The biggest manufacturing state in the country. Reporter the mayors on stage said their goal to create a pipeline to fill middle class manufacturing jobs. We have talent and that talent us is just engineering or design isnt just engineering or design. Its the talent of an amazing population that comes with skills that can be added into the sector. Reporter bun Business Owner told us if it werent for a one Business Owner told us if it werent for a grant, her company wouldnt be open. So city support is critical in this expensive region. In San Francisco, im jessica flores, kpix 5. The bay areas four largest city have more than 3,000 manufacturing companies. Home loans are getting more expensive since the election. Interest rates are up a. 5 . The average rates for a 30year fixedrate mortgage is about 4 . For a 15year loan its 3. 14 . Investors expect higher inflation if the Trump Administration spends more and cuts taxes. Airbnb and other shortterm rental companies are off the hook for n
The suspect running down linden avenue after he attacked the officer. He was captured minutes later. The officer is a 12year veteran of the South San Francisco police department. He is married and has two young children. Reporter the officer is asigned to the Motorcycle Unit and it happened yesterday in downtown San Francisco. Starbucks customers waved down the officer saying the suspect was creating a disturbance as the officer was talking to him and the suspect started down the street on his skateboard. Antonio figueroa was close by. He says there was a short foot chase, an officer in a patrol car joined in. He said the suspect suddenly turned around and struck him in the head with the skateboard and he fell to the ground. The police chief says he has had a long rap sheet. Abc 7 news has learned it clufngs felony battery causing serious injury. Assault with a Deadly Weapon and resisting arrest for disturbing the peace. My son, he knows that that he is a little mental. Reporter the su
Mayor introduced suhrs replacements, interim chief Toney Chaplin. He is a 26year veteran of the sfpd. He is the head of a new bureau on Community Oriented policing. And we heard from him at a previous event about his management style. Some people get it right away. Not a problem. Some people get it sooner or later. We need to train em. And some people never get it. And they need to be fired and sent back. [ applause ] reporter the search for a Permanent Police chief in San Francisco is ongoing both within the department and nationwide. Concurrently theres an investigation going on by the federal department of justice. That investigation has been going on for months. That was prompted at the request from now former chief suhr and mayor ed lee. Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. What are we hearing from the protestors who had been demanding suhr be fired . Reporter including some of the people that went on a Hunger Strike for several weeks earlier this month. They said that the
Night. However, nothing has been ruled out. Reporter now, in case you were wondering, the Sprinkler System was installed. And heres some new information for you. Alameda county fire tells me for the first time firefighters deployed a drone to get an aerial view of the flames to help firefighters. Coming up on kpix 5 at 6 00 well show you the video from one of the three drones deployed during this firefight. Reporting live in emeryville, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Todays fire in emeryville is eerily similar to an incident in San Francisco two years ago in march of 2014, except in the San Francisco case the Sprinkler System had not been installed yet. Nearly 150 firefighters tackled that fivealarm inferno at a building under construction in the Mission Bay Neighborhood by at t park. It burned for several hours billowing black smoke seen throughout the city and around the bay area. Breaking news tonight from San Francisco. A tense Police Standoff shuts down some streets in the midmarket area.
Get ready for some beautiful weather, a great way to kick off the Holiday Weekend. Right now we are looking at some patchy fog at the Golden Gate Bridge and you can see we have a slight breeze in the air with the flag flying. This is keeping temperatures on the cooler side. 53 in nevada, 60 degrees in concord, 59 in livermore. If you will be leaving the house you will want to bundle up. It is a bit chilly. By 9 00 we will have the cool temperatures. By noontime we will start to see the warming trend for the inland location. It will be chilly along the bay and the coast. By 3 00 this afternoon that is when we will see some 80s at the inland pushing into the 90s. It will be heating up if you are in places like the east and south bay. I will let you know what you can expect for the entire weekend and for your fireworks forecast coming up next. Lets get to breaking news from overnight. The hostage crisis in bangladesh is now over and we are learning that one of the People Killed was an 18y