This encampment was set up in a very strange place. Reporter we have never seen a homeless encampment like this. First, access is difficult because the only way to get there is off the freeway. Its huge. Nestled in between interstate 880 and highway 87, it stretches more than a quarter mile along the sound wall encompassing nearly 20 acres. Crews say 40 to 50 people have scattered away and they are calling it the jungle part 2. This is the third day of the cleanup and caltrans has already removed 150 cubic yards of mattresses, shopping carts and appliances. The workers say they are nowhere close to being done. Some of the squatters are skilled electricians. Look closely and you can see the cut wires where they sliced into high voltage electrical lines stealing electricity to power ovens and refrigerators. Whats more neighbors say one of the homeless stole a drone delivered to a neighbors porch and buzzed the neighborhood before crashing the drone into a tree. Gabriel aguilar says the squatters are often burning campfires and screaming late into the night right behind his home. Like oh, my god i kill you oh, my god, get out of here so its very bad. Reporter the city says they are making significant strides in moving people out of these encampments. Back in 2013, they counted about 1200 People Living in these camps. But last year that number dropped down to below 800. It feels like theyre chipping away at the problem. We had a decrease in homeless, 15 down between 2013 and 2015. Reporter he says the has dedicated millions to clean up and build temporary and permanent housing. We have a huge challenge here that we face every day. It takes a lot of time, a lot of effort and a lot of resources to make a change in our community. But i think were at the beginning of a very, very promising trend for people in need here. Reporter in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. The city has been working on Safe Parking Program that will allow people to sleep in their cars. That program set to launch over the summer. In a few hours, a preliminary hearing will likely wrap up for three Santa Clara County correctional deputies accused of beating an inmate to death. Matthew farris, Rafael Rodriguez and jereh lubin are charged with murdering Michael Tyree last august. In a hearing that started monday, a prosecutor has been arguing that the guards overreacted and resorted to violence after tyree broke jail regulations. Today a judge will decide whether there is probably cause to put them on trial. A search is on for the driver who hit a woman in oakland leaving her in the street with broken bones. Only on 5, anne makovec has video from the hitandrun and the victims account of what happened. Saddest i have ever been in my life since she [ crying ] pause juice drove away [ pause ] drove away. Reporter it was 6 15 a. M. And a car hit jane lyons. She was walking from a bart parking lot across the street to her job when she was hit here in the middle of shafter avenue. She said the car came out of nowhere. Went up on the hood and flew back into the street landing on my left side. Reporter the woman driving the car got out. It was such a calm when she got out of the car like, oh, good, she is going to stay and help me. [ crying ] and then she drove away and i just dont know how how you can do that. Reporter in the predawn dim light, jane was left alone. It was like the most panic i have ever been thinking that i was now by myself in the middle of the street. Reporter a bystander came to help directing traffic around jane until an ambulance showed up. Now with a fractured clavicle and 5,000 in medical costs, jane learned a lesson about jaywalking and she wants to track down the woman who hit and ran. She has no idea what was wrong with me like for all she knows like, i could have died. How can she go and sleep at night knowing that . Reporter in oakland, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Police say several pedestrians have been hit in that same area. The family is offering a 5,000 reward for information on the suspected driver. A body turned up in a lake today in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco at about 8 a. M. Park police found the body fully clothed in southlake near king fire drive. Theres an unconfirmed report that the victim was a homeless man who often sat on a bench nearby. So far its not clear how the man died and investigators are not sure whether foul play was involved. The citys medical examiner will try to find out. The man suspected of killing a Richmond Police officer is set to be arraigned this afternoon in solano county. Robert vega is accused of fatally shooting officer gust vegas at the victims home in vallejo. Gus vegas is the father of vega is the father of gus vegas grandson. Vegas was 58 when he was killed last month. New signs are up at a San Francisco intersection where a woman in a wheelchair was killed. She was crossing market at 7th last month when a car turning on market hit her. Now the citys Transit Agency hopes to clarify the rules with better signs. Most left turns on market are illegal. Yesterday police recommended that the driver be cited for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. Today a judge in brazil ordered the release of a top facebook executive. The man is the companys Vice President for latin america. Brazilian Police Arrested him yesterday after he refused to provide access to data from whats app a messaging service owned by facebook. Authorities want to see messages between alleged drug traffickers but today the judge said dzodan should not be arrests because he is not under investigation. A tsunami warning is lifted following an earthquake indicated west of the island of sumatra and was 7. 