mens laundry room. Coming up at 6 we may look forward to the fourth of july but dogs do not. More and more pet owners have a method they are turning to to calm their pets nerves. In from the live news desk im a Palo Alto Police asking for your help try to identify a man who attempted to assault a woman in broad daylight. Now this happened last monday, and police just released the surveillance video. You can see this guy walking, just moments after the incident. He allegedly jumped out of his car, try to assault a woman who was walking on university avenue, this obviously was after dark, not during the day. He then fled after she fought him off and what is being described as a 2012 white audi sedan. Police are describing this guy as hispanic, or possibly polynesian. Between the ages of 23 and 30 years old. If you seem this guy, give the Palo Alto Police department a call. The live news desk i am ken bastida. Fire crews in Northern Kentucky have been busy trying to contain a massive fire that destroyed a gym been warehouse. Jim bean warehouse. You see this massive flames is running across the structure, the facility was filled with about a 45,000 or 45 barrels of bourbon. The fire started just before midnight, and then the fire spread quickly to another, creating a wall of flames. Fortunately no one was hurt, but local fire crews essay this may have been sparked by lightning. In nevada, a driver takes using the carpooling lane to a whole new level. In fact, the socalled passenger didnt even have a pulse. A funeral home worker was apparently transporting a corpse on interstate 15 when a state trooper pulled him over. I tell you what, i will give you a warning today, but i will warn you, will hov lane is pretty heavy today. He is not with us anymore, but, for yeah, for that i will give you a warning. Alright. Well, as you heard the officer there, nice enough to let him off with just a warning. And, in case you are wondering, in addition to dead people, pets and animals also do not count as additional occupants. Nice try. Trip to the city of oakland has given the green light to a handful of companies to drop off thousands of electric scooters on its streets. Byrd, lime, and lyft can each deploy up to 1000 scooters. Meanwhile a relative newcomer to the game only has up to 500 e scooters. The green light from the city comes as officials realize more e scooters mean fewer cars on the road. Oaklands to permanent transportation estimates four out of every 10 scooter trips would have been taken any motor vehicle. What you feed your dog can make them seriously ill and certain brands might be linked to heart disease. According to a report from the fda, the agency is probing a potential link between certain diets and canine heart disease. The two topped foods made with grain for your nonmeat ingredients may also be a reason. 16 pet food brands were identified in more than 500 cases a. If a dog show signs of decreased energy, coughing, or difficulty breathing, pet owners are urged to call their vet. For more information on dog food brands you can head to our website at kpix. Com. Meanwhile the cdc is investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to take your dog treats. So far 45 cases been reported across 13 states. Dog owners are advised to stay healthy while feeding their dogs and are asked to take extra care around children. The cdc is conducting more investigations into the outbreak. So nobody likes doing laundry. I like it when it is done. But laundry poses a more serious problem for one North Carolina known california man. The bear that got in this mans way. Reporter the Fire Department got this call i didnt know what to expect. This isnt something they usually deal with. So what do you bring to a call about a bear . Will they tell me they brought most of their normal stuff an ax, a sledgehammer and some rope. You never know what you might need in this situation. The first thing i saw was this is amazing, i have a black bear in my house. Reporter ken morris has quite a story to tell, a black bear breaking into his laundry room, destroying everything around him. You can see the bear stretching all the way to the ceiling, which he says is more than seven feet tall. Washing machine tipped over, the hoses pops, way to set up the water, electricity and gas. Reporter this is one of the strangest overnight calls the fire chief has gotten over 33 years. Number one how big is the bear and two how are we going to get out of there . This is not something we deal with on a daily basis. Reporter they all shine the flashlight in the bears eyes to stop it from spotting them because the second they did not do it, the bear came charging. . I thought it was coming to the window. I took a picture with my camera right before that happened and you can see him making his pace towards me. It was all breathtaking, to say the least. Youre looking right at the bears face. Anna giles reporting. Later on the bear was set free and ran off into the woods. Check back in with paul deanno. He has got our fourth of july forecast, no bears in the forecast. No. Hopefully some fireworks . You may have to bear with the fireworks when i pick up ski had to do it. We have some low cloud cover and fog returning to San Francisco. It is such a contrast from the absolute lack of cloud cover we have had at the golden gate right now. It isnt enough just to the west, but it is not over the bridge, not over the golden gate it self. He likely will be this time tomorrow night. Concord 86, santa rosa 85, your highs today san jose 78, oakland 71, San Francisco 66. I snuck another temperature and there, is amazing what is going on in alaska right now. Anchorage almost sending an all time record high today, 81 degrees. It was warmer in anchorage, alaska than it was in san jose. It will be warmer than the entire bay area tomorrow where it is forecasted to have the highest temperature ever recorded in modern history, 87 is the forecast for anchorage tomorrow. Mid 50s for us tonight, vallejo 56, Mountain View 55, santa rosa 50. Youll be the cool spot. Interesting with our microclimates not every spot in the bay area has its warmest month in july. Most of the country does. Livermore does, san jose does in santa rosa and sonoma, the warmest month is august and of course in San Francisco where it is still mighty brisk in the summertime. September is the warmest month there. We do microclimates better than any other place in the country. Pollen can be this pretty bad this time of the year, it is not right now between a 35 as we get to the weekend. Good news there if youre an allergy sufferer it is not as widespread as it was a few weeks ago. We will have widespread tomorrow night, low cloud cover and fog here is the reason why. Lowpressure area making his closest pass to us. Less rain