People been accessing the area from the residential streets on wellworn pads via bike, on foot and even electric scooter. Homelessness isnt just a caltrain issue it is a societal issue. Reporter they say they are well aware of the situation and have mobilized crews on their hotspot program. They will clear out vegetation and install iron fencing in the area. Earlier this year caltrain announced it would be donating the use of their property and the freeways in a Pilot Program for homeless navigation centers. Now, today caltrans announced they are taking it up a notch. We are going be on that now with a new program. We are actually offering jobs, Employment Positions to the homeless that can make it through their local Service Program and then we will help guide them into state service, if they wanted to take a job with caltrain. We are Bridge Builders and we want to help them bridge into the next rage of their life. Reporter as for pg e a spokesperson tells kpix5 that they are also aware of the cameras on the property and they are working with local governments and agencies to address the issue. In san jose, kiet do kpix5. Today isis confirm ice confirming reports they plan to start mass arrest of a document of families as soon as sunday. The news is parking fear around the bay area. California democrats condemned the move and are urging communities to be prepared and to know their rights under the law. I am ken bastida at the live news desk. Not just fear but action right now. Portions of simpson street, in San Francisco, being blocked off by protesters. This is right around the isa building, the headquarters here on samson, in the city. You can see traffic is being diverted by some of the protesters and also by some city police who have shown up. Oad mayolibby schaaf, and both San Francisco mayor london breed are saying that local police will not help with these raids. Just a while ago the rates of families, this looks to be sort of a wild catch street closure. Again, blocking simpson street in front of the ice office there right at washington. So, that protest can get underway. This is happening in 10 different cities across the country, including here in downtown San Francisco. Live news desk i am ken bastida, back to you. Also a big day today for the ghost ship trial defense team. They rested their case and day four of testimony from key defendant derick almena. Almenas attorney, tony serra, says he was pleased with his clients testimony and cross examination. He says he believes jurors will find reasonable doubt in the case. A bill not heading to Gavin Newsoms desk was supposed to help cover claims for future wildfire caused by utility equipment. A gives california utilities two options. Either a fund financed by a bond sale or a combination of bonds with matching contributions to the utilities themselves. The bill, also links pay for executives at utilities to their safety performance. Police and Contra Costa County say they have arrested a man wanted for scrawling racially insensitive graffiti. The graffiti was discovered in san ramon sunday on several commercial buildings and at an atm machine near crow canyon road. San ramon Police ReleasedVideo Surveillance of the suspect. 18yearold jacob lee, today he turned himself in to police. His bail has been set at 40,000. Two people are under arrest after a highspeed chase near the airport. An airport spokesperson says officers followed a stolen car as it sped by terminal a, international arrivals, and eventually terminal b. It crashed near southwest expressway. No one was hurt, officers looking for a third person who was in the car but got away the chase had started at center and telly road. The faa says a plane stolen for the watsonville airport crash leaving no survivors. Video should the plane taxiing towards the runway for june 26, the owner reported self stolen the next day. The faa determined the plane crashed a few miles off the coast of the santa cruz mountains. Coast guard canvassed the area but cannot find evidence of a crash. Police believe the suspect is 64yearold hugo mar, he tried to reserve the plane the day it was stolen but was denied. Detectives found his car abandoned at the airport and his family reported him missing july 1st. And palo alto, one man is behind bars after police say he attacked another man with a skateboard. Police a 38yearold tristan mackroth approached a passerby off of University Avenue yesterday morning, he allegedly punched the victim and it hit him in the stomach with a skateboard before running away. Officers later located mackroth nearby and booked him into the county jail. The victim suffered minor injuries and will be okay. Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein putting up a proposal to try to get the billionaire out on bond. Today, they said he should be helped held in home attention at his 77 million mansion in manhattan, that would allow him to remain out of jail ahead of his bail hearing. The multimillionaire is accused of running a sex trafficking enterprise involving underage girls and that is in florida and new york. Epstein pleaded not guilty. His bail hearing is scheduled for monday. In the meantime, former hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein shaking up his legal team. Today, the judge gave permission to change his defense team. This just two months before hi scheduled rape trial is scheduled to begin in new york city, one of his new lawyers is already facing backlash for representing high profile clients accused of sexual House Democrats are ratcheting up their investigations of President Trump and his administration. Today, the Judiciary Committee authorized subpoenas to one dozen people. They include several key players and in special counsel Robert Muellers report. Including the former attorney general jeff sessions, and todays Committee Vote was strictly along party lines. Mueller said to testify before the same committee next week. Center Kamala Harris says if she becomes president she will push to speed of the process of attempted untested kits. By some estimates the nationwide backlog include some 225,000 cases of reported sexual assaults where evidence has not been tested. Harris says she would proposes spending 100 million a year to cut into that backlog. Harris says this in a statement. The federal government can and should prioritize justice for survivors of sex abuse, assault, anbacklog within a year back when she was californias attorney general. Today, President Trump hosted a social media summit at the white house. But some key bay area tech players were not invited. Reporter President Trump invited Republican Leaders and some conservative media organizations to the white house to hear concerns about so called social media bias. Free speech is a bedrock of american life. Our Constitutional Rights must be fiercely protected. And, i want you to know that we will always have your back. Reporter tech giants including the had to facebook or twitter, and google were not invited. The christian ziegler, who runs a Digital Marketing firm was. I have seen a lot of users on the conservative side that have said something not really outrageous, not really over the top, and then boom their entire account gets wiped out. Reporter Michael Beckerman is president of the internet association, a trade group presenting big Tech Companies. There is no bias against conservatives on social media. There is no set of platforms are probably in the history of the world, where more voices can reach people without filter. Reporter President Trump has more than 60 million followers on twitter, that he has accused the site of making it hard for supporters to follow him. Social media is a place where he is rather popular, but in the Mainstream Media he struggles, often times, with negative stories. I think some of this is lashing out at that, and i think some of this is also him trying to rally the people who are very supportive of him online. Reporter in a tweet on thursday the president hinted at possible action against socials certain social Media Companies for dishonesty, bias, discrimination, and suppression. Saying in part we will not let them get away with it much longer. Just this week President Trump suffered his only loss against twitter. A federal Appeals Court ruled the president can no longer block people on his twitter feed overstatements he does not like. Ironically twitter went down, 45 minutes before the president s summit was set to begin. Big Tech Companies were already underneath intense scrutiny from antitrust concerns. Amazon is a Global Leader in the use of Artificial Intelligence and robots, but now the online giant is making an investment in the human workforce. Amazon says it will spend 700 million to help boost the skill set of 100,000 workers by 2025. It is launching programs like Machine Learning university for onsite training, and Amazon Technical Academy for Software Engineer roles. Creating great jobs means that people can have a career that is more than just the job they enter. We have deployed about 200,000 robots at the same time weve added 300,000 people. Amazon says the programs are intended to help employees move up the ranks. The training will be voluntary. A flight takes a frightening turn, new passenger accounts of the extreme turbulence that sent people flying into the ceiling. A story of rebirth nearly one year after the devastating campfire tour through bedding. The Fire Department celebrating a baby boom. Mi vocacyoupsre preparing fh weekende ids. This is how driving should feel. The techadvanced nissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. This is nissan intelligent mobility. Today nearly 3 dozen people were injured on a stomach churning air canada flight. The flight from vancouver to sydney, the sudden and severe turbulence over the ocean forcing it to divert to honolulu. Having early in the morning, the oxen job masks drop, screams of panic filled the cabin. The sudden drop, it was the middle of the night so most people were asleep. Some people do not have their seatbelt on and they were the ones who were injured or were in the bathroom. The flight landed safely in hawaii just before 7 a. M. Local time. 35 people suffered minor injuries. They were all taken