8. It was centered about 400 miles from land. The shaking triggered a panic in towns on sumatra as well as a chain of other islands. People clogged the streets to get to higher elevations. No reports of damage or injuries. Debris found on the coast of africa may be part of the Malaysia Airline passenger plane that disappeared two years ago. The debris washed up over the weekend in mozambique. A u. S. Official said experts close to the investigation believe its a part from that same type of aircraft. The boeing 777 similar to thi disappeared in march 2014. Its the only one known to be missing. The republican pool of president ial hopefuls is getting smaller. In a statement today, ben carson told supporters he does not see a path forward and will not attend tomorrows debate in detroit. But he is not yet formally suspending his campaign. He won only 8 delegates. Today Hillary Clinton and donald trump are a lot closer to securing their partys president ial nominations. Each scored major victories on super tuesday but mark albert reports trumps march to the nomination is creating rifts in the Republican Party. If winner took all this thing is over reporter donald trump won big on super tuesday. The billionaire scored 7 victories. Ted cruz won three states including his home state of texas. And marco rubio won his first state minnesota. And when we are unified, nobody is going to beat us. Reporter trump talked about uniting the party. But his ascent is doing anything but. If donald trump wins the republican nomination it will split the Republican Party and basically i think split the conservative movement. What i see is a demagogue, somebody has solutions that will never work. Reporter washington insiders say the rupture in the Republican Party is unprecedented with no easy resolution. I talked to Republican Leaders yesterday who said we have to figure out some way to stop donald trump from getting to the magic number. Reporter after her big super tuesday win, Hillary Clinton acknowledged the hard work ahead as she took swipes at the republican frontrunner. That work is not to make America Great again. America never stopped being great. Reporter clinton won 7 super tuesday states to Bernie Sanderss four. But sanders says he is not going anywhere. This is not a general election. Its not winner take all. Reporter clinton has more than 40 of the delegates needed for the democratic nomination. Mark albert, cbs news, washington. Astronaut scott kelly returns to houston tonight after a year in space. Don champion reports, kellys completed mission may pave the way for a trip to mars. Scott kelly, back on mother earth. Reporter he gave a thumbs up tuesday night moments after landing in kazakhstan. Your first thoughts back on earth after a year . The cold air was amazing. And liftoff the year in space starts now. Reporter last march, kelly flew to the International Space station and carried out, among other things, countless experiments to study the effects of Long Duration flips space. He spent an unprecedented 340 days in orbit, the same number of days it would take to get to mars. Im definitely encouraged on our ability to go even longer. I mean, i kind of, you know, even though i look forward to coming home and theres things that i miss, i felt like if it was for the right reason i clearly could have stayed. Reporter but last week, while still in orbit, kelly admitted space is a harsh environment. For instance, having no running water, you know, its kind of like i have been in the woods camping for a year. Reporter during his mission, he flew more than 143 million miles made more than 5400 orbits around earth and saw 11,000 sunrises and sunsets. Later today he will fly to houston for a final checkup by doctors. Don champion, cbs news. Still ahead, taking advantage of people who donate online. Claims of fraud on crowdfunding websites. From our kpix 5 weather center, good afternoon, everyone. It is so hard to believe that we have a series of days of rain stacked up ready to move into the bay area. Look at the sunshine in the east bay and stay with us. Well be right back. Who organize crowdfunding campaigns. They us go fund me and u. S. Lawmakers are taking a closer look at potential fraud by people who organize crowdfunding campaigns. They use websites like go fund me and u caring to solicit donation but as don dahler reports, the people who should get the money sometimes end up emptyhanded. Reporter tyree king was killed by a drunk driver last summer near his home in springfield, ohio. The next day, the 13yearolds parents say they were consoled by a neighbor they had never met before. The woman offered to set up a crowdfunding website to raise funny for funeral expenses. We thought she was a good neighbor. Reporter but that neighbor, tina harper, pleaded guilty to Telecommunications Fraud after tyrees parents accused her of pocketing more than 1,000 of the nearly 3,000 raised. Sites like u caring and go fund me are increasingly popular ways to raise money for people who need financial help for all sorts of things. Crowdfunding sites raised 2 billion in 2015. Profiting themselves usually through fees or percentages of donations. But this multibilliondollar industry is largely unregulated. Frankly, its embarrassing. Reporter u carings Daniel Schaeffer insists fraud is rare. Were watching hundreds of thousands of fundraisers a year and that the vast majority of people who are coming to use the site are good. Reporter go fund me says fraud is something that happens less than 1 10 of 1 of a time on its platform and says any campaigns that display suspicion or untrustworthy behavior are removed immediately. Don dahler, cbs news, new york. Lets take you to wall street now find out how stocks are doing on this wednesday. Right now, its metzametza up about 6 points. Sports authority will close nearly a third of its stores after filing for bankruptcy today. The companys been struggling. In january it disclosed it had missed a 20 million debt payment. 