An Alarming Number of birds. Reporter there is solar mirror farm, lets give you an idea, this is just one, there are 300,000 of these cooking the sun right back into the sky and that, as you say, is cooking birds as they fly. Reporter it started out so well. A Company Called bright source plans to break groundoon new type of solar pow ground on a new type of solar plant. Two president talking it up. Bright future is seen. But there is a dark cloud hanging over bright source. Birds bursting into flames. Having their feather singe. 800 degrees, birds igniting in midair. 28,000 since the plant opened in march. There are 300,000 mirrors hitting water filled boilers that make steam. The birds are called steamers after the smoke produced after they ignite. They built this project in one of the most important places in the country. Reporter they spent 22 million to help save them but it didnt see this problem with birds. The company did not return our calls. There are sorts of Solar Energy Pl
Fans get limited access to the guys. Just wave and sometimes one stops and give an autograph. Leave it to coach harbaugh. He thrilled the crowd when he wallly did stop. It was chaos for a few seconds as he signed autographs. Anything you want to say . Thank you very much. Yeah. It was a great run. Thanks for all the support. But some of the loudest cheers were for colin kaepernick. Maybe they did come up short in the super bowl, but to these fans they are still the hometown heroes. I am proud of this team. They put up a good fight. They gave us a heck of a season. So, colin kaepernick, forget about yesterdays loss. A new starts the new season starts today. And dream about super bowl 48. 49ers, next year [ cheers and applause ] reporter some of the reasons why some of these guys are sticking around, the players that are still left are likely to stop 6789 i was able to talk to the safety goldson. He said he is so grateful to the fans but he really wishes he could have brought back a trop
At kaiser permanente, your medical information is available to you and your doctors. Quickly. Securely. No guesswork required. Better information. Better care. Kaiserpermanente. Thrive. This is kpix 5 news. I started engaging the bigger guy while my wife is fighting with weasel. Two robbers picked the wrong house, how a husband and wife showed the bad guys who is boss. I am ken bastida. The robbers stumbled into their bedroom at 4 00 a. M. But the couple fought back and quickly made the intruders look like amateurs. Lights turn on and i sit up wondering what is happening. I look over there and i see a pair of i think they were surprised to find us in there and they talk for a second or two and they demand money from us. The robbers changed their minds and wanted to tie them up. The couples daughters were sleeping in another room. That is when they sprang into action. She picks this up and chucks it at the back of his head, the smaller guy, i start engaging the bigger guy while my wife
Started coming here last month. The set ups are elaborate. Tarps with logs, window pains and a kitchen. Reporter is this a mattress 1, 2, 1, 2, mattress mattress . Yeah. On wood so the rain goes underneath. The camp drew attention since it is near the Police Department and since it is wide open you can see every tent, complaints poured in. Because it is in the flight path of planes passengers complined complained. You move them from one spot they pop up in another spot. Reporter frustrating . Yeah but it is part of the process. We have to be consistent in how we work with people. If they continue to work everyone believes that we will have long term positive results. The clean up begins march 1. After that the Police Department will step up patrols. San jose may soon be competing with San Francisco to host the 2024 summer olympic games. If either city decides to bid, here is what it will take to win. A budget of 3 billion, that is on top of venue construction costs, other requirements,
Week. We afterlook ski week. We will talk about more rain chances coming up in about 10 minutes in the extended forecast. Thankings paul. Santa cruz police have a man suspected of raping and beating student yesterday. Kpixs 5 Elissa Harrington has more on the attack there happened in broad daylight. Reporter it was along this path to science hill that a 21 yearold was raped yesterday while visiting the school. Thats really scary because i pass that street every other day and see people walking along by themselves the awe talk happened around 12 00 of in the afternoon. The woman said she was 12 30 in the afternoon. Jim burns, Spokesman Says random attacks are rare here shocking. Its not to suggest that crime doesnt occur on our campus. Its just that this is not the norm. This is the Second Attack linked to uc santa cruz in a week. A student was shot in the head while waiting for a bus off campus. Often i am biomass. I might reconsider by myself. I definitely might reconsider. I definite