The gun control package, quote, draconian, saying it turns, quote, californias lawabiding gun owners into second class citizens. The group says it is prepared to pursue all options moving forward. New at 5 00, the people responsible for a gate blocking access to a Santa Cruz Beach are digging in their heels. They are now facing huge fines for not letting the public in. Kpix 5s len ramirez found out that they have no plans to take down the gate. Reporter thats right. And those fees are adding up or the finds are adding up. 11,000 a day for every day that this gate is kept locked. As you can see today, it is locked unless you have the expensive key. One day after a deadline to demolish the lock and gated entrance to privates beach in santa cruz nothing has changed. You still need a special key to get in. And gatekeepers have no plan to change. Very nice. Reporter he calls himself a gate ambassador but he was called a guard and they are supposed to comply with the California Coastal act to ensure beach access to the public. Im like a bodyguard not letting anyone come n thats not they dont know privates if they are saying that. Reporter privates was established in 1941 as semiprivate beach for the locals. Today a Neighborhood Association manages the gate, a small park and staircase to the beach to pay for upkeep and repairs, the association sells electron key cards for 50 for neighbors, 100 for everyone else at a local surf shop. Its good because it keeps out the riffraff. Reporter neighbors like mike dewitt say the beach is safe for families but it could become a problem again as it was in the 90s when the gate was not locked. Youre going to get the party revelers down here drinking beer and smashing their glass bottles. The majority of the public comes for a really good reason. Reporter Bonnie Peterson says those fears are overblown. In my heart, i just feel that the public has a right to come to the ocean and come to the beach. And, um, if theres a way to make it accessible to the public then im in favor of that. Reporter the Neighborhood Associations attorney is apparently talking with the Coastal Commission to come to an agreement. What locals are saying, we dont have any official word, but the what the locals are saying is they would like to have this open with some sort of a pay as you go type thing so there wont be a key per se but maybe somebody here collecting money especially on the popular days like the 4th of july weekend. Live in santa cruz, len ramirez, kpix 5. A live look from chopper 5 right now over the Richmond San Rafael bridge. We are starting tonight starting tonight, caltrans is closing one lane of the upper deck to repair a pothole. It opened up last night in the area just beyond the toll plaza. Three feet wide but more significant, it went all the way through the bridge deck. So we knew that were looking at fairly serious repairs. Its unclear what caused the pothole. Caltrans says it could be just normal wear and tear on the 60 yearold bridge. Tonights repairs will go from 8 p. M. To 8 a. M. Tomorrow and sunday night. Its from 9 p. M. To 9 a. M. San Francisco Police say they have nabbed a couple of men who pulled off an elaborate jewelry heist. New Surveillance Video shows one of the suspects smashing the dis display cases at the union jewelry store. They stole 2 million in jewels. Police say it was more like 50,000. 500,000. This week, two sharp eyed officers spotted them. Officers recovered some of the stoleitems during the arrest. Police are asking witnesses to come forward after a 6year old boy was hit and killed in a south bay mall parking lot. Aniket gadre was walking with his mother and sister at oakridge mall in san jose last night at 9 30. He was holding his mothers hand when a mercedes driver hit them at a slow speed. The boy died at the hospital. His mother was also hurt. Obviously a very traumatic situation very tragic situation. And our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and all those affected. Police will be looking at surveillance images from the area to try to pinpoint exactly what led to that accident. The driver is cooperating with police. They say drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors. A Police Officer in livermore is the latest to get swept up in a Bay Area Police sex scandal. He was just put on administrative leave. At the center of the scandal is an 18yearold prostitute who goes by the name of celeste guap. She has come forward to say she had sex with more than 30 officers and in some cases when she was only 17. The accused men include officers in oakland, San Francisco and richmond. And just yesterday, a Contra Costa County sheriffs deputy resigned after being implicated. Take a live look now over the socalled trailhead fire. Its burning in placer and el dorado counties. Pretty dramatic pictures of the fire in the sierra foothills. You can see the thick smoke that is billowing up for miles there. The fire started tuesday afternoon. It spread to more than 2100 acres at last check and is 12 contained. Minimum wage workers in the bay area are getting a raise starting today. Its a small increase from 12. 