to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown. Boeing and southwest are being sued by a group of consumers who say the companys colluded to hide what they knew about the safety of the 747 next jet max jet. That suit seeks class action status of for all compies and net bo safety risks long before the planes were grounded. Southwest has vowed to fight the suit which could lead to millions of dollars in refunds. A showdown to overturn San Franciscos vaping band is set in the upcoming elections. This after the coalition for reasonable vaping regulation got enough signatures to certify the Ballot Initiative if it passes, it will allow for the sale of Electronic Cigarettes and were put in place stronger age restrictions, and keep kids and teens from vaping. Last month the San Francisco board of supervisors passed an ordinance banning the sale of Electronic Cigarettes in the city. Two anyone with a sweet tooth may want to listen to this one. The Bay Area Company creating some dairy ice cream but without the cal. An Emeryville Company called perfect today just released the first of its kind ice cream. It contains real dairy, but it is totally animal free. This retreat made from dairy proteins through fermentation. Lactose, that was also nixed from the ingredients of the company is offering three flavors including milky chocolate, and pines will cost you 20. One other thing to make you hungry, one of japanese japans legendary restaurant is set to open its first u. S. Location right here in the bay area. It is known for its Global Concept you have cold noodles on one side that can be dipped into hot robin on the other, the restaurant will have a soft opening this weekend in downtown san mateo. Only going to serve 300 bowls. Lineup, the grand opening is next wednesday. The Fire Department in utz county has a baby boom on its hands. Julie avery report that new life comes after the devastating carr fire. Reporter 12 or bouncing babies, born into the reading Fire Department family in the last year. 12 babies and nine moms. That is right, do the math. Three sets of twins. After the carr fire, after we all went through something emotional we all got together and were telling each other what was happening and we all just kind of figured out that we are pregnant together. Reporter they call it one big family. It is a big a team effort. And, very family oriented, and i think that is one of the real why we love this job and being able to help each other out, family and friends. Reporter but the night of the carr fire barreled into reading they grew even closer. We committed day and night, 24 7 it was hard being pregnant and trying to evacuate everyone trying to get together and helping each other. Reporter their husbands out on the fire line. Six other women pregnant at the time. That night my husband was working and he told me he loved me through text. A lot of us got the text saying we love you very much. Ski fearing the worst. We dont want to be alone raising babies but we have a Good Support Group here so it is amazing. The women and their families, how we are bonded together. Reporter today, nearly one year later, a sign of new life and growth in the form of tiny fingers and toes hope for the future. For the reading fire family. We are going to have a lot of play dates and a lot of little kids and probably tantrums and good times together. One big happy family. That was julia avery reporting. The city is planning to mark the oneyear anniversary of the carr fire july 26 with an event called reading remembers. Will be live music, art, and other activities along the sacrament the river. Sacramento river, as we make our way into fire season there is one part of the bay area where the risk might be greater than ever. We are talking about the east bay health and specifically oakland, which was ravaged by the fire back in 1991. My estimate is the doubling or tripling of the fuel load in this canon. So we dont even have a 30 foot break. Nearly 30 years after the firestorm neighbors essay the danger here has only grown. They say the stage is set for another disaster. I lost my home in 1991, you cannot wait for the calvary or the city or the Fire Department to come save you. That is why some neighbors are taking matters into their own hands. We will show you where the disaster bunkers they have assembled for themselves, and their neighbors. You can see our original report tinderbox in the hills tonight on the new kpix5 news at 7. Coming up, a fair rate a backyard birdfeeder one fearless pup isnt about to let him get away with it. There are moments in life that leave a lasting impression. Like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, warmed by the morning sun. You might remember new flavours, or a view that defies all expectations. These are the memories that stay with you, long after the moments have passed. Every time i take a ride i feel alive with nowhere to go. Im the king of the road. Ya shimmer like gold. Now baby lets ride. We got nothing but time. You get all the reaction. Youre the main attraction. Jeep grand cherokee. Freedom to do it all. A bear in new jersey was caught on camera sneaking food from a birdfeeder at this house. But the neighbors dog decided not on my watch. Watch as it chases this bear away. Wow. The homeowner posted a video to facebook and says that that dog will get a steak dinner the next time he sees him. That there will never be back, he knows who is boss. Bears and dogs are very closely related i think. Related by hunger. Steak dinner for Brian Hackney as well. Okay. It getting hot in the weather center. It is indeed, we have been slaving over a hot weather computer to present this forecast. We will show you the most extensive public works project in california history. It is 6. 