Live in El Dorado County, im da lin, kpix 5. They have some help on the way from the bay area. The San Francisco Fire Department sent a strike team and a rig to El Dorado County today. They will provide mutual aid to local and cal fire crews. While the king fire is the largest in the state, the boles fire has been the most destructive. It ripped through the town of weed, which is along i5 west of mount shasta. The fire is smaller in size at 375 acres, but it has done an incredible amount of damage. At least 110 homes have been destroyed, four of those belonging to firefighters. Another 90 homes are damaged. The fire has wiped out churches, a Community Center and library. Ken bastida tells us, its a huge blow to that town. Ken. Reporter yeah, liz. You know, weed, its a small community. Only about 3,000 people live there. Its an old lumber town that once was home to the largest sawmill in the world. When you look at these pictures, its heartbreaking because theres not much left of some of these neighborhoods. Down to foundations in some places. Still smoldering. People everything they had lost in this fire. Tonight, those who call weed home are reeling. These are live pictures. Many lost everything, foundations, all thats left of the many houses that went up in flames. You talk about civil war where they went down south and burned everything out. Its just devastating. Its, uhm reporter mayor bob hall is trying to stay upbeat in the face of indescribeable destruction. It really is for this little town a big thing. Small town 3,000 people. Reporter a small town that just lost 200 homes. Its devastating. Onethird of the homes are probably gone. Reporter this part of california is already used to struggling. Just not like this. You know, all of Siskiyou County has been economically depressed or a long time. The one major employer other than schools and stuff like that is the mill right back here. Reporter that mill damaged and closed for at least three months. It could turn to despair real easy. Reporter enough despair to leave families asking some very tough questions. Should i rebuild . Is it worth rebuilding here to live here . You know . I dont know. Reporter city leaders hope that wont be the case. They are already asks fire victims to stay and ride out what will be a long rebuilding process. But a disaster this big in a town that small is going to be a test. And everyone knows it. So the story is, are people going to pull together or explode . Thats the story from my perspective. Too early to tell. All we know is that this is day 2 and its different than day 1 was and im sure as we go on, its going to be more and more issues cropping up. Reporter a long uncertain road ahead that weed will have to manage. One day at a time. The suns going to come up tomorrow. Its just going to be, um, maybe cloudy for a while. But the suns coming up. Reporter yeah. So heartbreaking. Such a cute little town. The latest chapter in the story of weed. Firefighters are getting some help from the weather tonight. Those winds have died down a bit. The fire is now about 25 contained. Cal fire is offering a 10,000 reward for information that leads to the cause of this devastating fire. Thank you, ken. A live look outside for us at the golden gate bridge. How beautiful is this . Sunny skies but meteorologist paul deanno tracking a little needed rain coming our way. Paul . Yeah, that view is deceiving because we have not seen the cloud cover yet. It is there just off to our north and west as is a lot of rainfall. This is a very active kpix 5 hi def doppler radar. And look at the thunderstorms. Up toward eureka as this rain and this front moves onshore, we are seeing some lightning strikes right up toward eureka and some rain showers now due west of ukiah along the mendocino coastline. So the rain is there. The rain is coming. Theres a large area of low pressure offshore. This is wonderful news because any rain minimizes our fire danger and there will be rain throughout the bay area overnight tonight. So rain this evening in mendocino and snow counties along the coastline, first showers will slide south overnight in mendocino and sonoma counties. More coming up in 10 minutes. Thank you. New at 5 00, mexican military planes are starting to rescue people stranded in Cabo San Lucas from vacations that turned into nightmares after hurricane odile. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman is in san mateo where he spoke to one woman who was lucky enough to get on one of those planes. Mike . Reporter yeah, liz. There will be thousands of tales of survival to tell and as you say, one of them is coming from this san mateo house. Im guess that person inside is sleeping because since saturday night, sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, she hasnt had much sleep at all. It was awful. I mean, it lasted for eight hours. Reporter Lauren Stapleton is telling the story she will be telling the rest of her life. It sounded like a bomb going off. Our entire lobby exploded and then the floor under us, the window burst in the hotel and you could hear furniture hitting the ceiling. Reporter 13 of her pals had had their fun the Bachelorette Party was over and they were set to go home. The plane was scheduled to leave an hour after the airport closed. Hear a rumor that no flights could come in for 14 days and we wanted ourselves to four chips and half a water bottle to hope that we would have enough to last. Reporter the tee was trashedded the city was trashed. There was no