25 to 13 an hour. But kpix 5s jackie ward says its going up. Reporter this is just step one. As of today, minimum wage in San Francisco goes from 12. 25 an hour to 13 an hour. Mayor ed lee says this is a reason to celebrate. We all feel for working people because its hard in our expensive city to survive unless you have a decent wage. Reporter thanks to proposition j, something San Francisco voters approved in 2014, minimum wage in San Francisco is on its way to being 15 an hour. Paul a home care worker will directly benefit from the raise. 15 an hour minimum wage increase will surely ongoingly help me through my endeavors. Reporter this person owns a business in the ferry building. She is okay with the minimum wage being raised but says this increase doesnt affect her business. Yeah, i think its fine. San francisco is an expensive place to live. And we have always started people above the minimum wage anyway. Our economy is doing well so im not sure who its going to affect negatively. Reporter critics argue that higher wages may force businesses to increase the cost of their products, give workers less hours, or even lay some people off. Step 2 goes into effect a year from today when minimum wage will increase to 14 an hour. It will be 15 and a year later. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. U. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch is bowing to pressure. She said she will let career prosecutors make recommendations on any criminal charges in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. This comes after lynch had a private meeting with president bill clinton on a jet at the phoenix airport. Lynch says it was innocent. But gop leaders say the private conversation compromised the integrity of the fbi investigation and lynch should recuse herself. Today lynch said she regrets what happened. I certainly wouldnt do it again. [ chuckling ] and, um, you know, because i think it has cast a shadow. Lynch says her decision not to have the final say is not a recusal, meaning she will be briefed after the investigation. Standoff continues in the capital city of bangladesh where as many as nine gunmen are Holding Hostages at a restaurant inside the citys diplomatic zone. Two Police Officers have been killed. More than 40 people injured during gun battles. The gunmen have also been tossing grenades at authorities trying to end the siege. The drama is going on less than a mile from the u. S. Embassy. All diplomatic personnel have been accounted for. Isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. Were learning more about the identities of the terrorists in the istanbul airport bombings and the man who masterminded the attack that killed more than 40 people. New video of the chaos in the terminal shows travelers running in terror as a gunman looks for victims. Two of the suicide bombers are believed to have been russian nationals. The man who planned but did not take part in the attack has been identified as a wellknown chechen double amputee named [ indiscernible ] a plumber who had been called to fix a leak said there was a odd smell. The smell might have been a chemical used in the suicide vest. More than 405 vests have been made since tuesdays attack. A new law going into effect today and how parents are fighting back. A horse takes a spill down an east bay ravine. We do tail daniel the clydesdales road to recovery. The 4th of july is synonymous with fine, but loud noises can leave pets trembling with anxiety. The new drug aimed at keeping dogs calm ,,,,,,,, protecting students from dangerous diseases. But the ne tough new state law on childhood vaccinations just went into effect. Its aimed at protecting students from dangerous diseases but the new law means parents who are suspicious of vaccines are losing some options. Kpix 5 reporter emily turner is at Greenwood School in mill valley a private school with one of the lowest vaccination rates in marin county emily. Reporter you know, ken, this is one of the schools that the director of Public Health says he is concerned about because of those low vaccination rates. However he says it has gone up in the last year and with the passage or enacting of the new law he hopes rates in the county and state continue to rise. The battle has gone on for months but today marks the end of it. No matter the protests. I have a grandmother who had polio so i understand what happens when people dont have vaccines. These are critical. Reporter but they are plenty of mothers who feel otherwise. Some parents have even turned to homeschooling to get around the requirement. Others like this woman made sure they got their exemption paperwork in before the january 1 deadline so they can vaccinate at their own pace. Its really i just i dont want someone telling me what i have to do with my child inputting things into my childs body. Reporter marin is home to the bay areas highest unvaccinated population. Last year, two local kids infected with the measles spurred the county to pass a ban on the personal belief