140 stores will close over the next three months. Sports authority was once the Largest Sporting goods retailer in the country. Lets check in with roberta right now. Its quiet. But sun is coming . We have our storm door opening. Good afternoon, this is a look at our weather watchers people in our microclimates with weather stations. Maybe you have one, too. Everybody is reporting 60s and 70s. 73 degrees so says steve in los altos. He has a dropping barometer. Good indication that rain is moving in. Meanwhile, he says hard to believe that rain is coming. But it is its true, it is hard to believe, steve. Live hidef Doppler Radar not picking up rain yet. Look up north. Not much there, as well. Right now, we have pretty clear skies across the Santa Clara Valley a little bit hazy. Numbers in the 60s and in the low 70s. The winds have been variable up to about 10 to 15 miles per hour. Heres what you need to know today. A bit breezy but increasing cloud cover as the day wears on. We are going to have heavier rain and winds on friday all the way through sunday. Right now, the clouds on the approach are associated with this right here. Its a weak disturbance and as it moves closer to the coast its going to kick open that storm door. Its going to allow this very active weather pattern to open up as well and tap into some Atmospheric River conditions and well see some its almost going to feel subtropical over the weekend and the threat of a thunderstorm by sunday. Watch the clouds kick by. By the time it passes through a tenth to half inch of rain. Friday, hitandmiss scattered showers. Most of the activity comes up on friday night through saturday. Heres how much rain to expect over the next five days up to 6 in the wettest spots north bay. That means well have some snow by sunday in the greater lake tahoe area. Kirkwood, as well. Sunup and sundown there you have it. Well see ample sunshine today and 60s and 70s. Winds out of the south at 15. Okay. In and out of the rain wait through monday. The heavy rain in and out of the rain all the way through monday. The heavy rain over the weekend, rain sunday and monday. Some locations up to 8 of rain. How about ski locations . Tahoe . Yes. Thats franks personal forecast. Heavy. Im coming home on sunday. No, youre not. [ laughter ] sea lions are a focus of the hearing at the state capital today. Last winter and spring more than 3300 malnourished sea lion pups washed ashore in california. The state approved a Million Dollars for the Wildlife Health center to assist rescue efforts. The number of sick sea lions is down this year so today a state Assembly Budget subcommittee is looking into the progress and future of the program. A young horse rescued from a ravine in fremont now has a new home. The colt was only a few days old when it ended up 150 feet down morrissey canyon last month. Fremont police announced this morning a home has been found for the colt named valentine. No further details were released. The colt is still undergoing treatment for injuries but is expected to recover. Still ahead, fighting crimes online. We hear from the stars as on the series success of csi. And if you have any questions about your pets, go to pets kpix. Com and dr. Jill chase will answer your questions on friday at noon. ,,,,,,,, hi, its me. [imitates fanfare] lois prices from Grocery Outlet. Hi, its. The rest of us hey there. Hi hey. 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I think csi at it core celebrates intellect and thats something that was really different when the franchise came out. It was science and a level of information and intellect. Its one of those things that people are interested in. I think people feed off information and thats what csi provides. You can see the show tonight and sunday night at 10 00 right here on kpix 5. Today our fresh grocer shows us a great ingredient for a simple healthy salad. Reporter well, todays tip of the day is going to be is going to be with hothousegrown tomatoes. Its wintertime no tomatoes locally grown now but the hothouse tomatoes in the market are beautiful. Look at these. And theres no reason why theyre on the green side because Mother Nature really doesnt control these tomatoes. They are grown in hothouses. So the environment is controlled. So selection and storage should be perfect. When you buy them, red like this all the way around. Where its sprouting here the stems should be green. Very important. Free from any shriveling whatsoever. And heavy for their size. When you bring them home, simply store them on the counter. Do not store them in the refrigerator. These tomatoes are great with caprese salad, mint, mozzarella, olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper. Its beautiful. Im tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. And always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. ,,,,,,,,,, women. But a new report is shedding light on how dos might be able Ovarian Cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among women but a new report sheds light on how doctors might be able to catch it earlier and treat it better. The Health Warning for women. Thats today at 5 00. All right, roberta. The rain is going to start when . About 9 p. M. To 11 p. M. In the part more bay and gradually spread overnight starting in the north bay and spreading south. It will be raining here in the morning. Wet weekend coming up too. Thats it. Have a great afternoon. Take care, everybody. 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