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And a picture of a man at the center of this Police Action in the oak grove section of the city. His name is andrew white and he has been taken into custody for an outstanding felony warrant. They are searching homes but not in connection with the explosive device found at Oak Grove High School earlier in the week. The search going on right now has area of residence wondering when will this all be over . Residence in the san jose neighborhood are frustrated. Friday evening isnt bringing end of week relaxation at home. A lack of information as to the nature of the security perimeter isnt helping matters. They are telling me i still cant go in. I still have my clothes on from yesterday. Reporter the issue started at 6 pm yesterday. Police arrived to serve a search warrant. Neighbors say things quickly escalated when an unidentified man barricaded himself inside the home. He was surrounded and they told him to come up with his hands on armed. And he wasnt coming out. I know that an ambulance did leave with supposedly the suspect inside. Reporter investigator spent most of friday collecting evidence with the San Jose Police bomb squad close by. Officials declined to say whether this scene is related to a bond that was found thursday two blocks away at Oak Grove High School. Neighbors say police were called to the house in question before for fireworks violations. Loud bangs throughout the summer. Sometimes sparklers and sometimes it is a boom. It is always coming from that direction. Reporter overnight Oak Grove High School became a shelter. There were families that were unable to access their home because of the shelter in place. We opened our gymnasium for those that were evacuated from the area. Reporter this Morning School Officials Say school was in session but with lower attendance than normal. It added more stress and anxiousness to students. That is why we are seeing not a lot of volume. Reporter just to be clear, andrew white is being held in connection with a felony warrant that police were trying to serve during the Early Morning hours, not in connection with the bomb that was found at the high school near here. Right now residence still being kept away from their homes. If you are inside your home you can go out but you cant come back in. You have to be escorted by police which is driving people a little batty. Some people have been in their homes all day during overnight and all day today because of police presence. We will update you on this coming up at the 5 pm hour. Jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. We will head back to you. Still a very active scene, thank you. A trial dates has been set for january for the man charged in the deadly stabbing of mia wilson at the Macarthur Bart station last year. John cowell entered a plea by reason of insanity not guilty. He is charged with stabbing wilson to death and attempted murder for injuring her sister. His trial will begin on january 6. Federal agents made to arrest in connection with the mass shooting in orinda. Five people were killed at a Halloween Party at an airbnb rental. Officials have not released the names of the suspects or how they were linked to the shooting. Atf said its database linked the gunthe shooting two other shootings in the bay area. Five people were arrested last week but four of them were released days later without being charged. Several parents and protesters are filing claims against the Oakland Unified School district after violent clashes with police. Parents were protesting plant closures and mergers of several schools in the district and many had rallied at a School Board Meeting on october 23. The district said a barricade was set up for safety because similar protests at previous meetings show protesters clashing with officers when they breached barricades. My doctor tells me that the police tore my acl and damaged my meniscus and bone in my knee. I will have to have surgery and a ninemonth recovery. The board needs to listen with people. It needs to listen to people and treat them with respect hopefully to take action if needed and when they fail to do so, they are going to face extensive and it will be embarrassing litigation. Protesters plan to sue the district for false arrest and excessive force. Week they plan to review the officers actions and bring in an outside auditor to review practices. And washington member the House Intelligence Committee are expected to spend the holiday week riding the reports based on the testimony in the impeachment inquiry. Lauren blanchard has some highlights now and tells us what is next. Reporter President Trump said he wants and is ready for a trial if articles of impeachment make it to the senate. This as he continues to say the whole impeachment inquiry is politically motivated. Of course he wants a trial because we have been in a sham court. Reporter the president and his team seem braced for the impeachment inquiry to move forward in the house. Even though they say it is all based off a whistleblower who hasnt been called to testify. I consider it to be a fake whistleblower because what he wrote didnt correspond to what i said in any way, shape, or form. Reporter democrats say they if you e those to get an investigation of his political rivals, that is impeachable. Reporter especially after what they learned from the second week of open testimony. I