for the northwest today than yesterday but as it scoots out it is diving more to the south and making a close pass which is increasing the onshore flow or will tomorrow. It also will deepen or thicken the marine layer. Getting it a better push from the ocean moving into the bay area tomorrow. We will see more widespread cloud coverage and then at lunchtime clouds are gone and should be a beautiful afternoon to get outside for all the parades, maybe an early dinner or barbecue celebration with your family. It is tomorrow evening where there is the issue, your company low cloud cover earlier than any other day this week. The low cloud cover will roll in tomorrow. Of course, friday, july 5th here comes a ridge of High Pressure giving is a northwest wind pattern which is slightly warmer and the warmest weather will have over the next week will be friday and saturday. Fog returns near the water tonight during the day sunny and mild but clouds like me for the fireworks. San francisco and the coastline only, the rest of the bay should be clear. Request average tomorrow, san jose three degrees cooler than average. 82 degrees in redwood city. 75 milpitas 76. July 4th and danville, there are the chairs, they should not be but they probably are. 83 degrees and danville. Pittsburgh and antioch and the mid 80s, 80 in novato, 70 for oakland, 68 and sausalito. Santa rosa 85 degrees and lakeport 89 degrees for our nations birthday tomorrow. Friday and saturday slightly warmer by 57 degrees but temper near the water. Cool down rather abruptly with more widespread cloud cover and stay pretty close to average for the first half of next week. I do not want to say it is a bad forecast because it will be beautiful most afternoons but we will be dealing with the low cloud cover tomorrow night in San Francisco. That is your forecast. Im sure we will enjoy it. Like paul was just saying, coming up, stake out your spot. Those early birds going for a position at one of the bay areas most popular fourth of july parades. When a person is released from prison, they can come back into a world that has changed dramatically. A lot. Cell phones, email, trying to find housing it can be overwhelming. Tonights jefferson award winner has taken on the task of running a Bay Area Program to help those socalled lifers. Reenter society. And for years it has been a success. How many people are new . Reporter joe calderon leads the discussion at the pier entryway navigator worker network. These are recent and meet or lifers who meet monthly at the Mission StreetParole Office in San Francisco. The network provide services and peer support to help each other Reenter Society and stay out of jail and prison. Keeps me humble, it keeps me grateful and it puts me at a place where i can actually thrive. Reporter every person here has been to decades behind bars. For crimes ranging from aggravated robbery to murdew t parole hearings that they are getting out of prison and they wanted to have a support system available for them. Reporter the pier reentry Navigator Network is the passion of martin figaro or fig as he is known. A San Francisco parole agent supervisor who admits he had doubts whether or not it would work. He was put in chant charge of rolling it out nine years ago. I was one of those guys who never believed in redemption. Reporter parolees had their doubts too. They cannot believe we were trying to rehabilitate them to really really help them go back to being successful in the community. Reporter but figueroa and his team stay true to the mission. Providing valuable life skills like money management, job placement, and Addiction Recovery support. They have served a 700 parolees and an amazing 95 of stayed have stayed out of jail. Parole administrator Steve Leonard credit the commitment. He looks out for other people, he deeply cares about what he does. If you do a good job rehabilitating your protecting the community, they are not separate. Reporter joe calderon could not agree more. My life will be amends to my victim and anyone and everyone i have heard. Reporter providing a way for former inmates to provide to get life skills as they are the correctional system, this weeks jefferson award goes to martina figueroa. He told me that he actually gives each parolee his cell phone number so they can reach out to him personally if they have any problems. You can nominate your local hero for a jefferson award online. Kpix. Com underneath the hero time. Still ahead at 6 the crackdown on drug use as part, which also means the crackdown on time spent in the bathroom. A contra costa he town is getting ready for one of the bay areas most popular fourth of july parades. In fact it just a couple of minutes locals can set up their chairs to reserve space along the parade route. We found some enthusiastic folks showing up early, but they had to stay close to their belongings since the city warned unattended items would be confiscated before six. We have a man down our fort for our entire family to see the parade in the morning. It is an awesome tradition. I like to say we want the best rate in the country. This years theme is a liberty the american legions 100 anniversary. The parade starts at 9 a. M. Tomorrow. That is it for the news and 5. Kpix5 news at 6 begins right now with ken bastida and veronica de la cruz. Now trumps we do some checking around were the only places to buy works in the bay area. The strict rules of that are not always being followed. In the midst of a shooting chaos in san bruno, two heroes saved the day. How their Army Training kicked into high gear. And barter riders put on notice. There is now a time limit when using the bart restrooms. Kpix5 news at 6 begins now is firework sales. I am veronica de la cruz. I am ken bastida. Fireworks are illegal in most cities, but there is one place still selling them, legally. We have someone live in gilroy on the rules of these firework stands or what they are supposed to follow. Reporter there are a lot of supposedly strict rules of four selling fireworks here in the city of gilroy. One of the most important ones is that they are supposed to check ids to make sure that somebody doesnt come in from out of town thomas a san jose, to buy fireworks and take them back to san jose to shoot them off or they are illegal. That is the way it is supposed to work but we found it is not always the case. Firework sales draw a crowd as you get close to the fourth of july and some of these buyers left with big boxes. One customer came in for something small. I work in gilroy but live in san jose so when i was driving to work i thought i could get fireworks and just do them in the backyard with the kids. Reporter but under the terms of a sellers permit, she should not have been allowed to buy the fireworks. They are not allowed to s