5 billion, the eastern span replacement. 6. 5 billion for that. Well, it serves its purpose, that is for sure. Concord 90 degrees today. A couple of degrees warmer than yesterday. Santa rosa 86. Redwood city 81. San jose 80 degrees. Blue skies out there and building highpressure means things are warming up in lender. But, it is also breezy in the coastal regions, and as a result, the coast remains cool. Inland will warm up. And never the twain shall meet until we get an offshore flow which we are not, not with this little episode. And we will be in the mid90s for friday, saturday, and sunday. The coast and bay will remain mild with afternoon breezes around. And then the temperatures speak on saturday with numbers in the mid90s inland. Then things began to cool off on sunday and that cooling trend will continue into early next week if you days of warm weather inland and then a breath of fresh air. Some fun ideas for the weekend if you want to make plans for the stern grove festival. It will be the usual chilly affair. What you expect for the music they pay play there, it is ultra cool at 61 degrees. For the pollen report temperatures, not temperatures but the pollen count will be moderate, not too bad. The latest on Tropical Storm barry, it could be a hurricane of the time we get to friday night and saturday morning. Minimal but they are looking for a lot of rain from it as it gets into the central louisiana region with maybe 70 mile an hour winds. High temperatures in the bay area, nothing to complain about. Close to average, but beginning to not jump above average, concord 91 degrees. In the south bay we have some of plenty. 83 in cupertino, 86 for los gatos, 77 at fremont. Over the east bay we are looking at numbers mostly in the 80s but a little bit warmer than today. You can overbuy fairfield for brentwood and antioch, and pittsburgh. All in the low 90s. If you clouds to start out friday in the north bay and the numbers will be in the 80s. Santa rosa though is a 90 degrees, and so is lakeport all rehave some low he extended clouds of the shoreline are not as expensive and then a warming trend inland. Mid90s into the weekend and by the time we get into early next week, and begin to cool down just a little bit. In the meantime smoking hot. Smoking hot. Still ahead at 6, the city of oakland has began clearing a sprawling homeless encampment near a home depot. While you may not notice much of a difference. Plus, elon musk and the hotseat over dispute involving his flamethrower. The threats he is receiving from the escobar family. Yes, that escobar family. Here is a nice way to spend an afternoon. You can play the piano or simply losing listen to music surrounded by nature. That does sound nice, start today the San Francisco botanical gardens. This year the flower piano festival marking its fifth anniversary. You will be able to check out 12 pianos that we placed in some of the gardens most beautiful locations. The only cost for the nature concert hall experience is the price of regular admission to the garden. Only 19 for a whole family, good deal. That will do it for the news at 5. Kpix5 news at 6 begins now with ken bastida and elizabeth cook. Right now protesters taking to the street in San Francisco and voicing their disapproval of President Trumps ice rates at which they call inhumane. A twoyearold is rushed to the hospital after a hit and run in the north bay. The latest on the toddlers condition and what we know about the suspect. Kpix5 news at 6 starts right now with the threat of ice raids and mass arrests spreading fear in the bay areas immigrant community. Good evening im elizabeth cook. I and can get ken bastida. Live Team Coverage beginning with melissa caen who is live in San Francisco. Reporter we are here at the corner of samson and washington in San Francisco where for about an hour protesters had shut down this stretch of samson in front of one of the entrances to the ice offices here in the city. Of course, as you can hear behind us there is a fire station causing maybe some concerns about their abilities to get to certain events. The police are here, but they werent able to tell us whether or not these folks have permits. What they are demanding is that the white house call off a series of immigration raids that are scheduled to happen as early as the sunday. In the meantime politicians are telling everyone to know your rights. Families belong together, every person in america has rights. These families are hardworking members of