found the phone call unusual because in contrast to other president ial calls i observed it involved discussions of what appeared to be a domestic lyrical matter. The investigation of a political component was improper. Was there quid pro quo . The answer is yes. You have no testimony that ties President Trump to a scheme to withhold aid from ukraine in exchange for investigations. Other than my own presumption. Which is nothing. Please do notpromote falsehoods. Reporter back from break the Intelligence Committee is expected to send a report to the judiciary which would then draft articles of impeachment. We are told they could include bribery, contempt of congress, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power. Those would be sent to the house floor for a vote. In washington, Lauren Blanchard fox news. A Self Storage Company has been ordered to pay 140,000 in penalties for price gouging during the 2017 north bay wildfires. The complaint claims that after those fires, Public Storage charged customers in excess of 10 of the price they charge before the disaster. The company of chicago agreed to the judgment and the issue full refunds to all renters. Agreement bars that company from future price gouging violations. A Historic House Committee Votes on marijuana. Doug mcelwee reports from washington dc on the pot legislation that faces herders. Reporter the House Judiciary Committee approving a proposal to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. The legislation would allow states to set their own rules on pot supporters are calling it a historic moment for cannabis policy reform, the bills future is uncertain. It must pass in the full house and in Republicancontrolled Senate for becoming law. It is not clear if or when a vote would take place in the full house. I wont support that but there is support in the senate if it went to the floor. Reporter while the debate goes on in washington two thirds of americans say the use of marijuana should be legal according to a new Research Center survey. Democratic president ial hopefuls weighing in on the issue and cory booker taking a shot on joe biden stance. There has not been enough evidence acquired as to whether or not it is a gateway drug. It is a debate and i want a lot more before i legalize it nationally, i want to make sure we know a lot more about the Science Behind it. I hear him say i dont think we should legalize marijuana. I thought you might have been high when you said it. Reporter marijuana is legal for Recreational Use in 11 states along with the district of columbia. In washington, box 2 news. Apple is the target of new criticism, the complaints that have piled up of users unwanted sexual behavior. A live interview of a reporter who investigated the app store reviews. Still to come, hear from the woman who tried to save a fellow bart passenger who was stabbed on board a train. And in weather, it looks like our sunny weather pattern will continue into the weekend but eventually we could be tracking rainfall next week. We will have more on the forecast coming up. A College Student who witnessed a deadly attack on a bart train said she tried to save the man who had been stabbed during a fight. That man ultimately died from his injuries. That passenger said she put pressure on the victims knife wound and tried to comfort the man during his final moments. Henry lee is joining us live after speaking with that woman today. An incredible story. Reporter Sophia Humphreys said she is heartbroken that the man to try to save died on a train at the south hayward bart station. She is grateful he didnt die alone. I do want to be a nurse, that is the dream job. Reporter 22yearold Sophia Humphrey got a taste of what it would be like to be a nurse when she rushed to help the Good Samaritan who was stabbed on a bart train in hayward. It gave me confidence that i can think straight in the middle of an emergency situation. Reporter she saw this man, jermaine stealing a shoe from li Oliver Williams told him to stop and the two men began arguing. The two fought in the suspect tried to pull off williams shoes because they were likely confiscated. He wanted and needed shoes and he was going to get them. Reporter the Good Samaritan pulled out a knife but the suspect ended up with it. He managed to get a hold of the knife. Reporter the suspect stabbed the victim repeatedly in the neck before fleeing the train. Humphrey who is legally deaf and uses a wheelchair said she acted instinctively. I jumped down from the chair and came around to a position where i had good leverage to be able to put pressure on his winds. I was asking him do you like the raiders . Because he had a raiders shirt and hat. Are you planning on going to any games . Who is the woman with the tattoo on your arms . Reporter williams died in the situation was chaotic but humphreys chose not to panic and kept her cool. If you have a choice you can choose that this sucks, but getting upset and freaking out will not accomplish anything. Reporter sophia said this experience confirmed for her that she indeed does want to pursue nursing as a career. The suspect in the case is in custody and has been charged with murder. Live in hayward, ktvu fox 2 news. Henry, does she believe that the victim here got medical attention fast enough after suffering those injuries on board the train . Did you have a sense of how long it took to get him help . Reporter she said she did use an app to alert bart police. Police were not at the station. She said the officers parachuted from a helicopter. She does believe had officers been here some aid could have gotten there quicker. Henry lee, thank you. New concerns this afternoon about inappropriate behavior on social apps including those intended to be used by children. The Washington Post took a look at user reviews in apples app store and found more than 1500 complaints of unsolicited sexual approaches received on social networking or random chat apps. Reed is a Technology Reporter with the Washington Post and the one who sifted through all of those reviews and made the troubling discovery. Thank you for being here. First off how did you identify these reports of unwanted sexual contact . We picked six apps that are popular with teenagers. They allow teenagers to connect with strangers online, sometimes through chat roulette apps where you are combined with someone randomly. We pulled all of the reviews from the app store and into a database. Then we used Machine Learning which is like Artificial Intelligence to sift through about 130,000 of them to find these reports of unwanted sexual approaches and then we manually verified them once we had come up with an we looked at each one to make sure the software had done its job. Little bit more about some of the complaints that you found. Some idtified themselves as minors, some dont. But they talk about logging onto the apps and then being confronted with sexual behavior, sometimes an adult man who decides to perform a sexual act in front of the person. Sometimes it is them trying to solicit nude photographs. It even gets worse from there to human trafficking. It is not an issue of the apps themselves but the users behavior once again on the app. Absolutely. The apps themselves are just opening up a line of key medication between two people. But what happens is the predators know that kids use these apps so they flock to these apps. Some of these companies that run them, sometimes you do not even know where they are located. They are set up through Shell Companies overseas. So they are not equipped with the resources to do the moderation to get this behavior off of the app. I know you did speak with some users. What did they tell you about their experience . I know you touched base on what your overall reviews found but what did individual people tell you about what they experience . Mother who discovered that her daughter was using one of these apps and she found hundreds of messages. Her daughter was underage about 14 years old at the time she used it. She was receiving all of these messages from adult men showing body parts to her and asking her to send nude photos. I talked to another young woman now 18 but had used this when she was very young and she said the sexual content was a near constant on this app. If you are on it you see it. The reviews we did find are probably just the tip of the iceberg. What is the there is a question here of whether or not apple which says in its marketing on its website that the app store is a safe place for kids and that it cleans the app store of content that is not appropriate for kids. Another safe way for me is if you are a parent and your kid is on a smart phone, it is very dangerous to not monitor that. I know there is a question of privacy here but there is a lot of trouble that kids get onto. Which you highlighted in this report. It is something that all parents out there should take a look at. Thank you for taking the time to talk with us this afternoon. Thank you for having me. It was a beautiful sunny fall day across the bay area today. As we head into the holiday week, i know you are tracking a significant storm potentially in time for thanksgiving. A system that will move in. We have a few days to prepare. Lots of sunshine. The point is if you want to take care of any Outdoor Activities take advantage of this weekend. Things will be changing into next week. Heres the forecast for your saturday. Patchy morning fog and hazy sunshine tomorrow. Temperatures for afternoon highs after the chilly start we are thinking lots of 60s and a few spots around 70 degrees. Sunday fare skies and it will be mild in the bay area. Here is satellite show you this. We have patchy fog this morning. Clear to partly cloudy skies on this saturday as we come closer to the bay area. We will show you current numbers out there. Most neighborhoods currently in the 60s. The fairfield report 71 right now. San jose 63 and Half Moon Bay the cooler spot checking in at 57 degrees. Here is our live camera looking out to sfo in clear. A little bit of a wind around 1015 miles an hour. Overnight you noticed the chilly mornings and that will be the case for tomorrow morning. Cool spots around freezing for santa rosa and napa. Clear and cool. We could have some patchy fog and maybe patchy frost as well in some inland valleys. Tomorrow morning 30s to 40s and into the afternoon hours. Lots of sunshine and temperatures most areas tomorrow afternoon in the lower 60s for the coast. Warmest locations inland and right around 70 degrees. Saturday afternoon forecast, a few more days of dry weather. There is a chance we could be talking about a significant pattern change next week and we will talk more about that forecast coming up in a little bit. Thank you very much. Coming up we will talk with alex michelson. He