buying food, water in short supply. Her pictures tell the story. The worst was the store that got looted. They had lights hanging down inside and it was in puddles of water. Yeah. Right there. Thats inside. Reporter you see the looting . Yeah. Reporter she never thought she would say this, but the Mexican Air Force came to the rescue. We didnt expect the military to come that soon from mexico. And were really thankful that the mexican military helped out. Reporter a plane took them to mazatlan and then Alaska Airlines got them back to the u. S. They are among the very, very lucky ones. We were on the first plane that left cabo and theres still 26,000 people there. So i cant imagine staying there a minute longer or being the families that didnt get to hear from their loved ones yet. Reporter we have some of those stories coming up at 6 00. Lauren really one of the lucky ones. Live in san mateo, Mike Sugerman, kpix 5. Parts of Southern California are cleaning up after wild weather from the remains of odile. A high school in Riverside County was hit hard. Heavy rain, lightning and hail slammed the area flooding the school nearby streets and knocking down trees. Parts of arizona also felt the effects of odile. Violent thunderstorms tore apart a warehouse and strong winds caused a train to derail. Other bay area headlines. Two people dead after a fiery crash in pleasanton. Chp says the speeding car on eastbound interstate 580 last night hit an suv and flew over the embankment. The car burst into flames killing both people inside. The accident also sparked a small brush fire. No one in the suv was seriously hurt. About 40 people in campbell were forced out of their homes early this morning during a fire in a carport. Those flames broke out about 4 a. M. At the complex on union avenue just south of pruneyard. At least three cars were destroyed. A bay area shopper caught in a tough spot. Didnt realize they closed them. Wait until you hear a dispatchers reaction to one mans call for help. New Domestic Violence troubles for the nfl. Another player arrested and two suspended today. How 49ers coach jim harbaugh responds to pressure to pull his player from the field. Plus, a man is reunited with his dream car. More than 40 years after it was stolen, where police found the convertible jaguar and what the owner plans to do with it now. Fl player has been arrester Domestic Violence. Cbs news reports new at 5 00, yet another nfl player has been arrested for Domestic Violence. Cbs news is reporting that Arizona Cardinals runningback Jonathan Dwyer is facing charges of assault and preventing someone from calling 911. Phoenix police say the female victim had a broken nose. It comes as nfl teams today suspended two other players accused of violent behavior. The panthers placed defensive end greg hardy on the exempt list. Hardees appealing a guilty verdict for assaulting and threatening his girlfriend. Hours before that the Minnesota Vikings said they made the wrong call allowing star runningback Adrian Peterson to play this weekend. We made a mistake. We need to get it right. He must stay away from all Team Activities until the child abuse charges against him are resolve. He is accused of whipping his 4 yearold son with a tree branch. The decision comes after growing backlash from sponsors and fans. Today, nike suspended its sponsorship deal with peterson. And that leaves the fate of 49ers player ray mcdonald up in the air. Coach harbaugh said today he is staying the course on his decision to allow mcdonald to play. The d. A. Is Still Deciding whether to charge mcdonald for Domestic Violence. We spoke to a sports psychologist and 49er consultant dr. Harry edwards about the nfls recent pr nightmare. He says the league put itself in a tough spot starting with that ray rice incident. I think that they have handled it poorly but it could have been a lot worse given the fact that they have no established policy or regulations dealing specifically with Domestic Violence. That vacuum created immense difficulties in terms of adjudication in terms of how they the league responded to sponsors, to fans, and even to the presumed culprit himself. For the teams part edwards says the 49ers even take players to san quentin to drive home how fine a line they walk a customers worst nightmare. One man trapped inside of a store is forced to dial 911. How a dispatcher and an officer react to the phone call. Drivers beware. Police officers could soon have a new way to crackdown on texting while driving. Well show you how that new device works. ,,,, it makes me happy to go on the computer. I like feeling smart. Internet essentials from comcast has brought lowcost Internet Access to over 1. 