exemption, as well. Now all California Children entering daycare, kindergarten or 7th grade have to be up to date on their immunizations. Its always a violation. It is. These are my children. I understand peoples reasons, but, um, i think that theres a Community Responsibility thats part of vaccinating your children. Reporter as part of this law, if youre a parent and you have submitted your letter of beliefs to your Childs School before january 1. This year, you are exempt from this law if you applied before january 1, this year. Four doings trapped in a singing vehicle were saved by four dogs trapped in a sinking vehicle were saved by a Animal Control Office near skaggs island. The two people inside were able to get out as well but the dogs were trapped. Solano county Animal Control Officer mark garcia jumped into the water to save the pups. Two pit bulls and two chihuahuas. The dogs were frightened but calmed down once they were freed and on dry land. Close call. New at 5 00, a bay area horse is healing after a rough tumble down a 20foot ravine in june. He had to be hoisted out of the pit by firefighters. Kpix 5s don ford shows us how he is getting a little tlc to get back on his hoofs. Reporter daniel the clydesdale horse fell 20 feet dunn a steep slope landing on his side in a dry creekbed. Clydesdales are enormous sized horses. At more than 2,000 pounds, he was hurt and couldnt get up. Alameda county firefighters rescued daniel using special slings and harnesses. Daniel arrived here at the uc davis large animal intensive care unit. It really damage his muscles from being down and additionally have some nerve damage in the back, as well. Reporter for nearly two weeks, the medical staff used a hoist to hold him up to relieve stress on his legs. Fluids and nutrition through an iv. 20 liters. So thats a remarkable amount of fluid. Reporter how much fluid does a human have . I think people have about 8 liters of blood. Reporter daniels walking again and getting stronger every day. The doctor says he is a cooperative patient, generally good natured and his appetite is improving. Large animal intensive care unit may not look like a hospital where it looks like a barn. But the care they get is serious and so are the bills. This owner had the forethought to have insurance for her horse. Reporter daniels recovery is coming along so well that doctors here at the large animal intensive care unit say he will be going home early next week. At ucdavis, don ford, kpix 5. Were learning new details about the first fatal crash involving a selfdriving car. Joshua brown had posted several videos on youtube showing off his teslas autopilot feature. He was killed in may when the cars cameras failed to see a tractortrailer turning in front of him. After the crash, the truck driver says he looked into the car and believes the tesla driver was watching a harry potter movie when the crash happened. He also says brown was driving so fast, he didnt see him slide under the trailer. Driving records show brown had been cited for speeding eight times in six years. Live look at the Golden Gate Bridge right now where drivers have to shell out more cash to cross the span. Today the toll went up by a quarter to 7. 50. If you have fastrak youll only pay 6. 50. Fares on golden gate ferries also went up between 25 and 50 cents. The vista point parking lot on the north end of the golden gate just opened back up for the evening. Every day through monday, though, it will be closed from 11 a. M. To 5 p. M. To try to cut down on traffic there. Its the same deal for the Welcome Center at the south end of the bridge. And dont expect to watch fireworks from vista point monday night. It will be closed until after the San Francisco fireworks show. Expect plenty of company on the roads and in the skies this Holiday Weekend. Aaa predicts a record 43 million americans will be traveling. This is a live look at the getaway traffic on i80 in berkeley. [ chuckling ] that includes nearly 5 million here in california. About 4 million of those are expected to drive while 600,000 are expected to fly. Many are taking advantage of an extended weekend since the 4th falls on a monday. Another draw, lower gas prices. The economy is kind of started to rise a little bit so we see consumers are putting extra money towards a summer trip. Air travelers are also winning. Travel experts say ticket prices dropped 15 this year. This 4th of july weekend fireworks will be booming around the country but those loud noise leave pets trembling with anxiety. Kpix 5 morning anchor kenny choi tells us about a new drug that could help dogs during intense moments. Reporter zoe loves the outdoors but loud noises even thunderstorms and especially fireworks make her extremely afraid and anxious. Tail immediately is in between her legs, body starts shaking, she starts to pace and pant. Reporter zoe is among one third of pets who suffer with whats called noise aversion. Now the fda has approved the first and only drug to help dogs with that problem. A gel that is administered in the mouth. Reporter this veterinarian