recently sat down with undecided voters to get their reaction to the latest democratic debate. That is coming up next right here on the four. It is friday so iis wwe fri fox. Tune in for all the action starting at 8 pm. That will be followed by the 10 pm news in the 11 00 news right here on ktvu. It has been a huge week in politics so we are going to cover at all sunday morning during our Political Program the issue is. We will get some insight on the impeachment hearings and also reactions to the democratic debate that went a bit under the radar. Alice michelson joining us now from los angeles. I think that debate got buried underneath the hearings this week. For sure. There so much going on on the same day of the debate. Good to talk to both of you at the same time for a change. We brought together a focus group of undecided voters to watch that debate with us here. One of the interesting things was mayor Pete Buttigieg. A lot of them thought he was one of the winners of the debate and he talked about his experience as a man and compared that to being an africanamerican in this country and here is how they reacted. I do have the experience of feeling like a stranger in my country. What you make of that as an africanamerican . I appreciated the way that he answered that question. When you compare black and , a lot of times that can go south. He could not have articulated better without disrespecting the struggles of africanamericans of color. What i heard from him is he is willing to learn and listen. Raise your hand if you think more of Pete Buttigieg after tonight . Everybody. He improved his position with everybody. Many of you said you liked cory booker tonight. He had a moment that im sure will be played over and over again. He said i dont think we should legalize marijuana. I thought you might have been high when you said it. Biden has not only lost a step, he is out of touch. The marijuana thing showed how issues. It is interesting that they said all of that about biden. Another thing they said is they thought he was the strongest democratic nominee because they felt a lot more and paying attention to the debates and they have the most name ideas associated with barack obama and he might do the best in the swing states. Their opinion of him has gone down every time they see him. You can see how much uncertainty there is on this democratic race. Maybe one of the reasons we see other people still jumping in. Michael bloomberg potentially jumping in. The former governor of massachusetts jumping and because there really isnt a clear frontrunner. Of course the wild card in all this being Hillary Clinton as well. As we look forward to the next debate what do you expect we see play out on the stage . California will be centerstage next time. The next debate is december 20 at Loyola Marymount university in southern california. They are going to be here on pbs. We expect hopefully that they will deal with some of the issues central to california. Issues like homelessness which so many people in the bay area have had to deal with. Those really have not been big issues that we see in the previous debates. We will see if that is a big issue in the next debate. One of the questions is who will qualify for that debate. Cory booker hasnt qualified for the debate. Hooley and castro hasnt qualified. Julian castro hasnt qualified. We may see more candidates drop out. It could be a Different Group of people that take the stage come later next month. Thank you so much, appreciated. You can catch the issue is this weekend 5 30 am sunday morning. Up next, federal intervention in the homeless crisis. We are going to sit down and talk with an expert on this issue about a plan that is set to be released by the white house in an effort to try to tackle the problem. The Justice Department is taking a closer look at what motivates mass shooters and how to stop them. We have the details coming up. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. 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Some form of Early Childhood trauma in a grievance or crisis point, validation for their beliefs and access to a firearm. Something happens and the people around them noticed a marked change in their behavior. The study showing most Mass Shootings are a workplace or grievance often debated by racism or religious hate. All the study is not political the findings that most shooters used legally purchased firearms could lead to calls for more gun control legislation. About 9 of mass shooters using illegal firearms. For School Shooters actually those under 18, 80 of them use guns that they take from family members. Reporter researchers say they are hoping findings will usher in a more evidencebased approach to the crisis which could see the focus turned toward preventing Mass Shootings instead of simply reacting to them. We tend to focus on things like security and stronger doors and drills that help us minimize casualties. But our hope is can we prevent people from getting to this point. Reporter the studys authors say 171 Mass Shootings have taken place since 1966 with more than half coming in the past 20 years. In washington, fox news. Dozens of demonstrators rallied outside of googles San Francisco offices in support of two employees who tried organizing workers. The two employees were placed on leave last month. The protesters claim that move was in retaliation for those