4 million lowincome people at home. Internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. It helped my grades move higher. Today its the largest Broadband Adoption program in america. It helped me a lot. Comcast. Helping to bridge the digital divide. Trapped inside a store. And. San Francisco Police got a call from a man who said he was trapped inside a store and no, he wasnt robbing it. Kpix 5s john ramos with the dispatch call that had police laughing. Reporter when employees closed up the majestic gallery at San Franciscos Fishermans Wharf last night they remembered to lock the door but forgot something. [ inaudible ] it appears an unidentified man was still browsing through the fine art boutique when he discovered the staff had already left for the night. He called for help but it doesnt sound like he got sympathy from the police department. Get that genius out of there. Thats the word. [ indiscernible ] go figure. Reporter many of the stores pieces are massive and it does seem possible to lose track of someone if youre not careful . We were trying to see how much something was and we were blown off so i could see how someone could easily be locked in. Reporter employees havent heard about it. In june the store was cited for placing heavy statues out on the sidewalk that led to the accidental death of a young boy. Last night the police had a difficult time contacting the manager. We cant find the number for him right now. He will have to sleep on the floor then. Reporter the manager was eventually contacted and the shopper was freed. With you after this, he may be asking who is minding the store. John ramos, kpix 5. The store shows a closing time of 9 p. M. But the police call came in at 8 45 so the store may have been locked up early. A computer thief caught on camera and Santa Clara Police officers need your help identifying the man who did it. This is Surveillance Video from the goldtek Computer Store on laurelwood road. The suspect has a goatee and glasses. He took several laptops from the storage room earlier this month. Today, facebook execs met with transgender leaders to have a dialogue over drag queen names. The social network has been cracking down on users who dont use their real names. It recently deactivated the accounts of drag queens who were using their stage names. Those accounts will be brought back for two weeks. The outcome of todays meeting in San Francisco city hall left a few people disappointed. But we did not achieve what we set out, nevertheless we are committed to continuing to work with facebook. We know that they have indicated a commitment to do so, as well. Facebook says its real name requirement is important. It says it protects users and makes the social network safer. Well, its what wall street was waiting to hear the feds wont be raising Interest Rates anytime soon. The dow closed record high on the news. The fed will keep a key short rate interest term at zero for a considerable period of time and the nasdaq was up. Police could have a one up when it comes to catching people texting while driving. A new radar device could help spot the crime detecting frequencies that emit from a car when someone is using a cell phone. A text message call and Data Transfer emit those frequencies that can be identified. A Virginia Company says the device is close to production. An elderly man gets his convertible jaguar back 46 years after it was stolen. This vintage car stolen in manhattan outside its owners apartment. A custom check at the port of los angeles popped up showing it was stolen. The jag was on the way to the netherlands. Ivan remembers the morning in 1968 when he left for work and couldnt find his then six monthold car. I couldnt believe it. Im sitting here now talking to you and i still dont believe it. Its a miracle Customs Officials say the jag was being shipped to the netherlands after the current owner bought it from a man in turlock who had had it for 40 years. Mr. Schneider says he plans to restore it. If he plans on driving it anytime soon or at least tomorrow or a car like that he will need the top on. Its going to rain. Which side of the windshield wipers . I dont remember. Right. That is true. He may turn on the turn signal instead. Tomorrow morning will be the first kind of widespread wet slippery morning commute in a while. It will be a high impact even though the amount of rainfall wont be that impressive. Youre thinking rain . Look outside, deanno. Its sunny. No rain out there. Over the city, of course not. Its still sunny and mild. Low 70s in San Francisco earlier. Livermore currently 82. Oakland 79. San jose a very nice day leading to a showery night tonight. Got to set the stage for you here because theres something very impressive going on in the radar. Its not just the rainfall off to the west. Look at this blob over here over by lake tahoe. Thats not rain. Thats a radar return from all the smoke emitting from the king fire in El Dorado County. There it is on satellite image south to north. Its amazing how much smoke this fire is putting out. On top of the fire we have a very unique cloud right now. If you look off to the east you will see this even from San Francisco. Its called a pyrocumulus cloud, built on top of the smoke coming out of the fire. Its a Beautiful Image but very scary how much is coming out of that fire right now. We do have some relief coming. There is rainfall coming to the bay area. Strong area of low pressure sitting offshore. You see all the rain just lining up along the Northern California coastline. It will be in your backyard overnight tonight. In your backyard tomorrow morning. The front moves through maybe. 10 of rainfall at most and then behind the front a big ridge of High Pressure builds back in. This low will meander over Southern California keeping us cloudy for 48 hours, cloudier than normal. Slow clearing into the weekend. The rain will be out of here by lunchtime tomorrow. How much . 06 for San Francisco. Less than that for san jose. Some areas of the north bay may get more than. 10 of rainfall but on average if you get that much, consider yourself lucky. Its just fluff to ruin your freshly its just enough to ruin your freshly washed car. Even clouds, showers overnight slick for the thursday morning commute and there is a slight chance of a thunderstorm especially in the north bay as the front moves through. Not that warm tomorrow. San jose 79. Cooler than normal and cloudier. Morning showers in sunnyvale. 