says that the drug sileo can provide a calming effect without sedation. Its not a tranquilizer per se. It actually works on the nervous system to inhibit the release of adrenaline or norepinephrine. Reporter but dogs with severe heart, breathing, liver or kidney problems should not take the drug. Dr. Yarnell suggests owners try comforting their pets before turning to medication. One thing i would recommend if your dog has a serious noise aversion tendency, is probably to stay with the animal. Do not leave them at home alone. She fireworks are a big trigger for noise aversion. Shelters say that the july 4 holiday is one of their busiest times with so many spooked pets running away. Kenny choi, kpix 5. Well, we saw warm temperatures once again today. But changes are on the way. Details on your Holiday Weekend forecast coming up. , scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At spam. Com fi well, its the kind of thing that fire crews will be worried about this Holiday Weekend for sure. Firefighters called out to battle a small brush fire in the hills above union city. Luckily they quickly surrounded that fire but these chopper pictures show just how dry the bay area hillsides are right now. Its a good reminder leave the fireworks shows to the pro. Absolutely. We do have a lot of dry brush. The good news is well see a marine influence this weekend. Well have more moisture in the area by the coast and the bay. But high fire danger inland, central valley, east bay. Outside you can see for the most part we are seeing sunshine but definitely a sea breeze out there today. Thats not great for fire weather. Current temperatures 89 in concord. 83 oakland. 87 livermore. 60 San Francisco. 76 in san jose and santa rosa. Overall we were near average today. So relatively warm once again at least compared to what were about to see over the next few days. Temperatures overnight tonight dipping down into the 50s pretty much areawide. We do have High Pressure in place but were not seeing much influence from this. Instead, notice this trough right over northern california. This is whats helping to really increase that marine influence. In fact, the surface wind profile for this weekend shows we have the onshore flow stronger onshore influence for the entire bay area. So that means not as warm as we are heading into this Holiday Weekend. We will likely see those coastal clouds even moving on into parts of the bay, as well. So overnight tonight, coast and bay expect fog to return. Cooling for everyone this Holiday Weekend. And then staying on the cool side of average through the extended forecast. Cooler along the coast and inland but definitely coolinger than what youve been enjoying lately. Baseball tonight clear and cool. Temperature game time at 63 degrees. High temperatures tomorrow topping out in the low 60s along the coast. Upper 60s near 70 by the bay. Mid80s inland. Upper 80s in the far east bay but cooler than today. Topping out in the upper 80s for the warmest spots but coastal clouds by the bay and along the coast. Upper 80s sunday for the warmest spots dipping down to mid80s by 4th of july. Unfortunately, i do think we are going to see some low clouds for fireworks both by the bay and along the coast. And really we see this cooling trend through the extended forecast. Unfortunately, folks, it may be difficult to catch those fireworks shows especially along the coast and by the bay. Well be right back. ,,,,,,, offering the most powerful turbo 4cylinder engine in its class and performance brembo brakes. The cadillac ats. Every moment accelerated. During summers best, get this lowmileage lease on this cadillac ats from around 279 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. Bay area ten im veronica de la cruz in the kpix 5 newsroom. New at 6 00 tonight, bay area tenants living in conditions worse than a third world country sharing just a few toilets and one kitchen. Only on 5 the landlord accused of creating a nightmare to force them out and what he had to tell us. And were live as a bay area Pro Baseball Team is making sports history tonight. Not just one but two Females Joining a very elite club. Well have that and more at 6 00. Ken, see you then. See you then, thanks. Thats it for kpix 5 at 5 00. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com elliott yet another deadly terror attack. Gunmen kill police and take hostages in bangladesh, as security tightens across the u. S. For the Holiday Weekend. Also tonight i certainly wouldnt do it again. Elliott the attorney general regrets her meeting with bill clinton, and pledges to accept the recommendations of prosecutors investigating his wife. A state of emergency, as toxic algae as thick as guacamole covers beaches in florida. Oh, its just nasty. Its disgusting. Elliott and, Steve Hartman visits a neighborhood thats been reborn, thanks to mama shu. Reporter run through your background in urban planning. I dont have any experience in urban planning except sitting on this porch conjuring up what i want to do
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