Live, from the cbs bay area studios t is kpix5 news. Mr. President , im honored and humbled. Thank you very much. This is president trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme court. Tonight, the stage is set for a showdown with democrats. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Lets get to kpix5s joe vasquez in the news room with more on the nominee. Joe . Reporter liz, hes a conservative. If he is confirmed by the senate, the new nominee would replace justice antonin scalia, also a conservative who died last year keeping the same ideological balance of the supreme court. President trump announced his pick during east coast prime time hours. Neil gorsuch at 49 years old, the youngest nominee in the past three decades has three degrees from columbia, harvard, and ox farred. He worked under george w. Bush and was on denvers court of appealing. He has a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and has earned bipartisan support. Reporter he ruled in favor hobby lobby. The owner said he was re
Minutes. We have so much rain that there is flooding for the area. East bay and the creek overflowing their banks. Niles canyon. You cannot make that shortcut. Central Santa Cruz County has more problems and we do have a Flood Warning in effect for central sonoma county. Many creeks have flooding occurring. Cloudy skies and rain showers and temperatures in the 50s. It will be a cool day in the 50s. The full forecast in the storm watch at 5 18. Michelle. Right now and mass transit. Theres no hk Train Service today no age to no h Train Service, but bart is moving. There is a Traffic Alert in los gatos. 17 is closed due to debris at highway nine. We are going to get a closer look at the impact of the recent storms. At kpix viewer sent this of a branch that fell onto an suv and novato. And south bay, evacuations are in place because of the rising coyote creek. We are live in san jose. It is expected to get higher through the morning. Take a look at the raging creek behind me. There is a Fl
The goal now is to divert all this water away from the home. This break in the weather is a good sign but homeowners arent sure if this temporary fix will be able to solve things when the next storm rolls in. What are you preparing yourself for . Well, worst case is that it comes all the way takes the pool and all the way towards the house i guess. Best case is the forecast would be a little off. Reporter for now, it is one painfully long day at a time. There is an end some point. Whatever that end is you dont know. And thats also i think thats also one of the things thats the unknown. Reporter were back out here live where you can see some of the work thats been done to divert this creek so its further away from the homes and hopefully that will be a good temporary fix. The zone 7 Water District says the permanent fix will happen when it stops raining altogether. So until then, all eyes are on this creek on this cliff and certainly on the weather. In pleasanton, juliette goodrich, kpi
She has been branded and he said, i could feel the rise of her scabs under my fingers. Keith papini assured g m a viewers, all the visions swirling in your heads of her appearance, i assure you, are not as graphic and gruesome as the reality. Shasta countys sheriff says he has no reason to doubt papinis account. Authorities interviewed her extenseively monday afternoon but have not released any new information. Investigators said they are tracking leads in california and other states. Detectives have submitted nearly two dozen search warrants some of them sealed and said theyre examining cellphone records, bank accounts, email and social media profiles. Vicki to a big story we are following tonight out of the east bay. Health officials have discovered more people who ate thanksgiving dinner in antioch have fallen ill. As we first reported to you yesterday 3 people have died and 5 others were sickened after eating thanksgiving dinner at the Veterans Memorial building in antioch now thos
Escaped inmates. Based on the public tips we have got extensive information independent tips putting them in certain locations associating with certain people. A joint swat operation between deprivations and the San Jose Police department targeted this chevy camper parked near the intersection of inman way and waverly. The vehicles showed sign of heavy damage from forced entry. Neighbors heard several explosions and grenades use holiday officers force their way in a suspect strong hold. Schools were placed on lock down for around 90 minutes and residents barred from reentering. It is scary some people running around and inmates you dont know what they are capable of doing and thoughts of what is going on, you know. What they could do next. Sheriff investigators say 35 yearold emily vodka was helping julio chavez avoid capture. Yesterday officials arrested vodka during a raid of the Days Inn Motel in gilroy. Tipsters say he had been staying there and investigators say vodka had been dri