78. Hayward 75. Well see a few showers out on the delta, antioch 80 for a high, dublin 75, benicia 77. Perhaps afternoon sunshine in San Francisco. Degrees francisco69 degrees. Tomorrow cooler cloudier showers. Friday partly sunny skies and sunnier over the weekend. Sunday will likely be the warmest day with inland areas back to 90 but rain is moving in tonight. It will get here tonight. We need this. Absolutely. You betcha. Thank you. Some Small Businesses are the target of a cyber attack. And Security Companies cant crack the code. What you can do to protect yourself from ransomware. ,,,,,, are being targeted by hacke ho e. It started with Individual Computers now Small Businesses are being targeted by Hackers Holding their computers hostage. On the consumerwatch, julie watts on how to protect yourself from cyber blackmail. Some look legitimate. Reporter this pizza shop owners isnt talking about one of his pizzas. He is talking about a job application he received in his small businesss in box. When he opened the attachment do you want your stuff, pay now. Reporter all of his restaurants files and bookkeeping were hijacked and held for ransom. Initially they demanded 400 in the form of bitcoin. Electronic cash thats not traceable. Reporter but the longer he waited the higher the ransom got. Eventually topping 2 grand. You want your data back, then dont waste valuable time searching for solutions because they dont exist. Reporter pc Solutions Says the hackers are right. They are the ones with the tool and the key. Reporter he has heard from several other local businesses with similar problems. Basically you open up your excel spreadsheet or word its a bunch of lines and boxes. Reporter its called ransomware. And crime syndicates are increasingly targeting Companies Big and small. Its estimated a quarter of a Million Computers were affected in just three months last fall. The malware is downloaded from benign looking attachments like u. P. S. Shipments or pdfs and even when victims pay, crooks dont always unlock their computers. This person chose not to pay and instead rebuilt his files from scratch. He is now warning other Small Businesses, be careful where you click. Bottom line is, you should question any attachment or links from in boxes even from friends and family. Confirm its legit. Keep copies of any important files in a physically separate location like on an external drive. Thank you. Now for a look at whats ahead on the cbs evening news. We have scott pelley in new york. Scott. Reporter hey, allen and liz. Great to be with you in the bay area. Manhunt for a cop killer. Police say eric frein ambushed two state troopers and has talked of committing mass murder. Well have the latest on that search plus hell and high water in the southwest where the California Wildfires are threatening hundreds of homes and preparations for flooding are under way in arizona. Well have those stories tonight on the western edition of the cbs evening news at 5 30 right after kpix 5 news. ,,,,, im a doctor of internal medicine with something terrible to admit. I treated thousands of patients, risked their lives, while high on prescription drugs. I was an addict. Im recovered now, but an estimated 500,000 medical professionals are still out there, abusing drugs or alcohol. Police, airline pilots, bus drivers. Theyre randomly tested for drugs and alcohol. But not us doctors. You can change that vote yes on proposition 46. Your lives are in our hands. Its meant to help curb c t. But now im ken bastida in the kpix 5 newsroom. New at 6 00 tonight, its meant to help curb crime on and around bart but some are now worried that this app could target your personal information. Well take a look at that. Also, for sale. Not just one house but a whole block. We look at the unusual real estate power play thats going on in one bay area city. Plus, a mystery deep in the water. Government scientists explore shipwrecks right in our own backyard. Thats coming up at 6 00. Back to you guys. Thank you. See you then. Treasure under the sea. Yeah. We have rain coming our way. We do, yeah. Its very sunny outside right now. Theres no sign of this rain to come. But a couple hours off to the north and west as close as 30 miles away from ukiah now, we have rain showers moving in. Its going to amount to about. 10 of rainfall but it will be a highly impact because that first rainfall brings all the oil out of the asphalt. Thats the commute tomorrow morning. Very careful. Thanks for watching us at 5 00. The cbs evening news with scott pelley is next. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com pelley tonight, manhunt for a cop killer. Eric, we are coming for you. Reporter police say eric frein is the man who ambushed two state troopers, a survivalist who talked of committing mass murder. Don dahler has the latest. In the southwest, its hell and high water. Wildfires threaten hundreds of homes in california while arizona prepares for a flood. Reports from John Blackstone and carter evans. Dean reynolds reports football star Adrian Peterson, charged with child abuse, has been benched again by the vikings, and hes losing more commercial sponsors. And anna werner on the search for the next norman rockwell. There might be a great genius artist working right next door. Captioning sponsored by cbs
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