workers being involved in employee protests and petition drives denouncing google policies. The two workers were also at the rally with their colleagues who are demanding google reinstate them. We demand that they are placed back to work and we at workers deserve a safe and what deserve to know what our work is being used for. According to google the workers are accused of sharing confidential documents and tracking company calendars. It says they are on administrative leave well the company investigates the alleged policy violations. The white house is reportedly close to announcing details of a major crackdown on homelessness here in california. President trump has been highly critical of the homeless crisis in cities like San Francisco and los angeles and has promised to take action. The president could be shown a ow to talk about by next week. What could be in the works as doctor margo, director of the ucf center for vulnerable populations. We appreciate you coming in today. What do you think the focus is going to be for the administration and what steps might be taken . What i think we all fear is that they are using the word crackdown to me not. To mean criminalization of homelessness and removing people from where they are and putting them out of the way so others can see them without a real solution. Do you think the focus will be on clearing encampments and potentially moving people into federally funded, federally operated facilities somewhere . Do you think that is a step in the right direction . I dont. I think the irony here is that the federal government could do so much to solve this crisis if they wanted to. We know that the cause of homelessness is the shortage of Affordable Housing and the federal government could solve that by providing increasing vouchers to homelessness and increasing support for building and creation and preservation of Affordable Housing. Moving people out of sight into large shelters is probably not effective. It is expensive and unlikely to be constitutional and it doesnt solve the problem. When you talk about real solutions, obviously you have a lot of agencies and entities on the ground level in places San Francisco and los angeles who are doing this work every day trying to address the homeless issue. Do you get the sense that the administration and the white house is coordinating with these local entities on a big plan like this . I dont think so. I havent heard that there was a lot of coordination. If there were thin plans would be different. We havent seen a plan. Maybe we will be surprised. I think we all know what it would take to solve this crisis. And clearing camps and moving people out of the way is not the solution. You believe the focus should be on finding Affordable Housing and places for people to live. What tools does the federal government have at its disposal to try to create more affordable permanent housing for People Living on the streets . In some ways the federal government are the ones with the tools. There are mechanisms through which the federal government can support the development and protection of Affordable Housing. They also can provide the vouchers that people need to support it. We know for instance that only one in four households across the country who meet the criteria for Housing Assistance for rental Housing Assistance receive it. If they were to change that we would have a very different conversation. The president has been highly critical of the situation that is unfolding here in california which i dont think anyone would argue it is acceptable right now. Some of the terms he has used in some of what he has said he called it disgusting and a disgrace to our country. I guess the question some people may have is do you think the president is serious about addressing the issue of homelessness here in california . Or is this a way to score political points . I would love him to be serious about solving the problem by doing the things in his power to create and expand Affordable Housing. I worry about the dehumanizing language and i know that homelessness is much worse in urban areas and areas of wide income equality. Those tend to be blue areas and it seems like perhaps this is being played as a partisan issue rather than as the crisis that it is. The plan with details could be released as early as next week. We appreciate you weighing in here on what could be coming as the administration works to address this issue that we all know is a big problem here in california. We appreciate your time. We appreciate your time. Thank you. Thank you both, an important conversation. A live look at Jack London Square where the annual Tree Lighting is set to take place in just a few minutes. We will talk with our very own reporter who is kicking off the event right here in oakland coming up after the break. In weather lots of sunshine for today. Clear skies for this evening. This weekend we could be dodging raindrops. A big change in the weather pattern headed our way. We will talk more coming up. Next time ill go to jack,n at least then ill get fed. Head to jack in the box and experience the joy of missing out with my 5. 99 white cheddar cheeseburger combo. Only at jack in the box nev wish i was at jack, right their burgers are great. Head to jack in the box and experience the joy of missing out with my 5. 