Respects to a fallen hero. Hundreds of people lined the highway in South Lake Tahoe to honor a firefighter. A tree fell on Michael Hallenbeck killing him as he fought a fire in the El Dorado National forest. People saluted as the procession went by. The family grew up here together, they played together, went to high school together. We lost a member of our family. Important to show our support. And we all want to pay our respects and honor this fine young man. Firefighters from across the state attended to show their support. Today firefighters are reinforcing containment lines around the jerusalem fire in lake and napa counties but the windy weather could hamper the efforts. The fire is 33 contained. It burned more than 23,000 acres since sunday. Evacuations remain in effect. 50 structures are considered threatened. So far no homes have burned. We may be heading into a weekend warmup but winter is coming and it looks like its going to be wet. Roberta gonzales in the Weather Center wi
The nasdaq also closed in the red down 19. The s p lost 25. Todays losses may not seem that bad on their own. But they do come on the heels of that 588point drop for the dow yesterday and, um, lets see here, they mark a lot of 1700 points in the last four trading days. Experts say for the near future, expect volatility. People need to bear in mind that were entering a pretty volatile seasonal period for the markets, september october. The current turmoil can be traced to china where the economy is slowing and the government devalued its currency. Subway train operators are worried about their safety. Cbs 2s dick brennan talked to at 5 00. I was dazed for a second. Im like wow, he just hit me. Reporter this train operator never saw it coming. Saturday night in the essex street station a passenger pushed in his cab door on his j train and then unloaded on him. They opened the door. Face. Anything. Do . He punched me. Three passengers tried to also. Reporter it was one of three incidents
Are being proposed for sacramento are very well intended. But there are a lot of it very focused on homeless folks and folks who are below the poverty level. Reporter the rich can afford the houses. Mmhm. Reporter we know the poor are going to be helped by these. What does all this do this for the middle . Make it faster to build housing. Until dynamics at the local government level is changed, and they become more accommodating to housing, we will fall short of what we need for working class people to afford a home. Reporter and as we said, its not just money. Its also suburban areas having to do their part and that means possibly Venture Developments and more houses. But there is tough resistance up in sacramento. So this is a nip and tuck as they try to wind this up before the legislative session ends. Meanwhile, in the bay area, the crisis continues. Outside cordelia junction, phil matier, kpix 5. Back to you guys. Now to a bay area professor who cant afford a place to live and is
The last time San Francisco hit 100 degrees or near 100 or at 100 degrees was 18 years ago. And this is one of the since 1874, theres only been in San Francisco 10 days of 100 degree readings. That is amazing to me. I mean, thats how significant today is. And with that said, theres major heat. A heat warning for the entire bay area. Now, that extends to bakersfield in Southern California, los angeles, hence the flex alert. You also have a fire danger, a red flag warning and you also have a spare the air day. So it is baking out there. Here are some of the current numbers. My buddy mark tamayo is in livermore where we did an experiment. We looked at he has a very Accurate Temperature sensor. Its hot. 105. Put it down on the turf, it was a buck 21, right . Reporter yeah, topped out at about 120, bill. Yes, we have been in this heat. I have been Drinking Water for hours. Right now, this is an estimate of the air temperature now. 108 degrees according to this sensor. Im going to put this o
Administration calling it quits on the daca program , better known as daca. This was put in place so kids can stay in the country. Trump is said to have made his final decision over the past weekend. We are people of compassion, and we are people of the law. There is nothing compassion about the failure to enforce immigration laws. Many referred to as dreamers, rely on the program. The department of Homeland Security has now formally rescinded with a six month delay. Congress, according to the administration, now needs to address the issue. This is to go to legislation. The backlash has been swift in and in a unusual move, president obama has spoken and said these kids have done nothing wrong. Nancy pelosi calling the decision rule, and heartless. In the meantime protesters gathered around the country including new york city and the white house. I think he was ashamed of his actions, i think thats why he sent out Jeff Sessions to do the dirty work. They now have to figure out a solutio