99 white cheddar cheeseburger combo. Only at jack in the box it is that time of year again. In one hour we are going to light up oaklands Jack London Square for the holidays. This is an annual tdi around here. Ktvu is a sponsor of the Tree Lighting and we are the master of ceremonies to light. Reporter good evening you too. I am about a mile north of ktvu. I feel like im in my own backyard. Jack London Square has never been prettier. Take a look at this behind me. This is a tree we are focusing on tonight. 55 feet tar tall and it came all the way to oakland from mount shasta. It is a genuine white fir tree adorned with hundreds of dutiful ornaments. While she is the centerpiece there is a lot of other partying going on. This is really the time to get here. Let me tell you later on Jack London Square fills up with thousands of people and parking can be difficult but it is not a problem now. We have a lot of Jack London Square merchants pitting out their very best. You can set, dine, and meet up with friends. Let me see if i can grab someone here. You are live on ktvu right now. Im from san diego. Reporter Jack London Square in oakland is a jewel in the city. What brought you here to this part of town . I am out here, my boy tyler just graduated from the fire academy. And we just came out here. We are going to go check out San Francisco and visit oakland and see the beautiful surroundings. Reporter maybe have some dinner. And a little stroll. You go ahead and go. Thank you for stopping. Have a wonderful evening. This is where you can play bocce ball and video games. Jack London Square is shining bright tonight. Of people are go to build a square. If you are looking for the biggest bang for your time 630 is when we will lift the switch and light the thousands of lights on that gorgeous tree. If you want to come down and say a quick hello i would love to see you. We have performances by local musical ensembles. Jack London Square in oakland is the place to be. Come on down and it will be a great night. There is no doubt about it. It is kind of empty on the square but you will have a huge crowd by the time that tree is lit up. It will be a blast. Have a great time gasia. One of the reasons it will be so crowded later on tonight is because the weather could not be better. Giving you a live look now. Such a pretty shot. It is a beautiful day. We are setting up for a beautiful evening in the bay area. Temperatures will drop off a bit over the next few hours but still in the clear and that will be the case as we head into the weekend. Another live camera looking out toward San Francisco and the bay bridge. Looking pretty good as we head into friday evening. Satellite showing you clear skies up and down the state and our system continues to move out to the east. We are tracking developments out in the pacific and this will be a change that will bring us rainfall. We will have to wait a few days but into next week a significant pattern change. Not only a wet pattern in terms of rental the cold one as well setting up into next week. Right now as i mentioned clear skies. We will check in with our live camera here showing you sfo with lots of clear conditions. A bit of haze and a big game tomorrow. We are expecting lots of sunshine and temperatures will be in the 60s with cal and stanford playing tomorrow afternoon. A fun, exciting game with the weather cooperating tomorrow. This area of High Pressure is offshore. Hazy sunshine all weekend long. A dry weather pattern and the storm track is up here. Into next week we will see some changes as we see a buckle in the jet stream. This will bring in those changes. This will set up another round of offshore wind. It will lead to increasing fire danger. No red flag fire warnings. Behind that upstream we have a system developing that will bring rainfall. High confidence as we had to tuesday evening. Some rainfall in the bay area and off and on showers into wednesday. This will be a cold system. No levels in the sierras. This is interesting. It is not until tuesday. Typically winter storm watches are issued. Still want to give a heads up into next week. Heavy snow accumulations possible. Especially tuesday night, wednesday and into thursday. This will be a busy travel period heading into the sierras. Not into the weekend still lots of sunshine and into sunday as we take this into monday it is still drive. By tuesday afternoon we bring in the chance for some showers. A better bet tuesday night into wednesday morning. Often on rain showers. We still have to keep that chance lasting into thursday for thanksgiving into next week. Definitely a big drop off in temperatures. Maximize your Outdoor Activities before we get that pattern change. Highs tomorrow in the 60s around 70 degrees as we bring up more temperatures for you with san jose 68, gilroy 70 and a look ahead your five day forecast, weekend looking good. We will cool off monday and keep an eye on offshore winds that could boost fire danger. Finally we have increasing confidence that we will have rainfall in the bay area. 3 00 tuesday a slight chance. 8 00 tuesday a better chance. That could last into wednesday. We will get prepared, we are not talking 34 inches. Maybe a quarter inch. Whatever it is we will take it. Thank you. When the kincaid fire roared through Sonoma County, a lot of people stepped up to help. Up next how of firefighters made up ect that community. We went on a special trip today to Sonoma County to see how the community is still open for business following the destruction of the kincaid fire. We also spoke with some firefighters who were there on the front lines of that fire. Many of whom were volunteers who stepped up to defend their community. Reporter for the town of geyserville the kincaid fire was devastating. Is the fire progressed the winds pushed it into geyserville. The firefighters met it as it roared over the ridge is consuming whatever was in its path. As the geyserville firefighters fought, the flames took the homes of their friends and neighbors and as a volunteer firefighter John Wellings stood on that fire line, the fire turned his family home to ash. Honestly it was, i was so numb to everything that i think staying on the job was the best thing for me to do at the time. And from my experience in the army as a combat medic the Mission Always comes first regardless of what happens. So, we had to continue doing what we were doing and there was no way we could stop. Reporter for them the firefight was personal. The department is made up largely of volunteers and all have their own reasons for showing up. One volunteer is working towards a fulltime position. I decided to use my g. I. Bill to go back to school and that led me down this path. Reporter the italian chief the battalion chief retired last november. Three months later he joined this department as a volunteer. I want to give back to the community and wasnt quite ready to hang it up. Reporter chris signed up 21 years ago inspired after seeing other volunteers in action. He spent decades balancing this job with his other career. I am a winemaker here in Sonoma County and look after wineries here. All of them have gone through hundreds of hours of training just as a privilege of working for free. And they still train every month. And when the kincaid fire hit they all answer the call. We do about 3000 miles a month. We were at 7000 miles. These volunteers with no pay, no electricity and without gas and warm showers. In recent years the department added a couple of fulltime paid positions. Paid or not they all have a history of volunteering. Even the chief who is parttime here and fulltime with cal fire. Roughly 18 years of volunteer time. I think i give most of my time at a discounted rate volunteer because i dont count the hours, i do it because it is passion. It is in his blood. Dad was a volunteer with geyserville. When he died he was still the fire chief in 2003. They are bound by a desire to serve. Reporter as they train for the next one because there will be a next one, they do it together. The people that care about the community are willing to show up on holidays, times away from their families and risk their life for community. That is what i want to continue to foster. It is hard that is what i think is great about america and california. Talk about dedication, that is it right there. You can watch the entire Sonoma County zip trip including the visit to one of the restaurant that had to close down during the fire. It is all up right now at our website, www. 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It was installed on the space station in 2011 and was only supposed to last three years. It has lasted eight years so far although only one of the four redundant cooling pumps on the ams still work. The series of spacewalks is about keeping the alpha magnetic spectrometers in Space Science alive. The astronauts cutting Carbon Dioxide tubes in preparation for the next spacewalk where they will install the new cooling pumps. You are looking good. Reporter more than 20 unique tools were designed specifically for this intricate repair work including a zip tie cutter designed by students in houston. Nasa said the spacewalks are the most implicated ones since the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission a few decades ago. In miami, Phil Keating Fox news. Ktvu fox 2 news at 5 starts now. Neighbors may finally get answers. Nearly 24 hours after San Jose Police put this neighborhood on Lockdown Police announced they made an arrest. When they went inside andrew whites home they found what appeared to be explosive devices. Whites home was blocks away from the San Jose School where an explosive device was home in the parking lot this week. Good evening. At this point police say they cannot connect the incident at the school to white. Jesse gary is in that neighborhood where residents are waiting on the bomb squad to give the all clear so they can go home. Reporter good evening to you. A few minutes ago as you said Police Identified the man at the center of this Police Action which kept these neighbors out of their homes during the overnight hours and all day today. Lets take a look at this picture. He is andrew white and he was arrested for a felony warrant. An outstanding felony warrant. We learned when they search his home they found explosives in connections to a device found near Oak Grove High School earlier in the week. His arrest is not in connection with the high school explosive device, at least not yet. Meanwhile the search of that home has many residents in the area wondering when this will be over. Reporter residence in the san jose neighborhood are frustrated. Friday evening isnt bringing end of week relaxation at home. A lack of information as to the nature of the security perimeter isnt helping matters. They are telling me i still cant go in. I still have my clothes on from yesterday